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NHL 11 EASHL Team (360)
- Thread starter Marvie_3
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TheVisualizer
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anybody playing tonight? I missed out on the games earlier today. I'll be online in NHL just msg me. House is on right now but I dont know if he wants to play yet...
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
TheVisualizer said:
I can play a little bit, I should be studying for finals though.
Yeah the SOS is so fucking cheap. Its funny because I ran out Gnasher ammo one time and picked up a SOS and killed like 3 people in a row because it fires out so wide. Its not even competitive, at least Gnasher battles are usually exciting. Hopefully they realize how overpowered it is and decide to make it a pick-up item, that I would be perfectly fine with.RS4- said:
Its funny because I'll go and do terrible in one game and go on a rampage in the next. Most of the time it has to do with how many people are using the SOS :/
TheVisualizer
Banned
gg's tonight guys
I thought we only really put 2 good games together, the one where we came out and took no prisoners and forced them into quitting after 3 quick goals in the 1st and the other game where we outshot them by like 30 and lost 2-0. I just wasn't clicking with Noz on offense for most of the night and we had some bad breakdowns on defense. Shit happens, guess it just wasn't our day as I recall posts from people frustrated after the afternoon sessions too...
I thought we only really put 2 good games together, the one where we came out and took no prisoners and forced them into quitting after 3 quick goals in the 1st and the other game where we outshot them by like 30 and lost 2-0. I just wasn't clicking with Noz on offense for most of the night and we had some bad breakdowns on defense. Shit happens, guess it just wasn't our day as I recall posts from people frustrated after the afternoon sessions too...
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
TheVisualizer said:
If you can I want to do a practice with you with doing cross crease because I didn't think I was doing too bad and then I tried changing since you thought my positioning was off and I did a lot worse. Do you just stand in front of the guy who is going to receive the pass or do you stay by the post closest to the person passing across the crease? I can try to start doing stickchecking more on the pass but it's gonna take some time since I've never done that before.
TheVisualizer
Banned
Zaraki_Kenpachi said:
i don't care what method you use as long as it works. Last night they were just whipping passes back and forth thru the crease during the last 2 games at will and no one besides me on a few occasions helping out was stopping the passes from getting thru. They just blew most of their chances.
I'll whip up a diagram later when I get home from work to show you exactly how I like to position myself to stop those. Practice shouldn't be necessary.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
TheVisualizer said:
Alright cool. Practices wouldn't hurt for trying to get the poke check timing but it's not a big deal.
Cross creases seem to be hit or miss for me. With 99 def. awareness I've had pucks literally bounce off my stick and into the other players stick for an easy goal in a 2 on 1 situation. And stick lifts are hard to time since they don't disrupt the players ability to receive a puck, and theres no effective way to tie up the stick.
I've lost count of how many times I've stick lifted like .005 seconds too soon and as soon as the animation is over they get the puck and net it. PLEASE PLEASE HAVE A STICK TIE UP FEATURE EA FOR NHL 2015
I've lost count of how many times I've stick lifted like .005 seconds too soon and as soon as the animation is over they get the puck and net it. PLEASE PLEASE HAVE A STICK TIE UP FEATURE EA FOR NHL 2015
FRUSTRATED POSTS INDEED. Seriously, I thought my hitting the post after a sweet deke was bad, but nailing the post on a perfect 2-0 cross crease setup?TheVisualizer said:
I just really sucked last night, next time shitloads of drinking.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
zsswimmer said:
So how do you usually position yourself for the cross crease passes?
I really hate when that happens, and it's always so inconsistent it completely fucks me over. If I react as if I've actually stopped the puck and have it I go zooming off without it, and then if I don't do shit I just stand there while someone strips it from me. Fucking game.zsswimmer said:
And whats the deal with poke checking, I poke check people all the fucking time but never actually manage to free the puck from their magnetic grasp. It just fucking yo-yos back to them. Does anyone know if higher poke checking would actually break the seal so someone else could actually grab the puck?
Things to do in 12
- get rid of magnet puck and yoyo deking
- pinball checking/hits
- animations that make you invul. to checks
- that stupid push the right stick in check
- a better fighting system
- autosave not rewarding lazy goalies
- shot power vs accuracy; the higher one goes, the more penalized the other
- weight and height should affect your reach, speed, agility, hitting power, etc
(5'10 guy speed upgrades are slightly cheaper compared to a 6'6 guy etc)
- puck and stick physics
- stamina/energy in EASHL.
- icing the puck subtracts from above; injuries and big hits too.
- money/glitch goals removed.
But lol, this is an EA game
- get rid of magnet puck and yoyo deking
- pinball checking/hits
- animations that make you invul. to checks
- that stupid push the right stick in check
- a better fighting system
- autosave not rewarding lazy goalies
- shot power vs accuracy; the higher one goes, the more penalized the other
- weight and height should affect your reach, speed, agility, hitting power, etc
(5'10 guy speed upgrades are slightly cheaper compared to a 6'6 guy etc)
- puck and stick physics
- stamina/energy in EASHL.
- icing the puck subtracts from above; injuries and big hits too.
- money/glitch goals removed.
But lol, this is an EA game
That fucking sucked. So many stupid goals, penalties and me getting another fucking post. We've been getting raped by Momentum. I've never hit so many fucking posts in a 24 hour period ever. Maybe like one tragic one in a night. But fucking 3 since yesterday afternoon? And all sure goals? Fuck
TheVisualizer
Banned
as promised here is part 3 of my training series:
HOW TO DEFEND THE CROSS-CREASE LIKE THE VISUALIZER
Rule #1 - Make sure you are holding LT to face-up. Note the direction of the black stick in diagram #1 of the defender (D). This is important so you don't become the MVP of the other team by poking/deflecting/blocking shots into your own net as seen in diagram #2.
