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Nice!! Let's do it!

How is this possible? (It requires a ROM hack, right? Which not all ROMs will have. In fact, almost none do?) (I am probably missing something :P)

Raph (or anyone who knows!), regarfding the ChkF stat I see on NHL94online.com. 1. This does not include after whistle checks, right? 2. Is the ChkF # combined CPU and Coach initiated? 3. Does the ChkF # on nhl94online.com match the Checking stats displayed in the ROM? Thanks!

I don't really follow hockey. But I heard of Clint Malarchuk when I was a security guard, finishing university, in 1997 or so. I worked in a building that had a film company on the top floor. A guy came to see the head honcho of the film company, to pitch a film idea, but insisted on taking the stairs instead of the elevator even though it was over 20 stories up! I decided to walk with him. That is when he told me that he was afraid of elevators, as well as having a million other phobias. All as of result of a traumatic experience, he didn't want to go into. He said it was like Clint Malarchuk. I said who?, and he told me the story. According to him, after the incident, Clint Malarchuk had a bunch of mental issues, just like him. I filed that piece of trivia away, in case it ever came up again. Along came the internet, some time afterward, and I was able to watch the youtube video (not that gory because of the horrible quality), and read about Malarchuk's wikipedia write-up. Last night I was watching a video on Lawrence Taylor, and they were about to show the infamous Joe Theisman hit. I paused it. That is one gory scene I have never seen and do not intend to watch. I have bookmarked the article Smozoma shared to read later.

I can feel your pain! Really. I would say dual boot. Then you will have Windows 7 or whatever, and have it made in the shade. Or.... you re in IT, right? Can you not get your hands on an old laptop? Get Windows on it, and have a dedicated NHL94 computer! (Many people have done that, to avoid the headaches. Hell, you could probably even buy a used laptop good enough to play this ancient game for $100!)

Seeking anecdotal evidence of the best OS and internet network for our favorite game. (Results to be added to an online guide.) Feel free to add any other advice on the best computer setup, or internet setup, for this ancient yet beloved game! (For example, I have heard some people say Windows 10 has caused issues, yet I know others are using it without issue?)

Good idea. I will do so. Edit: Added it to Best Connections for Online Play.

Yeah, don't feel stupid. I just hope you are right! If you are, and the problem is fixed, that is what is important. I had a similar situation. I switched to DSL, and was having poor NHL94 connections. After a week of trial and error on my end, I called up my provider, and they mentioned "sometimes gamers prefer to have 'interleaving disabled', which we can set from HQ here". Well, this did the trick. And I had never even heard of "interleaving" before.

Yes, that is too much.. Should be less than Toronto.

Also jwebber is in Taiwan, so that is the main (and possibly only) culprit for bad ping! Where are you at? I am in Toronto and my ping with jw was well over 200.

Definitely do a google. Lots of info on Hamachi out there. When I have Hamachi problems a couple google searches usually sorts it. (Then I forget the answers, and need to search again next time.) Edit: I see you did some searches. I recommend you do more. In my experience of 5 search results, 4 are complicated with 35 steps, and the one that works is an easy 3 stepper. Murphy's Law or something...

I don't know about sea-hag.net, but there is a GENs-only site for uploading series, that extracts the stats for each game and the series as a whole? AtomicRaven and I use it to keep track of our own games (we mostly play each other). Anyone can join and use it, though it doesn't support custom ROMs. Here is an example of a series: http://nhl94rocks.com/resultsSeries.php?seriesId=609

This thing is $30? My guess it the controllers are going to be totally crap. No way they will be like the original Sega ones. If you are able to plug your own controllers in, that would be great. (Can't tell if they are old school ports -- my guess is USB. Who knows?) I ordered a "Hyperkin 6-Button Genesis" controller from Amazon, and though it looked similar, it was so light and cheap it was useless. Straight-to- landfill quality.

I won't personally play games until Chaos has the site up. BUT! The guy does a ton, so don't want to pressure him. So, I said stick to the original plan.

Confirmed!

