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  1. Shot Accuracy - Medium - Stats mostly. If they scored a lot of goals for their era, then they probably had an accurate shot.

    I agree that stats should determine this, but please don't use shooting percentage like they did in '94! The guy who hits the net gets punished, while it doesn't hurt the guy who misses it entirely at all.

  2. Stats? Reputation? Career? Best Season?

    Realistic? Arcade?

    Example:

    I like how '92 makes Cam Neely speedy even though he was not.

    Since speed is one of the most important attributes should all the best players be speedy (92 kinda does this) or is realism better.

    Marty Pavelich was one of the fastest skaters in the 50's/60's and Gordie Howe was average at best.

    Do you want a rom where Marty Pavelich is better or on the same level as Gordie Howe? or do you want a rom where Gordie is the best?

    I need help rating the players for my Original 6 roms I am working on.

    Give me some input.

    I like a balance between accurate ratings and the best players having the best attributes. Any of the top goal scorers should have above average shooting and skating, even if they weren't actually above average in that area back in the day. Because you can't simulate things like hockey sense, I think some of the other stuff should be exaggerated to compensate for that. For example, Gretzky should have been given better shot attributes in '94. However, the players who are famous for being the best skater, or having the hardest shot, should still have higher shooting or skating attributes. I still think that MacInnis should have a harder shot than Gretzky.

    That being said, you can always pretend that this is some alternate universe where guys like Roenick were better than Gretzky and Lemieux.

  3. So, in that moment, the loss of manhood got him a win, but I BELIEVE this lack of manhood carried into a Game 2 SHUTOUT!!!!

    Again, Sharks suck or someone picks them LONG before they fell on my lap, and w/ no holding for the entire season/playoffs, put up enough results to put validity into my statements that you don't need to hold.

    Hey! I'll have you know that I am a very manly guy who does all kinds of manly things! Gretzky doesn't give you any other options for defense. He's just too delicate to do anything apart from clutching and grabbing. Given how many games that I've lost, I'll win be any means possible (-:

    Anyways, I'm off to kill a bear with my bare hands...

  4. San Jose has been on a roll for me, so we'd be happy to be Best of 5, figuring that's enough to settle the score in the land of '92.

    However, I'd not want to cheat Skeletor of a Best of 7 if he feels the need to stretch it out and hope for one of those glorious Game 7 style endings.

    I'll be around later tonight in either case to try to get this done, post 10:30 pm central time.

    I'm completely indifferent to the series length. If you prefer 5 games, let's do that. I should be online tonight to finish the season as well.

  5. A couple of more notes. Do you guys think it would be hard to hack the goalies to improve their likelihood of making a save? I assume that the game just uses a probability??? I've never gotten into Rom hacking, so I have no idea how hard this would be.

    Regarding the home ice advantage. Against some guys, I prefer to be away, as I can let go a slapper without letting go of the down button. The half second that it takes to aim the puck low when going upscreen might be enough delay to get checked.

  6. I think speed is not the real factor in '92. In '93, once you get on a break away, you are gone. C Check isn't catching up. In '92, you can catch almost everyone w/ the defensemen pounding C.

    To me, it's shot power. If you have it, you can score. Speed gets you to the spots to get the great shots, but w/out the power, it won't go past the goalie. The better the power, the farther back you can be.

    I did notice defensemen with the low accuracy often missed on crease cuts even, hitting posts more than goals.

    That said, Philly had a guy, #24 I promoted to Line 1. He had low accuracy and not a hard enough shot. He single handily could get 10 shots a period due to his size and speed, but he rarely scored, unless the crowd was going!

    That said, I prefer knowing what makes a guy able to check another guy. I think a good game of chess can have lots of factors put into it, but it should still have a known set of rules. I differ with Mac on the Home Ice part, but it's Ok. His league, his rules.

    Glad to be invited.

    I would put speed on par with shot power. I lost a ton of games due to giving up breakaways. Even spamming the C button, I usually can't catch up. I thought that subbing the faster Robinson in for Blake would help, but that made things worse. I think the player ai has a lot to do with it as well, as my defensemen seem to like to pinch in a lot.

    I would also put weight/checking up there with speed and shot power. Gretzky has been a big liability for me with his non-existing checking. Sandstrom is the real star of the team.

    Outside of the players themselves, a couple things that I prefer in this version are the puck physics and passing. It seems to me that they handled the way the puck bounces off the boards and glass better in 92. I'm going to disagree with AJ on the passing. Seems to me that the passes are more accurate (at least the lateral ones), and the receiving player is able to hold on to the puck more often following a short pass. In 94, my short passes usually just bounce of the receiving player. I've only played with the Kings, so maybe they are just good passers.

  7. Weird question, but has anyone else been redirected to adult friend finder when trying to get to the forums using a google search? I've noticed that I get redirected a few times, so this seems to be fairly common. Also, I've had this happen on two separate computers, and my tablet, so this might be something other than my computer having picked up a nasty somewhere.

  8. NJD Sorry, I mixed up my GDL and Blitz teams. I should be Philly.

    1st Line

    LW Verbeek

    C Mogilny

    R Robitaille

    LD Chiasson

    RD Wesley

    G Moog

    X Juneau

    2nd Line

    LW McPhee

    C Ogrodnick

    R Juneau

    LD Richer

    RD Richer

    G Puppa

    X Mogilny
  9. We are not replacing the guy who finished his season first.

    Playoffs should start about March 15, so you will be back.

    If you are not in the Major Playoffs you will be in the Farm Playoffs and the hunt for the John Deere Cup.

    Looks like you will be close.

    Have a good trip and we'll see you when you return for the Playoffs.

    Thanks! Much appreciated.

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