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  1. The site is back up. Sorry about that -- i'm still running the site off my computer, and I had to finish up some GDL games and didn't want the lag. I will be putting everything on a real server this weekend.
  2. Hope everyone is OK with the league assigned to them. --EDIT 3-- After some more thinking, I'm putting Vocally Caged back in A and moving hokkee down to B. Sorry for the confusion! --EDIT 2-- Vocally Caged moved down to B --EDIT 1-- I moved thegr8199kings up to the A league since he's good enough and also built an amazing team. Unfortunately this makes the "A" league have more teams than "B." If an "A" league coach wants to move down to "B", that'd be great. Please contact me. --END-EDITS-- Season 1 "A" teams "Lg/Rq" means "LeaGue assigned to / league ReQuested." . .0. TEAM - Lg/Rq - AIM Name ( Forum Name ) BOS - A/A - flamingpavelbure ( The Russian Rocket ) BUF - A/A - maddmac94 ( dmac ) HFD - A/A - minddefect ( MindDefect ) PIT - A/A - sebe82 ( Sebe_The_Legend ) EDM - A/- - Icestorm NHL94 ( IceStorm70 ) PHI - A/- - snoboarder3211 ( Carse ) TOR - A/- - TessLog ( Logan ) WPG - A/- - Vocally Caged ( CamKneely ) NYR - A/? - thegr8199kings ( thegr8199 ) WSH - A/A - hokkeefan2 ( hokkeefan ) Season 1 "B" teams . .0. TEAM - Lg/Rq - AIM Name ( Forum Name ) CHI - B/B - metzgerism ( metzgerism ) L.A - B/B - vinniersmith ( kupuck19 ) MTL - B/B - Dervin36 ( Dervin ) CGY - B/- - Rage93 ( chaos ) DAL - B/- - smozoma ( smozoma ) DET - B/- - bigchiefjay1016 ( Shifty ) STL - B/- - BeefJerkyRules6 ( Bo Knows NHL94 ) VAN - B/- - WagsTh ( Wags13 ) WSH - B/? - hokkeefan2 ( hokkeefan ) NYR - B/B - thegr8199kings ( thegr8199 )
  3. The draft has started. The first player drafted was Tomas Sandstrom, by minddefect. Draft Website You can pick here: http://www.blitz.com/draftab/makepick.asp If you'd like, download Excel sheet draft player list on the downloads page: Draft Player List. It lists all the players and their attributes. Passwords For those who didn't send me a password, your password is your name in the dropdown box on the draft page. You can still change your password from the default by AIMing me or sending me a message through the forum messaging system. Draft Constraints Duplicate players: can only be drafted once (e.g., only one team can draft Vanbiesbrouk). 6F,4D,2G: In this season, you can not acquire more than 6 forwards or 4 defensemen or 2 goalies at any one time. Pick Deadlines The automated draft system doesn't support deadlines on picks yet, so, for the first few rounds, we just pick in order. Hopefully no one is too slow... I hope to add deadlines to the system this weekend. Draft Discussion There is a Draft & Trade Talk subforum. Trading There is no trading until after all teams have 9 players (just to keep things simple this first season). I.e. there is no trading until after I have received the second batch of protected players. (Remember that the draft in this first season goes: protect 3 players, draft 3 players, protect 3 players, draft 3 players). You can trade a maximum of 6 players (or draft picks). Once you trade a guy, you can't get him back this season (pretend he's miffed at being traded).
  4. As the deadline was last Saturday, I will put you in the "C"/Farm league, but currently you're the only one. Once there are more people in "C", you'll have games to play, and the top guys will get promoted to B (or possibly A..) for the next season. You'll also be in line for taking over no-show coaches in B or A. Detroit Vancouver is yours (in "C")
  5. I liked the game for the most part, but the menu system is TERRIBLE. It takes like 7 button presses to do the simplest of things, and I found some things hard to find. Roster updates took too long, too (2-3 weeks after the trade deadline before the update was available). The first-person mode sounds pretty fun, but I'm not sure how it's going to handle skating one way and looking another.. could be tough to control.
