We are hard at work on our roster pack for NHL 14 and have been thinking of ways to improve the project itself. We absolutely want to provide the most accurate rosters available, and so we want to provide an outlet for you all to provide us the feedback needed to achieve that goal.
Ultimately we want to have your input to ensure that we don't overlook a specific trait in a players abilities, and as you know your team best, we want to have your input to make sure those little nuances are available in our game.
Here is the link to the Google Drive folder containing the different spreadsheets we have utilized. You will find one for each team under the teams folder, and then a couple other specialized document covering the different aspects of the project.
We ask that you take a look at the spreadsheets, and focus on the individual attribute ratings for a player by looking on the corresponding position tab of the team the player is on. If you see something we have incorrect, such as position, please go ahead and submit that here for us to correct. If you have a suggestion regarding an actual attribute, such as shot power, please submit what you feel the right rating would be, and explain your reasoning as to why in a coherent, civil, and constructive manner.
While we cannot guarantee that your suggestion will be accepted, we can promise it will be considered for inclusion. Please keep in mind that we have used not only statistics in determining our ratings given, but scouting reports off of hockeysfuture.com, thehockeynews.com, eliteprospects.com, amongst other articles and experience in watching the players play, so if we do decide not to incorporate your suggestion, we will explain why we made that decision.
We want the community to be a big part of this, and hope to become a largely community driven project.
Here are the links for the Google Folder and suggestion forms, please be sure to try and keep your suggestions in line with the attribute scales and averages we have on our attribute breakdown:
Google Folder
Attribute Breakdown
Skater Suggestions
Goalie Suggestions
One final disclaimer: With the processes implemented in this project, there will be variances in the Overalls you feel a player has received by our ratings compared to where you feel a player should be. As with last year the one rating that you should absolutely ignore with our project is the Overall, and I would say even moreso to a greater extent then last year. The discrepencies in Overall can largely be attributed to EA's process of weighting specific players attributes more heavily than others towards that Overall, especially when aligned with their player type. Keep that in mind, as we are not focused on the end Overall, but the skillset of the player itself.
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