[unkiedave]

First time post. Been playing NHL since the beginning. Yes I'm an old man and I've always loved this series above all other games. First, discovered the OS site this year, excellent site, quick updates, great info source, etc. My two cents are that the new demo is excellent. Improvement in a variety of areas, nice overall progression versus game in past years. Being "old school", the main area I'm always looking for improvement in is gameplay. Doesn't matter how many bells and whistles, graphics, extra modes, etc. a game has, if the gameplay is poor the game is poor. The demo leaves me feeling very optomistic regarding last years game.

My post involves the demo feedback the EA board community. The posts I've read on OS seem fair and to balance their likes and dislikes of the demo reasonably. In having visited the EA community board, its always funny to read some of the whining, complaining and overall b*tching that goes on after the demo is released. These people posting would complain if you hung them with a new rope. You dl the demo for free and a given a sneak peek at a great game and a good percentage of them want to gripe and whine. If the game is so awful, go dress up a doll and shut the h*ll up. No game you ever play is going to be perfect, but the ability of the game each year to mimic the real sport is amazing. Think of where this game has evolved from. I for one prefer those who refrain b*tching just for the sake of it and want to thank the dev team and EA for continually putting in a great effort each dev cycle to make this game better. Having never posted before, I hope its fair to say that most people who enjoy this title each year and also appreciative and keep coming back each year because of the effort put into the game and the overall quality. That is all. Keep up the GREAT work.