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  3. NHL'14 by Clockwise ROM

    in Genesis Roms

    Posted

    nobody likes the way I do ratings, right guys? anybody is always welcome to do whatever short of pulling a profit with my games, though, so feel free to use anything you want for an(y) other hack(s). I certainly do put a lot of work into ratings and they are very much based in (public/official) statistics of measured skills. not quite the way EA does it, from what I can tell; they seem to employ a bit of a popularity mechanism. mine's pretty much about if a team benefits from a player being on the ice or not.

    help the team = high overall rating

    hurt the team = low overall rating

    versus

    sell jerseys = high rating

    play few minutes = low rating

    kind of bugs me the latter is popular, but, by definition, it is what it is.

    EA definitely overrates some guys and overlooks others, but, with respect to all the work you've done, many of your ratings I have found to be pretty all-over-the-place. I know it's tempting to go against the grain, but most of the players who sell jerseys and get ice time do so because they're really good at hockey. I think the Phaneufs of the world are the exception, not the rule. Our Paul Careys shouldn't be more usable in-game than our Matt Duchenes. As flawed as their current product is, EA mostly nails known skill sets and acknowledges breakout seasons (regressions not so much), even if the engine does a poor job of expressing any of it.

    I'll start figuring out NOSE asap, if there's a need for player-raters. Clockwise's absence must be filled!

  7. Better than NHL94?

    in General NHL'94 Discussion

    Posted · Edited by nightonthesun

    If you haven't already, add us (raph, me, min, frey) on aim. We played tonight and have been playing few times a week.

    Alright cool, i'll reinstall AIM and add everybody.

    Out of curiosity... Anyone interested in a 6-Man tournament? My favorite game mode right now, and I don't think there's any competitive forum for it. If you're unfamiliar -- it's a hexagonal map with six nets, guarded by one player each. Free-for-all elimination. You get 3 lives and lose one for every goal against, or if you're the last one to touch the ball before it goes in an unmanned net. It has the physics of normal Hax which lets you pull out the usual skill moves, but it's fairly unpredictable, and as nets empty out, you need Spacebounce-esque patience/positioning.

  8. Better than NHL94?

    in General NHL'94 Discussion

    Posted

    I've been playing way too much of this goddamn game. Had to endure pretty insane levels of noob abuse while figuring out how not to suck, but once I started gelling with teammates and making plays, it became one of my favorite alltime multiplayer games. Thing is, everything Wittgenstein said about the community there is the truth. Assholes and weirdos abound. Don't feed the trolls.

    I've heard the developer lost interest in working on Haxball, which would be a shame. It could really proliferate if it had more exposure.

    Raph -- I've actually played SB with you a couple times. Usually go by an Avs-related nick. Kinda wanna see if I can get into a league. Are you or anybody else here are still involved?

  9. Ninety Flow 2013-2014

    in SNES Roms

    Posted · Edited by nightonthesun

    Thx alot for making it. Gotta echo the whole "I'd enjoy this more if I knew who I was" thing. It's manageable, but there were, for my taste, too many moments in which I ended up making a play with the wrong guy because I didn't realize which one I'd selected. How do you figure out player ratings?

    Edit: Went in as 2nd player, much better.

  12. The Weekly Update ROM Series.

    in Genesis Roms

    Posted · Edited by nightonthesun

    Hey, so... I compared the in-game rosters to all 30 up-to-date ones, and decided to make a text file that lists the changes you'd need to make the game truly current. The ratings can always be tweaked down the road.

    Unfortunately I'm useless when it comes to editing ROMs, or else I'd have picked up where you left off. This could be, as trudatman said, a great project... Hopefully, if you or anyone else decides to flesh it out, this ends up being helpful. If not, I might have to learn my way around NOSE.

    NHL 94-14 rosters.rtf

  13. The Weekly Update ROM Series.

    in Genesis Roms

    Posted · Edited by nightonthesun

    Going to play these a lot. The Avs have a few inaccuracies, in case you're looking to make corrections -- MacKinnon is missing, David Jones is a Flame, Alex Tanguay plays right of Paul Stastny, Milan Hejduk wasn't re-upped, and Matt Hunwick was recently waived. Thanks for the work you put in!

    edit--Keep noticing more. Greg Zanon and Shane O'Brien are also no longer with the club.

  17. NHL 13 Rom

    in Genesis Roms

    Posted

    Just wanted to say thanks, and that I think you did an commendable job on the player ratings, based on performances this season. There are a tiny few exceptions who I think could be a little higher (Tavares for example) but that is a massive nitpick.

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