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Hell yeah, that sounds awesome!

Ugh I missed those additional options. Thanks Smoz!

Haha nice kg! I'm having issues converting those pics to png format. I'll get those posted soon. Good to see you're still around, my man!

HABS! What's up my friend? I haven't been around in awhile either but looking to get back in the swing of things. Hope all is well!

Hey guys, sorry it has taken me a little while to respond with a summary of the event but things have been a little crazy lately. This bar that hosted the event, Mac's, is a place I used to live a couple blocks from in Chicago for years and have been to plenty of times. In fact, I was there a couple weeks prior to the event and didn't even see the flyer... to be fair, I'm not too surprised since it was towards the end of a night of too much fun. I arrived to the tourney that Thursday night 45 mins before the tourney started just because I didn't want to leave anything to chance (I know, I'm lame like that). Also, I brought 2 extra brand new Gens pads in case they had some jenky set up going on... and I didn't want to take any chances in case there were any "tossers" or "throwers" present. The bartender was hosting the event and a group of his friends were already there practicing. I jumped in for a practice game and during the set up screen, the guy I was playing chose ‘5 min periods’, 'manual goalie', 'penalties no offsides', switched lines to 'on', and hit start. I said in the attitude like he made a mistake "wait, we might have to start over, you put lines on". His response "yeah, I know, the whole tourney is going to be lines on". After a moment of panic and shock wore off since I have played lines on maybe 1 or 2 times in my life, I asked like a dimwitted dbag "are you sure?" haha So the tourney started at around 7pm. $10 buy in but that came with a free beer and a shot of Jamo. There were 20 guys, 2 gens going in the back room with a double elimination format. Before each game, you flip a coin first, the winner of the flip decides on home ice or choice of team. We had to draw numbers for seed. I drew 19 which put me in a pre-tourney play-in game that would decide if I would start in the winners or losers bracket. I asked a question to the guy I was going to play, "where do we seed once we finish our game?". He responded with "Dude, it's really not going to matter since I'm going to win". Of course, there's a number of things I wanted to say but I just said "sounds like I'm in trouble". We flip, he wins… chooses Chicago. I choose Detroit at home. He gets beat down 4-0. Honestly, with lines on… the gameplay is much slower and scoring 4 goals at that pace is considered a good game. One timers are more rare, the strategy is more about passing around looking for an opening and of course, B-check defense. To my surprise, I didn’t feel like anyone had a good grasp of the poke check which put me at a huge advantage. The next round I win 6-0. The round after that, I play this guy who’s in my face trashtalking the whole time who gets his beat down 4-0. At this point, I’m finally getting a feel for this lines thing and I’ve been playing with Detroit the whole time so I’m learning a lot of their backups deep into their line. The problem is, there are 20 guys and only 2 Gens so in between games moves slow… also, I’m trying to pace myself but I’ve probably had 1 manhattan and 4 double capn cokes. I am mixing in waters there but you know, I’m feeling it. Haha Here’s a look at the bracket at that point… So next is the winners bracket semis against the tourney host, Yuri the bartender. He wins flip, chooses Chicago… I take Detroit at home. The puck drops and goes to Goulet who hits a gap after my D pinches and scores in the first 16 secs. There’s a lot of cheering for Yuri b/c he knows a lot of these guys and apparently he’s the NHL 94 guy around that part of town. Well then JR puts another in a min later… and then another… and another. Then Dirk Graham gets some crazy nonsense in on me. So in case you lost track, I’m down 5-0 at the end of the 1st. I don’t mind losing but he started to pass the puck back deep into his D zone and skate around back there to waste time. I don’t know, just didn’t sit too well with me. To make a long story short, I end up getting pounded for a final score of 6-3 catapulting me into the losers bracket. Now the speed of the tourney is picking up because there’s not many people left. Now that I’m in the losers bracket semis, I end up playing