ISFL CW Affiliate Task : username KezKincaid

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1. CW TRIVIA, 3 TPE max - 1 TPE for participation, 0.5 TPE for each correct answer. This is completed through a Google form linked below. Make sure to spell your answers correctly or you will not get credit. Post your verification word in your CW post.

VW: chirp

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11a. Written, 2 TPE - The Procrastinator Special! (100 words min.)
Welp, you waited until the last day to grind out your CW and the CC finals are longggggggg over by now. congrats to [TEAM], woo! Was it an exciting final, or predictable? Is one team the clear winner?

After a fairly boring first few rounds featuring tons of sweeps or lopsided victories, the Challenge Cup finals was actually a very exciting back-and-forth series. There were multiple overtime games and lead swaps throughout the series. Hamilton and Texas took this series to 7 games and there was really no outright favorite. They battled hard, and different players took turns being heroes on different nights. I know everyone is sick of the same teams being in the finals every season, but I think we have to give both teams credit as neither was the division leader during the season, but were able to take their games up a notch when the playoffs came around. Hamilton of course is a perennial favorite who seem to never lose a step, while Texas is that team others can look at to say, if you build right and work hard to create a window for yourself, you can rise to the top of the league! In the end, Texas was the winner in game 7, and they get to bask in the glory of their cup win for the next season!

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12. Milestones, up to 3 TPE
Milestones are folded in with CW. So just link your Milestone claim as task 12 for up to 3 TPE towards your 16 total.

SMJHL MIlestones

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13. Written, 3 TPE, Parody (150 words min.)
hahahahahaha remember this task from last season? The one where everyone was like "nah we're good, tampa and BAP will be in the finals soon and you'll see that the old guard will make way for the new young teams". Now that we have the exact same fucking teams in the final again, let me ask, is parity an issue in the SHL? How do we combat this?

It's a pretty poor take to say every team should have an equal chance to win every season. There will always be teams at the top and teams who struggle. Some teams are well-managed and if they make it to the top, of course they will likely be there again. These 2 teams took different paths to get where they are - Hamilton has been a favorite almost every season since the FHM era began, while Texas if you recall was one of the teams at the bottom in the first season or 2. But they were able to keep their group together and motivated to keep fighting to become one of those top teams. Both teams are great examples for other franchises - Hamilton as a team which manages to keep being great despite all the rule changes thrown at them to try and break their hold, and Texas as that team which rebuilders can look to and say, we can do this too! Overall I think if you look at the standings from season to season, there are fewer really bad teams and fewer overly dominant teams. Some teams are at the beginning of a rebuild where they are looking to rise up, others are starting to see the results after a few seasons of pain, and some others who used to be at the top are starting to drop off and will have to consider whether they too need to go full rebuild or try to work some Hamilton-esque magic to attract top Free Agents or shrewd trading to make sure they don't lose a step to the up and comers. Dynasties are a thing in real life, too, very often when a team wins they stay in contention for multiple seasons, and very often teams which are bad stay bad. I think we are seeing that the FHM knowledge is overall growing and more teams are figuring out how to maximize their team and player performances. And there was a new team in the semis this season as Los Angeles made it that far for the first time in FHM, so there's an example of some emerging parity also. Really I think it's not as big a deal as some people think, I don't begrudge teams for having success and maintaining it. Other teams can look at this as their challenge, how do we get to that level?, rather than just proclaim the league is broken!

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18. Written, 3 TPE, Apocalypse Now 150 words min
In the not so distant future (s64), 4 Texas Hamilton finals in a row have seen most of the SHLers quit out of spite. Only a select few remain. Head Office reeeeaaally likes having 20 teams so they have now allowed every user to have 5 players to fill the void of everyone who left. Name your other 4 players that aren't your current player, select their positions, and decide their focus and path in the league. Postulate where they end up after the draft and how the players pan out.

So to go along with my current player Grogu, who plays Center, I am going to create an entire line of Mandalorian characters who all play together on the same team for their entire careers!

At Left Wing will be the huge star known only as Mando. He can do it all, he has great battle skills, a fierce sense of loyalty, and never gives up to make sure his lil buddy Grogu becomes as great as he can be! When the chips are down, he always seems to find a way to come out ahead!

At Right Wing will be Boba Fett. He will be an offensive dynamo, armed with an array of weapons (shooting, passing, etc) that make him a top-notch sidekick.

At defense will be Bo-Katan Kryze. She is able to shoulder a lot of responsibility and while sometimes can come across as antagonistic, she only wants what is best for the team, and will do whatever it takes to protect the lead!

At goaltender for my final create will be The Armorer. Obviously you need that net protected and who better than the one who protected the clan and the foundlings during the worst times. This is the Way.

Obviously there will need to be one more defender, and no tampering, but there could be a very famous player who shows up in the final episode (TDL? FA?) and leads the team to glory and defeats the evil empire to claim the Cup!

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