Alright boyz, here we go!!! Eastside Hockey Manager 2007 First Impressions Thread! - Page 9

bhlloy · 11-10-2006, 12:46 AM

OK so I download the game, start an NHL career and under a month in, I have too many contracted players on my reserve list and can't advance until I release 5 guys. Only problem is, they all have to clear waivers before I can release them. Am I missing something, or is my first go round with this game screwed already? Help would be greatly appreciated... thanks

klayman · 11-10-2006, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by bhlloy

OK so I download the game, start an NHL career and under a month in, I have too many contracted players on my reserve list and can't advance until I release 5 guys. Only problem is, they all have to clear waivers before I can release them. Am I missing something, or is my first go round with this game screwed already? Help would be greatly appreciated... thanks

Is it a roster limit or a reserve limit? For the roster limit, as soon as you place a player on waivers you can reassign him to your farm club to get him off the roster. A reserve limit, the game shouldn't let you exceed (although I've never tried too)...that's messed up if it did.

bhlloy · 11-10-2006, 01:33 AM

Yeah... I was 5 players over the reserve limit. There didn't seem to be any way around it, so I had to scrap that game and start again. At least I will know to keep an eye on it in the future.

Bea-Arthurs Hip · 11-10-2006, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by bhlloy

Yeah... I was 5 players over the reserve limit. There didn't seem to be any way around it, so I had to scrap that game and start again. At least I will know to keep an eye on it in the future.

Before the patch, all you would really have to do is "release the rights" of players not under contract. That would be the easy way to get around this. I have not had to do this with the new patch...

Pumpy Tudors · 11-10-2006, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Bea-Arthurs Hip

Before the patch, all you would really have to do is "release the rights" of players not under contract. That would be the easy way to get around this. I have not had to do this with the new patch...

Those last bugs you mentioned - the training camp bug, news bug, and unable to trade for those 36-year-old players bug - were those addressed in the patch?

Bea-Arthurs Hip · 11-10-2006, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

Those last bugs you mentioned - the training camp bug, news bug, and unable to trade for those 36-year-old players bug - were those addressed in the patch?

I only played a couple of minutes last night after installing latest patch. I will look into tonight. Unless Marc or Riz want to comment ?

JPhillips · 11-10-2006, 09:14 AM

I think there is a problem with the reserve list for some teams. I know the Capitols have too many and the only way to get around it is to release the rights of some unsigned prospects. It isn't possible to fix the problem by dumping minor league crap because of the waiver period.

Not a big problem, but rather annoying to have to start dumping unsigned guys early on.

klayman · 11-10-2006, 02:51 PM

Yeah, but bhlloy's problem was too many contracted players. You have two limits on the reserve list, those under contract and those you hold rights for (plus rights to contracted players). If you are over on the second maximum, then you can just release unsigned guys to get under. But if you are over on the contracted you have a bigger problem that releasing unsigned players isn't going to solve. Thing is, the game shouldn't let you exceed that contracted number limitation anyway. Once you try to sign the 51st player, it should tell you that you can't. At least I figured that's how it worked. It is possible that I'm completely wrong with how the reserve list works.

Galaril · 11-10-2006, 07:01 PM

I am eagerly awaiting impressions of the patched game from my fellow FOFCers.

King of New York · 11-10-2006, 07:40 PM

These impressions are based on one night's worth of playing (about one month of game time)--as I delve more deeply into the patched game, I might have more to say.

1) Riz has done a very nice job of polishing the 2D game engine. First, the things that were just wrong (no assists credited when they should have been credited) appear to have been fixed completely (though I want to make certain that it's working with slap shots that come off faceoffs.) The highlights are much better chosen: "key" and "extended" highlights no longer show the final two minutes of every period in blow-out games, and you no longer have to watch one of your guys skate to the bench, drink some water, chat with the coach, turn around, and then skate back to join his team mates before every faceoff.

Concerns? Nothing major so far. Scoring levels look pretty good (I'm playing Canadian Major Junior hockey.) None of my players has been in any fights yet, but I think that the "aggressiveness" settings might have been tweaked, and I need to adjust--pre-patch, goons set to aggressive or highly aggressive would pull a Bertuzzi and try to murder opposing players, so you had to dial everyone down to normal. Now, I think the aggression levels are more intuitive, and I need to up mine. I'd like to see a few more plays (crushing hits, great saves, blown chances) included under "Key" highlights--however, extended highlights can show those plays. There's a small lag in the game before faceoffs--maybe that is by design?