that same trash talker from earlier. He picks Quebec which is a pretty good call in lines on and it’s different b/c everyone has chosen Chicago, Montreal or Detroit. I score first but then he ends up scoring the next 2. Then midway through the game I take over and score 2 quick ones which sends him into a hokkee-esque rage in which he pounds his fist on the table sending a number of beers flying [actually that’s not hokkee, he would never put so many brewskis in danger  ]… unfortunately for him, they ended up landing mostly in his lap which didn’t help his attitude any. In the 3rd I tacked on 1 more for good measure for a final tally of 4-2. I immediately have to play the finals in the loser bracket. It was an uneventful defense heavy bout which ended up in me winning 1-0. But it was a nice win b/c he was one of the tourney faves. Next I play the person who lost to Yuri the bartender in the winners bracket finals… and again, pretty defensive battle which I edged out the guy 3-1. So now I move into the real finals. I have 1 loss and at this point, Yuri the bartender has 0 losses. Yuri has won every toss in the tourney so far and this was no different. He chooses Chicago, I of course take Detroit Rock City at home. It’s 0-0 after the first. At the start of the 2nd, he scores a quick one. Then late into the 2nd, I score a slapper over the middle with Ciccer to tie it up. It’s a pretty tense scene by this point, Yuri hasn’t sat down the whole game, there’s a lot of guys yelling and I’m feeling a good amount of pressure. In the middle of the 3rd, I get the puck up to the 2nd Yse of the Detroit team… Ysebart. I get stuck in a corner but work my way back up to the top of the circle and then move in with a double juke to body Belfour out of the crease to score the go ahead goal. I end up holding on for the win 2-1. We immediately start the Final of the Finals (for lack of a better term). I can’t recall any real highlights from the 1st 2 periods… all I knew is that there’s no way I was letting JR get away. I did end up injuring JR in the 2nd period but only for 2 mins left in the period. So as you can imagine the 3rd period was extremely intense. Time is ticking down… 4 mins, 3 mins, 2 mins… I’m stuck deep in his zone with I believe Ysebart or Federov skating in a corner. I see his D split over the middle but no one is breaking but I pass it out so I don’t get squashed and lose possession. The puck crosses over the middle past his D over to I believe my right winger and I instinctively hit C for a 1 timer b/c I just want to put some kind of shot on goal since there was no offense out there from either side. The puck goes high close side and Belfour pulls one of those shoulder shrugs but he’s fading back in that position with the possession star flickering (I know you vets out there know what I’m talking about)… and I’m thinking this has got a shot… a cheap shot but a shot nonetheless. Belfour is fading backwards and sure enough he hits the back post and loses possession while the puck slides past for the goal! Thank you NHL94 gods! There’s still a 1:15 left. Puck gets dropped immediately to JR and he crashes through my line to go for a juke but Yuri knows I like to play manual so he switches his side… but he makes the move too early and I’m able to jam the pad back to barely make the save. 30 secs left and he gets another surge with his forwards into my zone, he passes to JR who takes a wicked 1 timer slap from the edge of the red circle. I switch over to make the save and I feel I’m in position but the puck gets by me but HITS POST! I manage to gain back possession and hold onto puck for the remainder of the game… 1-0 final! I turn around obviously relieved and waiting for me is a bucket of champagne on ice! Haha what a nice touch. I crack it open and pass it around for all of us to enjoy. For winning the tourney, I had a choice of 2 Hawks tix or a signed Chelios puck… I took the puck which for me was the obvious choice. I have to admit, I was worn down… my first game started at about 7pm and the final horn ended that last period at 1:15am. Still a group of us stuck around and recanted the night. There was a lot of laughing and it was a great vibe overall… just how any NHL 94 experience should be among fans of the game. I want to thank Halifax again for reaching out to me directly to give me the heads up on this tournament. I owe you big, buddy! For those who have even made it this far in this War & Peace type length of a recap, here's a look at the final bracket:

