TBL Rosters v8.0 2015/16 Release Date

[archibalduk]

This is just a heads up to let everyone know that the first roster update of 2015/16 will be released around the end of this month (i.e. October). We're now approaching the stage where the rosters are ready for release; we just have some final attribute updating work to do for the NHL and some final transactions to implement. We had hoped to release the update sooner but we have been struggling with low numbers of researchers to help with the work.

The update will not feature any updated player career history as this work is taking longer than hoped. However, it should follow in a v8.1 update reasonably soon after the v8.0 release.

[PhilTheThril]

Is there any date i could be looking forward to?

[archibalduk]

It'll be by the end of this month.

[Bruins FC]

Just wondering if the v8.0 rosters will also be compatible with EHM 2007. If not, which is the latest roster update that will work with 2007?

[DeVulus]

Just wondering if the v8.0 rosters will also be compatible with EHM 2007. If not, which is the latest roster update that will work with 2007?

I'm pretty sure all the rosters are in 2007 format since they need to be imported into EHM Early Access, so you should have no problem using them with EHM 2007. You might need the CSD Patch though.

[archibalduk]

No I'm afraid they're not compatible with EHM 2007. Although they're in EHM 2007 format, various teams and leagues have been renamed which will cause errors in EHM 2007. With some work, they could be made compatible - but this would be down to you as we simply don't have the resources to maintain two versions.

[DeVulus]

In that case the latest roster update for 2007 seems to be v7.3 (Start of Season)

[PhilTheThril]

Cant wait to get back into EHM EA!

[deknegt]

In that case the latest roster update for 2007 seems to be v7.3 (Start of Season)

Start of 14/15 season, just to be clear.

[PhilTheThril]

When the rosters come out will there also be a new challenge?

[Manimal]

When the rosters come out will there also be a new challenge?

Yes!

[PhilTheThril]

When the rosters come out will there also be a new challenge?

Yes!

AWESOME! any info on that

[bruins72]

When the rosters come out will there also be a new challenge?

Yes!

AWESOME! any info on that

Yup. The info is that there will be a new challenge once the new rosters come out.

[CruzerDC]

AWESOME! any info on that

Yup. The info is that there will be a new challenge once the new rosters come out.

Great reply really helpful for everyone that was very needed thanks admin! :^]

[Kiekkomestari]

Will new rosters come during this week?

[hockeyguy1]

It'll be by the end of this month.

hey tomorow is the end of the month so is that when the roster will come out?

[Peter_Doherty]

It'll be by the end of this month.

hey tomorow is the end of the month so is that when the roster will come out?

Patience young grasshopper, it will be released when it's done.

[beefat99]

I hope the ratings aren't too bad for all th rookies on the Florida Panthers roster.

[PhilTheThril]

I hope the leafs have trash ratings so i can get Austin Mathews xD

[A9L3E]

"A roster is never late, nor is it early, it arrives precisely when it means to."

[StormCloudsGathering]

I can't start my new NHL Fantasy draft save 'til this comes out. Cmon! D:

[caymanmew]

i am with the rest of you guys in saying i wanted this roster yesterday but i guess i don't get what i want.

asking consistently (even if it is different people) or saying how much you need it is only going to annoy the mods/admins/basic members at worst or archive nothing at best.

patients is really the only way to go here


o and knock the pa of every Ottawa prospect up by 10-20 plz, ty.

[spumantii]

The last time I (overtly respectfully) asked when to expect this (sometime in August) I was confronted with snorts and told something along the lines of 'maybe this game isn't meant for you' when I admitted what most people are thinking which is the reason I bought and wait to play this game was to sim from up-to date NHL rosters. I then saw that there was a lack of volunteers helping make that happen. Patience is good and nice and well deserved until the other party stops being courteous, then the gloves come off.

It would seem ironic that rather than ask an interested party to volunteer I was given a cold shoulder and the topic was locked as even though I was especially clear I was happy with the game, which inspired my interest in the up-to date rosters, some were only capable of seeing my message as criticism. I was told I should be able to have fun without them by principle because 'everything changes every year anyway'. If a lack of volunteers is the issue there are better ways to get people than alienating paying customers on your forum. If I was being critical I could have listed a number of things I didn't mention, like the absolutely god-awful UI.

