NHL 13 EASHL[X360]: DSP Ice Dragons Roll Call

[RallyMonkey]

EPIC night for the Ice Dragons! Great job fellas. 3-0...kicking ass. The 5 OT winner was superb. The organization took a big step forward tonight

Best night we've had in years!! On top of the three wins to zero losses, the fact we only gave up 1 goal in 14 periods was awesome...acknowledging of course that we did have a little help from our friends Mr. And Mrs. Post. Nice work boys.

[WillHunting]

Mind if I join you guys? I don't play too often but when I do, it is usually after 10pm at night. I will send request tonight, my id is "The Praxis".

[GameSeven]

Mind if I join you guys? I don't play too often but when I do, it is usually after 10pm at night. I will send request tonight, my id is "The Praxis".

The more the merrier. Someone will accept your join request ASAP.

Also, I've edited the first post to link to the EA Sports World webpage for our club. Here it is again for the curious: http://www.easportsworld.com/en_US/club ... 4/overview

[XXXIV]

You guys are winning? OMFG!

I will let you win for a couple more days before I play.

[FifaInspected]

and then there are those nights when we are reminded of the dark side of EASHL

[Naples39]

Ugh. I have made 2 Ice Dragons appearances, losing by a combined score of 18-2!

Maybe those 6 man teams are way too hardcore. As I mentioned online last night, I have played ~40 OTP drop-in games, and in the hundreds of players I've seen, I had only seen a handful of players with a skater rating of 71-73, and nothing higher than that.

Last night in those 2 games, each of those teams had 3 or 4 players rated in the high 70s. Crazy.

[Zeppo]

and then there are those nights when we are reminded of the dark side of EASHL

It's hard for me not to think I drag the whole team down. Then again, those teams were replete with guys 15-20 ratings points higher than my guy, so I don't know. That first game with just three of us was very even but we couldn't score. 1-0 loss in 2nd OT thanks to a penalty shot.

But it certainly isn't much fun when we barely touch the puck and can only muster four shots on goal the whole game.

I've set 'match my goalie' to on but left 'match my team size' to off thnking that it will allow the match making to give us a more even skill match, but once we had five and then six guys both games were against the same size teams and those guys were way higher rated than us, so I don't know. I don't have high hopes that all the talk about improved match making is for real.

[FifaInspected]

yea.. few things are less fun than being down 5-0 after the 1st period. One can't help but think about how long the next two periods are going to feel.

I give those teams a lot of credit for being so damn good. However, they are no fun to play against.

[vader29]

I give those teams a lot of credit for being so damn good. However, they are no fun to play against.

So frustrating that they matched us up with teams that had way higher ratings than us for those last 2 games. I've never done it in the past but am seriously considering buying a boost pack as it's a catch 22 that we can only get xp by winning, but we need more xp to compete with those teams to win.

[10spro]

I'll be back on this weekend, ideally we have a good showing like Tuesday and play among us in a private room where XP's count.

[Gangrel]

Yes, it sucked the games I played last night, but I have to say, that one game was the hardest I have laughed in a good long while....... between me picking the fight with the man impervious to pain, who handled all 20 shots I threw and then knocked me out in 2himself, to the Dragon who shall remain nameless that got his ass kicked by a girl...... THAT was entertainment.

I won't say I am a hockey expert, but I think i have played enough beer league and watched enough to know that if we all play our positions right, we will increase our odds considerably. Sometimes last night we looked like kids playing Timbit hockey...... all 5 guys chasing the puck. I'm guilty as charged too.

The secret is to play your spot, which I find the big blue arrows do a good job of showing us where to be.......

It will help us a lot. But ya, those games against pumped up guys aren't fun..... but you learn more from a loss than a win, as Grapes would say.

[10spro]

The secret is to play your spot, which I find the big blue arrows do a good job of showing us where to be.......

