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  1. Momentum stopped (possibly temporarily) because the leagues kept catering to the slackers. Even after the Plabax League, the community still came up with leagues primarily designed for slackers, and guys who would show dedication to the game were constantly brushed to the side.

    The slacking here is at an extreme. Go anywhere else and you will see that people will find the time to do something if they really want to do it. Here, we constantly have to listen to excuses and wait 25-30 days to finish a season due to guys who claim they are "busy" and have no time to play NHL '94.  Despite the fact that these guys are so damn busy.. they keep signing up, and whenever you boot them / suggest they don't play, you are the bad guy!

    It gets silly, especially when you look at another community with similar demographics such as the Tecmo Community and see that they have no issues there. No tolerance for bullshit, less coach turnover, quicker seasons, more seasons, more fun. They are still going strong, and they get 100% completion regularly. I've been around for six years, and I've never played in a league with 100% completion.

    There is definitely still an interest in the game. The game is too fun for people to stop playing. What really drives the interest level (in my opinion) is the quality of the online experience, which is primarily measured through leagues.

    I think the community could be active with the right league setup. I find the game fun, but I don't like waiting 30 days to play minpind, and I don't like waiting 25 days for AJ to play a playoff series.

     

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  2. The reason NHL '94 is good is because it is the way it is. Tinker too much with the game and you will end up with a NHL '95 type thing. For example, if you edit the goalies too much you may mess up the near-perfect manual goalie system.

    The ROM hacks we have available are almost enough to make the optimal version of NHL '94. Some things are missing such as the ability to quit the game,  aim your one-timers manually or the ability to poke check at will on goalie control (not during a penalty shot). Besides that, the only problems are the minor bugs such as the penalty shot bug.

  3. To me, Boston is the best team. Out of the players who are not handicapped, Boston has the best forward (Juneau), the three best defenders (Sweeney, Wesley, Murphy) and the fourth** best goalie (Moog). They are also tied for the strongest home/road advantages in the game which makes them even harder to beat.

    Even if nobody was handicapped, I think it would still be possible to win an online league with this team depending on the rules.

  4. The tilt may be appealing to you, but it's not to most. It's in every single EA Sports game in existence (at least after 1993), and I've heard numerous complaints about it. CoachMac is the first person among many I have come across who enjoys it. 

    The feature brings results that are SIMILAR to real life, but there is no true real life comparison. In real life, things can be controlled and they are not pre-determined. In EA Sports video games, certain games are scripted/pre-determined and out of the control of the players.

    Say you want to dial 911. If you manage to press the right combination of buttons, you will input 911. It's possible your finger slips and you input 912 by accident.... that is bad luck. However, the BS Factor equivalent would be something forcing you to dial 912 even if you are inputting 911 perfectly.

  5. 4 hours ago, aqualizard said:

    Dude, if you want to play online with people that share your love of the game, give online play a chance.  Don't know who peed in Premium's Corn Flakes, but it is hella fun playing online.  (It is worth nothing, in fact, he played online for years!)  One ROM hack allows 2 versus 2, so it is nonstop action.

    You can play in leagues, or you can just play pickup games for fun.  Join our Chat Group here:

    Test Games and Getting Connected

    I think online play is fun too. I just don't think it's worth anyone's time to play in the leagues until the commissioners can get their act together. Every league has no champion and never finishes.

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  6. Right-handed players are better at moving, there is no doubt about it. Gartner is smoother, has access to more precise deking, and has a better shot than Modano and arguably Bure.

    The gap between Gartner and Modano is much wider than the gap between Gartner and Klima, so why are you so concerned with Modano? It's clear as day that Klima and Gartner are levels above Modano.

    And, to be extremely great, speed can't be higher than agility. Bure suffers from this problem. 

    Maybe Bure is better for those who are constantly turning around and skating back to their blue line in hopes of cheesing the game. That would make sense because he's faster.

     

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  7. Win Faceoff --> Five-hole pass shot with the fastest pass possible (ex. Eklund or Selanne) takes less than three seconds.

    It's so close to three seconds that three seconds will appear to have ticked off the clock unless you start the faceoff really close to the start of a second. So say it takes 2.995 seconds to execute this technique... only two seconds will tick off the clock if you can shoot the puck at a high enoug h speed within the first .004 milliseconds of a new second.

    Rare, but I've seen it happen once. The three second goal I've seen ten or so times.

  8. 45 minutes ago, kingraph said:

    I didn't think my response was hostile?  I literally laughed at your statement, and I'm pretty sure you know why.  

    The community has always been free to run any league it wants, your post/poll read more like you were starting a 24/7 league.  I'm still not sure of its purpose.  Just a poll?

    I thought you were laughing at me.

    I'm not starting any 24/7 league. The community can run it together, and I can banish the slackers.

  9. 38 minutes ago, kingraph said:

    :lol:

     

    Are you proposing to run this 24/7 league, or just posting for fun?

     

    1 hour ago, Premium said:

    The community should always be running a draft league.

    Why the hostile response?

    It's a league for slackers, get over it. The admin of the SNES league doesn't even try to complete half of his games. 

    32 minutes ago, corbettkb said:

    would be nice, but its just not a feasible option for many reasons.

    List a reason and I'll attempt to counter it.

  10. The community should always be running a draft league, specifically ONE at a time. There should be at least two different types of leagues, preferrably one weight fix and one weight bug, and the leagues should run similar to Plabax League in the sense that they are strict. Each regular season should be one month, each playoff season should be one month, and the roll call/draft for the following league will occur during the current league's playoffs. The draft period is when the community is most active, so having players around during playoff time will increase the chances of playoff series being played at a good pace.

    Classic can continue to run, it will just have to be done simultaneously. Classic is designed for slackers anyway, so I don't think coaches will hesitate to register there to get their fix of slacking.

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    Anyone who messes around and doesn't get their games in should be punished in Plabax's Prison:

    • One Time Offense - 4 Month Ban 
    • Two Time Offense - 6 Month Ban 
    • Three Time Offense - Permanent Ban 

    Of course there are always exceptions :) 

    Less people will slack if they know there is a serious punishment waiting for them. Coaches can also clear up their criminal record if they stay clean for long enough. Say a one-time offender hits 20 checkpoints in a row, maybe we can consider removing their offense.

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    Example of the 24/7 League Cycle

    January 1  - League 1 regular season starts

    Febuary 1 - League 1 playoff starts and League 2 roll call

    Febuary 14 - League 2 draft starts

    March 1 - League 1 ends and League 2 regular season starts

    April 1 -  League 2 playoff starts and League 3 roll call

    April 14 - League 3 draft starts

    and so on.....

    It doesn't have to be completely 24/7, there could be a summer break that takes place from July-August or June-September. You get the idea.

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