Hey, I have some pics to post... could someone tell me how to Paste or attach a pic from my desktop into the forums? Posting my recap below... hope you enjoy

That's my bad... things have been a little crazy. I'll work on posting that this weekend... before I offer to play any exhibs!

I'll be online this weekend for some exhibs if any of you guys want some practice for your leagues

I still have my original cart in box with manual plus some other carts but I really want a sealed copy (to keep sealed). I countered at $150 but he wants $185 now. After reading through your responses I may lower my bid to $100 and see where it goes. Thx for the feedback guys!

Getting ready to head off to that tourney... pretty excited. Just spoke with the bar, sounds like there's going to be a good turnout. I'll make sure to spread the word about nhl94.com too, hopefully we can grab some new recruits!

Hey guys, I'm bidding out right now for a sealed copy and wanted to pose the question to the community. This guy I'm negotiating with is asking $400. I love this game but that is outrageous... or maybe it isn't for some of you out there in 94 land. Let me know what your highest offer would be.

Where have I seen that nickname for the forward line before? <--------- I've enjoyed reading through all these breakdowns. Great job!

-This was the first game I ever played online -If it weren't for the patience of Jesus, Kings, Addison, and Cam... I would have never been able to get started online -I know that Angryjay and I started around the same time... we developed quite a friendship and heated rivalry (he is still one of the most explosive players I have come across.. no lead was ever safe) -The only girl I played from this site was Evan's gf (now wife I believe), Egg. Evan and her are a great couple because both are incredibly friendly. -After meeting backhandfloater on this site, we found out we only lived a couple blocks from one another in Chicago. We actually hung out a number of times before he moved to Vegas. We would definitely meet up to play on the Gens console. (his gf would start fights with him when we would play at his house... it was pretty funny) -I still can't do a backhandfloater -KGman took a bus from Winnipeg to Chicago to party with me for a long weekend in which we had a blast -HABS was my partner in the 2on2 league... arch rivals vs the dynamic duo of Jesus/Cam (wish the 2on2 league would come back) -Won my first game back in over 4 years vs Swos (which he then proceeded to beat me down the next 4 or 5 haha)

Hey guys, long time and I hope everyone is well. So Halifax posted a link on FB this morning about a Gens tourney in Chicago this Thursday evening. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like Carse will be able to attend and Backhandfloater doesn't live in Chi anymore but I'm close by to the bar that's running the tourney. So I need some practice if I'm going to represent. I'll be online tonight at about 9:30 CST if anyone wants to jump on to help me out. I also haven't used Hamachi so I'm spending some time this afternoon to work through the set up. Let me know if you can jump on!

Hey guys, just got back late last night. Thanks for moving on so seamlessly despite my flakiness here. I'm disappointed I won't be able to join you for GDL X but I'm more than happy to move to my place on the waiting list. Best of luck guys with rest of draft and I'll be trying to hop online soon to catch a couple scrimmages if anyone's looking for some practice!

Hey guys, didn't know this was starting today. I thought we were still putting teams together. Anyway, I'm leaving for Colombia tonight and I'm still at work. I left Donche a msg to draft for me (but I can understand how that might not work for some). If that's the case, you can hand off my team to the waiting list.

Freydey, I read most of that thread... that was amazing. I can't believe he was actually banned for 1 year! In that thread, I also read 2 of the worst words put together... "Dr" "P1zza". I cringed when I came across that. Did anyone find out if that was a real person? He was just trolling this group, right?

When I came back here, the last person I expected to see was hokkee. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy he's here but for any of the young'ns out there, go back and check out page 26 in GDL forums to see some classic hokkee posts!

That is an awesome story!

If HABS doesn't respond, I'll take Detroit Rock City.... otherwise, I'm fine with Philly

Hey fellas, I've been in contact with The Don and looking forward to joining this GDL. Looks like a worthy lineup in this league. Heard you guys have developed some new tricks that I need to learn. Just try to take it easy on me this season!

Hi guys, It's been awhile... thought my first post back deserved to be in the rookies forum. Thinking about getting back in these days. Missin the community and good to see some of the same guys around! Hope all is well with everyone and looking forward to hearing more about the upcoming GDL X season

Something I've always wondered and never asked... Who are the Top 25 Members according to their Member #: I know Evan is Member No 1 but who are the rest?

Jesus, It's good to see you haven't lost your sense of humor. Unfortunately, I didn't win the lotto... if I did, Evan would have seen a sizeable contribution towards this site... and I would be flying everyone to chicago for an nhl 94 tourney and all out party weekend. I watched your video that smoz had posted about earlier in this thread. That was amazing! I was dying laughing at work here b/c only you would have nailed that play-by-play just as it happened during the game. I'm scared to ask how many hours... no, days... no, weeks that took to put together. Winters are long in chicago... and for some ungodly reason, winter has started earlier than usual this year and will most likely go to mid-May so I'm going to try to get back into playing here and there. Just promise to be gentle. My pc's power supply crashed out last week so I'll get that up and running, then hit you guys up for some games.

That was an awesome recap Smoz... thanks for taking the time to write that. I'll take time to check out everything you posted. About time our boy Jesus got some recognition on the internet for being The Man. Lol about Hokkee... I can't believe it took that long for him to get banned from posting. Hokkee, I know you can read this... much love brutha. Are Habs (ie the ultimate 2on2 partner), BHF, Gr81, Sebe still around?