EHM The Blue Line

EDIT - just so that the important info is at the top of the thread:

I know this seems far off but I think I'll start this by 1st April. It's going to take a while to add all of the players and I have exams on the 29th, 30th and 31st March to revise for.

Don't worry, I'm not abandoning the idea. I promise that this will still go ahead. Atleast this gives other users to join and to give their opinions/suggestions.

The details I need from you are:

BASIC DETAILS
Forename: (I will use your TBL username as your surname)
Date of birth: (in the form of DD/MM/YYYY)
Nationality: (you can give me a second nationality if you choose)

PREFERENCES
Favourite staff:
Favourite club:
Disliked club:

PLAYER DETAILS
Shirt number:
Height: (in centimeteres)
Weight: (in kilograms)

POSITIONAL
Shoots/Catches: (either left or right)
GK: (the total for GK, LD, RD, LW, RW and C must not total more than 35. I'd prefer if people tried to keep it below this number. I will only allow a few to have this maximum number. One of your positions must be rated 20 - this will be your primary position)
LD:
RD:
LW:
RW:
C:
Offensive Roll: (Basically, this is how much you like to attack and defend - the higher the rating (out of 20), the more you like to do it. Offence and defence must not total more than 25)
Defensive Roll:

PLAYER ATTRIBUTES 1
(Choose and rank three attributes from the list below. The attribute at rank 1 will have the highest rating and the attribute at rank 3 will have the lowest rating of the three)

Acceleration
Agility
Balance
Fighting
Hitting
Movement
Natural fitness
Pace
Positioning
Recovery
Stamina
Strength
Vision
Workrate

1:
2:
3:

PLAYER ATTRIBUTES 2
(Choose and rank three attributes from the list below)

Aggression
Agitation
Anticipation
Bravery
Consistency
Decisions
Dirtyness
Flair
Important games
Leadership
Pass tendency
Reflexes
Teamwork
Versatility

1:
2:
3:

PLAYER ATTRIBUTES 3
(Choose and rank three attributes from the list below)

Blocker
Checking
Deflections
Deking
Faceoffs
Glove
One-on-ones
Passing
Pokecheck
Rebounds
Slapshot
Stickhandling
Wristshot

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2:
3:


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ORIGINAL POST:
I'm a little disappointed that I don't have the time to commit to the online league so I thought I'd start a TBL team on EHM.

The basic idea is that I replace a team and add all users from the TBL forums (those who are interested) in to the team and then sim/play the games and post the results, news, etc. in this thread.

I did this thing before on the SI Games OTF forum using NHL 2004 (I would have carried on with that but I had to leave my desktop computer at home. Also, my laptop's graphics card isn't good enough). It was very successful and good fun.

At the moment, I'm still trying to come up with the details of what to do. I'm thinking that each user chooses and ranks a number of skills and then I set these in the editor (e.g. the highest ranked skill gets a rating of 18, the second 16, etc.).

Ability could be relative to post count - I know this is a little difficult because most users have low post counts. Maybe those with atleast 30 posts would have the highest ability (maybe around 160?) and then it would work down from there.

Good idea or bad idea? Comments, suggestions?

Sure I'm in!

I'm making a "add yourself to the game" tutorial .

This is also what I was thinking, on CMRO (forums of the romanian championship manager community, they did this some time ago).
I'm not sure how to give the abillities. Posts number is a good idea, but our team will become too good . We (I) could make a php-script that adds randomly the attributes of each player, the potential could be calculated by the number of post. Only using the post numbers isn't a good idea coz some ppl could start postboosting and spamming the forums... (me for ex )

I have no suggestions, because I don't quite understand it, but my name can be used on this, and I'll watch with curiosity what will come of it.

id like this to happen

I'm in. If I get to play C 8)

And I'm Defence.

Im a goalie

I'm in, I want to play as a LW

Today/tomorrow I'm going to have a think about how this is all going to work. Once I figured out the details then I'll let you know

I am in, RD/RW Team goon :evil:

Count me in, Hard-hitting RW

I know this seems far off but I think I'll start this by 1st April. It's going to take a while to add all of the players and I have exams on the 29th, 30th and 31st March to revise for.

Don't worry, I'm not abandoning the idea. I promise that this will still go ahead. Atleast this gives other users to join and to give their opinions/suggestions.

