Interest Thread: GWJHL Third Season

Laugh all you want, we're taking the cup home!

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Wow, that's great. The only thing better would be to require Certis to start each game with only 4 on the ice. But we can go with this. Anyone care if I take Carolina?

You may kneel and bob, bagga.

So... that's a yes?

ColdForged wrote:

Myself, I will again be playing as my beloved if underachieving Hurricanes.

That would be yes.

But think how much more they could underachieve if I were at the helm! Oh, drat... fine. Let's see... I'll have to think about who I want to be then. Warning: I'll probably default to a really good team to piss everybody off.

Wow, that's great. The only thing better would be to require Certis to start each game with only 4 on the ice.

Hmmm how about he has to pull his goalie instead?

As I've said LONG ago, I'll go with Tampa, biatches.

And, as I said, I'm gonna go with the Wild, so whoever wants Philly can have them. *tear*

I'll take good care of them Mix. Inside of a week, they'll be saying "Coach Mix-who?"

Gimmie the Devils.

Argh... I might be heading out tomorrow to pick up NHL. The wife will probably kill me but I've been dying to play a hockey game for years. Last one was NHL '97 on the PS1.

Are the Penguins any good now? I'm really out of the loop on Hockey now.

Dude, it's $20. Buy her some flowers with the extra 20-spot you're saving. =) As to the penguins being any good, I dunno. I'd probably say you shouldn't sweat whether or not the team's any good and just pick a team you like, but Greenie would more than likely disagree.

Are the Penguins any good now? I'm really out of the loop on Hockey now.

They're rated pretty low, probably in the bottom 10 overall I think. It doesn't matter, no one can defeat my Caps! Swampy and I played a game last night and I came back from a 3 - 0 deficit to win 4-3 in OT. It took 66 shots but I did it!

The Devils are dead to me. I need suggestions on a new team.

Certis, I can't believe I let that slip away. Kind of like our last regular season game if you recall.

Demi says the Devils are dead BECAUSE I KILLED THEM while he watched and cried. After losing to Certis I took it out on poor Demi.

Demi, think on the Blues. They have a great defense.

Good news here, I talked Demi into getting baseball. Actually it wasn't hard he was 95% of the way there.

Certis, I can't believe I let that slip away. Kind of like our last regular season game if you recall.

The wins kind of blur together after a while Swampy

The Devils are dead to me. I need suggestions on a new team.

The Devils are a boring team anyways. I'd strongly consider one of the Canadian teams, even my precious Flames. They're fast, they have a great goalie and while Iginla is the only super-star not one line is weak or has any real holes to worry about. Very solid.

I call the Flames!

Buy American.

Bagga, you really want the 'Canes? What the hell, I guess I could use a change. Consider them yours if you really want them!

I only want the 'canes because I will probably be moving to NC in a couple months. That and I couldn't think of a team I really wanted. Really no other reason. So, I'll put the passive-aggressive ball in your court.

Moving to a better internet connection?

moving to NC in a couple months

Oooh! Where?

Take them, man, they are dead to me. Now I will let Mr.Green pick the team I play this season. Do me proud, boy!

SwampYankee wrote:

Moving to a better internet connection?

Actually, I have a new connection now that seems to work great. Now that my football and hockey seasons are over...

ColdForged wrote:

Oooh! Where?

Charlotte. Me and the misses visited there a few weeks ago and loved it. She's now interviewing for accounting jobs down there. Me, I'm gonna try my hand at independent consluting (sic).

Coldie wrote:

Take them, man, they are dead to me. Now I will let Mr.Green pick the team I play this season. Do me proud, boy!

Roger that. Thanks, homey. Why you would want Greenie picking your team is beyond me, but I don't meddle in others' picking affairs.

baggachipz wrote:

I don't meddle in others' picking affairs.

Words of wisdom-- you can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose.

Here are the slider settings we used on the current season.. roughly.

Base difficulty: Pro
Game zoomed in two clicks
Game speed lowered one click
Hitting power increased four clicks
Goalies Puck Freeze Time Reduced three clicks
All penalties lowered one click
Fighting turned down to none

That's how it was going into the season, it worked pretty well I think. One thing I didn't change I would consider doing now is reducing the amount of time you can turbo. By default it's pretty arcadey and it allows people to easily speed in with their defenseman and skate around in the offensive zone for quite a while before running out of gas. A slightly reduced turbo time would force everyone to rely on passing a bit more to move the puck up the ice and make using turbo a bit more strategic and less the gas pedal you slam down the moment you have the puck

Passing more and actually using your forwards to move the puck towards the net will also go a long way towards making sure you're not caught with your pants down when your defenseman is squatting behind the other team's net and they get a 3 on 1 situation going the other way. Just a thought.

That's how it was going into the season, it worked pretty well I think. One thing I didn't change I would consider doing now is reducing the amount of time you can turbo. By default it's pretty arcadey and it allows people to easily speed in with their defenseman and skate around in the offensive zone for quite a while before running out of gas. A slightly reduced turbo time would force everyone to rely on passing a bit more to move the puck up the ice and make using turbo a bit more strategic and less the gas pedal you slam down the moment you have the puck

I'm game!

Coldie, I'll give you my second choice: Ottawa!

That, or the Nordiques. Your call.

Oooo... Das Sens, eh? I accept! Thanks, sweetcheeks, the check's in the mail.

Dibs on the Jets!

Hey, can we make it so if you end the 1st overtime tied the game is a tie. I hate these endless OTs in regular season games.

Paaleeeeeeeeze?

Ok, I did some testing with various turbo settings and here's what I came up with:

Default settings are roughly halfway up the meter for all three sliders.

Speed Burst Effect
Speed Burst Duration
Speed Burst Recovery

At default you can speed burst from the boards on your own end just over roughly 2/3rds of the ice before you start slowing down. Recovery time for another full burst takes about 6 - 8 seconds.

New Settings
Speed Burst Effect: 3 clicks down
Speed Burst Duration: 6 clicks down
Speed Burst Recovery: Default

At the new settings you can speed burst roughly 1/3rd of the way up the ice and while you do notice a difference in speed it's not the Sonic the Hedgehog levels default gives you. The recovery is still 6 - 8 seconds.

Keep in mind if you don't just jack on the turbo trigger until you're drained you can do short controlled bursts to pretty decent effect. I suggest you guys try the settings on, see how they fit.

Oh! One more thing, I turned up the slider that decides how well a goalie reacts to a wrap-around in the current season too. Like two clicks since that seemed to be the easiest way to score before.