0. +3 TPE - Affiliate from PBE

https://probaseballexperience.jcink.net/...t&p=449974

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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.

Verification word: word

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7. Milestones, up to 3 TPE
Milestones are folded in with CW. Just link your Milestone claim below this task 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.

https://simulationhockey.com/showthread....pid3213618

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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. Atlanta is a recent expansion team reaching it's first finals appearance. Chicago has been a dominant force in the league for a long time now, with their last cup win only seven seasons ago in Season 57. If you're betting on these finals, do you go for the experienced vets in Chicago, or the hungry Atlanta first-timers?

The obvious answer is to take the Chicago Syndicate. No one has managed to beat the Big 4 in the past several seasons in the SHL. The league has been stacked in their favor in more ways than you can really count and to bet on anyone outside of those four teams is a bad bet.


b. Chicago's lineup much more active with their sticks than Atlanta's, racking up 97 takeaways to Atlanta's 79. This late in the playoffs, how do you adjust to a team that's so adept at picking your pocket?

Atlanta needs to be more physical, aka follow the meta of focusing on strength, balance, hitting, and checking. It is the meta for a reason, all of the best teams focus on these core metrics along with their voodoo tactics calculations to make sure they never lose the big game. So realistically, Atlanta needs to move to a different city and change their branding.


c. Atlanta has only 32 penalty minutes in these playoffs compared to Chicago's 45. With emotions high and the Challenge Cup on the line, do you think discipline will play a big role in this series?

Not particularly. As is evidenced by the big four's style of play, it does not really matter how much time you spend in the box when you simply win all of the games at the end of the series. Anything their opponents do is eventually discounted, so it is safe to sayt hat discipline is not that important.


d. Similar to last season's finals, we see Chicago running a balanced ice-time attack against Atlanta's targeted approach that has some players seeing sheltered minutes. Last season the more balanced attack won out. Do you think we'll see the same again? Why or why not?

The answer is a very easy yes, simply because whatever Chicago does this series is what you are supposed to do in order to win. They always win, and to think any other strategy will work in this sim is naïve. To the surprise of no one, the Syndicate's approach yet again put them over the top.

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5. Written, 3 TPE, Cup Check (150 words min.)
Which league has the more prestigious cup in your opinion, the SHL or the SMJHL? Which cup is harder to win? A lot is said about the different skill sets required to GM in each league, so which do you personally think is tougher to manage? Is a trophy case with three Four Star Cups as cool as a trophy case with three Challenge Cups? Maybe you think it’s even cooler. Why?

The Challenge Cup is the more interesting one for sure as it involves more players and more teams. You are competing against teams filled with max earning users over a several real life year career and need everything to come together at a specific time. That said, when a small group of specific teams find a way to make that specific time last for several real life years you suddenly realize that maybe it is not that impressive considering they keep finding ways to do it. Now when you look at the Four Star Cup, you can see young players competing for a cup that has fewer teams, fewer players, and a lot more turnover. Except for the teams that stack their roster with max TPE players and continually avoid call ups or if they have them find ways to replace their players with more max TPE players. Unfortunately, there are people that are too obsessed with success at the junior level when the job of a juniors GM is not to win every season but to develop players to get in to the big leagues.



+16 total TPE