  6. so much for secret picks! to answer the question: yes, if you want to keep your goalie, you need to protect him in the draft (unless he's hrudey, because no one would willingly draft him!). ok, that's everyone! when i get home tonight, i'll put all the picks in the database and the draft will begin! my draft system doesn't support deadlines yet, though, so if someone's slow, we'll just have to wait for them (guess i'll fix that on the weekend..)
  7. yeah, i got those. dmac and vc are still missing (as of 10am, anyway -- haven't checked AIM since then)
  8. http://www.blitz.com/draftab/players.asp You can use the numbered links at the bottom of the page to look through all the players now... and you can enter a custom formula.. Still waiting on 2 coaches for top-3 players! then we can start el drafto!
  9. http://www.blitz.com/draftab/makepick.asp I still need to improve the View Players page to allow you to split things up by position, whether or not guys have been drafted, sort on attributes.. maybe a simple rating formula calculator like dmitry has.. Also, you'll be able to sign up to have this page email you when picks have been made or when it's your turn. I haven't put pick deadlines in yet. Once I get everyone's top-3 protected player lists, I'll fill in "Round 0", then we can start with round 1! HFD/Minddefect will have the first pick, because he has the worst team (as rated by the infallible Ron Barr). 4 teams still have not sent me their picks (or I did not receive them). I also need you to send me a password for the website (used when logging games and making draft picks) . If you don't supply a password, it'll just be the AIM name you signed up for the league with. We should be getting our own league subforum on the forums... no word when, yet, though.
  10. I need to finish the automated draft page still. i might get it working tonight. I am still missing top-3 picks from 7 coaches, though, so we can't start before I get those.
  11. The thing is, if they made everyone good, NHL94 would have been just like newer games, where you can't tell the difference between any of the players. They would have no personality. I actually had a lot of fun doing stanley cups on 20 min periods with line changes. I had a couple epic runs with Montreal and Quebec. As for the goalies, I think they made some bad so people new to the game could score. Hasek was an unknown at that time, too, I thought? To me, it's the huge gap between Belfour+Roy and everyone else that is weird.
  12. oh there was no error, those 6 wins were the extent of my powers this season. Apologies to Sungod, the only coach I swept! I did however lose 8 games by just one goal (including 2 against BUF, the first place team, near the start of the season; and 2 OT games against chicago, when my mojo was back at the end of the season. between those series, i was useless )
  13. Wow, did I ever have a bad year. The team wasn't that bad, but I just wasn't very into it. Just over 2 goals per game for and 4 against. I'll be back next year, you'll see!
  14. I forgot to mention: When you get the penalty shot at the end of the game, the puck will actually go through the net and boards. No goal!
  15. I concur. So does Hokkee, actually. For now, I'll say.. You can move 6 players max (including draft picks). And yes, if you trade a guy, you can't get him back. he doesn't want to come back to your team this season. Sound about right?
  16. The draft will start some time this week. There will be 6 draft rounds this season (7 in subsequent seasons, I think; might be 8 depending on how the math works out). Teams will have 12 players (6F, 4D, 2G). Draft Process Here is how it works in the first season (later seasons will be a bit different): Note: At no point in the draft can you have protected+drafted more than 2 goalies, 4 defensemen, or 6 forwards. Protect 3 players on your team. Send me a list of 3 players on your current team you want to keep/protect. (use forum private message or catch me on AIM - I can't get offline AIM messages for some reason, so make sure I acknowledge that I got your picks) I will make public the protected player lists all at the same time, so you can't make choices based on the other coaches' choices. I have already made my picks (so I can't change them: key number is 78). You get to keep these 3 players (this season). So if you're BUF, you might pick Mogilny, Fuhr, and one other guy. [*]Draft 3 rounds from the unprotected players The players not protected in step 1 are all available to be drafted from. We will draft for 3 rounds. Drafting will