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  3. Vancouver KO94trey Hotel HQ's

    in King of '94

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    I was just checking in to see where everyone was staying but it doesn't look like there's been much input here.  Is this being discussed somewhere else.  I would like to book my trip early next week.

    I like the big house idea... give us more flexibility for exis instead of cramming inside someone's room at TheQuinta.  Probably would cost around the same once we have enough people as well. Man stink builds up fast in those small hotel rooms.

    More importantly, more room = more consoles = more exis = more fun = happy Smoz (let's be honest, I think we can all agree that's the end game here) 

  5. Where Should the Kof94 III Be?

    in King of '94

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    That's pretty cool.  I've never been to Vancouver but I've heard nothing but great things about that city.  While this is a little bit of a hike, this will definitely be worth the trip.

    I already spoke to Hali and he pointed out something about dates that the group in the US may not be aware of.  I was concerned it might be the first weekend of Oct (Columbus Day weekend for US), however, it's Thanksgiving weekend to our friends up north so that weekend is out.  Hopefully that works for more buds.

    Can't wait to hear more details soon! 

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  6. [February 24th, 2018 - Green Bay, WI] Edge of '94 -WI Presents, A Fleury of Goals!

    in Edge of '94 - Midwest

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    5 hours ago, jer_33 said:
    • True Game Fans Network - Facebook Live - (SNES Bracket) [link]
      • 0:19:00 - coachmac / kevincabarello (DET@CHI)
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    • True Game Fans Network - Facebook Live - (SNES Finals - SEGA Swiss) [link]
    • True Game Fans Network - Facebook Live - (SEGA Bracket) [link]

     

    I would like to play on a stream next time.

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  7. Where Should the Kof94 III Be?

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    For Ko94III, I agree with @annatar, it should definitely be hosted in a city where there's proven local interest.  While I would really like to see it happen in Chicago, that turnout in Toronto was really impressive.  So if it happens not to be in Canada, I think the closer we get to Canada, the better turnout we should expect which is why I also thought Minneapolis was a good choice.

  9. Attendance Wishlist at the next Ko94?

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    Hey aqua, I'm little surprised as well.  Thought there would be more of a response.

     I think I would have had Ice on my list but I was able to compete against him in Toronto.  I used to play against him way back and he is a top competitor now.  Also, Brutus was after my time but I got to hang out with him in Toronto as well and I have to say, he is as fun and great of a guy as you would expect him to be in person.  A real asset to the community and I'm lucky enough to live around Chicago with him ... although we need to take more advantage playing in person together.

  10. Attendance Wishlist at the next Ko94?

    in King of '94

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    So this conversation came up a couple times in Vegas over the weekend... of all the guys, who do you want to see at a Ko94 tournament?

    OK, so first off, I wish every guy that has posted on this site was at every tournament but obviously that's not going to happen.  So I'm limiting my list to people that have not participated in a Ko94 tourney.  My active years on this site were many moons ago so my list will be from the old school group.

    In no particular order and my list comprises of people that I had the strongest connection with:

    1. @HABS -- my 2on2 partner, one of the OG members on this site and a hell of a competitor.

    2. @clockwise -- an established innovator who I wish had 48 hours in a day so he could dedicate time to build towards materializing just some of the ideas that were floating around when it came to 94.  He is also one of the guys that helped me get set up on this site and really one of the nicest guys I've come across on here

    3. @hokkeefan -- the original bad boy of the forums.  You know, say what you want about hokkee, he played a lot of games in a lot of leagues and he was always up for exis.  I think he would be a pretty compelling character to meet in person.

     

    @backhandfloater -- I met BHF through the forums years ago (turned out we lived a couple blocks from one another in Chicago) and we've remained friends since then.  He would have made this list but we all got to meet him up in Vegas and he stuck around to watch the premier of Pixelated Heroes.  Although, next time,  I hope he will be able to participate in the tourney!

    Some honorable mentions -- gr8199, Dmitri, DaDonche, Carse, matthurray, tickenest, swos, the finland contingent, wboy (who I know has done so much for the site but I don't think I ever even played 1 exi against him even at my most active)

    Who would you want to see that you haven't seen at the next Ko94?

