NHL 13 (XBOX 360) GWJHL Season - Week 6

Good game magnus. I feel like I squeaked out a win there.

You played really well. Well deserved win, I'll get you next time.

I've got one more game to play against Buffalo. I plan to be on around 9pm CST tonight.

magnus wrote:

The ghost of Mr Green beat me in a shoot out. Damn him.

Yeah, the Candians ended up putting up 3 against Crawford too! Looks like someone lit a fire under their asses

CptDomano wrote:
magnus wrote:

The ghost of Mr Green beat me in a shoot out. Damn him.

Yeah, the Candians ended up putting up 3 against Crawford too! Looks like someone lit a fire under their asses ;)

Can't argue, they squeeked past me, too. Green leaving was the best thing to happen to the Habs!

Well, I'm sure the Blues would love to fire my butt.

Hey TheCounselor, will you be on tonight? I could be after 9 CST. Last game this round for me.

Rolling has commenced. Welcome to Week Six!

Excellent! This is the week I'll take the lead in the Eastern Conference

Wings

NY Islanders
Carolina?

Eastern Conference lead with 3 games to go!

I only have one human game this week. Oilers, let me know when you can play?

magnus wrote:

Eastern Conference lead with 3 games to go!

I only have one human game this week. Oilers, let me know when you can play?

I should be able to play tonight, 8-8:30 mountain time?

Boston is (I think) done for this week. I had only CPU games, no human opponents. I might have one more game to play but I will almost certainly knock that out tonight.

I know I can't complain given my W-L record, but man there are some games vs. the CPU where it feels like the game has suddenly decided that I need a loss. My pass rating is atrocious, I get 0 goals and hardly any shots, and the CPU team will out-check me by a 5-1 ratio. One of my games this week was like this. I can always tell because at some point in the game the announcers will start talking about the opposing goalie making miracle save after miracle save. I'll get 3-4 rebound chances and the goalie will be playing Twister in the crease to deny every shot, then they'll get the puck, skate down into my slot, wiggle the stick a second and flick it in like my goalie isn't even there.

My biggest complaint in the NHL series is the hitting system, which for 5 years running now continues to elude me. I don't know if I'm not using the right stick correctly, or not getting the timing right, or what. My checks on opposing players will knock them down maybe 1 time out of 5, most of the time they'll get bumped but retain possession and keep skating. Most of the time I miss entirely. Contrast that with the CPU teams, who need merely wave an arm within a few feet of me and my skaters are ass over teakettle. I'll routinely be battling in place, not even moving, and have an opposing skater knock me on my ass, which I'm pretty certain I have never done, ever.

I still have fun in enough of the games to keep playing, but it would be so much more enjoyable if I could just figure out these last few frustrating problems.

Where and how are you trying to check them? I find that checking then against the board works very well unless there's a size mismatch. Timing is harder this year due to the new skating engine.

I'd say 99% of my few successful checks are against the boards. It only works for me if my skater has quite a bit of speed.

CPU skaters are able to knock me down from a standstill, when fighting for the puck. I have never been able to do that. They'll also knock me down out in open ice. This is how roughly half of my offensive possessions end. I'll take the puck up into the zone and a defender will skate right up and either poke the puck away, or knock me down. If I try the same on defense, the puck carrier will always manage to turn away at the last minute and leave my defender flailing uselessly in midair.

Is Carolina's owner active or is that on sim mode?

Leroyog wrote:

Is Carolina's owner active or is that on sim mode?

Yup! Thatsa me! Want to play tomorrow evening?

My work schedule is effed with the election coming up so I never know when I will be home. I am on right now though!!

Sorry about last night magnus, I forgot I had tickets to the Star Wars exhibit. Man was it awesome! I may be on tonight. My wife wants to watch PVR'ed tv.

Ugh, sorry boys...Work has been killing me this week. I won't be able to get in any HUM games before the roll over, if I even have any (I haven't even fired up the XBOX in a week). I'll set my team up for simming and let you guys play against my AI.

This should be the only week I'll have to do this--it's just crunch time for getting some goals completed on time, which means late nights

CptDomano wrote:

Ugh, sorry boys...Work has been killing me this week.

Ditto for me. Work and family obligations have been eating up all my time this week. I think I have just one human game this week, versus Leroyog, who seems to be equally busy.

I might be able to get that game in Saturday during the day or Sunday night, but if everyone else is ready to roll, please feel free to sim it.

Sorry.

Once this damn election is over, I should be back to normal. I'm available tonight

I've been bad and neglecting the league. I'm out of town until tomorrow night, but still have games to get in. How about I roll Monday morning?

Sorry.

Blech...Just ran through my week of games:

Had three (maybe four?) 0-1 games, two that were 0-0 and ended up going to shootouts. Not sure what happened, but it just seems like the CPU is content to dropping all five guys in front of the net and being able to block ANY shot that got in. If there was a rebound, my guys were on the wrong end of the animation and couldn't recover the puck in time. A little frustrating, but oh well.

The Facebook integration is nicely done.

4 point lead in the east with one game to go. Oilers, PM me and let me know when you can play?

Sorry guys, I'm out w flu. Feel free to sim me.

I'm sorry, but I think I need to step down from the league. I haven't been playing the game much. Mostly, HUT and my offline franchise takes up more time than I have to put into the game as it is. As much as I enjoy playing you guys, GM Connected is just not what I feel like investing time in anymore.

Would someone like me to transfer Commish duties over to them?

I'll take it for now.

Leroy! Them Wings aren't going to lose to me by themselves!

Leroyog wrote:

I'll take it for now.

Thanks! I'll pass the reigns over shortly.