be in the same order for each of these 3 rounds (default order below), from 1/HFD to 18/CHI. [*]Protect 3 more players from your team Going back to your team's original roster, pick 3 guys who have not yet been protected/drafted. You get to keep these 3 players (this season). Again, forum message the picks to me, or catch me on AIM. I'll make these public all at the same time, again. [*]At this point, you can start trading players and/or remaining draft picks in this season. [*]Finally, draft 3 more rounds from the unprotected players The players not protected or drafted in steps 1-3 are all available to be drafted from. We will draft for 3 rounds. Drafting order will be: Rd4: reverse order (18/CHI to 1/HFD). Rd5: default order (1/HFD to 18/CHI). Rd6: reverse order (18/CHI to 1/HFD). [*]Free agent transactions (probably 1 per 24 hour period max allowed, each coach) Draft Order Draft Order was determined by worst Ron Barr rating first and, where tied, by lowest rated top player first (PIT=DET=75, Lemieux=99, Yzerman=95, so DET drafts before PIT). Rounds 1,2,3, and 5 follow this order. Rounds 4 and 6 are in the reverse order. 0. TEAM - AIM name ( forum name ) HFD - minddefect ( MindDefect ) EDM - Icestorm NHL94 ( IceStorm70 ) DAL - smozoma ( smozoma ) STL - BeefJerkyRules6 ( Bo Knows NHL94 ) PHI - snoboarder3211 ( Carse ) WSH - hokkeefan2 ( hokkeefan ) VAN - WagsTh ( Wags13 ) TOR - TessLog ( Logan ) WPG - Vocally Caged ( CamKneely ) MTL - Dervin36 ( Dervin ) BUF - maddmac94 ( dmac ) NYR - thegr8199kings ( thegr8199 ) L.A - vinniersmith ( kupuck19 ) CGY - Rage93 ( chaos ) DET - bigchiefjay1016 ( Shifty ) PIT - sebe82 ( Sebe_The_Legend ) BOS - flamingpavelbure ( The Russian Rocket ) CHI - metzgerism ( metzgerism ) Draft Guide I made an excel sheet that should be useful in the draft. Here: Blitz_League_Player_List_s0v3.zip If you don't have Excel, you can get OpenOffice or use Google Docs (which is really cool) Trading For the sake of simplicity in the first season, there will be no trading until after the second set of protected players are made official/public (so when everyone has 9 players). You can not have more than 2 goalies, 4 defensemen, or 6 forwards at any time. You can move up to 6 players, including draft picks. If you trade a guy away, you can't trade to get him back this season (the genesis guys have faces, and therefore feelings. he doesnt' want to come back.) Free Agents I suspect that there will be a lot of free agent activity, so I will need to come up with a scheme to prevent people from rushing in and taking the good free agents before anyone else gets a chance. I guess I'd just say 1 free agent transaction per 24 hours? Parity I know the teams won't end up equal the first season, but I hope they're alright. It'll be more balanced in subsequent seasons. Next Season's Draft Next season, instead of just letting people pick 3 players to keep, you rank all 12 of your players from most wanted to least wanted. Then, using some random algorithm, I will choose ranks to drop. The lower/worse on the list a player is, the more likely he is to get dropped. Higher on the list, less likely to get dropped. You will lose 3 of your top 6, and probably 4 of your bottom 6. For example, you might lose ranks 1,4,6, 7,9,11,12
  17. http://forum.nhl94.com/index.php?act=Search http://nhl94.com/html/editing/edit.php http://nhl94.com/html/editing/edit_bin.php
  18. OK, I've picked my 3 guys I will be protecting in the draft. Please message me to tell me the 3 guys you will be protecting in the draft. So I can't change my choice based on the information I get from you guys, here is a way to check that i haven't changed my mind when all the picks are revealed: the product of the numeric values of the first letters of the names of the players I'm keeping is 2128893, and the sum is 78.
  19. Wow, yeah, it really speaks volumes about his defensive skill, 5 ties.
  20. Hello fellow for-the-moment Blitzleagueans. Any suggestions for the name of the league? Blitz was just the first thing that came to mind, and I'm not particularly attached to it. Any other ideas? While we're on the subject of names, I'm thinking of calling the "C" league the "Farm" league, since, conceivably, we could end up with a full "C" league and require a "D" league.. making things weird.
  21. signup deadline for A and B leagues is 11:59pm Saturday (EST) C league signups are always welcome (even mid-season, you will be added to the league)
  22. Whereas these days, everyone get 90s. You get 90s! You all get 90s!
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