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  1. Also, I should add that this is for the Gens version of NHL '94 and Wboy's 30-team rom template.
  2. Hey guys. I'm finally experimenting with the editing of the sprites for the first time. If any of you may know the answers, I would appreciate them... but do any of you guys know how many pixels wide and high the in-game clock logo is supposed to be? For example, we know that greyscale player cards are supposed to be 48 pixels wide and 48 pixels high. What would the pixels measurements be for the part of the clock that says you're playing nhl 06, 07, 11, 12, 13, etc? It would also be helpful if you know such measurements for the team logos in the team select menu and the center ice rink logo.
  3. Wboy didn't upload a 30-team ROM itself, if I remember correctly. I believe what he uploaded was an .ips patch that you apply to the original NHL 94 rom, thus rendering it into a 30-team rom (with NHL teams available in 2006). It would then be up to the user to edit it in NOSE to fill the rosters as he sees fit.
  4. I also believe a higher offense awareness rating might lead to better passing. While passing accuracy controls the accuracy of your passes, I think offense awareness might control the speed and responsiveness of a player in making a pass. I noticed that when I gave higher offense awareness ratings to goalies, their ability to make deep fast passes was superior to those who had lower offense awareness ratings. The same probably applies to the skaters as well.
  5. It is believed that in NHL 12, offensive awareness improves a player's ability to retrieve a loose puck in the offensive zone and his ability to finish (score) on his shot after making a move. It is believed that defensive awareness improves a player's ability to retrieve pucks in the defensive zone. Perhaps the awareness ratings do the same thing in NHL 94? Granted, we do not have special loose puck dekes in NHL 94; however, I bet a player with a high offense awareness rating has his odds of scoring increase dramatically after making a good play (stealing the puck and then shooting, just getting open, etc.)
  6. Yeah, tell that to my Philly friends who had their cars flipped over in the streets after the Phillies won the World Series...
  7. Facts and figures cannot determine one's passion for the game. Sure, you can argue that so-and-so has X amount of fans showing up per game throughout an NHL regular season; however, that does not mean a large percentage of that city's population cares for that team or for that sport. Furthermore, not all fans go to games. While you can prove that a team has a following, passion is something that cannot be quantified or measured. A fan either has a passion for the game, or he does not. I think Flyers fans are much better fans than many people give them credit for; however, the best/worst fans debates are always pointless because you either have a passion for the game, or you do not. Regardless of what team any of us have a passion for, we all share a passion for the game of hockey. The game will alwyas be bigger than any one team.
  8. In terms of intelligence and hockey knowledge, it's virtually impossible to designate one particular fan base as the best or the worst. As far as passion for hockey and passion for the home team goes, I'd have to say that the Montreal Canadiens are the first team to pop into mind. In Montreal, Canadiens hockey is life!
  9. As opposed to the ass you've been being for a while? Enough with the macho act. If you're interested in the keeper league, then let me know and let me know which of the three teams you want to take over for. As for the one-year league, you were already in the league. You were one of the first four people to sign up for it before I posted about it here. And once again, it is H2H.
  10. First of all: no, that is not what you were saying in your other post. You were saying that it was idiotic for people to bench their goalies after shutouts back then because they would get hot again months later (thus implying that we're playing in a rotisserie league that keeps track of stats all year). I merely corrected you and said that this is a head-to-head league (in which managers have abused goalie stats in hot weeks for years). I then went on to tell you that attempting to abuse goalie stats this season will lead to being bitten in the ass because if they bench their goalies after getting a great SV% and GAA, they will still lose in starts and saves. But seriously, stop making stupid posts... it's giving me a headache. Secondly, Mark Recchi did retire (as did Chris Drury). Despite their retirements, I still have to list those players because I am copying last year's FINAL ROSTERS from those teams.
