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I dunno, advanced polling seems to indicate that the primary kit is more popular at a 3:2 ratio. So... try being with someone for 24 years and do the same thing. Me: "Hey, you still haven't played my ROM! Do you wa- Her: "F@#$ off, A Million Little Things is on. Be quiet" Just because the contrast amuses me, I had to try this with 15 years and two kids as the variant. Me: "Hey, you still haven't played my NHL ROM! Do you want to give it a try now?" Her: "Why are you asking me? You know I have no interest in your...*dismissive hand wave*... things." Me: "Fine, I guess I'll just have to play with the boy." Boy: "Oooh?" Her: "You could... if he wasn't grounded for not finishing his school work in class today." Me/Boy: "Aaawww." Me: "Then never mind. I guess I'll just go play by myself." Her: "Just don't do that when the kids are around." Me: "I said, *sigh* never mind."

So... try being with someone for 24 years and do the same thing. Me: "Hey, you still haven't played my ROM! Do you wa- Her: "F@#$ off, A Million Little Things is on. Be quiet" THAT'S AMO-REEEEEEEE

OK, so the other night, my fiancee and I are sitting on the couch, trying to figure out what to do… Me: "Hey, you still haven't played my NHL ROM! Do you want to give it a try now?" Her: "Sure!" Me: "Do you want to play as teammates or against eachother. I suggest we play as…" Her: "NO! I want to play against you." Me. "OK, what team do you want? I suggest Edmonton. Playing as McDavid is…" Her: "I need to check out their uniforms first." She goes on her laptop, presumably to Google images, and suddenly exclaims: Her: "Philadelphia!!! I love the black and orange, it looks so cool!" Me: "Really? You should check out Anaheim, they have more black on the uniforms, you might like that." Her: "No! They look cheap and tacky." So I get it set it up on the TV, she is PHI at home (I'm ANA), and when the opening face-off screen comes up, she starts exclaiming again. Her: "NO! The Philadelphia uniforms are wrong! They should be BLACK! I don't like this!" Me: "OH! You saw their third jerseys! Right. Sorry honey, I only used the standard jerseys in my ROM." Her: "You should add in the third jerseys too!" Me: Slaps forehead. After the puck drop, I quickly discovered that me taking Anaheim was a bad idea. The colours were too similar to Philly for her, and she kept getting confused. She eventually found her niche being the goaltender as much as possible. However, despite my numerous explanations, she couldn't understand why she kept getting a whistle when she tried to skate with puck up the ice with her goalie, After our 5-minute scrimmage she agrees to play as teammates with Edmonton. It was fun. The highlight was setting her up for a one-timer that went in. I was more excited than her! Unfortunately we still lost. She finally understood that she had to pass it as the goalie in order to avoid the whistle. This led to countless own goals, as she would frantically pass it into her net. It's hard to defend against that. Tonight I'll show her your latest ROMs. I look forward to her telling me how much she likes these ones better, and how you "get it" about the uniforms.

Interesting coincidence that the radio today had a show that concentrated on the history of the story of, and the modern take on the term "Holy Grail". While the commercial aspect of using the term has gotten too aggrandizing, despite the level of historical connection to how "acquire this thing and your life will be better." is what the legend has been for centuries, I find that the "questing" part, for something that is so challenging that it can be either a white whale or grail, does still resonate, perhaps to a notably modest level, with the quest for the hole ice puck.

This visual was money...made me laugh out loud.

Was away this weekend and finally had some time to dive into this as it deserves far more than just a passing glance. Thanks so much for putting this together Adam! The references are absolutely incredible. Even things that I've been tinkering with for years feel so much clearer - and no more counting 7 tiles over from a known location since you've included all the addresses to boot! The only thing I could add would be that you can do some fun stuff with the center ice logos by combining the "traditional" 6x4 center ice tiles with surrounding tiles. You can enlarge the logo and also use a common palette (second palette is generally most versatile) to create a universal logo for a ROM - international events, tournaments, etc. Not sure what it would be useful for but the center ice tiles also don't HAVE to be at center ice, they can be moved around and manipulated using the techniques you've outlined above. Thank you again for putting this together!

Time for a new post in my old thread!