New NHL08 (360) League Official Thread-Post Scores/Comments

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:22 am

OK gang...this game really shines playing online, so lets get a little league going with just guys that will really COMMIT to completing all the games. If you only have casual interest, please don't respond. I would rather have 4 hardcore gamers than watch it all fade away again in 2 weeks.

So....if you are still interested, lets get this thing going. Let me know what team you want and how many games you think we should try and make the season for? I also think we should designate 1 or 2 nights a week as "league game nights" so we know we can get games in on those nights.

WillHunting · Post by **WillHunting** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:34 am

I have never played in a league before, but I am very interested. What kind of commitment are we talking about? 1 game a night or every few nights?

I would say a 42 game season would be good. I am interested in using the Bruins but will take really any other (decent) team.

Sudz · Post by **Sudz** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:55 am

i'm in.

i'd be able to play nights from 8-11.

GameSeven · Post by **GameSeven** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:56 am

WillHunting wrote:I would say a 42 game season would be good

I don't know that the last attempt at a league saw 42 league games combined.

But still, I (and my brother-in-law) would be willing to give another (shorther) season a go.

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:17 am

a 42 game season is out of the question.....20 or less.

BTW, I will take the Thrashers.

I was thinking 2 games per week minimum must be played.
If it's too "open ended", people tend to not play all their games.
I think there must be some regulations to keep things moving along.

Again......only join this if you are willing to play at least 2 games per week and can commit to about 2 months of playing at least twice a week.
I only want dedicated players.....this thing will be completed!!!!

This game is too good online to not have a DSP league!
I am not sure if EA fixed the league scoring problems we saw in the past.
But we can manually keep track of wins and losses and the scores anyway.

WillHunting · Post by **WillHunting** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:22 am

Hehehe, I have no clue, 20 games is fine.

I am in, I will definitely make time and play.

JohnnytheSkin · Post by **JohnnytheSkin** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:36 am

I'm new over here at DSP, but I've always played my league games on other sites and can easily fit in two games per week.

Count me in!

Oh, and I would like the Colorado Avalanche, please.

Sudz · Post by **Sudz** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:41 am

i think i'll go off the beaten path and take the Florida Panthers.

WillHunting · Post by **WillHunting** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:54 am

Sudz wrote:i think i'll go off the beaten path and take the Florida Panthers.

Hey if you want the Bruins you deserve it more than me. I probably need a better team anyway!

GameSeven · Post by **GameSeven** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:47 pm

In with the Devils

Sudz · Post by **Sudz** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:07 pm

WillHunting wrote:
Sudz wrote:i think i'll go off the beaten path and take the Florida Panthers.
Hey if you want the Bruins you deserve it more than me. I probably need a better team anyway!

thanks...but i sue them in my dynasty...will go with somebody else for this league.

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:25 pm

OK - here's what we got so far:

Jack-Thrashers
Will Hunting-Bruins
Sudz-Panthers
Game7-Devils
Game7 bro in law - ???
JohnnyTheSkin - Avalanche

We can start this weekend. I will set up the league on XBL.
You guys want 5 or 10 min periods? I prefer 10, but will do 5.

vader29 · Post by **vader29** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:48 pm

I'll play as the Penguins.

WillHunting · Post by **WillHunting** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 6:15 pm

I prefer 10 min too. But 5 is fine if ppl can't play for 1/2 hour at a time.

I can't play this Saturday, but Sunday after Colts/Pats game is game time.

Sudz · Post by **Sudz** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 7:11 pm

i'm out of town until sunday...so i can play from monday night on.

i'll be out of town from friday AM until sunday late....

i'm in and ready to PLAY!!!!

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:46 pm

guys...please use the poll to vote for period length. I will go with the majority.

Also, Game 7, who is your bro-in-law?

I will give the sign up until Thurs and then set up the League on XBL

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:17 am

I think realistically 10 minutes would be good but in order to see all 20 games completed by each entrant, 5 minutes would be more appropiate. I see it's 50/50 now. I take Vancouver of course. (Be warned my games are better played late because of the time zone difference but will try to compromise whenever my two year old permits).

Sudz · Post by **Sudz** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:46 am

i voted 5 mins. think it will be a good length.

JohnnytheSkin · Post by **JohnnytheSkin** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:01 am

I prefer five minutes, and I think it'll work best especially if we have "game nights" where we try and get our league games in.

Hopefully we'll get a roster update before the league starts...

Zeppo · Post by **Zeppo** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:21 pm

FYI gang, the EA league setup doesn't allow you set a certain number of league games. Rather, it allows you to set how many games you play against each opponent. Also, it doesn't have any home and away built into the system; whoever sends the invite for the league game is the home team.

seanmac31 · Post by **seanmac31** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:53 pm

Rangers for me.

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:07 pm

Zeppo wrote:FYI gang, the EA league setup doesn't allow you set a certain number of league games. Rather, it allows you to set how many games you play against each opponent. Also, it doesn't have any home and away built into the system; whoever sends the invite for the league game is the home team.

Thanks for the info Zeppo. BTW, are you in for this one?
I thought i saw an option for "number of games" in the League
setup screen.

The other option was gamespeed. I am assuming we prefer "slow" versus
"medium" or is "medium" OK?

Naples39 · Post by **Naples39** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:15 pm

I am interested, but am very skeptical about this league actually being completed. Also, all the scoring errors on EA's servers is a major drag too.

All that being said, I'm willing to give it a shot. I'd like the Flyers.

As admin, you can set number of games, but it's only relative to how many times you play each opponent. You can't say 'I'd like a 20 game schedule' when there are 8 teams.

I would also prefer 5 minute periods to make it easier to get the games in, and medium speed. I don't think slow speed and 5 minute periods are really an option, or we will have a ton of 0-0 shootout games, which aren't very fun for me. Slow is okay if people want 10 minute periods though.

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:21 pm

Naples39 wrote:I would also prefer 5 minute periods to make it easier to get the games in, and medium speed. I don't think slow speed and 5 minute periods are really an option, or we will have a ton of 0-0 shootout games, which aren't very fun for me. Slow is okay if people want 10 minute periods though.

Agree.

vader29 · Post by **vader29** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:34 pm

I vote for 5 minute periods also. We should also post the scores of the games in a league thread since the ea website seems to be screwy with the wins and losses.

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