I'm going to play some more tonight, but so far, so good.

bhlloy · 11-10-2006, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by klayman

Yeah, but bhlloy's problem was too many contracted players. You have two limits on the reserve list, those under contract and those you hold rights for (plus rights to contracted players). If you are over on the second maximum, then you can just release unsigned guys to get under. But if you are over on the contracted you have a bigger problem that releasing unsigned players isn't going to solve. Thing is, the game shouldn't let you exceed that contracted number limitation anyway. Once you try to sign the 51st player, it should tell you that you can't. At least I figured that's how it worked. It is possible that I'm completely wrong with how the reserve list works.

Yeah this is correct. I couldn't release a single scrub under contract so I couldn't advance the game at all and releasing unsigned players didn't bring the contracted number down (obviously). I had signed a number of players that day but I don't think enough to put me over the limit - I'm pretty sure the game must have let me advance at least a day while I had an illegal roster. I was also due to begin training camp the next day.

If this is a bug and other people aren't seeing this I still have the save game available.

SackAttack · 11-10-2006, 08:23 PM

Patch, eh?

Might be time to take another look.

Galaril · 11-11-2006, 12:01 AM

One question does american NCAA ice hockey games play out or simmed by the ai? Can we accept/take over a head coach job in the NCAA e.g. say Boston College in the college ranks?

bhlloy · 11-11-2006, 12:02 AM

OK so this time through I see what is supposed to happen - if I waive somebody they are temporarily taken off the reserve list. I haven't tried to recreate the bug though because I didn't want to lose any more progress.

It is also quite possible that I was just being a retard, although I am 99% sure that I wasn't able to knock anybody off the list by putting them on waivers. If nobody reports it and I can't recreate it, I guess that may well be the case.

klayman · 11-11-2006, 12:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Galaril

One question does american NCAA ice hockey games play out or simmed by the ai? Can we accept/take over a head coach job in the NCAA e.g. say Boston College in the college ranks?

Stats are generated in the background but the games are not played out (there is no NCAA championship) nor can you take over a job in the college ranks.

JPhillips · 11-11-2006, 07:04 AM

F-in patch. First day of training camp and Ovechkin goes down for three months. I guess I need to do some serious scouting on Esposito and Hamill.

Pumpy Tudors · 11-12-2006, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Bea-Arthurs Hip

Training Camp Bug - Running open camp, all players who arrive for open tryouts have last names that start with "C" or "B". I checked all other teams in league and it appeared to be the same.

Just for the record, this is not fixed. I am playing in the AHL, and every team in the league only has tryout players whose last names start with "A" or "B". I'm not sure yet if this will keep me from trying to play or not, but I do find it disappointing.

chrisj · 11-12-2006, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

Just for the record, this is not fixed. I am playing in the AHL, and every team in the league only has tryout players whose last names start with "A" or "B". I'm not sure yet if this will keep me from trying to play or not, but I do find it disappointing.

I realize you may have other complaints... but if that's really the reason why you're thinking about not trying to play.

dervack · 11-12-2006, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by chrisj

I realize you may have other complaints... but if that's really the reason why you're thinking about not trying to play.

Yeah I agree. How dare he want to play a game that doesn't work as advertised. The nerve of him.

Pumpy Tudors · 11-12-2006, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by chrisj

I realize you may have other complaints... but if that's really the reason why you're thinking about not trying to play.

Well, then, let me be sure to consult with you next time before I decide what bothers me about a computer game and what doesn't.

MizzouRah · 11-12-2006, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by dervack

Yeah I agree. How dare he want to play a game that doesn't work as advertised. The nerve of him.

No doubt, that would irk the heck out of me.

Could you imagine a draft in FOF that all players have last names that start with an A or B?

Pumpy Tudors · 11-12-2006, 08:21 PM

Just to clarify, since (from the tone of his post) chrisj thinks I'm just being a whiny bitch about something minor, there's a pretty obvious problem with the fact that the training camp is working this way: If only the "A" and "B" players are coming to tryouts, that means that all of the "C" through "Z" players are not. This is not a case of the game only creating players with names that start with particular letters. The players are already in the database, and there are thousands of eligible players who are not attending training camps because of what seems to be a bug.

Apologies if I wasn't clear on that.