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  11. King of 94 Tournament - Feedback / Improvements

    in King of '94

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    1 minute ago, CoachMac said:

    You would be a huge addition to any Live Tourney.

    Agreed.  I hope you can make it to one of these some time.  I was actually on the phone with Mark Lesser a couple days ago and he asked me about younger guys playing the game.  I brought you up (I called you Plabax but I'm not sure if that's what you go by today) and how you've not only had a huge impact with your ability to quickly learn the game but how you've helped to continually push the gameplay with newly developed tactics.  He is always pleasantly surprised to hear about the devoted fan base to the game but it felt like he was even happier hearing that there are younger players who are playing this game as well.

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  12. King of 94 Tournament - Feedback / Improvements

    in King of '94

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    4 minutes ago, KB27 said:

    I had a great time for my first tourney!  I was very impressed with how smoothly things ran.  A couple a pieces of feedback from a newb:

    • I'm not sure that having penalties on adds anything on the genesis side.  I believe I read somewhere (probably on this forum), that penalties are "randomly generated".  If this is the case, I don't think having penalties on serves the intended purpose of mitigating excessive holding and poke checking.  
    • I would have loved a 2 v 2 tourney.  It's been twenty years since I've played 2 v 2, but some of my favorite NHL memories were played with four guys all sitting on coach, drinking beers and smashing each other into virtual hockey boards. 
    • I would keep the prize pool even if you have to drop the amount of the pool significantly... and have a trophy too!
    • In terms of building the community, it might be worth having someone demo the forum and website. I don't think newcomers understand the amount of work that has gone into maintaining and building a legitimate forum. The NHL94online website is also awesome. If I had not talked to coachmac I would not have known the website keeps stats and stuff like that. Lastly, it might also be worth having two experienced community member demo an online game from setup to completion.  I've read the information online which is great, but sometimes seeing the process helps too. 

    Not sure if this is Kevin who I played 2v2 with in the lobby but if so, good to see you on here and great feedback.  I really like the idea of forum representation providing demos to potentially new members.  Great playing you in the tourney as well!  Hopefully we can get some exis on here at some point soon.

  14. King of 94 Tournament - Feedback / Improvements

    in King of '94

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    19 hours ago, CoachMac said:

    Plus Side

    Games went fast and smooth.
    Brackets were well organized.
    Settle it on the Screen Set-up and announcers was great and fun.
    ARDA OCAL!!!  Awesome Dude!  Great Announcer.
    Competition was outstanding.  I went 3-3 in Toronto and 2-4 in LV.
    In Toronto all games were blow-outs win or lose.  Except one good game with JER33.
    In Vegas every game was a 1 or 2 goal game.  Except my game with KingRaph.
    I could have easily been 5-1 or 0-6.
    Seeing Mikey's Movie.
    Hauling my CRT TV to and from the room, gaming site, lobby, pool, across the street etc...
    PIZZA ROCK Pizza and Mexican Cokes.
    WEDNESDAY.  Playing 10 Games against AngryJay in my 94 Game Room.
    THURSDAY.  Vegas Knights Game.
    Beating KingRaph in Air Hockey.
    FRIDAY.  Playing all-day LIVE in the Hotel Rooms with AngryJay, Evan, Smoz, EA, KingRaph, Backhand Floater.
    SATURDAY.  Playing Kevin from Columbus and Aqualizard many games after we were all eliminated and between playoff games. 
    Live 2v2 in the Hotel Lobby until late into the night.
    Meeting Tex, JackandJose, and Aqualizard.
    The SNES guys celebration was awesome.

    Minus

    No T-shirts, Hats, Jersey, Swag, etc.. of any kind.
    No Trophies for winners.
    No name tags.
    No Screen poster or whatever showing brackets and results.
    No signs, posters, or banners, promotion of any kind.
    No Vegas Knights or NHL presence.
    No NHL94.com promotional area.
    Aqualizard was pushing it some and I tried to set up something after being eliminated but no real effort to promote..
    I got lots of guys asking questions about roms, online play etc.., but we really dropped the ball here again.
    NO CRT's for Genesis sucked especially when i got 6 at my house I could have brought, plus a side trip to Vegas thrift shop could have scored all we needed for the price of a few drinks.

