(Genesis) Inaugural GFF-NHL 94 League
 

The first GFF-NHL 94 League is under way!

The participants:
The Dopefish - Chicago Blackhawks
SuperSonic - Los Angeles Kings
BucPride - Calgary Flames
nuttyturnip - Quebec Nourdiques
BlueMikey - Winnipeg Jets
_DH_ - Washington Capitals
Merv Burger - Buffalo Sabres
Ronz - Hartford Whalers

The rules:

• The length of this season will be 40 games. Each team will play 5 games against every other team, in a round-robin format, with 2 home games, 2 away games, and a final game in the last week of the season, based on the rank of each team.
• There will be a playoff at the end of the season, probably a two-round, four-team, best-of-three playoff.
• Game rules required: 5-minute periods, line changes off, penalties ON EXCEPT OFF-SIDES, manual goaltender.

Here is the leaderboard as of Tuesday, July 31, 2007:

(coming)

Here are the top 10 points scorers as of Tuesday, July 31, 2007:

(coming)

We are currently in WEEK TWO, which will last from Sunday, July 29 to Saturday, August 4. Here is the schedule for this week, including its completed games:

Merv Burger @ The Dopefish (BUF@CHI) FINAL SCORE: BUF 3-4 CHI
The Dopefish @ Ronz (CHI@HFD) FINAL SCORE: CHI 3-1 HFD
Ronz @ nuttyturnip (HFD@QUE) FINAL SCORE: HFD 3-0 QUE
SuperSonic @ _DH_ (LA@WSH)
nuttyturnip @ BlueMikey (QUE@WPG)
BlueMikey @ Merv Burger (WPG@BUF)

Sounds like fun, count me in on this. :D Ah, the days when hockey didn't have strikes.

I'm definitely down for this. I remember playing this one oh so long ago.

I just added one thing to the requirements list: AIM, or something comparable. That will make it 100x easier to coordinate games.

Additional Spam:
So far I've had test runs against SuperSonic and BucPride. After annihilating BucPride (BOS 8-1 TB; in fairness, he was using a keyboard), SuperSonic went 2-0 on me before I came back in quick fashion to beat him (CHI 3-2 LA).

In case anyone is curious before the league gets going, here is the list of teams by overall rating, with their top player(s) listed and their rating, and the person who picked that team:

Chicago Blackhawks: 78 (Ed Belfour, G - 98) - The Dopefish
Boston Bruins: 76 (Ray Bourque, D - 99) - Denicalis
Calgary Flames: 75 (Theoren Fluery, F - 86) - BucPride
Detroit Red Wings: 75 (Steve Yzerman, F - 95) - Render
Pittsburgh Penguins: 75 (Mario Lemieux, F - 100) - Wojo
Los Angeles Kings: 74 (Wayne Gretzky, F - 87) - SuperSonic
New York Rangers: 74 (Mark Messier, F; Mike Gartner, F - 85)
Buffalo Sabres: 73 (Alexander Mogilny, F - 96) - Merv Burger
Montreal Canadiens: 73 (Patrick Roy, G - 93)
Winnipeg Jets: 72 (Teemu Selanne, F - 90) - BlueMikey
Quebec Nourdiques: 71 (Joe Sakic, F - 83) - nuttyturnip
Toronto Maple Leafs: 71 (Doug Gilmour, F - 89)
Vancouver Canucks: 71 (Pavel Bure, F - 90)
Washington Capitals: 70 (Peter Bondra, F; Al Iafrate, D - 78) - _DH_
Philadelphia Flyers: 69 (Eric Lindros, F - 84)
St. Louis Blues: 69 (Brett Hull, F - 81)
New Jersey Devils: 68 (Scott Stevens, D - 76)
Dallas Stars: 67 (Mike Modano, F - 82)
Edmonton Oilers: 67 (Petr Klima, F - 76)
Hartford Whalers: 66 (Zarley Zalapski, D - 80) - Ronz
New York Islanders: 66 (Pierre Turgeon, F - 82)
San Jose Sharks: 56 (Doug Wilson, D - 65)
Tampa Bay Lightning: 56 (Brian Bradley, F - 71)
Ottawa Senators: 55 (Norm Maciver, D - 61)
Florida Panthers: 52 (Gord Murphy, D; John Vanbiesbrouck, G - 63)
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim: 51 (Terry Yake, F - 66)

STICKY THREAD GO, so it doesn't get lost. :3:

Without asking! <3 Thanks!