Pumpy Tudors · 11-12-2006, 08:22 PM

Sorry, I forgot to add:

MizzouRah · 11-12-2006, 08:23 PM

How about adding

and

. Top it off with

and then sprinkle some

!

dervack · 11-12-2006, 08:30 PM

Blade6119 · 11-12-2006, 09:19 PM

Are you all speaking in code?? I want to play!!!

Joe Canadian · 11-12-2006, 09:25 PM

Something I've been noticing alot during watching the 2D engine... the players pass the puck to the goalies a lot during the game.

As well while in their defensive zone teams will often leave one man behind the goal line (in the corners or behind the net) and the other four will change lines, leaving that one player with the puck with five opposing players. For some reason those five guys never go after that one player...

Oilers9911 · 11-12-2006, 09:30 PM

oh sorry, I meant to say

bhlloy · 11-12-2006, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

Just to clarify, since (from the tone of his post) chrisj thinks I'm just being a whiny bitch about something minor, there's a pretty obvious problem with the fact that the training camp is working this way: If only the "A" and "B" players are coming to tryouts, that means that all of the "C" through "Z" players are not. This is not a case of the game only creating players with names that start with particular letters. The players are already in the database, and there are thousands of eligible players who are not attending training camps because of what seems to be a bug.

Apologies if I wasn't clear on that.

While I agree with chrisj it doesn't seem to be a huge deal if you are playing in the NHL, take over a team in the UHL or one of the lesser European leagues (UK mostly), and open tryouts are important because some of the players turning up genuinely have a chance to make your roster.

I had an interesting bug today which I think may have been around since EHM 2005. At the end of the season one of my goalie prospects was released by his OHL team, who didn't make the playoffs. There was then a bidding war for him (he's very well developed for juniors) by the teams who were still in the playoffs. He signed with Halifax, who then released him the very same day. Cue another bidding war, he signs with Rimouski and then gets released again. Not sure if this is an issue with the contract he signs ending on the same day he is signed, or an issue with his junior eligibility being shot when his original team is eliminated from contention.

bhlloy · 11-12-2006, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe Canadian

Something I've been noticing alot during watching the 2D engine... the players pass the puck to the goalies a lot during the game.

As well while in their defensive zone teams will often leave one man behind the goal line (in the corners or behind the net) and the other four will change lines, leaving that one player with the puck with five opposing players. For some reason those five guys never go after that one player...

Too many breakaways where the player just skates round one or more defensemen would be my major gripe with 2D, but it's so hugely improved it almost seems unfair to complain. Like FM, it's going to take at least 3 versions for them to get it just right.

Pumpy Tudors · 11-13-2006, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by bhlloy

While I agree with chrisj it doesn't seem to be a huge deal if you are playing in the NHL, take over a team in the UHL or one of the lesser European leagues (UK mostly), and open tryouts are important because some of the players turning up genuinely have a chance to make your roster.

...or making other team's rosters. As I said, I was playing in the AHL, and while my NHL parent club will send players down to me, I can't completely depend on getting New Jersey's scraps. I'm trying to win a Calder Cup, and if some guy impresses me in a tryout, he deserves to play. If all the "C" through "Z" players are just sitting around at home doing nothing, that really affects the entire game universe, not just my team or league.

I don't know how much player development comes from playing time, but this could have an effect on NHL teams, too. Suppose that a player could develop into a serviceable 3rd- or 4th-line NHL player, but he needs a little development to get there. Imagine that he enters an ECHL open tryout, makes the team, moves up to the AHL the next year, and finds his way to the NHL two years after that. It would be a great story, wouldn't it? Even if it doesn't happen on your own team, right? For a lot of players in the game, this bug won't allow it to happen.

Again, I may just play through and accept the bug for now, but it's still disappointing, and maybe it does bother me more than it bothers other people. I just think that my reasons for being bothered are legitimate.

Bea-Arthurs Hip · 11-13-2006, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

...or making other team's rosters. As I said, I was playing in the AHL, and while my NHL parent club will send players down to me, I can't completely depend on getting New Jersey's scraps. I'm trying to win a Calder Cup, and if some guy impresses me in a tryout, he deserves to play. If all the "C" through "Z" players are just sitting around at home doing nothing, that really affects the entire game universe, not just my team or league.

I don't know how much player development comes from playing time, but this could have an effect on NHL teams, too. Suppose that a player could develop into a serviceable 3rd- or 4th-line NHL player, but he needs a little development to get there. Imagine that he enters an ECHL open tryout, makes the team, moves up to the AHL the next year, and finds his way to the NHL two years after that. It would be a great story, wouldn't it? Even if it doesn't happen on your own team, right? For a lot of players in the game, this bug won't allow it to happen.