The game wasn't free, I paid via steam thinking there was a team at work here- not a bunch of volunteers, despite the fact that I would have volunteered just to be able to play it properly again. You're making money by selling this game, presumably, mostly to players who care about the NHL, not as much the minutae of some backwater Euro League, so maybe priorities should be set where they would provide you with more customers and or interest from existing customers. If getting more customers means keeping the game up to date then hire some people. If you have the year 2015 and the NHL rosters up-to-date, but you're missing some details from the dunderwhistle midget league in northern Scotland for example... Then you've got priorities all mixed up, assuming you want to stay in business. As great as 2014 was I can't play through it another time, so I'll keep this thing shelved and maybe forget about it

[caymanmew]

The last time I (overtly respectfully) asked when to expect this (sometime in August) I was confronted with snorts and told something along the lines of 'maybe this game isn't meant for you' when I admitted what most people are thinking which is the reason I bought and wait to play this game was to sim from up-to date NHL rosters. I then saw that there was a lack of volunteers helping make that happen. Patience is good and nice and well deserved until the other party stops being courteous, then the gloves come off.

It would seem ironic that rather than ask an interested party to volunteer I was given a cold shoulder and the topic was locked as even though I was especially clear I was happy with the game, which inspired my interest in the up-to date rosters, some were only capable of seeing my message as criticism. I was told I should be able to have fun without them by principle because 'everything changes every year anyway'. If a lack of volunteers is the issue there are better ways to get people than alienating paying customers on your forum. If I was being critical I could have listed a number of things I didn't mention, like the absolutely god-awful UI.

The game wasn't free, I paid via steam thinking there was a team at work here- not a bunch of volunteers, despite the fact that I would have volunteered just to be able to play it properly again. You're making money by selling this game, presumably, mostly to players who care about the NHL, not as much the minutae of some backwater Euro League, so maybe priorities should be set where they would provide you with more customers and or interest from existing customers. If getting more customers means keeping the game up to date then hire some people. If you have the year 2015 and the NHL rosters up-to-date, but you're missing some details from the dunderwhistle midget league in northern Scotland for example... Then you've got priorities all mixed up, assuming you want to stay in business. As great as 2014 was I can't play through it another time, so I'll keep this thing shelved and maybe forget about it

have you ever tried playing one of those backwater Euro Leagues? i play a game with a team in the Latvian league and it was tons of fun. trying to build a stable team with good players while also have to worry about guys leaving to other leagues or guys retiring (cause a lot of you bets players are old ex nhlers). it brings a different feel then the nhl games where draft and develop is so important but in the backwater Euro Leagues you really need to be able to manage your money as a bad contract hurts a lot and you wont have any young cost controlled players to help you fix mistakes cap/budget wise

also you can go play a Euro league in the 2014 game because you don't know any of the players anyways so it will make no difference


on another note i also asked when a post draft roster would be coming out (i asked a week after the draft) and was nicely told that the first post draft roster comes out October or November depending on how quickly they can get the new roster ready. maybe you did not ask a respectfully as you thought or maybe the mod/admin responding to you was having a bad day.

[Peter_Doherty]

The last time I (overtly respectfully) asked when to expect this (sometime in August) I was confronted with snorts and told something along the lines of 'maybe this game isn't meant for you' when I admitted what most people are thinking which is the reason I bought and wait to play this game was to sim from up-to date NHL rosters. I then saw that there was a lack of volunteers helping make that happen. Patience is good and nice and well deserved until the other party stops being courteous, then the gloves come off.

It would seem ironic that rather than ask an interested party to volunteer I was given a cold shoulder and the topic was locked as even though I was especially clear I was happy with the game, which inspired my interest in the up-to date rosters, some were only capable of seeing my message as criticism. I was told I should be able to have fun without them by principle because 'everything changes every year anyway'. If a lack of volunteers is the issue there are better ways to get people than alienating paying customers on your forum. If I was being critical I could have listed a number of things I didn't mention, like the absolutely god-awful UI.

The game wasn't free, I paid via steam thinking there was a team at work here- not a bunch of volunteers, despite the fact that I would have volunteered just to be able to play it properly again. You're making money by selling this game, presumably, mostly to players who care about the NHL, not as much the minutae of some backwater Euro League, so maybe priorities should be set where they would provide you with more customers and or interest from existing customers. If getting more customers means keeping the game up to date then hire some people. If you have the year 2015 and the NHL rosters up-to-date, but you're missing some details from the dunderwhistle midget league in northern Scotland for example... Then you've got priorities all mixed up, assuming you want to stay in business. As great as 2014 was I can't play through it another time, so I'll keep this thing shelved and maybe forget about it

You have one thing very wrong which makes almost all your points wrong aswell. The people working on this updated database on this site _IS NOT_ the same people that made the game itself. They are volounteers doing this on their own free time and they are doing a darn fine job too.