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zhamnov was picked about 5 picks ago : (

4.19 - DAL - Sean Burke side note.. I'd like if we posted the round pick number (e.g. 19) in the schedule post, too, so it's like "4.19 (91) - Team - Coach - Player Name" Looking back this round, you can see that the past 10 or so guys have their number wrong.

Yeah, this is going to cause problems. Try posting some availability times, so guys can have an idea of when they can catch you on AIM. I'm also concerned that the ping is going to make the games really laggy. Being realistic, I think guys will avoid emailing to set up times, and it's going to be really hard for you to make checkpoints/deadlines. What times do you think you can be online at, in Eastern Ontario/USA time?

If you haven't heard, Paul Newman, the actor who played Reg Dunlop in the movie Slap Shot, died this past week, at age 83, from lung cancer complications. If you haven't seen Slap Shot, it's a classic -- THE classic -- hockey movie. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076723/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slap_Shot_(film) Check it out if you haven't.

3.6 - DAL - Makarov

2.19 - TOR - Lidstrom might be jumping the gun.. oh well, can't go wrong with lidstrom

even checking, with different weights. ie it'd behave as though 2 guys with equal weights were in a check, even though they actually have different weights. 90 2b 00 67 - SUB.B #$0067(A3),D0 - sub guy checking's (wgt*8) d0 2a 00 67 - ADD.B #$0067(A2),D0 - add guy getting checked (wgt*8) if you make them both 2b or both 2a, then you basically don't change the value of D0 at all.

The season has started. Basically everything you really need (ROM, emulator) is at http://www.blitz94.com/downloads.asp, but there is more detail below, especially info about how to upload your game results to the website... For those who haven't played in the GDL, FVHL, or Dynasty leagues before, please read everything here, especially the stuff about how to upload your game results to the web site. Season Length The season is 44 games long for both the "A" and "B" leagues. This translates to 5 or 6 games against each coach. The reason it's 44 games is because eventually the A and B leagues will both have 12 teams, so you'll play each of the 11 other coaches 4 times. To begin with, only 2 games against each other coach are available on the Upload a Game page. In a week or two, I will release the rest of the games. (this also gives me some time to consider changing the max teams to 10 and the schedule length to 36!) Playoffs will be 1v8, 2v7, 3v6, 4v5, then re-seed. 7-game series. Deadlines / Checkpoints I don't want this league to drag on and on. The season will be about 8 weeks long. This is 5.5 games per week, which is about 90 minutes. Please try your best to meet these deadlines. I will create another post in a couple days with deadline dates and replacement policies. Please play at least 12 games in the next 2 weeks, though. ROM To get the ROM, go to http://www.blitz94.com/downloads.asp. It's called blitz_nhl94_s01ab_reboot.bin Emulator You need an emulator that has been modified for so it can save during online play. Get one at http://65.36.133.56/nhl94_draft/downloads.asp. At the end of the game, during the "Three Stars" screen, hit F5 to create a 'save state' of your game (it'll create a file called "blitz_nhl94_s01ab_reboot.gs0" or gs1, gs2, etc). You need to upload this file to the website to have your game count (more on this below). Peer-2-Peer Kaillera Client You also need the Kaillera DLL that allows you to play online and do P2P direct connection play (but you can still play on servers if you want). This is also on the Blitz94 Downloads page. Put the DLL in with the emulator (you might need to overwrite an existing kailleraclient.dll file) Password Your password, to start the season, is the same as your user name; your user name is your AIM name. It's also your name on the Standings page If you want your password changed, contact me. The password is used when uploading a game. Standings View the Standings page. If you don't see your name on the standings, then go to the top of the page and select the appropriate league where it says || Leagues: "A" "B" Farm || How to Upload a Game Here is how it works. At the end of the game, when the Three Stars are showing on the screen, press the F5 key on your keyboard. This does a "Quick Save" of the game and creates a file called "blitz_nhl94_s01ab_reboot.gs0" (or .gs1, .gs2, etc). Go to the Upload a Game page on the Blitz website. You will be asked to log in, first. Use your name from the Standings page as both your user name and password. Click the Browse button and find and select the quick save file. Find the game you just played in the list and click the circle to the left of it to select it. Click the Upload button to upload the game. After about a 20 seconds, the page should reload, and it'll show you the score of the game and give a link to the boxscore page for it. If there is a problem uploading, please copy down the error message, contact me, and tell me the error. Also don't delete or overwrite the save file.