DIAGRAM #1 (GOOD POSITIONING - FACING UP)
DIAGRAM #2 (FACING THE WRONG WAY - PUCK BOUNCES TOWARDS GOAL EVEN THOUGH YOU BLOCKED IT)
Rule #2 - Always position yourself "lower" than the open guy across the crease. This will ensure a pass doesn't get in behind you. Even if you seem to be lined up perfectly in line with the passing lane the receiver cross-crease can still dive to the net as shown in diagram #4 and you will be fucked.
This is how we give up 90% of our cross-crease goals right now. Facing up with the LT and positioning yourself lower than the receiver then poke checking (best method) or using the the kneeling block shot (LB, kind of sketchy) will prevent 99% of these passes from getting thru. If you happen to miss the poke check you can mash stick lift and get away with it a lot in front of the net, they don't call many penalties, and sometimes a slash or high-stick is better than giving up an easy goal (don't tell Marvie this though...)
DIAGRAM #3 (GOOD POSITIONING - FACING UP AND LOWER THAN PASS RECEIVER)
DIAGRAM #4 (BAD POSITIONING - EVEN WITH PASS RECEIVER, GIVES HIM ROOM TO SLIDE BEHIND YOU)
Rule #3 - Work Together with your other human players. This is especially important when we have 2 human defenseman. If we keep the play to the outside the puck moves down along the wall 1 human defenseman should always park on the strongside corner of the net. This will allow you to cut off most cross-crease passes as well as defend the puck carrier if he walks in on the side of the net.
The other human defenseman should be using my principles to defend any other cross crease threats, most likely which are a little higher up in the slot. Take away the next closest threat. If we only have 1 human defensEmen, the center or one of the wingers should be taking this other cross-crease threat away. See diagram #5 below.
DIAGRAM #5 (GOOD POSITIONING, DMAN #1 COVERS THE CORNER OF THE NET MAKING CROSS CREASE PASS DIFFICULT EVEN FOR HIGH SLOT WHILE PROTECTING AGAINST THE WALK-IN. D-MAN #2 IS WATCHING THE HIGH SLOT CROSS-CREASE THREAT USING MY PRINCIPLES, FACING-UP & LOWER THAN RECEIVER)
That is all.
HOW TO DEFEND THE CROSS-CREASE LIKE THE VISUALIZER
Rule #1 - Make sure you are holding LT to face-up. Note the direction of the black stick in diagram #1 of the defender (D). This is important so you don't become the MVP of the other team by poking/deflecting/blocking shots into your own net as seen in diagram #2.
DIAGRAM #1 (GOOD POSITIONING - FACING UP)
DIAGRAM #2 (FACING THE WRONG WAY - PUCK BOUNCES TOWARDS GOAL EVEN THOUGH YOU BLOCKED IT)
Rule #2 - Always position yourself "lower" than the open guy across the crease. This will ensure a pass doesn't get in behind you. Even if you seem to be lined up perfectly in line with the passing lane the receiver cross-crease can still dive to the net as shown in diagram #4 and you will be fucked.
This is how we give up 90% of our cross-crease goals right now. Facing up with the LT and positioning yourself lower than the receiver then poke checking (best method) or using the the kneeling block shot (LB, kind of sketchy) will prevent 99% of these passes from getting thru. If you happen to miss the poke check you can mash stick lift and get away with it a lot in front of the net, they don't call many penalties, and sometimes a slash or high-stick is better than giving up an easy goal (don't tell Marvie this though...)
DIAGRAM #3 (GOOD POSITIONING - FACING UP AND LOWER THAN PASS RECEIVER)
DIAGRAM #4 (BAD POSITIONING - EVEN WITH PASS RECEIVER, GIVES HIM ROOM TO SLIDE BEHIND YOU)
Rule #3 - Work Together with your other human players. This is especially important when we have 2 human defenseman. If we keep the play to the outside the puck moves down along the wall 1 human defenseman should always park on the strongside corner of the net. This will allow you to cut off most cross-crease passes as well as defend the puck carrier if he walks in on the side of the net.
The other human defenseman should be using my principles to defend any other cross crease threats, most likely which are a little higher up in the slot. Take away the next closest threat. If we only have 1 human defensEmen, the center or one of the wingers should be taking this other cross-crease threat away. See diagram #5 below.
DIAGRAM #5 (GOOD POSITIONING, DMAN #1 COVERS THE CORNER OF THE NET MAKING CROSS CREASE PASS DIFFICULT EVEN FOR HIGH SLOT WHILE PROTECTING AGAINST THE WALK-IN. D-MAN #2 IS WATCHING THE HIGH SLOT CROSS-CREASE THREAT USING MY PRINCIPLES, FACING-UP & LOWER THAN RECEIVER)
That is all.
TheVisualizer
Banned
RS4- said:
aight, I'll hop on now.
edit: nvrmnd I thought u were serious... i'll let you play shitty ass Gears of War 3. Good night Canada.
TheVisualizer
Banned
Milly79 said:
you damn traitor, I would never leave my club...
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
Montresor said:
That's because OTP sucks balls. I'm still shocked Swim enjoys it so much.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
I can't play until the weekend but from then on I should be available most nights.
TheVisualizer
Banned
Milly79 said:
you must have just missed me and swim, we played 2 or 3 games, lost them all. Faced some legendary QC glitchers who scored 5 goals on like 6 shots, they had great variety with their glitch goals. Then I blew 1 game by calling for the puck from the goalie in a 2-2 game, ill let you guess what happened next...
fuck playing 2's the A.I. is so incompetent and it's so easy to get exploit goals off, I'm not playing another 2v2 game again this year