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  1. The Official "I'm New"/Introduction Thread

    in Welcome Rookies

    Posted

    13 hours ago, Handzus said:

    Just joined. It's so great to be a part of an amazing community in honour of an iconic game! Thanks to my older cousins who introduced me to the NHL series on Sega and PC!

    I'm from Ottawa, Ontario. I see there are others from the area, as well.

    Look forward to some great conversations + gaming!

     

    Hey man, great to see another local on the site!

    I don't really play the Genesis version, but there are a couple of Ottawa guys that are amongst the best Genesis players around.

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  5. King of '94 IV (Toronto) - Epilogue & Feedback

    in King of '94

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    20 minutes ago, kingraph said:

     I can't see how getting online experience would have a negative effect in live tournies.  

    I don't really think that playing online hurts, but I think more live, console gaming could help a lot. At least, I'm hoping it will!

    21 minutes ago, kingraph said:

    -- Your livestream commentary was making me laugh, and maybe that's because I know you enough, but the humor definitely came through to me.  You'd probably do well to pair up with a loud play-by-play guy like @halifax and then add your color commentary/analysis/ on top.  It'd be like yin-yang.  Either way, it was enjoyable for me.  

    Thanks man. I would love to do some colour commentary with the legendary @halifax. We would be like Bob Cole and Harry Neale, but minus the Leafs bias.

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  6. King of '94 IV (Toronto) - Epilogue & Feedback

    in King of '94

    Posted · Edited by Bob Kudelski

    I pretty much agree with everything  that @kingraph said. So instead of providing all the same feedback and suggestions, I'll just comment on a few different aspects of my experience.

    1) Thanks

    I just want to reiterate how much I appreciate those of you that put this thing together every year. From the head honcho and organizer, @halifax to the bracketologist and data guru @smozoma and his assistant @CanadianDennis, to the awesome streaming set-up by @Coffey. Also, the countless others who contributed in various ways to make this event a success. Thanks guys!

    2) Forum buds

    It was great to meet some more forum buds in person! Unfortunately I didn't make all the links between real world person and online forum bud. For example, there are guys that post a lot on here, that were at the tournament apparently, like @AtomicRaven, @aqualizard, and @CamKneely. I'm not sure if I even met them or not? I would have like to at least say “hey”. 

    3) SNES Competition

    Personally, I had a brutal showing. My KO94 performances are 3rd, 2nd, 8th... I don't like where this is trending. That said, I know where things went off the rails, and with a couple small adjustments, I'm very confident I will have a better finish in the next tourney.

    Unlike KO94 (2015), I was actually quite happy to see Mikail win. He is a super nice guy, and to see him win again just validates all the hype he got for winning the first one.

    That being said, it’s pretty clear that, unlike with Sega, there are more than a few different SNES players capable of winning the King of 94 title. Mikail has proven himself as probably the best live SNES player around. And Daf proved that Vancouver was no fluke, securing his second consecutive second place finish. But, in my opinion, SNES is still pretty much a toss-up between a number of guys. Which makes it pretty damn exciting, and nerve-wracking. 

    Another interesting fact: for the second year in a row, no online player finished in the top three! (not counting Mikail and Jason as online players even though they may have dabbled in the past). I was trying to rationalize this in my head. I wonder if there are benefits to playing more games live, on the actual console, rather than online, on the emulator. The emulator might change timing, smoothness of motions, framerates, etc. I’m not sure the correct terminology. But going forward, I’m going to try and get some more live console games going. There aren’t many SNES guys around Ottawa, but @annatar is a short drive away, and @smozoma could probably be convinced to play some SNES (He’s actually pretty good from what I’ve seen).

    4) The Stantonator! (Mike Stanton?)

    He was awesome! I chatted with this guy Saturday night and he mentioned he came all the way from BC, on his own, just to participate in both tourneys, Sega and SNES, even though he wasn’t all that successful at KO94 III. I was impressed by his enthusiasm, but never did I think he was an actual threat. Boy, was I wrong! I ended up commentating his series with Kevin and he took the first game in OT, then lost game two in OT, before falling to the defending KO94 champ. Like I said on the stream, The Stantonator really made a name for himself. Later on, after I lost a tough three game series to Mikail, I had to face The Stantonator! He squeaked out a one goal victory in game three, to knock me out of the tournament, and he went on to finish 4th! What a great showing. I’m happy for the guy, because it was clear that he loves the game and the tourneys. One last thing I learned about him - he plays live with Daf sometimes. So I guess there’s something to be said for playing live games with great players.

    4) NBA Jam (SNES)

    I participated in the NBA Jam tourney. Although I like the game in principle, I don’t really play it. In fact,  I didn’t even know how to pass when my first game started. But somehow I won my first five games. I guess I just figured you have to find a guy that hits the three point shot consistently. For me, it was Muggsy Bogues and John Stockton. In the end though, I lost to the finalists, @DPS, and @etevans101. I couldn’t even compete with them. They are great at shoving the player without the ball, so they get super-injured and ineffective. I wasn’t so good at that. I probably won’t enter a Jam tourney again, so I can focus on ‘94. But I did enjoy the success while it lasted.

    5) Commentary

    At one point, I jumped on the mic and tried some commentary. I hope I wasn't stepping on any toes. For anyone that witnessed that, I apologize. I had the mic tucked under my chin so it sounded terrible, I have a monotone voice, and my humour does not translate so well to a live stream. But it was fun. If the opportunity is still available to me at future events, I'll think of a couple catch phrases, and make some improvements to my style.

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  15. Clues from the NHL'94 Manual

    in Player Ratings

    Posted · Edited by Bob Kudelski

    Probably the most interesting thing here is regarding the pass button. The puck doesn’t leave the stick until the button is released?! Any idea if it’s the same for snes? Probably not.

     

    update: I checked and can confirm that this doesn't apply to SNES. The puck is passed when the B button is pressed, not when it is released.

  20. Ken Griffey Jr. Baseball

    in SNES Roms

    Posted · Edited by Bob Kudelski

    Thanks!

    I spent the entire summer of 1994 changing the player names to their real life counterparts, only to have my idiot friend wipe the memory by removing the cartridge with the console powered on.

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