correction..I got switched to Montreal...I would rather be Dallas if thats ok.

Originally Posted by mnwild22 correction..I got switched to Montreal...I would rather be Dallas if thats ok.

Sorry, it was late when people were switching around last night. I tried to make the edits real quick before bed, and moved the wrong person. Got it fixed now.

Originally Posted by garrett007 got my copy yesterday. I'll take the Dallas stars, I don't have that much time to play these days so I don't have any specific times yet

Sorry, I made a mistake switching owners in the OP, and Dallas is in fact taken. You're welcome to take another team though.

Really awesome that each division has one spot open. How's that for balance? Now, if only GM Connected were functional, lol...

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This is what actual nhl players must be feeling right now...we want to play, but the league doesn't want to let us unless we aggressive to compromise and go by its rules.

#nolockout
#nohockeyleague

>_>

Originally Posted by CAGLeagueSports Sorry, it was late when people were switching around last night. I tried to make the edits real quick before bed, and moved the wrong person. Got it fixed now. Sorry, I made a mistake switching owners in the OP, and Dallas is in fact taken. You're welcome to take another team though.

I'll be the Coyotes

Originally Posted by moojuice This is what actual nhl players must be feeling right now...we want to play, but the league doesn't want to let us unless we aggressive to compromise and go by its rules. #nolockout #nohockeyleague >_>

#nhl13mostrealisticgameever

http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/8849625.page

After reading this, I'm okay with having to play the full 82 game season. It seems like we can get through a season fairly quickly as long as the commish moves the schedule along. I'm completely fine with having to sim a bunch of games throughout the year as long as I don't have to do it all at once (ie. play first 30 games, be in 4th place, sim remaining games, miss the playoffs).

Personally I feel that we should play 2 weeks of the NHL schedule over the course of 5 days or so. It would probably be 5-6 games that we would play in 5 days. And you can sim your games against the CPU or the games that you don't have time to play.

I'm the type of player who probably won't play every day, but when I do play I'll sit down and play 3 or 4 games at a time. I really don't care how we format the season I just want to get started (after roster update)

At least the games don't have to be played in order.

yea that was the best part. if it's monday and the guy you play first can't play til friday then u got the whole week to play everybody else.

I honestly have no preference about how you decided to deal with the 82 game schedule, I'll tough it out either way.

Have a few questions to throw out there for you guys was wondering if anyone pre ordered from gamestop and had/is having issues redeeming their hut pack code. Also any decision yet on what day we'll be starting the league? and one final question... anyone interested in playing a few friendlies?

Originally Posted by Canbanana Have a few questions to throw out there for you guys was wondering if anyone pre ordered from gamestop and had/is having issues redeeming their hut pack code.

Found something on the EA forums last night saying that they are still having issues getting the pre-order codes to work... No ETA on a fix.

Just got the game and it seems like it is a little harder than the demo.

Originally Posted by garrett007 I'll be the Coyotes

Sounds good, man. I'll get you added to the OP.

Originally Posted by Twick87 http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/8849625.page After reading this, I'm okay with having to play the full 82 game season. It seems like we can get through a season fairly quickly as long as the commish moves the schedule along. I'm completely fine with having to sim a bunch of games throughout the year as long as I don't have to do it all at once (ie. play first 30 games, be in 4th place, sim remaining games, miss the playoffs). Personally I feel that we should play 2 weeks of the NHL schedule over the course of 5 days or so. It would probably be 5-6 games that we would play in 5 days. And you can sim your games against the CPU or the games that you don't have time to play. I'm the type of player who probably won't play every day, but when I do play I'll sit down and play 3 or 4 games at a time. I really don't care how we format the season I just want to get started (after roster update)

Again, not to be a Debbie Downer, but this viewpoint is a bit idealistic. There's only 6 spots left in the league. There's not going to be that many CPU teams to sit down and bang out 3-4 games against. The timeframe you named is almost dead on. 2 weeks of schedule time needs to be about 5 days of real time. On average, you're going to have 6-7 games during that 2 week stretch. You'll probably be lucky if 2 of those games are against a CPU team.

So, you're going to have 5 games to play against human opponents in a 5 day span. I'm not saying it CAN'T be done. But no CAG league has ever operated at that speed before. Unless you're scheduling your entire 2 weeks in advance, and lining up times with each opponent, it's not going to happen. Even then, people have lives outside of video games. People have jobs, wives, kids, school, families, other responsibilities, etc.

I'm not saying this to make things sound all doom and gloom. But games are going to get simmed. You are right. The only way to get through it is for me to keep things moving. And that's what I'll have to do. I just don't want anybody thinking that they're going to get to play all their games (honestly, I think anyone even playing half will be a huge accomplishment).

If people don't accept that a lot of their games are going to get simmed, they're going to get frustrated. While this is our first real NHL league, I've run a lot of leagues for other sports games on CAG. Once it gets going, it's going to be a whirlwind. No game has ever taxed us with trying to keep this kind of pace before, so I really don't know what to expect. But as I said, I will keep the schedule moving...I just hope everybody can hang on.

Originally Posted by Canbanana I honestly have no preference about how you decided to deal with the 82 game schedule, I'll tough it out either way. Have a few questions to throw out there for you guys was wondering if anyone pre ordered from gamestop and had/is having issues redeeming their hut pack code. Also any decision yet on what day we'll be starting the league? and one final question... anyone interested in playing a few friendlies?

We're going to wait on the lockout just to see if EA does another roster update. Once 9/16 hits, I'll probably get things set up and we can get started.

how do the sims work anyways? can 1 guy sim and the other guy play against his team? I'm assuming both teams will be simmed, but I could be wrong...

Originally Posted by Twick87 how do the sims work anyways? can 1 guy sim and the other guy play against his team? I'm assuming both teams will be simmed, but I could be wrong...

Well, people can set their team to have the CPU play for them...using the new "Build Your Own AI" feature (which basically amounts to "strategies"). That way, your opponent COULD play against the CPU for that game. But yeah, if a game is simmed entirely, the outcome is just decided by the game based on the skill of the team, the strategies the user set, etc.

Unless I'm missing it I thought their would be a single player season. All I'm seeing seems to be single games and then playoff games. Also in HUT do you only have a number of times to renew the player's contract? I see nothing showing the number of games left for the player and number of times the contract can be renewed unless I'm missing it.

They eliminated career lengths in HUT.

Well I'm looking forward to getting things going, just gotta wait for my TRU copy to get here :(

Originally Posted by jza1218 They eliminated career lengths in HUT.

That's good. I was afraid it was like in the game I'm playing on my phone. I didn't want to build up a good team and then the max amount of contracts be used for a player and they retire. Also HUT needs a random name generator. It took me about 5 minutes to come up with a name that worked.

EDIT: I also have a player on my HUT team that is injured. I thought I read that they had to sit out for some games and when I go to add consumables I see for the healing cards it does say 2 games. I have had him sitting out more than the 2 games. So do I have to use the healing cards?

Just a heads up, it looks like the code issues are fixed, so if you have one from a preorder at Gamestop or wherever, it should work now.