Monday, September 8, 2008

PS3: Gameday

There are still way too many unanswered questions regarding the EASHL league, I guess we will find out all of the details in the next few days. What I want to discuss here though is the process we should go through to form teams. Every day, we'll have a Gameday post where (you) the players will post when you'll be available that night for a team game. Once we have enough players available, you can start putting together the 6 man team (LW, C, RW, D, D, G) and commit yourselves to a position in order to avoid confusion/frustration. Obviously not eveyone will get to play their preffered position everytime, but if we do this right, we can come to an agreeable solution.



I said we'd have to switch positions Jags, not....nevermind.

Also please remember to add your teammates to your friends list on PS3 if you haven't already. Here's the most up to date roster with Gamertags




click on it to make it bigger.
(That's what she said)

34 comments:

Randy Richter said...

so only six players can play a game and it's the same line the whole game? so if more than six people want to play on a game night it will have to be determined somehow who gets to play? or is it not as organized as i'm thinking it is and 6 guys can go play this team, while these 6 guys go play another game, but all the stats and wins and loses go under "Team Pensblog"? Just trying to get answers before i commit myself.

Aron said...

yes, yes, no, yes, yes.

We can have concurrent games going on, but each game instance can only have a max of 6 players with no line changes for the entire game. Also if we only have like 7 people available to play, we may want to think about splitting it up and having a four man team and a three man team going at the same time. Three is the minimum from what i've read. So if you are available, odds are you should be able to get a game going with no problems.

Juice said...

from what i understand... when you create your player you also create that players position.
my question is if i create myself as a LW is that going to be able to be edited later on?
my point is it could potentially suck pretty bad if say we have 7 really good LWs 4 really good Cs and only 2 really good RW and one of our stud LW could not switch to C or RW at will.
i guess we will find out...

Aron said...

juice...from what i've read and seen in interviews with the producer himself, everyone..no matter what position you create yourself, will be able to play any position on the ice including goalie. That is why it is important to build a mini-guild every day to figure out who will play where, instead of all of you fighting for 2 preferred spots and someone having to play a position they don't want to.

Aron said...

communication and lots of it, will be absolutely necessary to keep peace amongst our team. I also suggest XBOX group have their own gameday post for this, but that's up to them.

Juice said...

i see...
well i'm down for any position but goalie
i think computer goalies are the way to go to be honest but who knows

Aron said...

i wholeheartedly agree about the computer goalie...i mean we'll have to, we only have 1 goalie so when max is on, then he can play, but otherwise we don't really have a choice. So realistically and ideally we'll be putting together 1 full line (LW,C,RW,D,D) for each game we play.

I wonder how the computer selects which players will play, for example, i guess max will always be our goalie, even when the computer controls him....

there i go again with unanswered questions.

TheFandangler said...

From what I've read there is suppose to be some big new or changed thing as far as online play goes. It's unconfirmed by EA but I hope the big change is that online play works instead of being strictly for show.

Aron said...

kevin, you sir are an idealist.

Juice said...

found this link that seems to answer some questions
http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/sports/nhl09/news.html?sid=6194826&page=2

Paul said...

I'm down. I'll be getting the game Friday, I hope I'm not too late. I would like #79 if possible. My PS tag is Samsara. My Pensblog name is Paul (obviously).

Aron said...

paul..what position do you prefer?

Dan said...

i'd also keep in mind a few names on that list haven't accepted friend requests and have been on cblog one time, so i'd keep rounding people up for a while. i've got some time before the game starts.......

Paul said...

I am usually a D-man stay-at-home enforcer. my real name is Paul Clemente for the little chart.If you need me to switch, or be flexible I'm down with anything.

Russ Tundra said...

when I read the original post it says dick on it to make it bigger. LMAO the C and L are too close together.

Nate8724 said...

Nathan Keane
Pos Center or Forward even D if needed
Number 29?
Nate8724

I don't no how this works so someone please get me a friend request

wildthing202 said...

Kova27 nor kova27 is not registered on the PS3 just an FYI

Nate8724 said...

I noticed that 29 is taken so i guess maybe 28? thats cool with me

Aron said...

chris m....i noticed that about kova...oh well

Aron said...

wow russ, good catch...i have no clue what happened with the spacing there, let me just say it was unintentional.

Aron said...

if anyone is up for a game in the next 30 min, let me know. i'm in the tpb lobby.

darthrunt said...

Hey I was wondering if there would be enough guys to start a game tomorrow on 09 for 360

Russ Tundra said...

The game "Ships" tomorrow and will arrive in stores on Wednesday. If other wise please post it up where you got it from so we can go pick it up asap.

Kova27 said...

Yeah that's my fault I wanted to sign up for 360 but must've done it in the ps3 comments.

Joe said...

I would also like to bring up the issue of starting the team. Who is going to be the person who actually enters in the name and creates the team? Can it be someone that gets the game on Wednesday so there is no time lost. If we get a couple of wins on Wednesday, we could totally be number 1.

Aron said...

haha kova that explains it, we'll take you off our team.

Anonymous said...

Ill play any position except goal. Im not sure what days ill be available yet cuz of college crap. But i will try my damndest

Aron said...

Cdubbs, the point is to list your availability in the comments section whenever you know what your schedule allows. I know not everyone will be able to play everyday or even every week, but as soon as you know it be cool to let everyone else know so we can get a game going as soon as possible and not waste time. If no one is willing to play goal, we'll just do 5 man teams with a computer controlled goalie...if we're allowed.

jaos said...

i am almost always available for some time during the evenings. I'm a little under the weather now but I should be in game shape in the next few days.

wildthing202 said...

My Schedule
Monday 5-11pm, 1-6am(work pending)
Tuesday 5-11pm, 12-6am(work pending)
Wednesday 5-11pm, 12-6am(work pending)
Thursday - can't play
Friday, Saturday, & Sunday - 5-9pm

used to be Chris M btw

Anonymous said...

I've been trying to get added to this list a couple times.

Position - Center
Number - 81
Psn - Yinzer4Life
name - B. Greco

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Aron said...

i've got you down bgrec. Sorry if we've missed you before.

Burnley_penguin said...

thought id tell you guys i wont be playing until 26th september thanks to a delayed release over here in the UK! :(