One reason I voted against this for GDL was that I think the values used for the weight bug fix could possibly still require some tweaking. The formula I'm using is not a direct "heavy > light" formula (i'm factoring the checking rating in), so I'd like to see how the new formula balances out (i may need to make it a little easier to hit or a little harder to hit). For example, I have Wendel Clark on my team, and because he has a high checking rating in the game, he should be a decent checker.. but so far he has really disappointed me. I'll get feedback for a lot of the players over the first season of Blitz and then see if I want to adjust the value I have in the formula that affects how easy it is to hit. (the new formula to calculate a check's effectiveness is (6*wgt + 10*chk - 14)/8. I can make it easier to check by making that 14 lower, or harder by making it higher) The other reason I didn't want it in GDL was that GDL already has a history using the original code. Plus if all the leagues have it, Blitz loses some of it's uniqueness before even the first season

What kind of system is this going to be? Using a database at all? I don't really see why you'd go through a ton of effort to create some new system if it's not going to have user input.

Instead of using pure white, just make it a little brighter. I think the default is something like E E A? make it E E C. pure white is just way too harsh to actually play on : )

Houlanov and mlnewc have been given teams.

OK, I've given up on dmac and flamingpavelbure. Seems we have lost a great veteran. I don't think we'll be retiring the Vancouver Canucks, for him, though... I pseudo-randomly assigned the top 2 guys on the waiting list the following teams: Houlanov - Buffalo mlnewc - Boston (hope you like Russians) Buffalo is: G: Fuhr, Hasek F: Mogilny, Lafontaine, Hawerchuk, Steen, G.Courtnall, Turcotte D: Patrick, Smehlik, Maciver, Fetisov Boston is: G: McLean, Puppa F: Neely, Larmer, Zhamnov, Nemchinov, Davydov, Semenov D: Bourque, Kasatonov, Lowe, Gusarov

I heard there was a web interface?

Seconded -- no way shanny should go 1st round. he's averaged mid-4th round in the past. You want low weight, since low weight = better checker / harder to check. Get a guy with 7 or less weight (the one exception to consider in the first round is Lemieux, wgt=10 (he went 18th last season, i think, but 1,3,1 the years before i think (but i wouldn't touch him top 10))). You also want a guy with at least 4 speed (shanny = 3). Not sure if I'll do the draft analysis again. I'll probably do the first round, but that might be it (it becomes less and less fun to do each round).

1.6 - TOR - Teemu Selanne

Thread for talking about the draft. Good picks, bad picks, missed picks, etc.

Can I get this leafs logo? http://www.sportslogos.net/logo.php?id=201 haven't won a cup since it was changed (if it doesn't translate well into the tiny game graphics, i guess stick with the current, simpler one)

Yeah, just put up the first round and let us pick up some steam. Just don't skip anyone until Thursday, though.

they've been fixed since (including) GDL3

cool stuff, never thought about applying it to the other games. good to know these things transfer well

I think the site doesn't allow hotlinking, so get CGA from http://www.god-weapon.com/downloads.php

At the latest, on Friday. Still have vague hope that dmac and/or FPB will show up. If not, I'll do the replacements and shuffle the teams between leagues a bit to keep the coach skill levels close.

stick with classic.. see how the fix works out in blitz.. maybe i'll need to make adjustments.. vote again for GDL6