Paul T

Thanks.  I'm sure they played a part.  Also tough break for you today with your goalie getting injured 1/2 way through the first period.  Think the game might have turned a bit differently if he did not.  Close games as always.  Now excuse me while I go get smoked by a GHL team :-)

Well done Paul!  Good luck in the next round.
 
I wonder how much those two day 66 signings had to do with the 1-0 and 2-1 win you scrapped by us with in those 2 games 

Thanks.  I'm sure they played a part.  Also tough break for you today with your goalie getting injured 1/2 way through the first period.  Think the game might have turned a bit differently if he did not.  Close games as always.  Now excuse me while I go get smoked by a GHL team :-)

In other SHL news, the Leopards and Musketeers finished with the same point total and will face off in the first round of the playoffs as the #4 and #5 seeds.  We split the season series 2-2.  The crazy fact is that both teams promoted from BHL last season where they finished with the same exact point total there, too.  What are the chances?
 
 
Good luck, Exxeo.  Thought for sure you were going to dig your way out of having to play to stay.  Your team was on quite the tear the last 20 or so games of the season.

Lost on the last day of the season!  Tired of being the bridesmaid LOL!!!
 
Guess I will have to make it up by kicking your butt in the playoffs... and by that I mean the tactics

In other SHL news, the Leopards and Musketeers finished with the same point total and will face off in the first round of the playoffs as the #4 and #5 seeds.  We split the season series 2-2.  The crazy fact is that both teams promoted from BHL last season where they finished with the same exact point total there, too.  What are the chances?
 
 
Good luck, Exxeo.  Thought for sure you were going to dig your way out of having to play to stay.  Your team was on quite the tear the last 20 or so games of the season.

Regular seaon champ! Woohoo!
 
No need for PO this season

In other SHL news, the Leopards and Musketeers finished with the same point total and will face off in the first round of the playoffs as the #4 and #5 seeds.  We split the season series 2-2.  The crazy fact is that both teams promoted from BHL last season where they finished with the same exact point total there, too.  What are the chances?
 
 
Good luck, Exxeo.  Thought for sure you were going to dig your way out of having to play to stay.  Your team was on quite the tear the last 20 or so games of the season.

In other SHL news, the Leopards and Musketeers finished with the same point total and will face off in the first round of the playoffs as the #4 and #5 seeds.  We split the season series 2-2.  The crazy fact is that both teams promoted from BHL last season where they finished with the same exact point total there, too.  What are the chances?
 
 
Good luck, Exxeo.  Thought for sure you were going to dig your way out of having to play to stay.  Your team was on quite the tear the last 20 or so games of the season.

In other SHL news, the Leopards and Musketeers finished with the same point total and will face off in the first round of the playoffs as the #4 and #5 seeds.  We split the season series 2-2.  The crazy fact is that both teams promoted from BHL last season where they finished with the same exact point total there, too.  What are the chances?
 
 
Good luck, Exxeo.  Thought for sure you were going to dig your way out of having to play to stay.  Your team was on quite the tear the last 20 or so games of the season.

That record is short term. Don't trust short term. For dump and chase you have to have a fast and physical team.
 
My advice would be pick the style you want your team to play. The players will learn it and they will focus their training to develop the skills relevant for it faster than other skills. As for what to go for I have descriptions of the offensive tactics here: http://forums.gmgames.org/topic/6845-general-user-guide/
 
To help you I will repost them for you here:
Offensive tactics
 
Crash the Net: This is very simple. Puck and players to the net. In real life this isn't a tactic so much as it is a way of life. Hockey players are preached to crash the net. "Go to the net and good things will happen," "throw the puck to the net because anything could happen" and "there is no such thing as a bad shot" (there actually is) are things you commonly hear if you watch NHL games.
 
What do you need for this tactic? Players high in the physical attribute. Bigger sized players are also a plus. The good about this tactic: You only need one skill to make it work and it is very simple. The Bad: You NEED one skill to make it work or it will not work at all, it is heavily reliant on your players to have higher physical skills and be bigger than the opposing defensemen for it to work, it is simple and very easy to counter.
 
This tactic is the least efficient tactic out there and the most reliant on the opposing team being weak to it makes it pretty much not worth it. This tactic isn't garbage. it is just over reliant on a few things making it a very situational tactic at best. Using a situational tactic all of the time isn't exactly an ideal situation.
 
Dump and Chase: This is all about getting the puck deep and then getting the puck via a strong forecheck. This tactic is less about skill and more about the defensive posture of the opposing team through the neutral zone. If the defensive posture is "up" then a dump and chase is a very good tactic to use. However that is in a real hockey game.
 