    I would be happy to hel;p/do much of this if/when we have KO943.

    Missing to many of the top guys (KG, Brutus, Ice, to name a few).


     

    Great feedback by @CoachMac here, I think he nailed it.  I would have like to see an actual printed out bracket at the tourney... maybe with sliding boards that fit into slots (could have been cool but that is a luxury wish list item and definitely not needed)

    The one thing I would like to add about wanting more of though is ... MORE GUYS FROM THE COMMUNITY.  I'm not saying this because I'm disappointed, I'm saying this because, believe me, you don't want to miss out on these events.  I can't begin to describe the energy of the live tourney.  It's one thing to play each other online, it's a completely different experience to sit next to great guys like @corbettkb ; @jackandjose; @Evan to name a few and battle it out game after game.  There is a respect for one another & genuine comradery that comes with playing in this NHL94 community, it's difficult to put into words.  You will never see it displayed in greater fashion until you play at one of these tournaments with one another.  So if you have to start putting money away right now to save up for the next one or as soon as you know when the next could be, start making plans... don't miss it.  The two Ko94s that I've attended are experiences that I will never forget and it's the guys on this site that make them most memorable for me. 

    I just want to say @halifax -- you are one of the coolest cucumbers around.  For everyone else out there, you should have seen this guy.  There was so much going on at any time and he was always calm and collect.  He made time to answer any questions.  If there was an issue (like not having enough CRTs; gathering groups to go over rules numerous times; bouncing between to the Downtown Grand staff, the commentators, all the GENS and SNES players just to name a few), he made decisions quickly to remedy any situation.  I'm sure there were so many adjustments that needed to be made along the way and throughout the actual day but I never noticed a thing b/c the entire tournament was seamless in execution.  Big thanks, Hali! 

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  19. Pregame Friday Fun

    in King of '94

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    45 minutes ago, smozoma said:

    In case anyone doesn't know, the movie is on Friday night.

    8:30 arrival

    9:00 movie start

    10:30 Q&A with Mikey and Michael Brook (EA co-founder)

    11:00 hang out

    I'm not sure *where* the movie is, though??

    So what I think you're saying is we have 7am-8:30pm open to pregame?  I'm hoping we can get together beforehand

  20. Pregame Friday Fun

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    8 minutes ago, CoachMac said:

    Yes!:big_smile:

    Also a bunch of us are going to Vegas NHL game Thursday Night.

    I am also at the Grand.

    I will  also have my rig if we need to get around town.

    Hey Coach, I would really like to go with you but I promised the girl I would take her to a show on Thursday night.  It starts at 7 which is exactly the start time of the game.  But I'll try you guys afterwards!

  21. Pregame Friday Fun

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    1 hour ago, kingraph said:

    EA, if your phone number hasn't changed since Toronto, I still have it and will keep in contact on anything we're doing.  Drinks and exhibitions would be great! We should all also use the king_of_94 channel on Discord to communicate in case.

    Hey Raph, my number is still the same.  DL'ing Discord now... thanks for getting back so quickly.

  22. Pregame Friday Fun

    in King of '94

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    Hey guys, I was wondering anyone was getting together early on Friday to meet up somewhere or go back to catch some drinks/games at someone's suite (similar to what we did in Toronto).  I'll be there Thursday but I'll be waking up Friday morning ready to meet up as soon as you guys are available.

    I've got a place at the Grand Hotel.  Let me know if anything is going on.  Can't wait to catch up with you guys!

  23. King of 94 II - Who's going?

    in King of '94

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    On 5/16/2017 at 10:41 PM, kgman said:

    I'm on the maybe list I thought that at least 1 of my cousins would be going and I could split the room but the oldest of them is getting married in September so they can't commit so KG needs to pull some cash together lol

    You better be going KG!  Just make sure you don't have any warrants out for your arrest there before you book! ;-)

  25. Hotel Prices Near Ko94 II

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    I'm just checking on one thing to make sure this doesn't overlap with my vacation at that time but when do you think our discounted rates will be locked in for the Downtown Grand?  I'd like to book those as soon as possible.  Thanks for coordinating, guys!  

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