Here is a link to the NHL GM Brain concept they will have
http://www.easports.com/nhl/news/art...hl-13-gm-brain

And I nominate N8 for commissioner

Originally Posted by Vulcan2422 So, anybody playing yet?

35% Been downloading for 71 minutes.

No wonder they put it out at 6pm. That's the only way they can give it to you 3 days before lol

Originally Posted by DestroVega No wonder they put it out at 6pm. That's the only way they can give it to you 3 days before lol

lol...basically.

Originally Posted by n8rockerasu 35% Been downloading for 71 minutes.

Wow, really? I've been going for an hour o far, 86%

Originally Posted by moojuice Wow, really? I've been going for an hour o far, 86%

Hope mine is this fast

You guys all suck that get to download this early.

Originally Posted by moojuice Wow, really? I've been going for an hour o far, 86%

Not all Comcasts are created equal... Pretty shitty though since they just raised my bill to $62 a month. Pretty sure I'm at at least 20MB...but who knows how hard they throttle my butthole. Though, I'm also probably in a more populated area than you are. Peak hours and all that.

Originally Posted by ajh2298 You guys all suck that get to download this early.

We don't "get to". We paid to, lol. At least give us proper recognition for being EA shills.

Nice to see Cheapy join up into the CAG franchise. Anyone who wants a goalie, I'm sure DiPieitro is availiable!

I'll be curious to see reactions from you guys on NHL. I'm already pumped for the first hockey night next Friday.

7 hours from now, I hope to join you guys when I get home from work.

Woohoo! Finally done! Clocking in right at 2 1/2 hours. you, Comcast, lol.

Umm...ok. I'm playing through the tutorial (for the hell of it), and my screen is getting stuck. Like a frozen image, but the tutorial thinks it's still going. Anybody else getting this?

Annnnd...just locked up my Xbox when I looked at the options when creating a GM Connected League. I hope my download isn't corrupted or something from taking so long.

EDIT - Ok, upon reboot, it seems to be running smoother. Maybe it just needed to warm up after that beast download, lol. As much as I'd like to use the name "No Hockey League" for our lockout inspired franchise, the only way to secure it would be to start now...which would give us current rosters and tuner sets. HOWEVER, "CAGLS No Hockey League" just fits as a name, haha, so we should be able to use that.

Havent experience that. Noticed the graphics look pretty bad...hopefully its just compression since its a download since the demo looked way better

All right, looking at the GM Connected options, we've got a few things to figure out. These are the general settings...and what I assume most of us will want. I'll put the items up for debate in bold, so feel free to weigh in on those...or any of the others too.

League Name: CAGLS No Hockey League (assuming there's a lockout and we want to be smartasses, lol)
Description: Official CheapAssGamer Hockey League

Maximum Users Per Team: 1
NHL Schedule Length: 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks (this determines how much of the schedule is available to be played at a time)
Allow Simming of Games: Yes (meaning users can choose to sim their games vs the CPU)
Allow Join Requests: Yes (not really a reason to have this on, but who knows who may stumble upon this league without seeing the thread. we might even want to let them join)
Skill Level: Rookie, Pro, All-Star, Superstar (one of the few options that can be changed after we start the franchise)
Game Style: Casual, Default, Normal, Hardcore, Favorite, Current (I still barely know what these do. I usually just leave it on Default, but if somebody else has a better idea, speak up)

Period Length: 5 minutes
Icing: Delayed
Injuries: On
Penalties: On
Post Whistle Rules: Authentic (I hope we'd all agree on this one)
Penalty Time Scaling: On
Fighting: On

Playoff Series Length: Best of 7
Playoff Tie Break: Continuous OT
Season Overtime Loss: 1 point
Season Tie Break: 5 min (4 on 4) then Shootout
CPU Trades: On (meaning allow CPU to CPU trades)
Waivers: On
GM Connected Length: 25 (25 seasons...yep...I'm sure we'll get there, lol)
Starting Rosters: Current
NHL Salary Cap: On
Roster Type: Default (meaning real NHL rosters)
Tuner Set Version: Latest (unless they screw something up horrifically)

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Don't have any strong feelings about Skill Level and Game style, but I think schedule length should be a week. How often are we looking at advancing, and what number of games are we playing?

Originally Posted by jza1218 Don't have any strong feelings about Skill Level and Game style, but I think schedule length should be a week. How often are we looking at advancing, and what number of games are we playing?

The bad news is, Reddit guy seemed to be full of shit. I didn't see any option to shorten the number of games played. Sooo...we might need to come up with a really smart system to decide which games will be played because playing 82 games in a franchise that is meant to go multiple seasons is just stupid.

Out of curiosity, what are the options for regular season OT?

Could be different in the full game how ever. Has to be an option some where for it.

Originally Posted by n8rockerasu The bad news is, Reddit guy seemed to be full of shit. I didn't see any option to shorten the number of games played. Sooo...we might need to come up with a really smart system to decide which games will be played because playing 82 games in a franchise that is meant to go multiple seasons is just stupid.

Sim certain months? Like Sim November, December and January?

Originally Posted by jza1218 Out of curiosity, what are the options for regular season OT?

I listed every settings option. If you didn't see it listed, you can't change it.

Originally Posted by Vulcan2422 Could be different in the full game how ever. Has to be an option some where for it.

Doubtful. The early release of Madden was exactly the same.

Originally Posted by jza1218 Sim certain months? Like Sim November, December and January?

Sim Febtober!