What do you need for this tactic? Speed and physical skills predominantly. Like above bigger sized players are a plus. The good: This tactic is all about using your teams physical attributes to the greatest possible effect. It isn't overly reliant on puck skills. The bad: Due to the aggressive hitting nature of this tactic over aggressive players will take a lot of penalties, considering that your team will take more penalties off of the bat as it is that could really kill any momentum your team builds on a regular basis making it difficult for your team to generate much offense.
 
This tactic is still very reliant on a players physical skill so not having a lot of forwards with high physical ratings will hurt this offense a lot. This tactic and the tactic above are the two physically focused offensive styles. The dump and chase is the more versatile of the two as it is less reliant on the opponent and their skills and more about your own players and theirs.
 
Puck possession: This is all about controlling the puck in the opponents end by passing the puck around. This tactic is the basis of most modern hockey offenses. Even the LA Kings use a puck possession offense with a heavy influence of physical play whereas the Chicago Blackhawks use a more finesse based puck possession style.
 
What you need: Puck handling and passing and then more puck handling and passing and then even more. The Good: This tactic is all about the puck skills of your players. This is the most difficult offense to stop with a skilled team. The bad: This is the most difficult offense to run because it is exceptionally reliant on the puck skills of your players.
 
This tactic is very high risk high reward in nature. As a result if you don't do things right things can very easily go very wrong with this tactic. You don't need fast or physical players but that will definitely help.
 
Transition rushes: This is all about counter attacking quickly. Get the puck and get it up ice quickly trying to create odd man rushes. However in the real life game this is not an offensive strategy per se and more another part of the game altogether.
 
What you need: A lot of skating, passing and puck handling. The good: Very aggressive and fast offensive tactic that aims to take advantage of both the speed and skill of your players. The bad: This tactic has the most demands from the players as they need to be fast, good puck handlers and passers.
 
Like puck possession this is high risk high reward but it is also the tactic that demands the most out of the players which demands the most out of you as well as you need the right players for this tactic to work. Also this tactic has some reliance on the opposing team as well making it that much more harder to implement successfully.
 
Since I finally have a week off from work and life short of a sudden call from life I will be adding at least defensive descriptions this week to that after a long overdue time of not adding it. It literally takes hours to do that stuff.

The Breakouts are for the first time in franchise history officially in the GHL playoffs! After my last post the team decided to drop the ball big time in the next 3 games losing all of them in regulation. Last game of the season and we really needed a W, against the tough Vandals. Great effort from my top 4 defenders and we managed to beat the 3rd place Vandals 7-4.
 
Management had set the goal for the season to stay in the GHL, trading away all of the draft picks for this years draft and it really seems to have paid off. Exceeding all expectations we're fighting for the ultimate price. Now the real struggle begins though as we have to face the league leading Mines Pegasus, team we only managed to beat once during regular season. Let's see what the young group is made of and best of luck to all teams in the playoffs - in every level of the world!

In terms of team focus i change it rather regularly with mostly positive effects. Knowing how to change it and what to is the important thing.
 
In regards to the tactics it is very possible to continuously change the team tactics to where none of them ever gets out of red and you win a lot of games however you have to precisely predict the tactics the opposing teams are going to use in each game to have any chance of success short of just having the best players by far. If the players are roughly equal and you guess wrong it is a near guarantee that you will lose with the only question being by how much.
 
 
I should have replied to this when you posted. I apologize that I missed it.
 
Team focus is more a game to game game plan thing yes. I adjust my teams focus depending upon the strengths and weaknesses of both my team and the opposing team. If the opposing team is a strong offensive team but a bit weak defensively or in net I will set my team to be more offensive as well because I have a defensive team with a strong goalie. I am willing to bet that my defense and goalie will outlast their offense better than their D and goalie can hold against mine. However if the opposing team is just better than mine (Protons) I will try to play a conservative defensive game trying to hold the score close and hope for a 1-0, 2-1 game where my team scores the last and hopefully deciding goal as I lean on my teams defense (its greatest strength) heavily to try to get a win.

Hi guys!
 
Thanks for the tip! We planning to make a whole new design of the game.
 
But for this we will try to fix it to next patch.
 
//Tobias 

Hi guys!
 
This is like you say on todo list but at this point I cant tell you when.
 
We keep you posted!
 
//Tobias

Would it be possible to make the assistant reports from each game available for download.
Alot  easier to read and analyze these when you have time and not because you are forced before they disappear.

Wondering if it's possible to move the REPLY button when messaging between managers to the top of the page.  Currently it sits at the bottom of the page.  There are a handful of other managers who I message with sometimes multiple times per day.  Once you are 6-7 messages deep, you find yourself scrolling down the page through all the messages before you can reply... and if you are using your phone, sometimes you can't even get to the reply button.  I feel like moving the button to the top of the page would make it just a bit more user friendly.  Just a thought.

