Autokeep is for pussies.

I'm in.

Whalers obviously.

You brave soul.

Are you kidding?

No Francis, No Primeau, No O'Neill. Combine that with the stellar goaltending of Sean Burke and i'll be unstoppable!

In all honesty i've never scored a goal in NHL 94. Ever. I expect to lose every game but it should be fun anyway.

Well, have you ever PLAYED NHL 94?

I like how no one's gone for the Rangers or the Canadiens...the two teams who would be defending champions from the previous year in this game (Montreal) and the team that would end up winning the Stanley Cup for the year the game was made (New York).

Only a little honestly. Considering I did admittedly only recently start following the sport seriously, I didn't start buying the games until 2003.

I'll play a few games after work here and there and try to get the hang of it though.

It shouldn't take long to get the HANG of it. Finding scoring strategies isn't always easy.

If anyone would like some pointers, I'm always willing to help! :)

Since I find it very unlikely that anyone else will be added, I think I'll give a preview of the leaderboard I'll be updating:

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q...fnhlleague.jpg
(Teams are ordered right now by alphabetical team names.)

Also, since this is a good sized league, I figure we'll do 5 games against each person in the league. In other words, there will be 50 games played for each player. I'm also figuring that we'll do no more than 3 games a week; that way, people can get the games over and done with (most games should be easy to complete in no more than 15 minutes) and move along.

(In case you hadn't noticed by playing, the game clock moves about 2.5x faster than real life, so 5 minute periods shouldn't take much longer than 3 minutes without scoring.)

If I may ask, what is a game that is considered as "forfeited?"

I mentioned it in the PM I just sent out, but I'll elaborate here.

Forfeits will hopefully never come into play, but a forfeited game is given in a situation where a game has not been completed by the time I require it to be completed. As "commissioner" of the league, I have to determine the circumstances around a match's incompletion as to warrant issuing forfeits. A variety of situations may arise where a person may not be capable of completing a match within the alotted time, which in the case of our league will probably be between Wednesday of one week and Tuesday the week after. For example, in the case of our league, Wednesday, July 18 and Tuesday, July 24 will constitute a week in the league's schedule, and each player/team will be expected to complete 3 games in one week. If for some reason a game isn't completed, I have to determine a number of factors and whether or not one or both players deserve forfeits. Here are a few examples:

• Did either player complete ANY games that week? (I may give particular regard to players who have completed more games than the other.)
• Is there any proof that an attempt was made to organize a game? (Evidence includes logs and private messages.)
• Did one player deliberately or belligerently disregard their scheduled game or ignore another player? (This is quite serious and will lead to greater forms of punishment, e.g. suspension or removal from the league.)

If it appears unlikely leading up to the weekly deadline that a player or a match will may be incompleted, I should be informed on the Monday of that week at the earliest. I will do my best to arbitrate the situation and will make my best efforts to accomodate both players, especially if an honest effort has been made to organize a match by either player. The majority of the responsibility for completing a game lies squarely on those involved in a match.

P.S.: I am still not requiring players to correspond by AIM simply because not everyone has AIM or has contacted me or sent me their AIM screen name. Furthermore, I am not requiring that those people who haven't tested gameplay with me yet do so, simply because it is a test and not an actual match.

Hey dope. I'm afraid that I will have to drop out of the league. Since my work schedule is pretty inconsistent I feel I will be missing plenty of matches. Sorry pal.

Sorry to hear that.

I'm probably going to delay the beginning of the season until next week, simply because I just got home from Sebago and I'm tired. Maybe later this week.

Edit: The season will begin Sunday, July 22. I will have a full schedule up by Saturday, and hopefully things will progress from there.

Hey, 2 days too late..just noticed this today. If Tuesday was a firm deadline then so be it, but I'll take Toronto if it can be done!

Sorry, I've already got the schedule well under way.

It's a little late, but here it is: the first week's schedule!

Denicalis @ Merv Burger (BOS@BUF)
Merv Burger @ BucPride (BUF@CGY)
BucPride @ The Dopefish (CGY@CHI)
The Dopefish @ Render (CHI@DET) FINAL SCORE: CHI 2-1 DET
Render @ Ronz (DET@HFD)
Ronz @ SuperSonic (HFD@LA) FINAL SCORE: HFD 1-3 LA
SuperSonic @ nuttyturnip (LA@QUE) FINAL SCORE: LA 1-0 QUE
nuttyturnip @ _DH_ (QUE@WSH) FINAL SCORE: QUE 0-2 WSH
_DH_ @ BlueMikey (WSH@WPG)
BlueMikey @ Denicalis (WPG@BOS)

Obviously it's pretty simple, partly because I wanted to make sure everyone gets "it" right, but also because making a schedule isn't all easy. Everybody plays two games, and everyone gets to "host" a game. Remember, whoever is the host is the person who creates and starts the game in Kaillera, so be sure to let the person set the teams and rules. Don't forget to set the number of players in the main menu to "Two - Head to Head" and please don't forget to take screen shots of the final scores and any other bits of info (Player Stats and Game Stats).

I never said NHL 94 wasn't glitchy. That being said, don't ask Ronz how SuperSonic's goalie scored on him.

I believe with manual goalies, it's a little bit easier to, while controlling the goalie, to move and accidentally put the puck in the net.

That wasn't quite how I was told the story. Something about a slow moving puck bouncing off walls.

Though, if that's how it went, I can follow understand how an accident could occur.

Week two begins today! See the OP for updated scores and standings!

I tried to hook up with Deni and DH throughout the week and I'm sure they did me, DH left me IMs I know about, sorry for not playing the games, I just don't know what more I (or they too, perhaps) could have done.

Yeah, I dropped a PM to Deni, but nothing ever came from it.

I'm not planning to enact any different or stricter/looser forfeit rules now that the season has begun. If you don't get a game played, it affects both players, unfortunately. I think the rules in place for now are sufficient for the first try at this.

Don't know what's going on here, but I can say that Denicalis signed up for 2 different games of Risk, and never showed up to play in either game.

Denicalis has dropped out of the competition.

Render dropped out of the competition today.