  11. If any of you are interested, I have three teams available in another league (my keeper league) and I need replacement managers for those three teams. In my keeper league, you have to choose 10 players to protect, but no more than two of them can be goalies. In other words, you can protect 8 skaters and 2 goalies, 9 skaters and 1 goalie, or 10 skaters and 0 goalies. Regardless of which players you protect, you must protect 10 players. The unprotected players go into the draft pool. If any of you are interested in joining, then please reply to this topic and state which team you want. I will paste the three teams below. These teams will be assigned on a first-come/first-serve basis. After you state your interest and which team you want, then I will send you the necessary information to join the keeper league. Once you have the information and the league settings, then you will be fit to determine who your 10 keepers will be. TEAM 1 Miikka Kiprusoff Henrik Lundqvist James Reimer Patrice Bergeron Kevin Bieksa Dustin Brown Michael Cammalleri John Carlson Alexander Edler Tyler Ennis Roman Hamrlik James Neal Brian Rafalski Mark Recchi Stephane Robidas Tuomo Ruutu Patrick Sharp Alex Steen P.K. Subban Kimmo Timonen Lubomir Visnovsky Jakub Voracek Radim Vrbata Stephen Weiss Justin Williams Travis Zajac TEAM 2 Antero Niittymaki Tomas Vokoun Daniel Alfredsson Dustin Byfuglien Erik Cole Tim Connolly Shane Doan Chris Drury Sam Gagner Patric Hornqvist Evander Kane Anze Kopitar Andrei Kostitsyn Brooks Laich Nicklas Lidstrom Alexei Ponikarovsky Daniel Sedin Devin Setoguchi Wayne Simmonds Ryan Smyth Sheldon Souray Mark Streit Joe Thornton Dennis Wideman Marek Zidlicky TEAM 3 Brian Elliott Carey Price Marty Turco Nik Antropov Niclas Bergfors David Booth Rene Bourque Danny Briere Christian Ehrhoff Tobias Enstrom Alexander Frolov Mark Giordano Olli Jokinen Erik Karlsson Pavel Kubina Andrew Ladd Jamie Langenbrunner Patrick Marleau T.J. Oshie Dustin Penner Jason Pominville Chris Pronger Mason Raymond Derek Roy Alex Tanguay
  12. The only thing idiotic here is your failure to read. This is a head-to-head league, which means there are weekly matchups. I have seen managers abuse their numbers in a weekly matchup by benching goalies for the rest of the week when they get a hot start. By including starts and saves as stats this year, that eliminates the incentive to abuse the statistics in such a way.
  13. Well, I don't really have fewer goalie categories, per se. I pretty much have the same things I always had for goalies, except that I removed losses and I added starts and saves. The reason it seems like there's fewer goalie categories this time is because I added more skater categories. Plus/Minus and PIM are obvious stats to use in leagues. With PP Points, Shots on Goal, Hits and Plus/Minus, d-men have more valuable than they had in my leagues before. Teams won't be able to get away with just loading up on forwards now and ignoring d-men. As for the goalies: goalies will always be important; however, I like the changes I made to the goaltending categories. Over the years, I have noticed people abusing the goalie categories. For example, somebody would get lucky and go 2-0 with 2 shutouts (0.00 GAA and 1.000 SV%) and then bench their goalies for the rest of the week. They will not get away with such abuse this time. If somebody abuses those stats in such a manner this year, then they will lose in Games Started and lose in Saves. With my new settings, I feel goalies still play an important role in a team's success and managers now have incentive to play their goalies as often as possible. Furthermore, these new settings help increase the trade value of defensemen as well. I think it will be a very balanced, fun and competitive league. The beauty of being a commissioner over the years is that if you pay enough attention, you can always find ways to improve your leagues. I think I'm a wiser commish now than I was years ago. I hope you all have fun in this league (but get your asses kicked when you play against me).
