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I had a great time for my first tourney! I was very impressed with how smoothly things ran. A couple a pieces of feedback from a newb: I'm not sure that having penalties on adds anything on the genesis side. I believe I read somewhere (probably on this forum), that penalties are "randomly generated". If this is the case, I don't think having penalties on serves the intended purpose of mitigating excessive holding and poke checking. I would have loved a 2 v 2 tourney. It's been twenty years since I've played 2 v 2, but some of my favorite NHL memories were played with four guys all sitting on coach, drinking beers and smashing each other into virtual hockey boards. I would keep the prize pool even if you have to drop the amount of the pool significantly... and have a trophy too! In terms of building the community, it might be worth having someone demo the forum and website. I don't think newcomers understand the amount of work that has gone into maintaining and building a legitimate forum. The NHL94online website is also awesome. If I had not talked to coachmac I would not have known the website keeps stats and stuff like that. Lastly, it might also be worth having two experienced community member demo an online game from setup to completion. I've read the information online which is great, but sometimes seeing the process helps too.

I know some of you saw this on already but I thought I'd share here. This was from Facebook this morning. I was at my gate at the airport, sitting down for a couple minutes. I then hear over the PA system "There is a Super Nintendo at security, if this is yours please pick it up.., that's a SUPER NINTENDO!" Lady across from me says, with general concern, "I sure hope the kid gets their Nintendo back" I sigh, stand up and say "yes. It actually belongs to a 40 year old kid." This draws some laughs from the people around me as I walk back to security. I get back to security and the security staffer recognizes me and says"man you can't forget this. I loved the Super Nintendo!" Again this draws smiles and chuckles from people near by. Glad I was able to make people smile this morning.

I think we need to have a sort of monthly "tournament planning" thingie... maybe we can use Discord voice chat. For example, the website/forum demo has been talked about a lot in the past (was intended to be at Toronto), but it will take someone to actually sit down and plan it and prepare it ahead of time, and it would help if we split up duties for this and other tasks, such as big display brackets, t-shirt designs, trophy creation, prizes, and so on. The tournament really sneaks up on you and suddenly you don't have time to do the things you intended to do. Best to split up the work over the year and between more people.

Sounds like fun! I'm hoping to be there.

And on the SNES side it was Jammer (Jamil K. - he posted up above) BobK (Adam G.) Kris M. I think he was another Vancouver guy / friend of Jammer. SNES buds.. you have some work to do, shown up at two Ko94s in a row! (Not that there weren't some good Sega guys, too, I lost my 1st round in the playoffs to a Chris O., although I'll blame it partially on having just played 9 SNES games in a row on CRTs and suddenly playing Sega on a laggy 60 inch LCD )

GENS: 1. AJ is the big winner 2. Raph 3. EA

Great feedback by @CoachMac here, I think he nailed it. I would have like to see an actual printed out bracket at the tourney... maybe with sliding boards that fit into slots (could have been cool but that is a luxury wish list item and definitely not needed) The one thing I would like to add about wanting more of though is ... MORE GUYS FROM THE COMMUNITY. I'm not saying this because I'm disappointed, I'm saying this because, believe me, you don't want to miss out on these events. I can't begin to describe the energy of the live tourney. It's one thing to play each other online, it's a completely different experience to sit next to great guys like @corbettkb ; @jackandjose; @Evan to name a few and battle it out game after game. There is a respect for one another & genuine comradery that comes with playing in this NHL94 community, it's difficult to put into words. You will never see it displayed in greater fashion until you play at one of these tournaments with one another. So if you have to start putting money away right now to save up for the next one or as soon as you know when the next could be, start making plans... don't miss it. The two Ko94s that I've attended are experiences that I will never forget and it's the guys on this site that make them most memorable for me. I just want to say @halifax -- you are one of the coolest cucumbers around. For everyone else out there, you should have seen this guy. There was so much going on at any time and he was always calm and collect. He made time to answer any questions. If there was an issue (like not having enough CRTs; gathering groups to go over rules numerous times; bouncing between to the Downtown Grand staff, the commentators, all the GENS and SNES players just to name a few), he made decisions quickly to remedy any situation. I'm sure there were so many adjustments that needed to be made along the way and throughout the actual day but I never noticed a thing b/c the entire tournament was seamless in execution. Big thanks, Hali!

One other quick thing: I think there should be a trophy, but no prize money. An entry fee is fine, to cover the cost of a venue and pay for small expenses to run the show, but having prize money kinda rubs me the wrong way. I think the community would turn out in the same numbers with no prize money -- or possibly in greater numbers, since many of us know we have no chance of winning, but just like the comraderie. I think one trophy for each winner -- GENS and SNES -- and leave it at that.

Awesome stuff bud! I give myself about a 0.094% chance of attending at this point. Just trying to get @angryjay93 to pay for my flight and hotel and expenses.

Welcome back, brother!

Thanks bud!

Plus Side Games went fast and smooth. Brackets were well organized. Settle it on the Screen Set-up and announcers was great and fun. ARDA OCAL!!! Awesome Dude! Great Announcer. Competition was outstanding. I went 3-3 in Toronto and 2-4 in LV. In Toronto all games were blow-outs win or lose. Except one good game with JER33. In Vegas every game was a 1 or 2 goal game. Except my game with KingRaph. I could have easily been 5-1 or 0-6. Seeing Mikey's Movie. Hauling my CRT TV to and from the room, gaming site, lobby, pool, across the street etc... PIZZA ROCK Pizza and Mexican Cokes. WEDNESDAY. Playing 10 Games against AngryJay in my 94 Game Room. THURSDAY. Vegas Knights Game. Beating KingRaph in Air Hockey. FRIDAY. Playing all-day LIVE in the Hotel Rooms with AngryJay, Evan, Smoz, EA, KingRaph, Backhand Floater. SATURDAY. Playing Kevin from Columbus and Aqualizard many games after we were all eliminated and between playoff games. Live 2v2 in the Hotel Lobby until late into the night. Meeting Tex, JackandJose, and Aqualizard. The SNES guys celebration was awesome. Minus No T-shirts, Hats, Jersey, Swag, etc.. of any kind. No Trophies for winners. No name tags. No Screen poster or whatever showing brackets and results. No signs, posters, or banners, promotion of any kind. No Vegas Knights or NHL presence. No NHL94.com promotional area. Aqualizard was pushing it some and I tried to set up something after being eliminated but no real effort to promote.. I got lots of guys asking questions about roms, online play etc.., but we really dropped the ball here again. NO CRT's for Genesis sucked especially when i got 6 at my house I could have brought, plus a side trip to Vegas thrift shop could have scored all we needed for the price of a few drinks. I would be happy to hel;p/do much of this if/when we have KO943. Missing to many of the top guys (KG, Brutus, Ice, to name a few).

The tournament was extremely well run. Thanks Darrell and the team for an amazing life experience. Everyone was awesome! Congrats to top 3!

Welcome back! Jer is correct - the mad scientist Slapshot created a 32-team ROM and I'll have it updated this week. We'll be doing VHL draft in late October. All the leagues are really struggling right now!

Welcome back dude!!!

Glad to hear you're back Labs. Classic is starting up this month. Raph is hoping to capitalize on KO94 II to get in some new blood.

Just brought mine through in Ottawa. "Wow, that's old school."

Love how Plabax says he doesn't CB, but he CB'ed the hell out of Zalex in GDL11 finals to win, before it was widely known. And Zalex took him to 6. I took a quick watch of games 3 and 4. Good job Plabber.