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Berthiaume is definitely way better than Sidorkiewicz. I get way better performances from Richter than Vanbiesbrouk (NYR).

You know you can like.. resize pictures so they don't take forever to download, right? http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/d...eschelman2.mspx

not interested myself, but i think you should make a goalie win worth 2 points or something like that.. otherwise goalies suck. 2 for a win, 1 for an OT loss, 0 or -1 for a loss? +1 or +2 pts for a shutout.

What I find distracting about the SNES sounds is that, though they mostly sound better, they don't fit in/together as smoothly. The post is definitely the sound I notice the most as being 'off.' On the Sega, you get a nice PING! but on the SNES, you get a Clunk, which isn't right.

I have not noticed this. It may depend on your computer, but anything less than 4-5 years old should be perfectly fine. If you are sure this is happening, then try changing the sampling rate in gens, instead of just turning it off: Sound->Rate->11025 There are some other options in there that you could play with (stereo, high quality, etc..), but I don't know which ones will have any real effect.

Oh, I don't remember the sounds in the post-94 16-bit games, actually. I was talking about the newer xbox/ps games. Even when you crank the hitting power, you rarely knock a guy over. They really need to add an "old school" mode.

The sounds are an integral part of the nhl94 experience! Playing without them is BLASPHEMY! The successful check grunt noise is by far my favourite ("BLOOARRGHH!").. The new games sound so boring with their wimpy "oh, sorry good sir" checks. PS: you really should shrink the font on your "If you wanna play im me" signature. It's obnoxiously large. I'm tryin'ta read here!

I wonder if a bunch of them are just waiting for an email telling them when their confirmation game is...

You seriously need to tone down that signature. I have a Logitech P880. Cheap, but works fine. ~30$ Canadian. Only downside is that it only has 1 shoulder/trigger button on each side.

Cool, I wasn't sure if that one was still around.

http://macks-hacks.com/home.htm Check the downloads page for "DOWNLOAD NHL 94 GENESIS [v.2007]"

I had a similar problem with my Logitech P880, but I found a fix: There is a "Digital" button on mine -- if I hit it once so it lights up, then the D-pad works instead of the analog stick. Hopefully something similar can be done on your controller.

In dmitry's old league, I found that most people could set up their lines in well under 30 seconds, so it actually wasn't too annoying (but it definately would have been nicer if it wasn't necessary at all). I'm thinking of making a line-changes-on league in the next few months (but with all the different GENS leagues about to start up.. maybe not). With NOSE, coaches' preferred lines could be hard-coded into the ROM before the season.

I like line changes, but I find offsides slow things down way too much, since the AI and passing isn't good enough when it comes to staying on-side. Most people prefer to play with both off. There was a league a couple christmases ago that had both on; I found the offsides were just a huge pain, but the line changes were interesting.

The thing is, the later rounds don't matter because we don't use line changes, so this is essentially a non-snaking draft order. I think it's better to non-snake only a few rounds. This changes the "average draft position" for the coaches less drastically. I would definitely snake the first two rounds, otherwise the 24th pick guy is getting really screwed. Everyone's top two players will be roughly equal (when combined), but the supporting cast will be stronger for the coaches with earlier draft positions. As for new coaches, we can play them a few times and gauge their skill level, then give them a draft pick according to that (though they could always tank those games.. but then they get hammered the next season when they finish better than they deserve). Also, are we having 25 teams next season? I liked 24 -- all the divisions and conferences had the same number of teams.

See, my wisdom is timeless.

:/ A hybrid draft order isn't supposed to be fair -- it's supposed to mildly favour the weaker coaches while still keeping things relatively fair for coaches around the same skill level. Snaking is (almost) completely fair. Fixed order is unfair in the name of fairness, but may be a little too unfair. I think a hybrid system is a simple compromise. We just need to decide how many rounds we want to invert. I think a snaking draft is bad for the league. We need to tilt things a little to help the less experienced/skilled coaches keep up, so they don't keep quitting on us. Parity keeps the league healthy. People are happy to play when they know they have at least a fighting chance every game. I think fixed order is a little too extreme, but I'd rather fixed order than snaking. When you play a friend on your console, you don't play with equal teams all the time.. you play with teams that will give the weaker player a chance, letting him improve without getting frustrated. Hybrid draft systems have also been linked to lower blood pressure and higher sperm count.

I split my season series with Carse, therefore I should be declared his stand-in coach in his absence. Stanley Cup here I come!

I'm confirming sebe82 here. He's pretty good. We had to go to OT, where Recchi got a breakaway to beat Roy for the 4-3 win.. Lag was bad, but I think it was my connection's fault. I always seem to get bad connections in the nhl 94 server...

If I had to guess, you're probably using your forum password. The registration password is different than your forum password. There was an email sent out a couple weeks ago that should have the password. It's just random letters and numbers.

Hi moose. Cool pic. Try replacing your picture with the one attached here. It'll download faster for people and not take up so much bandwidth for the site (yours is 1.6MB.. that's huge for something that's just going to get resized down to 20% of its full glory when shown on the site! This version downloads 7700% faster. Yes, that's 7 thousand percent )

Rare is the rookie who does not believe he has skills. Rarer still is the rookie who actually has them. No offense meant -- I used to think I was awesome, but, in the online world, it turns out I'm just OK. Prepare to learn a lot from the veterans and become truly skilled!

Cool, thanks for the playoff picture, DaDonch

Hybrid 1. worst -> best 2. best -> worst 3. worst -> best 4. worst -> best 5. best -> worst 6. worst -> best 7. best -> worst 8. worst -> best 9. best -> worst 10. worst -> best 11. best -> worst 12. worst -> best Gives a slight advantage to the not-so-good players. -- As an added thought: I think snaking makes the draft go faster, since the picks near the start/end of the each round often go fast. Even if people vote for non-snaking, I think we should snake the last 5 or 6 rounds, since those players are only subs.

Anyone is going to look amazing next to Scott Mellanby