Again, I may just play through and accept the bug for now, but it's still disappointing, and maybe it does bother me more than it bothers other people. I just think that my reasons for being bothered are legitimate.

Yes, playing in the Central Hockey League this is a problem for me also. I dont want to call this a show stopper yet for me as the CHL has limited roster space and I dont really see myself signing more then 1 tryout player per year if that. But it certainly takes away from the option of having an open camp.

One thing I dont recall in 2005 that I am seeing now is that players with out a team will approach you requesting an opportunity to play for you. Not sure if you are seeing this in the AHL Pumpy, but I get on average 3-4 players a month approach me. This is pretty cool as I have been playing by some LLM rules of only signing players I have scouted. With this feature it gives me an opportunity to put him immediately on my short list and sign him if desired.

Bea-Arthurs Hip · 11-15-2006, 08:48 AM

Anyone seeing extreme rising of Spd, Acc & Str attributes?

Someone posted on this over at the SI boards, so I checked my saved game and noticed that in the NHL players of all kinds are seeing increases in this three attributes. I am only still in my first year and am seeing players 36 years old + etc, have their speed increase to 19-20.

It looks like , according to some of the posts I have read regarding this bug, that this causes an overload of "Stars" by the year 2010 with league scoring rising to a extreme level.

Damn, I really wanted to get a saved game going but this one will really make me hold off.

condors · 11-15-2006, 12:34 PM

i wish i didn't read that, i am enjoying the game with the new patch, hopefully a fix comes out for it soon and it will work with saved games

BigDPW · 11-22-2006, 07:24 PM

The unfake database v1.0 has been released! Yeah now we can all start our definitive games with EHM 07!

http://www.eastside-uk.co.uk/

Draft Dodger · 11-22-2006, 07:31 PM

whoa...

"Any use, reproduction or anything similar (including hosting) without permission from the author is STRICKLY PROHIBITED."

strickly prohibited. sounds severe.

Joe Canadian · 11-22-2006, 09:22 PM

Arghh... they got the Fog Devils arena wrong, despite me telling them the right name.

Young Drachma · 12-23-2006, 01:05 PM

Hmm..I'm on the fence as to whether I want this or not. The last version was outstanding and I love hockey, but I never knew I liked it that much. I can't tell from these posts whether or not I should give it a go.

Hmm...

Pumpy Tudors · 12-23-2006, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Hmm..I'm on the fence as to whether I want this or not. The last version was outstanding and I love hockey, but I never knew I liked it that much. I can't tell from these posts whether or not I should give it a go.

Hmm...

There's a patch in beta right now, and someone at SI (Graeme Kelly, maybe?) says that it will probably be released in early January after the SI guys return from holiday. I still haven't purchased, but I'll probably do so after this patch comes out.

Young Drachma · 12-23-2006, 01:16 PM

Ok, I'll wait then.

MizzouRah · 12-23-2006, 01:28 PM

Talk about weird, I was just going to bump this thread to see what people think about this version after a bit of time with it.

Draft Dodger · 12-23-2006, 06:21 PM

I just finished a season up, after a disappointing first round sweep in the playoffs (against the Stars, so obviously the game is messed up).

I'm a bit discouraged with the trading - as in, there's WAY too much of it. I thought about starting a new career with the unfaking db, but the trading thing has turned me off for now.

sachmo71 · 01-01-2007, 11:02 AM

I spent a few hours merging 2005 pics with the new 2007 pics and updates on the Blueline. What a geek.

If anyone wants a copy of this huge file, ping me.

Karim · 01-04-2007, 09:10 AM

I finally got into EHM the past few days. I decided to give up on the NHL and start in Juniors, working my way up. A lot of my suggestions for improvement are basically working features in FM2007. I'm actually enjoying the 2D more than I thought and am actually coaching games. But I hate that guys continue to cycle backwards instead of dumping the puck in, even with dump and chase set to high.

Also, will other teams come with job offers after my reputation increases or do I have to manually apply?

Thanks.

MCK · 02-09-2007, 03:06 PM

bump

Any thoughts since the new patch was released 1/30/07. Just curious if this is a must have since it is the last version they will make.

