(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.