NHL 2013: Lockout Edition

[Trotskilicious]

uh well there are 53 men on an nfl team, i dunno what the roster limit for the NHL is but it's like 20 or so right

[Ol' Couch Ass]

Originally Posted by redbull

can someone explain to me why people care about hockey

Why do people care about music? Why do people like chocolate? Why is poop brown when I don't eat many brown things?

Shut the fuck up Redbull.

[Ol' Couch Ass]

On a more pleasant note, I dig 2013 for PS3. The skating system is taking some getting used to but individual players handle much closer to how they skate in real life. So long trusty one-timer, hello drive to the net garbage goals.

old couch do you want to play 1 v 1 NHL 95 on the Sega Genesis if i'm ever in your area

[Trotskilicious]

how is the franchise mode on nhl games these days

i mean i still would rather play nba 2k13 but you know

nhl/mlb/nfl games kind of lost me
the mid-90s shit is so entertaining

its not a nostalgia snob thing though because i fucking love the entire 2k series of NBA games
dont know why the other sports cant get it right

you know what i mean

[Trotskilicious]

i really liked the franchise system on madden cierca 05-06 but they started to over complicate it with all kinds of dumb little doo dads that weren't important to anything at all "LOCKDOWN CORNER" like shut the fuck up

i think the reason NBA games do franchise better is because there's less players and it's more fun to swap guys around, and has more of an effect. i was absolutely beside myself when i discovered nba 2k12 let me control all 30 teams.

i just am enjoying how our videogame sports tastes are the same as our IRL sports tastes

[Trotskilicious]

it's really fun blowing up a team on nba 2k12

i did it to dallas because i pretended cuban was that smart but i'm sure he'll ride dirk into the twilight of consistent mediocrity and low seed runs

[Eulogy]

OCA let's get this done

[redbull]

Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

it's really fun blowing up a team on nba 2k12

i did it to dallas because i pretended cuban was that smart but i'm sure he'll ride dirk into the twilight of consistent mediocrity and low seed runs

dirk isnt already in his twilight?

[Trotskilicious]

with a really solid team around him he could go another year or two at most, like timmeh. but yes. i mean, beyond that, four, five years down the line 39 year old dirk and a bunch of scrubs trying to scramble for an 8 seed because cuban's too proud to destroy it

i would trade him now, since that team has nobody on it.

yeah this is videogames dude
for one dirk is only like two seasons from winning a title
and for like. third, in one of my 2k franchise saves he is only like 2 months from winning a title

wiat four? three months?
something like that

either way, the big german won a title while being the secendoary option behind 94 rated PG Sean Casey #69 on the Celtics

[Trotskilicious]

i renamed my whole draft classes after characters from the HBO television program "The Wire."

SF Omar Little, Philadelphia 76ers
C Herc Hauk, Detroit Pistons
SG Jimmy McNulty, Houston Rockets (personality: Unpredictable)
PG Tommy "The Mayor" Carcetti, Sacramento Kings

we're totally ruining this thread

i have an nba2k3 save where every player on the celtics has the name as somebody from netphoria

i should load it up

we are ruining the thread becasue nobody will care until the NHL season starts
and even then its like three guys

just like how we are the only two who will care about the actual NBA season : (

[Trotskilicious]

i seem to recall some round table nba discussion this past year

yeah between us

the primary variation coming when banana (stefan) gave us predictions about the sixers

[Ol' Couch Ass]

Originally Posted by Graveflower

old couch do you want to play 1 v 1 NHL 95 on the Sega Genesis if i'm ever in your area

Good tastes- I always preferred the Genesis version over the SNES. I'm in.

Originally Posted by Eulogy

OCA let's get this done

Agreed. I'm pretty bummed about what's going on

[Netphorian Gadabout]

Red Wings are going to be terrible, unless the salary cap drops like 10 million and teams have to shed elite players and the Wings are buyers and get a top 3 d-man and a top-6 forward. But that isn't happening.

I do like the Colaiacovo signing, tho.

[Mooney]

Originally Posted by Ol' Couch Ass

On a more pleasant note, I dig 2013 for PS3. The skating system is taking some getting used to but individual players handle much closer to how they skate in real life. So long trusty one-timer, hello drive to the net garbage goals.

it's kind of frustrating how just skating down the wing, any single player can blow by any single defencemen, catching them flat-footed, every single time. i'm sure i will learn to adapt on defence, but it's pretty annoying.

i like how skating agility is affected at high speeds, but things seem a little wonky when moving slowly, too, particularly without the puck.

i'm awesome at shootouts, though. you can really roof it if goalies stay deep. i went 5-0 with 14 goals for, and 3 against to start out.

[Elvis The Fat Years]

im still on nhl 09 for ps3 and nhl 95 for sega.


i know you guys were wondering.

[Elvis The Fat Years]

Originally Posted by redbull

can someone explain to me why people care about hockey

because theyre white

[The Omega Concern]

I did mention ive heard the rationale. I said that the next sentence, but you jumpy queens just see what you want i guess.

[Mooney]

Originally Posted by Ol' Couch Ass

Good tastes- I always preferred the Genesis version over the SNES. I'm in.

NHL '95 for genesis and snes are both quite different and awesome, but nhl '94 for super nintendo takes the cake. i would confidently challenge anyone in the world to '94. i still play it probably 50 hours a year.

[Mooney]

i feel like i'm still struggling with the fundamentals in nhl 13, especially on defence. that said, i'm 11-6-2 in online games, and 14-2 in online shoot-outs. not bad.

[The Omega Concern]

not bad at all...

I haven't had much time with it to even jump online yet, but I like how the forecheck is realistic as well as the broader options on strategies. The skating is just a matter of adjustments and after I had my fun blazing around with each guy I found less is more to create a good attack. But I'm having a hell of a time with face-offs, old tricks aint working.