Official NHL 11 CAG Team - CheapyD All Stars - Hockey Nights Tue @ 10e / Fri @ 8e

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I finally got new glasses after having broken mine a week and a half ago, so hopefully that will help me play better. I will try to get on at 11 or so to try and get some games in if anyone else wants to play.
 
Nate, it definitely helped to have Gary join us. Playing alongside an AI defenseman didn't make things easy, but I was terrible in the first few games anyway. I finally found a rhythm later on. I just need to play more frequently like you have been saying.
 
Great night of hockey last night. We went 5-0 (one of the games didn't count...thanks EA), running our current winning streak to seven games. Pretty sure at least three of those games were against Elite teams too. We didn't even run with the same lineup all night and still didn't miss a beat. It's going to be tough not to finish in the Elite division if we keep this up. Good luck to whoever plays tonight.
 
[quote name='Vulcan2422']11 ish. Getting home from a Pick up game in a few, Posting this from a locker room full of nude guys...FML. :p lol[/QUOTE]
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[quote name='Vulcan2422']11 ish. Getting home from a Pick up game in a few, Posting this from a locker room full of nude guys...FML. :p lol[/QUOTE]

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So I bought this game for the Ipad called Hockey Nations, and there are a few things in it that put EA to shame. They actually call icing properly (gasp!) and actually received a double minor for checking from behind (double gasp). Amazing that a four dollar game can get something right that a $60 game published by a company that has been doing it for 20 years can't.
 
[quote name='jza1218']So I bought this game for the Ipad called Hockey Nations, and there are a few things in it that put EA to shame. They actually call icing properly (gasp!) and actually received a double minor for checking from behind (double gasp). Amazing that a four dollar game can get something right that a $60 game published by a company that has been doing it for 20 years can't.[/QUOTE]

While I think some of it is due to lack of knowledge, I think most of it has to do with not having the balls to enforce rules and solid gameplay. They don't want to piss off their "core audience"...which unfortunately seems to mainly consist of the idiots we run into on a nightly basis who just want to score goals, hit people, and fight (420!!!!).

It's the same reason that we had a pretty damn fine game of hockey right out of the box this year until people went apeshit on the EA forums and got them to patch it back to being NHL 10. I'm just glad they finally found some kind of middle ground and gave us the game we have now. If they weren't so worried about losing customers, we'd probably get an actual SIMULATION hockey game.
 
[quote name='jza1218']So I bought this game for the Ipad called Hockey Nations, and there are a few things in it that put EA to shame. They actually call icing properly (gasp!) and actually received a double minor for checking from behind (double gasp). Amazing that a four dollar game can get something right that a $60 game published by a company that has been doing it for 20 years can't.[/QUOTE]

I have had it as well, but just never brought it up in here really. Great game for the price really.

[quote name='n8rockerasu']While I think some of it is due to lack of knowledge, I think most of it has to do with not having the balls to enforce rules and solid gameplay. They don't want to piss off their "core audience"...which unfortunately seems to mainly consist of the idiots we run into on a nightly basis who just want to score goals, hit people, and fight (420!!!!).

It's the same reason that we had a pretty damn fine game of hockey right out of the box this year until people went apeshit on the EA forums and got them to patch it back to being NHL 10. I'm just glad they finally found some kind of middle ground and gave us the game we have now. If they weren't so worried about losing customers, we'd probably get an actual SIMULATION hockey game.[/QUOTE]


I think 09 was the one that was the best. I had to learn to play real hockey in the game. I miss 09's style cause they called penalties A LOT and i liked it a lot cause you had to watch your self. Hopefully we get stricter stuff in 12.
 
Well, the CAG team is still rolling. We went 5-2 last night, beating another top 800 Elite team, and outscoring our opponents 8-0 over our last 3 games. We're 1535 in Elite now, with a record of 47-37-7...and less than a week left in the season. It looks like we'll be giving the Elite playoffs another go.

Our season record is actually really impressive because of how terrible we started. When I look at our results starting with March 1st, I see 6 straight losses before we won our first game, and then another 6 losses after that. I'm pretty sure that translated to 1-11-1. So, since that point, we're 46-26-6. That's a pretty nice turn around.
 
Actually, I want to add, I thought Gary was a beast last night. He had an AI partner on defense all night and pretty much locked it down. There were one or two moments where he got beat down the ice, but always recovered well. Most of the time he was flat out destroying people though, and tallied 7 points in those 7 games. You know we're clicking well when our defensemen are scoring multiple goals over a 7 game stretch.

I'd be up for playing some more tonight if anyone wants to. I'll probably get on around 9:30-10.
 
