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**Lime** · 07-04-2022, 02:59 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.

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2. 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. An LAP team that was disappointed in a S63 finals loss is back again to face a TBB team that has been hungry for their chance in the entire FHM era. Who are you taking as a winner and why?

b. Tampa Bay’s top forwards have been absolute power houses on this run, totalling 102 points across their top 6. If you’re LA, how do you line-match against two lines that are on an absolute tear?

c. L.A.’s D pair of Kierkegaard and Kahnwald are maintaining a shocking 2 more GF/60 than GA/60, despite playing more than 21 minutes a game including PK time. If you’re Tampa Bay how do you get around these two? Hope to outlast them in endurance, or look to more depth scoring? 

d. TBB’s roster has racked up many more shot blocks (294) than LAP has (188). Do you see this as a good thing? Is this an iron willed team that’s willing to lay down their bodies to get the job done, or do you think it paints a picture of a team that can’t maintain possession and has to find another way to keep the puck out. Maybe a bit of both?

a. I think the recent finals attendees have all the right pieces, and are hungry to win one for sure. Tampa has had a turbulent history and I don't know if they have the veteran presence or the experience to close things out. Tampa should be able to make it back, while the panthers seem like they are ready to win it.
b. I think its easy to shut down those two lines if you are the panthers. I think they have great defenders in the former berserkers and im confident in their abilities. LAP has faced more difficult teams and done just fine. Maybe its time to play a little dirty if things get down to it?
c. I think Tampa will have a tough time against these two. You can't tire them out, so you are gonna have to go with the classic strategy of the best defense is a good offense. Tampa has the capability to score a lot of goals and they are gonna need to keep putting pucks on net.
d. I think Tampa struggles a little bit with possession. They are great when they have the puck but they give it up too easily. Thats a pretty big liability letting the other team control the game like that. As good at blocking shots as you are, the best strategy is always going to be to avoid needing to block those shots first.

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6. Written, 3 TPE, New Stat (150 words min.)

I work for the FHM dev team and I’m giving you, sweet user, the ability to add any stat you want to our player build system. Footwork? Sure! Stink level? Why not! Stomach capacity? Ok… I guess so! Tell me what stat you want to add, and how you imagine it’ll affect the sim.

one stat i would love to add is charisma. obviously steve harrington would excel at this. its kind of like leadership except you can actually put points into it. more charisma would affect a lot of things though. if you get into fights you would win a little bit more because you can reason with them instead of throwing punches. and then when they give up and their back is turned you can get an easy cheap shot. also it affects how well the rest of your team plays. if you put a lot into charisma you become kind of like a support character in a video game. hey fhm is a video game so that tracks. another thing you could do is get by the other team. they will be too charmed by you to try to go after you and hit you or try to steal the puck. just asking them nicely will do wonders. why doesnt anyone try that these days?

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7. 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.

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Post your claim in the milestones thread for tpe earned per stat, and then link that post in your CW submission. This is done because the person who grades CW will be a different person than double-checks milestones.

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13. Graphic, 1 TPE, DALL-E? More like WINN-ING!

Since the ring task was unbelievably easy, I thought I’d try out another insanely easy graphics task. Try using OpenAI’s DALL E Mini to generate a Challenge Cup related image. It could be a championship ring, your player lifting the cup, a locker room celebration. Go nuts as long as you’re attempting to make it SHL related! The results will be weird, but it’s fun!  

LINK: https://huggingface.co/spaces/dalle-mini/dalle-mini

Procrastinators

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18. Written, 2 TPE - The Procrastinator Special! (100 words min.)

Congratulations, procrastinator!  Through your terrible time management skills, you’ve unlocked a special task! [TEAM] has won it all! Were the playoffs as you expected this year, or were there some surprises? Did anything stand out to you about this season’s final series?

I think it was always gonna be weird and unexpected to see a finals without a Great Lakes team. Those teams have been so dominant during my tenure here that parity is kind of scary and new to me. I think it was interesting to see Tampa finally make it to the finals after seeing the entire arc from 0-50 to now. Both these teams deserved to be there though, and the Panthers were long overdue for their cup win. Its crazy to think that Wasty's entire career as a top GM they only managed it once, when he started. Just goes to show how hard it really is to win these things normally.

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20. Written, 3 TPE, From Sim to Shining Sim (150 words min.)

Did you know that not a single SHL or SMJHL team has a city on the opposite side of the world from it? It’s all ocean! Every single one! This is a huge missed opportunity for rivalries! Below is a list of cities that are pretty much exactly on the opposite side of the world from each other, also known as antipodes. Choose two, give me some new expansion team names, and tell me why they’d make a great rivalry! LINK: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/548291024103931905/988640188592955402/antipodes.png

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