Pumpy Tudors · 02-09-2007, 03:35 PM

If the demo is updated, I'm going to give it another try this weekend. Since it's the last version, I'll probably just go ahead and buy it. I absolutely loved the previous version, so I'm sure that this one will draw me in also.

In addition, I just added 1.5GB of RAM to my system, so things will be a bit faster this time around.

Honolulu_Blue · 02-09-2007, 03:40 PM

I haven't downloaded the new patch yet. Between still being in a period of mourning over the end of the series and far, far, far too much work, I've had no time.

twothree · 03-17-2007, 02:24 PM

For anyone that still has an interest in the game, another final patch will be out soon.

http://community.sigames.com/eve/for...5/m/2852098403

If anyone has any "...serious gameplay issues that are affecting your enjoyment of the game, other than those listed as fixed...", then they ask that you report them as soon as possible.

scooter · 03-23-2007, 08:59 AM

The 3.0.4 BETA is out for people to download. Note that this is a BETA patch. Graeme is telling people to backup both their saved games and .exe before using it.

http://community.sigames.com/eve/for...5/m/8422001603

For those, like myself, that are not brave enough to be beta testers, they are saying the official patch will probably be out next week.

King of New York · 03-23-2007, 10:08 AM

Hats off to SI for continuing to support a game that has been discontinued. Although I was disappointed with the condition in which EHM 2007 3.0 was released, I thought that 3.02 was a very good game. I never got around to playing 3.03, but I will play 3.04 at some point.

11-10-2006, 09:14 AM	#407
JPhillips Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Newburgh, NY	I think there is a problem with the reserve list for some teams. I know the Capitols have too many and the only way to get around it is to release the rights of some unsigned prospects. It isn't possible to fix the problem by dumping minor league crap because of the waiver period. Not a big problem, but rather annoying to have to start dumping unsigned guys early on. __________________ To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.. - Mr. Rogers

11-10-2006, 07:40 PM	#410
King of New York High School Varsity Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Edge of the Great Dismal Swamp	These impressions are based on one night's worth of playing (about one month of game time)--as I delve more deeply into the patched game, I might have more to say. 1) Riz has done a very nice job of polishing the 2D game engine. First, the things that were just wrong (no assists credited when they should have been credited) appear to have been fixed completely (though I want to make certain that it's working with slap shots that come off faceoffs.) The highlights are much better chosen: "key" and "extended" highlights no longer show the final two minutes of every period in blow-out games, and you no longer have to watch one of your guys skate to the bench, drink some water, chat with the coach, turn around, and then skate back to join his team mates before every faceoff. Concerns? Nothing major so far. Scoring levels look pretty good (I'm playing Canadian Major Junior hockey.) None of my players has been in any fights yet, but I think that the "aggressiveness" settings might have been tweaked, and I need to adjust--pre-patch, goons set to aggressive or highly aggressive would pull a Bertuzzi and try to murder opposing players, so you had to dial everyone down to normal. Now, I think the aggression levels are more intuitive, and I need to up mine. I'd like to see a few more plays (crushing hits, great saves, blown chances) included under "Key" highlights--however, extended highlights can show those plays. There's a small lag in the game before faceoffs--maybe that is by design? I'm going to play some more tonight, but so far, so good. __________________ Input A No Input Last edited by King of New York : 11-10-2006 at 07:44 PM.

11-11-2006, 07:04 AM	#416
JPhillips Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Newburgh, NY	F-in patch. First day of training camp and Ovechkin goes down for three months. I guess I need to do some serious scouting on Esposito and Hamill. __________________ To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.. - Mr. Rogers

11-12-2006, 08:21 PM	#422
Pumpy Tudors Bounty Hunter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	Just to clarify, since (from the tone of his post) chrisj thinks I'm just being a whiny bitch about something minor, there's a pretty obvious problem with the fact that the training camp is working this way: If only the "A" and "B" players are coming to tryouts, that means that all of the "C" through "Z" players are not. This is not a case of the game only creating players with names that start with particular letters. The players are already in the database, and there are thousands of eligible players who are not attending training camps because of what seems to be a bug. Apologies if I wasn't clear on that. __________________ No, I am not Batman, and I will not repair your food processor.

11-12-2006, 08:22 PM	#423
Pumpy Tudors Bounty Hunter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	Sorry, I forgot to add: __________________ No, I am not Batman, and I will not repair your food processor.