It will help us a lot. But ya, those games against pumped up guys aren't fun..... but you learn more from a loss than a win, as Grapes would say.

Bingo. So easy to want criss cross, have a hat trick if you already scored 2, add an assist when you're a defender, go for a killer hit. Your mind just wonders.But when people play positionally sound, the outcome usually is good.

[Diablo25]

Some solid private games last night boys. I'm still bitter!!!

[Jimmydeicide]

Some solid private games last night boys. I'm still bitter!!!

Damn it guys, private games? I had to work late and was too tired to be on the wrong end of a thrashing again.

So did you manage to gain XP?

Ill be bustin for a game tonight, hopefully most of you are fit enough to go back to back... its not like its the NHL yet.

[Diablo25]

Some solid private games last night boys. I'm still bitter!!!

Damn it guys, private games? I had to work late and was too tired to be on the wrong end of a thrashing again.

So did you manage to gain XP?

Ill be bustin for a game tonight, hopefully most of you are fit enough to go back to back... its not like its the NHL yet.

Well, I guess they weren't truly private games. In order to get XP we have to start a game in a lobby and have everyone jump in quickly so we don't get randoms. We got in 2-3 games last night this way. We did get XP though:).

[Jimmydeicide]

If we get 5 on 5 for a club practice would we gain xp?
Is there even a set way to do private games and get xp or are they just forcing us to buy are experience

[Diablo25]

If we get 5 on 5 for a club practice would we gain xp?
Is there even a set way to do private games and get xp or are they just forcing us to buy are experience

No. The only way, as far as I can tell, is going into a random room and grabbing all the spots.

[XXXIV]

Some solid private games last night boys. I'm still bitter!!!

Damn it guys, private games? I had to work late and was too tired to be on the wrong end of a thrashing again.

So did you manage to gain XP?

Ill be bustin for a game tonight, hopefully most of you are fit enough to go back to back... its not like its the NHL yet.

GOOD TIMES!

Finally got the game yesterday and that was a great way to start my first day with NHL13. Its always awesome when we have the inter-DSP games. The xp is a nice bonus.

Probably wont be able to make it again tonight but Im always a hopeful.

I think I will keep this game.

[Gangrel]

Ya Friday was fun. I think it also has inspired me to change my character name, which is just my boring old real name for now........ but I think I have an idea.........

[Spooky]

Okay... I don't understand this mode at all and have not owned an NHL game in 6-7 years. But I want in on this. Can someone explain what this is and how it works?

[Jimmydeicide]

You create a player and use him on the team or throughout various game modes. Basically for the Ice Dragons your part of a team and play your position , just like a real beer league.
Your player starts out low in stats and its your job to upgrade him the best you can which is where the frustration can set in.

Dive into "be a pro" single player and you will get a feel of it , dont forget you can change your camera if you dont like the player cam.

Its frustratingly fun.

Oh and you can do drop in games with randoms which is quite good so far for me , if none of your team is on.

[XXXIV]

Its frustratingly fun.

Its the most fun you will have with losing.

Though we did manage a couple of much needed wins last night. For that player boost.

[Jimmydeicide]

Its frustratingly fun.

Its the most fun you will have with losing.

Though we did manage a couple of much needed wins last night. For that player boost.

yes it took 3 nights of hard work to get that plus 1 in Acceleration and speed.

[Spooky]

You create a player and use him on the team or throughout various game modes. Basically for the Ice Dragons your part of a team and play your position , just like a real beer league.
Your player starts out low in stats and its your job to upgrade him the best you can which is where the frustration can set in.

Dive into "be a pro" single player and you will get a feel of it , dont forget you can change your camera if you dont like the player cam.

Its frustratingly fun.

Oh and you can do drop in games with randoms which is quite good so far for me , if none of your team is on.

Thanks Jimmy!

[XXXIV]

yes it took 3 nights of hard work to get that plus 1 in Acceleration and speed.

Yeah but how sweet it was!