  14. Some of you joined my Yahoo! fantasy hockey league last season, and are more than welcome to join yet again. Pasted below is all of the necessary information for you to understand the league and be able to log in and join it. If you are joining, then please sign up as soon as possible. This league uses a head-to-head format; therefore, it cannot operate with an odd number of teams. The sooner everybody joins, the sooner I can finalize the teams list. http://hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com/hockey League ID Number: 3364 Password: hockey This league uses a head-to-head scoring format and will feature a 25-round draft. In each round, you will have 60 seconds to select your player. At present time, the live online draft is scheduled for Saturday, September 24 @ 7:00 p.m. EDT. ROSTER SETUP C (4) W (6) D (5) Util (3) G (2) Bench (5) IR (3) SKATER STATS Goals Assists Points Plus/Minus PIM Powerplay Points Shots on Goal Faceoffs Won Hits GOALIE STATS Games Started Wins Goals Against Average Saves Save Percentage Shutouts
  15. Right now, Toronto is worse; in the long run, Calgary is worse. Calgary Flames Kiprusoff won't be around forever. You would think with Kiprusoff in goal and the talent the Flames have on the blue line, that they would win more games. Frankly, the Flames lack the firepower they need on offense to make the game easier for Kiprusoff and the defense. The Flames have been a one-line team for years now. Barring wonderful draft picks or major signings/trades to improve the offense over the next few years, it will only get worse as Kiprusoff and Iginla age. Toronto Maple Leafs The Leafs will be fine in goal with Gustavsson. And despite hokee's blind hatred for Kessel, Kessel - and the trade that brought him to Toronto - is not the problem. The Leafs have a nice colletion of players with Gustavsson, Phaneuf, Kaberle, Kessel, Kulemin, MacArthur, Schenn, Beauchemin and Komisarek. Caputi and Kadri have promise. Despite the good players the Leafs have, they are not strong in all facets of the game. Toronto's problems lie in years of bad contracts issued by the GM, bad talent evaluation by the scouts, and bad decisions by the GM of whom to keep and whom to get rid of. Colby Armstrong is a solid third or fourth-liner; however, there is no way he's worth $3 million per season. It also doesn't help when you have Giguere accounting for $6 million against the cap. They need to move Giguere and let Gustavsson take over in goal. Toronto will be fine and will be a playoff team again if the front office doesn't keep repeating their mistakes. They should be looking to trade Giguere (if anybody will take on his salary) and Kaberle. I know Kaberle is a great player, but the fact of the matter is that they do not need him and they are not winning with him. Trade Kaberle while you can still get a high return for him. The Leafs' biggest problem is the front office and scouting. But as far as on-ice problems are concerned, it's the lack of depth on their forward lines. They are not strong in all areas of the game, and they lack the depth to provide secondary scoring. Teams that win are teams that can shut down the opposition and have their bottom lines scoring goals. Leafs need to trade Kaberle for an excellent forward. If the Leafs had a player like Jason Spezza, it would make Kessel and their top line much more dangerous. If they can sign Brad Richards to a multi-year deal, they should try to acquire him from the Dallas Stars. The Stars could certainly use a player like Kaberle.
  16. If you really want something to complain about in regards to Toronto, complain about how they were dumb enough to give Jeff Finger $3 million per season. That is true stupidity at its finest.
  17. Kessel gets too much flak, really. The fact of the matter is that he's one of the more skilled players in the NHL. His skating and his abilities with the puck were what the Leafs needed. A player as young as he is and as skilled as he is is too tempting to pass up. Besides, with Toronto's poor track record in previous drafts, it's not like they were going to miss those picks. In the end, Toronto will not regret this deal at all if they surround Kessel with the right talent. They're slowly heading in the right direction. If they can make some more key acquisitions via draft or via free agency or trade, they'll be very good within the next few years. With Gustavsson in goal, Kessel on the wing and Phaneuf on the blue line, they have a nice trio to build their team around. Would I give up two first-round draft picks for a man with the ability to score 40+ goals? Most definitely! Toronto needs to build a better team before they get their full worth out of Kessel. Kulemin is a good player, but Toronto doesn't have any superstars that can make Kessel look like Dino Ciccarelli on the stat sheet. Your hatred for the Sedin twins is also interesting. I think Vancouver has an excellent shot at winning the Cup. Detroit and Vancouver will be the two western teams to keep an eye on this season. The East will be unpredictable, as usual. However, the Caps certainly made a good move in trading Fleischmann for Hannan. Hannan gives them that shutdown defender they need on the ice. Frankly, it was a good trade for both the Avs and Caps. Fleischmann's skill set will fit in perfectly with Sacco's aggressive forechecking scheme.
