[quote name='Magicking610']Yeah, but still... What you're telling me is that if you get punched in the back, the first thing you would do is look straight ahead instead of turning around? It was a bit of an animation problem. Speaking of animation problems, the attacker was also trying to tap the puck in when he was behind the net... and it worked.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, that's the biggest thing I saw wrong in the replay. It was hard to tell from that angle if he actually reached through the net or not...but stick warps happen all the time in this game. But you didn't talk about that. You only talked about the goalie. I don't know if I'd call a puck landing on your back the same thing as being punched. At the end of the day, it's still a video game, and can't perform EXACTLY like real life. I still say, once the puck gets behind him, all bets are off.
I'll be there tonight until I can't stand it anymore. Alan, Gary, and I played a few games last night, and couldn't manage to win one. We outshot almost every team we played...but it didn't matter. Had games where we had a 3 minute edge in time on attack...but it didn't matter. Goals just went in for no reason, our AI winger insisted on being the first one into the zone almost every time because he would be leading the rush, and then he'd just get destroyed and lose the puck every time. This game plays so stupid right now.
I actually had a realization that with the current tuner set, NHL 10 might be a better game because at least in that one, the AI didn't force bad passes when you didn't call for them, they would shoot the puck more, and there wasn't that 2 second delay when trying to get rid of the puck or telling the AI to shoot. As it is now, the gameplay has been pretty ugly.
Oh, in case anyone is wondering, this "season" is probably a complete loss. We're 12 games under .500 and have lost 8 games in a row. I don't think anybody here is worried about the team record right now. Obviously, we still want to play good hockey and try to win games, but now is as good a time as any to gain some experience and level your player up. Everybody is more than welcome to play tonight.