My Quest to be the Best Online in NHL 09

[bigwill33]

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Thanks for enjoying the article gents. I think I may continue with updates on how it is going with future installments. I was worried the reception this kind of article would get since I know most of us here are more sim gamers. I myself am straight sim even when I am playing my friends or the cpu by myself. We have unspoken rules about punting on 4th downs and running up scores etc. Yet this game online is totally opposite at times.

So I guess knowing about what it is like in the top is still interesting even if it is not for everyone. It is a dark and dirty world lol. And just a recent update I have made it up to 112 before losing and getting knocked back to 126. And I have enough to write a follow up now with some stories that might be of interest. I really don't think I will get to be #1, but I think I am among the best and if I can learn some more tricks I might have a shot. The thing is do I want to go down that road?

[Matt Diesel]

What do you get out of being ranked #1 if you do not like to cheese yet cheese is the only way to go in the top 500? It seems to me that you dont enjoy the tactics you have to use to be the 'best', so why do it?

[Ruffy]

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What do you get out of being ranked #1 if you do not like to cheese yet cheese is the only way to go in the top 500? It seems to me that you dont enjoy the tactics you have to use to be the 'best', so why do it?

Exactly...and hey the guy who is #1 overall gets.....drumroll........



NOTHING!!

Same as the guy that sucks at the game.....I enjoy the stat tracking on my end for goals and stuff but could care less if your 458 and 4 whoopee!!

[Phobia]

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Exactly...and hey the guy who is #1 overall gets.....drumroll........



NOTHING!!

Same as the guy that sucks at the game.....I enjoy the stat tracking on my end for goals and stuff but could care less if your 458 and 4 whoopee!!

Agree RUff

I want realistic hockey, not a cheating fest

[Cletus]

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Agree RUff

I want realistic hockey, not a cheating fest

yeah. I played a real good game with one guy just now and it was tied 1-1 so we went to shootout. First thing he does in shootout is skate from one side of the net to the slot and does a slapshot and scores. Then next goal he hits lb then when the goalie goes down releases it then backhands it in. I just quit. It pretty much ruined a good game. This game wasn't even ranked so I don't get why someone would want to ruin a good game like that.

[JR360]

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NHL09 has a ranking system when playing online and its really a disadvantage to new players to the game. Just say someone who has been playing online since the game came out and they have a online rank of, lets say 3.
And someone who has been playing the NHL series since the early days of Sega and they just get NHL 09 and start playing online, well their online rank is lower but they are pretty good players. The online rank system is going to give the advantage to the higher rank, witch in MHO is unfair.

Are you talking about the Card progression for EASHL? Other than that there is no advantage for ranking.

[Phobia]

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yeah. I played a real good game with one guy just now and it was tied 1-1 so we went to shootout. First thing he does in shootout is skate from one side of the net to the slot and does a slapshot and scores. Then next goal he hits lb then when the goalie goes down releases it then backhands it in. I just quit. It pretty much ruined a good game. This game wasn't even ranked so I don't get why someone would want to ruin a good game like that.

I have had to quit playing online for now. I was going to end up having a stroke from my blood pressure going through the roof. The amount of BS stuff people do online is insane. I been playing APF online again instead

[Cletus]

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I have had to quit playing online for now. I was going to end up having a stroke from my blood pressure going through the roof. The amount of BS stuff people do online is insane. I been playing APF online again instead

if you see my roommates tag on NHL 09 (pimper202) hit me up. I like to play pretty straight and always am down for a game.

[bukktown]

Great article Will. I've played over 700 games online this year and can relate to everything that you said. My rank fluctuates between 500 and 700. I think if I had the stomach to go full bore slimy cheese from the onset of every game I might be able to reach the top 250.

I played somebody last week who was doing the 'warping' exploit you mentioned. The one where their player goes from lying on the ice to skating full speed in an instant. He was kind enough to tell me how to do it. If you haven't figured it out already, you just press 'LB' after you get hit and "woila" like magic
you are back on your feet. Hope that's help you on your quest and I can't wait to read more from you.

[Phobia]

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if you see my roommates tag on NHL 09 (pimper202) hit me up. I like to play pretty straight and always am down for a game.

I saw ya on last night. Next time yea I will hit ya up. I will gladly kick your *** in some NHL :wink:

[Cletus]

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I saw ya on last night. Next time yea I will hit ya up. I will gladly kick your *** in some NHL :wink:

We have to fight also. I've played like 5 games with the coyotes and Carcillo hasn't been to the penalty box. That has to change, this is hockey not soccer!

[Phobia]

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We have to fight also. I've played like 5 games with the coyotes and Carcillo hasn't been to the penalty box. That has to change, this is hockey not soccer!

The war has started then

[18 eighty 5]

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Its simple, if you want to win at any cost - cheat.

NHL 09 will encourage it in every sense.

The problem is that on the cover it says 'NHL' 09, but the game online plays nothing like hockey at all. The last patch made it even harder to try and win by playing proper hockey. It forces you to be a dirt bag.

To the topic poster : You do realise that being number 1 in NHL 09 is not the same thing as being the best?

I think that you are sacrificing something so much more important about yourself by questing for glory at any cost. The sad thing is there is no glory to be had at the end of the day. You would stoop so low for the illusion of achievement. No one will know who you are, no monuments will be erected in honor of you. All you end up doing is joining the ranks of those who burn other people for nothing. I can understand setting yourself the goal of becomming number one but at what cost?

People will argue that it is only a video game and that it is not real life and that it doesn't matter. Crap! Playing online you play against real people, by cheating you are ripping people off!

If you cheat you certainly increase your odds of winning, but winning through cheating doesn't mean you are a better video game hockey player, it just means that you aren't good enough to win properly. Infact if you didn't win through incessant cheating then it proves that you must really be pretty crap.

To be fair, I think every loss a cheeser has is the equivalent of 5 losses because you use unfair advantages and still couldn't win. Therefore multiply your loss stats by 5 and see how impressive your figures look. How would it affect your ranking?

The top 100 of NHL 09 online is filled with the biggest cheats playing, by ascending that list all you are doing is promoting to the world that you are amongst the worst and lowest gamers out there. Exploiting poor programming in NHL 09 is the equivalent of doping in real sports to get the unfair advantage. No doper who wins and is later found out is still applauded for their success.

If you really wanted to be the best, then do it by not cheating, thats how you know you really are the bloody best. To be honest it is doubtful you will be no.1 by being the best through playing fairly, but their is a chance that you could be...that is the real glory of human achievement, overcoming the impossible by not stooping to the rubbish aspects of life. Be glorious yourself and when you do achieve glory people will be moved. To me, that is a better goal to chase down.

One last thing, it sounds like you are a very skilful video gamer, don't become ordinary through cheating man, use your skill, doping makes you reliant on weak things and reduces your overall capacity.