Thanks Nate, I think I finally figured out the AI. I sorta re did my player and I like where he is at right now really. Sure, I took a couple bad penalties in the end, but I was getting tired really and I kept getting occupied by the damn Hockey sites since I told you guys last night they canceled my order. When we start to play NHL, I get into that Hockey Groove sometimes and have to look for stuff like new socks, new sticks, and new skates lol. I think I'm going with the Flexlites that are 309. Tried a buddys pair yesterday at a D width and they were ALMOST wide enough if they were an E. Also, my game got canceled tonight so I want to hit some people tonight.....and hard.
 
Gary's a beast at those butrockets off the faceoff, I love it! It's an easy point for me, I barely have to do anything (that's what she said).
 
Dang, you guys put on a beating on the team you played after I left. And in that one game I played, Gary and Brandon got a combined 39 hits :boxing:
 
[quote name='moojuice']Dang, you guys put on a beating on the team you played after I left. And in that one game I played, Gary and Brandon got a combined 39 hits :boxing:[/QUOTE]

Yeah, surprisingly, they were an Elite team too. The goalies really took a nap in that game though. I mean, we did outplay them, but we had 9 goals on 32 shots. They had something like 3 on 16, so our goalie wasn't much better. I think we finished 4-2-1 last night (with 6 games against Elite teams). We were 3-0-1, then we hit a couple high ranked Elite teams, took a couple losses, then got matched up with the 290th overall team...and we beat them. We were down 2-1 in that game and came back to win 3-2. I think that's one of the highest ranked teams we've ever beaten. It was nice.

Hope your test goes well today.
 
I got on last night after the Kings game, but I desperately needed some playing time with MLB 2K11, especially with the league having officially been created now. Tonight, if you guys could help me boost up to A- to get my legend card, I would appreciate it.
 
Thanks again to everyone who helped out last night. It's just too bad we didn't get to play more than just the one regular game, but I appreciate you guys taking all that time to help me. The Benny Hill chasing 'round the net thing was great fun.
 
Anyone able to play at 8 PM EDT tonight? I can't play late again due to my skating class tomorrow, but I can play in the next 10 minutes if anyone is available. The wife and I went out for dinner and I had 3 beers, so I should be ready to contribute to getting us out of Elite, haha. Put me in net, coach!
 
[quote name='n8rockerasu']Anyone able to play at 8 PM EDT tonight? I can't play late again due to my skating class tomorrow, but I can play in the next 10 minutes if anyone is available. The wife and I went out for dinner and I had 3 beers, so I should be ready to contribute to getting us out of Elite, haha. Put me in net, coach![/QUOTE]

I should be on in about 10 minutes.
 
Pass tonight. I watched the Yankees today at Spring Training and it was just way to hot that it just lowered anything I want to do tonight at all. Can't beat $5 lower level reserved tickets. I enjoy watching baseball more than playing a game for some odd reason.
 
Poop. I forgot about Nate having to get to bed early on Fridays. I wouldn't have been able to get on earlier anyway, but if anyone's still playing here in a bit, I'll gladly join. Just got back from dinner not long ago, and beef and guacamole weigh heavily on my stomach. Don't want to risk shitting my pants mid-game if I sign on now.
 
I pooped 3 times. I got on around 10:15, but only Rob was still online. Guess you guys called it an early night.

Off topic: I've actually found someone whose handwriting is less legible than my own- Brandon! I have your package in my hand right now. ;)
 
[quote name='Matt Young']I pooped 3 times. I got on around 10:15, but only Rob was still online. Guess you guys called it an early night.

Off topic: I've actually found someone whose handwriting is less legible than my own- Brandon! I have your package in my hand right now. ;)[/QUOTE]

Giggity giggity.
 
Condolences to Kopitar, but O'Byrne is a guy who, in his own zone, took a skate to the face (slashing his mouth open, requiring over 100 stitches to close), and finished his shift by clearing the puck so he could get to the bench. That man would be a tough man to kill.
 
Well, we accomplished our goal. We made it back down to Amateur in time for the playoffs. They start tonight at 8 PM EDT. Brandon and Rob mentioned being able to play around 10 PM EDT (which I can do also). So, what about Gary and Alan? Hoping you guys will be able to play tonight.
 
Good luck, guys. Must have had a rough run these past couple nights. Hope you get matched up with teams who play fair in the playoffs. If the AI goalie doesn't fuck you over and you're not facing cheese, you have a great shot at winning a banner.
 
[quote name='Matt Young']Must have had a rough run these past couple nights.[/QUOTE]

Matt, it was intentional. We didn't want to face bullshit Elite teams in the playoffs. Didn't we talk about this already?
 
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