  18. Shot accuracy is shot accuracy, regardless of whether you're shooting a backhand or forehand and from the wing or from the middle. For example, look at the backhand one-timers: they are shot as hard as forehand one-timers in this game. If you shoot a 100 mph forehand one-timer with Al Iafrate, you will also shoot a 100 mph back hand one-timer with him.
  19. I'm not entirely sure, but I've theorized about what some of these attributes mean before. I believe players with a high offense awareness rating are more likely to hang around the net while players with a high defense awareness rating play a tighter coverage (centers cover centers, LWs cover RWs and vice-versa). In the case of goalies, I believe defensive awareness refers to the goalie's read-and-react positioning (being prepared for passes and one-timers). I think offensive awareness improves their passing ability. While editing roms, I've noticed goalies whom I assign a higher offense awareness rating (Brodeur, Turco, Barrasso, Hextall) had their up-ice passes fly faster down the ice. It could just be a coincidence, but I think offense awareness affects the goalie's passing ability. As for stick left/right and glove left/right, I believe both hands play into how good the goalie is with his stick or glove. Let's say your goalie has a left glove. Let' say glove left means low on the glove side (since his glove is on the left hand). Let's say glove right means high on the glove side. I wouldn't be surprised if both left and right are combined to average out your overall glove ability. For example, let's say a goalie has 99 glove left and 80 glove right in-game. The average would be 89.5; therefore, I think this means the goalie's glove rating in any direction (high or low) is 89.5 for that game. If it does not average out, then maybe both hands just mean a particular part of the net (rating for glove high and rating for glove low). If this is the case, then I wonder which hand is high (actual glove hand or opposite glove hand). As for the likelihood of getting penalized, I always thought that was roughness. I think aggressiveness determines how persistent you are in chasing the puck. I think players with a low aggressiveness will skate around in circles waiting to pick off passes, while players with very high aggressiveness are more likely to battle with another player in the corner for the puck (hook them, trip them, check them). If you have a high aggressiveness and a low roughness, I think you can get away with more checks and more trips and hooks. I believe if you have a low aggressiveness and an exremely high roughness, you might get penalized just for looking at Doug Gilmour the wrong way. I feel confident in my definitions for offense and defense awareness for skaters; however, it would be nice to have confirmation on the definitions of the other attributes.
  20. The only control I ever "broke" was my Saitek gamepad. I was playing ExciteBike and attempting to break a friend's record time. I tap left on the directional pad to pull a wheelie, and the d-pad FELL OFF. Yes, it fell OFF! O-F-F-! It fell off! Either I have Herculean strength or Saitek's gamepads are crap. Those who get frustrated over the game need to chill. The fact of the matter is that it's just a game; furthermore, you don't improve until you are challenged and pushed to your limits. Once you are actually challenged, then you will improve if you actually learn from the game and learn from the other player. If you never beat the other guy, then you never beat him. Not everybody is good at everything. Get over it.
  21. That is AWESOME. I do have a question, however. Remember how in NHLPA '93, you could call for a line change without dumping the puck? That was because there was no puck-dumping button. Would it be possible for you to have the same button now call for a line change but NOT dump the puck, and assign a different button to dumping the puck in '94?
  22. They're not unlockables like the "Madden Cards" from older Madden games. They're IN THE GAME. They're on national teams and foreign league teams. You just simply transfer them from their club teams and country teams to free agency or any teams of your choosing. Read the summary I provided in the article on how I transferred those players, and then check out the eight links that are provided in the article. It shows you which leagues and teams to find those players on. I was surprised to find guys like Jimmy Waite and Paul DiPietro in NHL 11.
  23. Enjoy! http://dugger1981.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/nhl-11-former-nhlers/
  24. The draft is rescheduled for Friday October 1 @ 5:30 p.m. EDT.
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