I'll get you next time, Gadget! Next time!

In other news, I think I found a way to get more than 2 people in the game at once. I doubt it, though.

I wouldn't mind giving this a try. I'll have to download the emulator and rom first, and get used the Genesis control scheme, since I used to play on the SNES.

Seeing how the Genesis controller has 3 buttons instead of 4, I think that shouldn't take long.

I'm in, and I call Bruins. I'll test you on the AIM some evening this week, DF.

I've been a tad busy Dope thats why I havent got a chance to test. I call Pens btw.

I'll get on AIM sometime tomorrow.

You know, if it wasn't utter suicide, I'd play the Whale.

Well, since we're calling teams, I'll take the Calgary. I'd love to take the Lightning, but then again, I want to win a few games.

I wasn't really expecting to call teams quite yet, but I guess I'll play along and pick the Blackhawks.

Also, Mogilny 96 LOLOLOLOLOLO I remember 94.

Got the rom and emulator downloaded, and everything seems to work (haven't tested multiplayer yet). I'll call Quebec, since Joe Sakic is relatively awesome and the Pens are already taken.

Ooh, I'm in. I'll test it later tonight if anyone on IRC wants to play. I haven't played in a LONG ass time, so I'm sure I'll be extremely rusty.

And I'll take the Coyotes Jets.

I'll give it a go. Put me down as the Caps for now.

Alright, since people seem to be getting interested in this, and since I can't be around all the time, I'll leave it to you guys to coordinate test games with each other. I'll give you some directions so you can easily get a game going.

1. First and foremost, make sure your NHL 94 ROM is named "NHL 94.bin" as to avoid any potential conflicts in Kaillera.
2. Make sure your NHL 94 ROM is in the same directory as Gens.
3. If this is your first time using Gens, make sure that your controls and everything else is set as you would like it to be.
4. Open Gens if it isn't already.
5. Open the NHL 94 ROM first, and make sure your copy works. (The EA Sports splash should come up.) Close the ROM (under the File menu), but not the program, right after.
6. Under the File menu, go to Netplay. Find a server that is low-pinging enough for both players. Pick a nickname both of you will recognize as the other player, set your connection type to Good (20 keyframes/sec) and connect.
7. One player should decide to set up a match. Click "Create New Game" and pick NHL 94 out of the alphabetical dropdown menus.
8. Once both players are connected and ready, click Start. The game should go along as if you were sitting in front of the TV. Both players can control the menu, so if you're the "visiting" player, try not to fiddle around until it is time to pick your team. Remember the rules that will be used in the league: 5 minute periods, manual goalie, penalties on except offsides, no line changes. If you want to play around otherwise, go ahead!
9. Once you've both gotten some gameplay in, shoot me a PM to let me know you've successfully completed a test.

Signups will be taken until the end of Tuesday, July 17.

Detroit!

I guess I'm a little late to the party. Busy with other things. :( I'll try and set up a test game later tonight!

I call the Los Angeles Kings. Gretzky and Robitaille are gonna pwn you!!

Manual goalie? Fuck. I'm so boned.

You don't HAVE to use the manual goalie. :p

Wojo and Render, I need your AIM screennames.

I see what you did there.

Confirming involvement, because NHL 94 is badass. Also, if not me, you might possibly have to deal with BZ playing as the Sabres, and I don't wish that upon anyone.

Also seconding a big "fuck you" to manual goalie, because who is that hardcore (and/or suicidal) to play that way.

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.