Scribe99

Yeah looking at it again, it does look more even than I originally thought. I like the conference and divisional idea as we should get some really good rivalries going, starting in my division with the 'battle for New York'.

It looks to me like the East is stronger than the West. You have 6 playoff teams from last year in the East. The only rookie we have is Monkey, who I thought was a pretty tough player in other leagues. In the West, there are 5 playoff teams from last year. And we also have three rookies in there too, which I haven't heard of before this league (correct me if I'm wrong). No offense intended. I think the East should probably get one of those rookies from the West, and add another strong vet to the West.

Eastern Conference: Atlantic Division: New York Rangers --Vocally Caged Pittsburgh -- Matt Hurray New York Islanders -- Scribe99 Hartford -- Ranatoro Washington -- Monkey Tampa Bay -- Dmitry Northeast Division: Buffalo -- AngryJay Montreal -- Habs Boston -- Hokkee Ottawa -- Mike Quebec -- JJ New Jeresey -- Magus Western Conference: Central Division: Chicago -- EricAnthony Detroit -- gr81 Florida -- Skool Dallas -- Smozoma Calgary -- Tesslog Edmonton -- Himerjj Pacific Division: Toronto -- Takeyourpill St. Louis -- Snoboarder Anahiem -- DaDonch Los Angeles -- KingsCupRun Vancouver -- DMAC San Jose -- ED It helps to put things in perspective with the owners there.

Islanders drop forward Pat Falloon and pick up forward Wayne Presley.

The New York Islanders and the New York Rangers have agreed on a trade. The Islanders trade Evgeny Davydov to the Rangers for forward Dale Hawerchuk.

Cool, thanks for the info. I was hoping that there was another way to do that. Although, I'm not sure that there are tuturials for how to do that on the port forwarding site, which might make it a bit more confusing for some. But it is nice to have another option too.

I'll put this up for others too. When you configure your router, you need to open up port 5394 for KEGA. That is the channel that KEGA communicates on. But most people have IP addresses that renew themselves and change from day-to-day. When you tell your router to open up port 5394, you have to give it a specific IP address that stays the same, otherwise it won't work next time your IP address is renewed and changed to something else. So the first step is setting up an IP address that doesn't change. Here's the walkthrough for it (pick your version of windows, and go through the steps one by one, should take a few minutes): http://www.portforward.com/networking/staticip.htm The last step is opening up the port on your router for your new IP address. The basic idea is that you go into your router, go to its port forwarding menu, and you make a new entry with the port # to be opened and your new IP address. You also checkmark both udp and tcp boxes under the same entry, or if you can only do one, pick udp. Here's the walkthrough for accessing your router. You won't need any software or anything, just look at your router and get its make and model. Scroll down and pick your specific router and then select default guide at the very top of the screen: http://www.portforward.com/english/routers...routerindex.htm

imo, the light blue is perfect. it lacks the glare of the white ice but it looks so close to white that it works aesthetically too.

I agree that there might not be enough time before the season starts to properly make the switch ... but everyone should try this out at least once so we can get some more feedback for down the road. I can host games for people that don't have their internet configured for it. On the issue of the stats, it saves as a GS0 file and it's compatible with all of the stats databases. I uploaded a save to the boxscore site and it works. The f5 key is disabled online but the drop down menu is still there and it lets you make a save. If for some reason there are problems with that method, you can just exit the netplay game and the rom does not reset as in Kaillera. With the emulator still running and the game still there, that's another safe save spot. So it looks like stats are not a problem that requires more work for anyone.

New York Islanders Line 1 LW: Richer C: Selanne RW: Juneau LD: Hynes RD: Racine Line 2 LW: Faloon C: Davydov RW: Miller LD: Hawgood RD: Dahlquist Goalie -- Rob Essensa

If anyone wants to try it out I'm available for games. I can host since my connection is already setup. You can connect to me without setting anything up just to see what it's like. I can't emphasis enough how smooth the game plays on it.

12.15 backup goalie, Bergeron, NYI

Here's part of the Kaillera faq from anti3d.com: I think what happens is that the game plays at a certain level of choppiness or smoothness based on the higher ping. Within that context, the player with the lower ping probably won't have to worry about dropping keystrokes, but will still have to deal with the general lagginess of the game just as the higher ping does. It reminds me of when I've played 2k football against people on Xbox Live who had a bad connection. If their connection sucked, the game would lag heavily for both players so there really wasn't much of an advantage to be had even though your connection was fine.

Played a couple more games tonight with IamFleury'sHipCheck and CamNeely ... Went pretty smoothy and I'd be interested to hear their impressions. Wboy, haven't tested out a Sega CD game yet.

11.10 NYI -- Pat Falloon

I know that with Kaillera, the game is always played at the higher ping to keep the game in sync. I assume it is the same with KEGA. When I played, I connected to Angryjay93 and showed up with about an 80 ping. I didn't noticed any slowdown at all. It was really so smooth it felt like 0 ping to me. BTW, if anyone wants to try this out just to see, I can host the game and you can connect to me without setting up your connection. Then if you like it I can show you how to set up your connection so you can host.

Yep that's it. Your IP address can be found by going to www.ipchicken.com -- that site shows your public ip address, which is what you give to someone to connect to you or vice versa. If you have a firewall running you need to either allow Kega to access the internet, or just turn it off. If you connect through a router, you need to also set up your router to allow Kega to communicate. I can help with this step, and there are a ton of tutorials on how to do this. If you have a router you need to forward port 5394 for Kega. IF you don't know how to do that or what that is, I can provide more info or help you on on AIM. Scribe99

10.15 - NYI selects defensemen Chris Dahlquist.

I just finished playing my first online game of 94 with the emulator called Kega. Angryjay93 and I tested it out tonight and played a couple games. It's nearly as good as playing against someone on a console. It even allows online save states to be made and it is played through a direct connection -- which is one of the reasons why it runs so flawlessly. First of all, the control online was so fluid and precise that it takes a moment to get used to after playing gens online. I've posted before about the gens internet settings and how it limits the amount of input you have with the controller ... With Kega, it's like a huge weight is lifted off of the control of players. It's not even like playing gens offline, I would say it's even better. That's because the Kega emulator is purportedly a more perfect emulation of the genesis than gens. In our couple of online games, we maintained a steady frame rate and fluidity. It never stuttered or lagged. Just endless amounts of silky smooth precise control, the way the game was meant to be played. You'll probably need to try it out before you believe me, but it is a jaw-dropping experience. One thing that is readily apparent is the clarity of the sound. Pucks off the glass make a crazy sound, and the checks and horn sound more "full-bodied". We need more people to jump on and try this emulator out online and respond to this thread. If you need someone to play against, I'm usually available during the day or kind of late at night. This is the download page: http://www.emulator-zone.com/doc.php/genesis/fusion.html Yes, you need to setup your internet connection to play this because it is a direct connection between you and the other player. It's not that hard to do guys, it really isn't. You set it up once and you are done with it, and its exactly the same setup you go through to play SNES online. I helped AngryJay with his connection and we were up and playing within minutes. I won't post all the details of how to setup your connection here, but if there is interest I can help.

I think both the white and the grey look better than the blue. I'm fine with any of them however. But I guess I don't have the same reaction to the white ice that others do. It does not bother my eyes at all and I think it looks really good.

9.10 NYI selects forward Kelly Miller

post from work, 8 whatever my missed pick was --- NYI - Greg Hawgood, D

7.15 NYI takes Yves Racine Defender

6.15 Islanders select #26, defensivemen Gord Hynes.

5,10 Islanders take Evengy Davydov (forward)