But really, to keep it suuuuuper simple, can't you say: If you want to C-check: If you are using a light guy, use C only If you are using a fat guy, do CB (Not Sure what to do for in-betweeners, like 7-9 weight... B-check? Pray?) I am not a good CB checker, but the above I can keep straight. It is generally correct, right? (I know I am too old and dumb to do any quick math on the fly...)

This is probably for Raph, but anyone that knows can chime in. I know this is a static ROM. But I want to make sure I understand what that means. In a nutshell, the player attributes are "raw". There are no modifiers (hot and cold, momentum, home and away) so if JR has a 5/5 shot to begin with, it will always be 5/5 Therefore, the Hot and Cold screen is (as always!) useless However, in Edit Screen, the player ratings will be accurate (and unchanging game-to-game) Do I have these things right? Thanks!

Actually I thought your original post was awesome, as is! And though I appreciated everyone's replies (greats nuggets across the board) your post was the most in the spirit of what I was asking, with real percentage estimates I can wrap my head around. (Especially that line "Anyone can check anyone, but if the general rule doesn't apply, I'd say it's about a 15% chance.") What you say about stickhandling is interesting, too. But I have to wonder if -- re: C-Checks -- if it is more agility than stickhandling? (They *usually* go together.)

Just an approximate is cool. Casual opinions like: "I think Like 3 on 3 wt, I think 10-20% chance." "But 5 weight checking 3 wt, > 75% chance." "No, I do not think momentum or agility plays a role" "Without CB or near boards, Lindros cannot flatten Theo, ever..." That sort of thing... I know a definitive answer is unlikely. (That is even more-so if you in particular don't have one!)

I understand the weight bug (light guys are monster checkers) and I understand that CB checking can overcome it, but I am trying to REALLY understand how traditional checking works. Seeking a formula of sorts. So, without using CB, and for open ice C-checks: if a 3 weighter C-Checks a 3-weighter, what is chance of a knock down? If a 3 weighter C-checks a 4 weighter, how does % chance change? do we know (or approximately know) how the % chance of success changes as weight margin increases? (Even if we don't "know", I would love to see some guesses.) I am not new, and I have done research. The rule of thumb seems to be "2 or greater weight margin (with checker being light, receiver being heavy) success very likely. But I am sure there is a nuance here. I feel like a small percentage of the time, anyone can have success against anyone. Is this just in my head? (Or Lindros on Fleury literally *never* succeeds?) Also, does momentum and agility, angles of contact, and some "unknown sauce" play a factor in flattening guys? (I saw Smozoma mention some unknown "magic" in a post). Edit: I will add some related threads here.

10.3 Hamilton takes D - Mikhail Tatarinov

LA Kings LW Ciccarelli C Lebeau RW G.Courtnall LD Brisebois RD Lidstrom G Roy Sub S. Nemchinov on Forwards Sub J. Brown on Defense

Hey Mikey, so is the DVD scrapped? (I was really hoping to have a DVD with several hours of "extras" to see the interviews in full with the programmers...) As for the streaming service, is it a competitor of Netflix? Will it cost $ to join, or is it ad supported, or what? And they will have your full movie, plus little "shorts" (a few minutes long)? Or they are actually going to make a bunch of episodes (like 22 minutes or whatever a half hour show is?) Finally, are they going to edit/make the full length movie with your raw footage, or are you still making that? Thanks for the update! Glad you are recharged now, brother!

Well as long as we are beating this to death, BTC was worth a little over $600 in July of 2014, so betting 10,000 BTC on the Blitz winner is already ~ $6 million bet. Based on that figure, I am guessing it was hyperbole. (Though I am guessing some of you have heard of the 10,000 BTC Pizzas? That is no joke, but that is the early days...)

This is the "main one" in my book. The best dude at them, IMO, was Jack Vandal. He used a keyboard. Seemed to score on them about 20% of faceoffs near the net, until I started just pressing C like a madman to check right off the faceoff. I myself was getting proficient at them -- say hitting about 5% or so in faceoffs near the net -- with an iBuffalo controller. Switched to the original MK-1650 fatty and am now about 1%. But like I (and others) have said, defending with a C-check usually does the trick.