S62 Championship Week

S62 Championship Week

Jericson
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#271

12-29-2021, 12:25 AM

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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.

Let's Go

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2. Written, 3 TPE, GM stands for Great Man (150 words min.)

There have been some good and some bad GMs in SHL history. (Mostly bad) Pick a GM you think was outstanding and explain why you think they were one of the better GMs in SHL history. Point to trades/signings/trophy wins/locker rooms to support your claim.

Looking back I would have to give the GM to my man trella. MCP had setup a bunch of stuff for the Tampa Bay Barracuda but trella helped to shape that into where TBB is today. I remember when I joined the league, TBB were basically the laughing stock of the SHL. We were in hard tank mode and around that time we kept also having slipups happen. The future of TBB kept being in doubt. Trella, along with everyone else involved, really helped to reshape the team into something to be proud of. Additionally, outside of the GM job itself, he has just been a great person I had the joy of having him be a part of the TBB DnD game and it was a blast. Unfortunately I had to end it prematurely due to life but having him around was always fun. Best wishes to him as he moves forward with whatever he wishes.

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6. Written, up to 4 TPE - Grab Bag: Pick up to 4 Challenge Cup related topics to write about! Each topic is worth 1 TPE. Each answer must be 50+ words.

a. What is worth more to you, a cup win in the FHM era or the STHS era?

b. Be honest, would we have seen the same final 4 as last year (Chicago, Texas, Hamilton, Buffalo) had BUF/HAM and TEX/CHI not run into each other in the second round?

c. Hamilton has a population of roughly 5 people. Where would you relocate the franchise?

d. Who is the best player to NOT make the final in the past 2 years?

A. A cup win in the FHM error would mean a lot more than a win in the STHS era for sure. Not only because my first season was the first season in FHM, but due to the differences in the simulators. Franchise Hockey Manager, though having optimal strategies and builds, allows for more nuance in players than STHS from everything I have read and heard.

B. If those teams had not met in the second round we would have definitely seen the same final 4. Those teams are not only the top of the league, but also have people who understand the simulation better than others and are better able use the tactics in the game to advance through the playoffs.

C. Hamilton, with their population of 5, will pack up the town and push it to wherever the team moves or risk losing everything to them. I would recommend the scenic environment of Death Valley. No way that can be any worse than Hamilton right? I mean, they have the world famous wrestler Undertaker.

D. The best player to not make the finals definitely has to be our main man Fitted The Great!!!! Why has that man been held outside of the finals for too long. I demand we allow him to choose a team to play for every season and let him show the world his greatness.

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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.

+1 TPE Miletone

FUTURE

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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?

I have thought a lot about the parity in the league, which definitely needs to be addressed. I have heard people discuss things like limiting features in Franchise Hockey Manager to make the learning curve shallower for everyone to learn. I feel that is not the best approach as you are removing ways of playing the game and approaching more unified builds and seeing coin flips in the simulations again. As we saw previously in the STHS years. Teams found the best combinations of attributes and just had everyone do the same things. Instead, I feel we need to do a better job at teaching not only GMs, but everyone in the league how Franchise Hockey Manager works. This would allow everyone, from the GMs to the Head Office to the players to better understand how they can contribute to the league and improve their own metrics. Additionally, we may need to look at having not only Cap limits based on money, but possibly TPE as well.

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21. Written, 2 TPE, No take backs 100 words min

HO didn't feel like making a job posting for PT Director so they just put you in charge of picking the new one. So elect a new PT director, tag them, and explain why you think they'd be a great fit for the job. Or just someone you want to torture.

@fitted2106 would be the perfect PT director. He would have prompts that nobody would ever think of, nor have ever done before. The man, the myth, the legend would bring us into a new age. An age where everyone can just be themselves and answer the most crazy prompts and get rewarded for it. I am begging you, give the man the job. There is absolutely no way it would backfire. That is, unless he just never wrote prompts for everyone. In which case, free TPE for the league? Would that be such a bad thing. Wait, yes it would. It definitely would.