11-10-2006, 12:46 AM	#401
bhlloy Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003	OK so I download the game, start an NHL career and under a month in, I have too many contracted players on my reserve list and can't advance until I release 5 guys. Only problem is, they all have to clear waivers before I can release them. Am I missing something, or is my first go round with this game screwed already? Help would be greatly appreciated... thanks

11-10-2006, 01:33 AM	#403
bhlloy Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003	Yeah... I was 5 players over the reserve limit. There didn't seem to be any way around it, so I had to scrap that game and start again. At least I will know to keep an eye on it in the future.

11-10-2006, 02:51 PM	#408
klayman College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Edmonton	Yeah, but bhlloy's problem was too many contracted players. You have two limits on the reserve list, those under contract and those you hold rights for (plus rights to contracted players). If you are over on the second maximum, then you can just release unsigned guys to get under. But if you are over on the contracted you have a bigger problem that releasing unsigned players isn't going to solve. Thing is, the game shouldn't let you exceed that contracted number limitation anyway. Once you try to sign the 51st player, it should tell you that you can't. At least I figured that's how it worked. It is possible that I'm completely wrong with how the reserve list works.

11-10-2006, 07:01 PM	#409
Galaril Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2004	I am eagerly awaiting impressions of the patched game from my fellow FOFCers.

11-10-2006, 08:23 PM	#412
SackAttack Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Green Bay, WI	Patch, eh? Might be time to take another look.

11-11-2006, 12:01 AM	#413
Galaril Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2004	One question does american NCAA ice hockey games play out or simmed by the ai? Can we accept/take over a head coach job in the NCAA e.g. say Boston College in the college ranks?

11-11-2006, 12:02 AM	#414
bhlloy Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003	OK so this time through I see what is supposed to happen - if I waive somebody they are temporarily taken off the reserve list. I haven't tried to recreate the bug though because I didn't want to lose any more progress. It is also quite possible that I was just being a retard, although I am 99% sure that I wasn't able to knock anybody off the list by putting them on waivers. If nobody reports it and I can't recreate it, I guess that may well be the case.

11-12-2006, 08:23 PM	#424
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	How about adding and . Top it off with and then sprinkle some !

11-12-2006, 08:30 PM	#425
dervack College Prospect Join Date: Jun 2005

11-12-2006, 09:19 PM	#426
Blade6119 Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Scottsdale, Arizona	Are you all speaking in code?? I want to play!!! __________________ *Underachievement* The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the lawnmower. *Despair* It's always darkest just before it goes pitch black. *Demotivation* Sometimes the best solution to morale problems is just to fire all of the unhappy people. http://www.despair.com/viewall.html

11-12-2006, 09:25 PM	#427
Joe Canadian College Prospect Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada	Something I've been noticing alot during watching the 2D engine... the players pass the puck to the goalies a lot during the game. As well while in their defensive zone teams will often leave one man behind the goal line (in the corners or behind the net) and the other four will change lines, leaving that one player with the puck with five opposing players. For some reason those five guys never go after that one player... __________________ Steve Davis (Joe Canadian) GO LEAFS GO!! GO FOG DEVILS GO!! LETS GO JAYS!! EHM 2005 DYNASTY: A New Philosophy in Toronto!

11-12-2006, 09:30 PM	#428
Oilers9911 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2006	oh sorry, I meant to say

11-15-2006, 08:48 AM	#433
Bea-Arthurs Hip H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The D	Anyone seeing extreme rising of Spd, Acc & Str attributes? Someone posted on this over at the SI boards, so I checked my saved game and noticed that in the NHL players of all kinds are seeing increases in this three attributes. I am only still in my first year and am seeing players 36 years old + etc, have their speed increase to 19-20. It looks like , according to some of the posts I have read regarding this bug, that this causes an overload of "Stars" by the year 2010 with league scoring rising to a extreme level. Damn, I really wanted to get a saved game going but this one will really make me hold off.

11-15-2006, 12:34 PM	#434
condors College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	i wish i didn't read that, i am enjoying the game with the new patch, hopefully a fix comes out for it soon and it will work with saved games

11-22-2006, 07:24 PM	#435
BigDPW College Prospect Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Raleigh, NC	The unfake database v1.0 has been released! Yeah now we can all start our definitive games with EHM 07! http://www.eastside-uk.co.uk/

11-22-2006, 07:31 PM	#436
Draft Dodger Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Keene, NH	whoa... "Any use, reproduction or anything similar (including hosting) without permission from the author is STRICKLY PROHIBITED." strickly prohibited. sounds severe. __________________ Mile High Hockey

11-22-2006, 09:22 PM	#437
Joe Canadian College Prospect Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada	Arghh... they got the Fog Devils arena wrong, despite me telling them the right name. __________________ Steve Davis (Joe Canadian) GO LEAFS GO!! GO FOG DEVILS GO!! LETS GO JAYS!! EHM 2005 DYNASTY: A New Philosophy in Toronto!