I had asked pretty much the same question here:  http://forums.gmgames.org/topic/8757-1w-contract-after-being-traded-down/
 
I'm in SHL and acquired a player from a GHL team earlier this season who did not have a 1W/PC and after the trade, he had a 1W/PC contract.  But I have also seen other players go from GHL to SHL and not have 1W/PC contracts after.
 
After digging into it a bit further, it seems like most players traded down a league will have their salary adjusted accordingly and take on a 1W/PC contract.  In the rare cases where the players did not take on a 1W/PC contract, their salary was not adjusted... and in both cases it appears they were originally SHL players who were not on 1W/PC contracts, so when traded to GHL, their salary did not adjust.... then when traded back to SHL their salary did not adjust.
 
Follow me?
 
So the short answer is no, this is not a bug.  Players who are traded down a league will have their salary adjusted and take on a 1W/PC... which seems like a fair trade off.
 
*players on their Entry-Level contract will not get the 1W/PC.

Wondering if it's possible to move the REPLY button when messaging between managers to the top of the page.  Currently it sits at the bottom of the page.  There are a handful of other managers who I message with sometimes multiple times per day.  Once you are 6-7 messages deep, you find yourself scrolling down the page through all the messages before you can reply... and if you are using your phone, sometimes you can't even get to the reply button.  I feel like moving the button to the top of the page would make it just a bit more user friendly.  Just a thought.

Wondering if it's possible to move the REPLY button when messaging between managers to the top of the page.  Currently it sits at the bottom of the page.  There are a handful of other managers who I message with sometimes multiple times per day.  Once you are 6-7 messages deep, you find yourself scrolling down the page through all the messages before you can reply... and if you are using your phone, sometimes you can't even get to the reply button.  I feel like moving the button to the top of the page would make it just a bit more user friendly.  Just a thought.

I'll preface this post with some mad kudos.  I absolutely love this game, and spend way too much time on it.  
 
Game World:  Howitzer League:  Iron Hockey League Team Name: ADRIAN Spartans Describe the bug: Waiver claim was made on day 4, was set to close on day 5, and it is now day 9.  And like a kid at Christmas, I can't wait to get my present (assuming I win the claim )  CURRENT WAIVER CLAIMS PLAYER TEAM SALARY YEARS CLAIMED CLAIMS CLOSE Yuriy Zherdev (F)   Mount Erie Articwolves   $97 000 1 Day 4 2 Day 5  
GAME WORLD HOWITZER, SEASON 22, DAY 9

I have seen multiple players traded down to a lower league... some from GHL to SHL, and others from SHL to BHL.  Obviously those players were on 2-way contracts.  In some cases after being traded down, the player is now on a 1-way contract - and in other cases the player remains on a 2-way contract.
 
I am just wondering if there is anything specific taken into considering that would make a player's contract 1-way vs. keeping it 2-way?  I ask purely out of curiosity. 

One other note... I assume you are talking about Moss. 
 
The 1W/PC makes sense because having a 75 OVR at that salary in IHL is a great deal.  75's are generally top line players in IHL.  And once you promote to BHL(barring an epic collapse in your last few games), the 1W/PC will be removed from his contract and you'll be able to send him to the affiliate.  But even then, a 75 rated player would at the very least be a 3rd pair Dman in BHL.  When I promoted last season, my starting Dmen were rated 86-79-78-77-74-73.

I had asked pretty much the same question here:  http://forums.gmgames.org/topic/8757-1w-contract-after-being-traded-down/
 
I'm in SHL and acquired a player from a GHL team earlier this season who did not have a 1W/PC and after the trade, he had a 1W/PC contract.  But I have also seen other players go from GHL to SHL and not have 1W/PC contracts after.
 
After digging into it a bit further, it seems like most players traded down a league will have their salary adjusted accordingly and take on a 1W/PC contract.  In the rare cases where the players did not take on a 1W/PC contract, their salary was not adjusted... and in both cases it appears they were originally SHL players who were not on 1W/PC contracts, so when traded to GHL, their salary did not adjust.... then when traded back to SHL their salary did not adjust.
 
Follow me?
 
So the short answer is no, this is not a bug.  Players who are traded down a league will have their salary adjusted and take on a 1W/PC... which seems like a fair trade off.
 
*players on their Entry-Level contract will not get the 1W/PC.

One other note... I assume you are talking about Moss. 
 
The 1W/PC makes sense because having a 75 OVR at that salary in IHL is a great deal.  75's are generally top line players in IHL.  And once you promote to BHL(barring an epic collapse in your last few games), the 1W/PC will be removed from his contract and you'll be able to send him to the affiliate.  But even then, a 75 rated player would at the very least be a 3rd pair Dman in BHL.  When I promoted last season, my starting Dmen were rated 86-79-78-77-74-73.