12-23-2006, 01:05 PM	#438
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	Hmm..I'm on the fence as to whether I want this or not. The last version was outstanding and I love hockey, but I never knew I liked it that much. I can't tell from these posts whether or not I should give it a go. Hmm... __________________ FBCB / FPB3 Mods

12-23-2006, 01:16 PM	#440
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	Ok, I'll wait then.

12-23-2006, 01:28 PM	#441
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	Talk about weird, I was just going to bump this thread to see what people think about this version after a bit of time with it.

12-23-2006, 06:21 PM	#442
Draft Dodger Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Keene, NH	I just finished a season up, after a disappointing first round sweep in the playoffs (against the Stars, so obviously the game is messed up). I'm a bit discouraged with the trading - as in, there's WAY too much of it. I thought about starting a new career with the unfaking db, but the trading thing has turned me off for now. __________________ Mile High Hockey

01-01-2007, 11:02 AM	#443
sachmo71 The boy who cried Trout Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: TX	I spent a few hours merging 2005 pics with the new 2007 pics and updates on the Blueline. What a geek. If anyone wants a copy of this huge file, ping me.

01-04-2007, 09:10 AM	#444
Karim College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Calgary	I finally got into EHM the past few days. I decided to give up on the NHL and start in Juniors, working my way up. A lot of my suggestions for improvement are basically working features in FM2007. I'm actually enjoying the 2D more than I thought and am actually coaching games. But I hate that guys continue to cycle backwards instead of dumping the puck in, even with dump and chase set to high. Also, will other teams come with job offers after my reputation increases or do I have to manually apply? Thanks.

02-09-2007, 03:06 PM	#445
MCK n00b Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Baltimore, Maryland	bump Any thoughts since the new patch was released 1/30/07. Just curious if this is a must have since it is the last version they will make.

02-09-2007, 03:35 PM	#446
Pumpy Tudors Bounty Hunter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	If the demo is updated, I'm going to give it another try this weekend. Since it's the last version, I'll probably just go ahead and buy it. I absolutely loved the previous version, so I'm sure that this one will draw me in also. In addition, I just added 1.5GB of RAM to my system, so things will be a bit faster this time around. __________________ No, I am not Batman, and I will not repair your food processor.

02-09-2007, 03:40 PM	#447
Honolulu_Blue Hockey Boy Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Royal Oak, MI	I haven't downloaded the new patch yet. Between still being in a period of mourning over the end of the series and far, far, far too much work, I've had no time. __________________ *Steve Yzerman*: 1,755 points in 1,514 regular season games. 185 points in 196 postseason games. A First-Team All-Star, Conn Smythe Trophy winner, Selke Trophy winner, Masterton Trophy winner, member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, Olympic gold medallist, and a three-time Stanley Cup Champion. Longest serving captain of one team in the history of the NHL (19 seasons).

03-17-2007, 02:24 PM	#448
twothree College Prospect Join Date: May 2005	For anyone that still has an interest in the game, another final patch will be out soon. http://community.sigames.com/eve/for...5/m/2852098403 If anyone has any "...serious gameplay issues that are affecting your enjoyment of the game, other than those listed as fixed...", then they ask that you report them as soon as possible.

03-23-2007, 08:59 AM	#449
scooter High School Varsity Join Date: May 2004 Location: Camano Island, WA	The 3.0.4 BETA is out for people to download. Note that this is a BETA patch. Graeme is telling people to backup both their saved games and .exe before using it. http://community.sigames.com/eve/for...5/m/8422001603 For those, like myself, that are not brave enough to be beta testers, they are saying the official patch will probably be out next week.

03-23-2007, 10:08 AM	#450
King of New York High School Varsity Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Edge of the Great Dismal Swamp	Hats off to SI for continuing to support a game that has been discontinued. Although I was disappointed with the condition in which EHM 2007 3.0 was released, I thought that 3.02 was a very good game. I never got around to playing 3.03, but I will play 3.04 at some point. __________________ Input A No Input

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