The following users have expressed an interest so far:

• Archibalduk
  Tasku
  Octavian
  Lukeozade100
  Vikke
  Joehelmer
  Javs
  affe_021
  Calv (probably)
  Devils88 (probably)

The details I need from you are:

BASIC DETAILS
Forename: (I will use your TBL username as your surname)
Date of birth: (in the form of DD/MM/YYYY)
Nationality: (you can give me a second nationality if you choose)

PREFERENCES
Favourite staff:
Favourite club:
Disliked club:

PLAYER DETAILS
Shirt number:
Height: (in centimeteres)
Weight: (in kilograms)

POSITIONAL
Shoots/Catches: (either left or right)
GK: (the total for GK, LD, RD, LW, RW and C must not total more than 35. I'd prefer if people tried to keep it below this number. I will only allow a few to have this maximum number. One of your positions must be rated 20 - this will be your primary position)
LD:
RD:
LW:
RW:
C:
Offensive Roll: (Basically, this is how much you like to attack and defend - the higher the rating (out of 20), the more you like to do it. Offence and defence must not total more than 25)
Defensive Roll:

PLAYER ATTRIBUTES 1
(Choose and rank three attributes from the list below. The attribute at rank 1 will have the highest rating and the attribute at rank 3 will have the lowest rating of the three)

Acceleration
Agility
Balance
Fighting
Hitting
Movement
Natural fitness
Pace
Positioning
Recovery
Stamina
Strength
Vision
Workrate

1:
2:
3:

PLAYER ATTRIBUTES 2
(Choose and rank three attributes from the list below)

Aggression
Agitation
Anticipation
Bravery
Consistency
Decisions
Dirtyness
Flair
Important games
Leadership
Pass tendency
Reflexes
Teamwork
Versatility

1:
2:
3:

PLAYER ATTRIBUTES 3
(Choose and rank three attributes from the list below)

Blocker
Checking
Deflections
Deking
Faceoffs
Glove
One-on-ones
Passing
Pokecheck
Rebounds
Slapshot
Stickhandling
Wristshot

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2:
3:


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Should I program a random attribute generator for the other stats?
It's looking good !

BASIC DETAILS
Forename: Colin
Date of birth: 13/04/1984
Nationality: British

PREFERENCES
Favourite staff: Niklas Lidstrom
Favourite club: Manchester Phoenix
Disliked club:

PLAYER DETAILS
Shirt number: 84
Height: 180
Weight: 70

POSITIONAL
Shoots/Catches: Right
RW: 20
C: 8
Offensive Roll: 16
Defensive Roll: 9

PLAYER ATTRIBUTES 1
1: Pace
2: Balance
3: Stamina

PLAYER ATTRIBUTES 2
1: Reflexes
2: Flair
3: Teamwork

PLAYER ATTRIBUTES 3
1: Passing
2: Wristshot
3: Stickhandling

Octavian wrote:Should I program a random attribute generator for the other stats?
It's looking good !

No, it's ok. I'll set all of the other attributes to zero. This will mean that the game will randomly choose the attributes when the game is created

The only remaining issue is the player ability. I'm thinking of doing something like this (suject to change):

Posts: Ability
1 - 10: 120
11 - 20: 122
21 - 30: 130
31 - 40: 135
40+ : 140

Once we have enough players, I will make a note of everbody's post counts. This gives people enough time to increase their post counts a bit (note: spamming of the forums will not be tolerated and may result in a ban).

Should I program a random attribute generator for the other stats?
It's looking good !

Way ahead of you. We have that for our own project

And here's my stats:

BASIC DETAILS
Forename: Mikko
Date of birth: 12/05/1981
Nationality: Finnish

PREFERENCES
Favourite staff: Raimo Summanen, Mika Lehtinen, Ladislav Kohn
Favourite club: Espoo Blues
Disliked club:

PLAYER DETAILS
Shirt number: 44 (Lehtinen)
Height: 178
Weight: 78

POSITIONAL
Shoots/Catches: Right
RD: 20
LD: 9
Offensive Roll: 10
Defensive Roll: 15

PLAYER ATTRIBUTES 1
1: Positioning
2: Hitting
3: Vision

PLAYER ATTRIBUTES 2
1: Consistency
2: Teamwork
3: Anticipation

PLAYER ATTRIBUTES 3
1: Checking
2: One-on-ones
3: Passing

EDIT - I've made the changes you've mentioned - Archibalduk

Tasku: Offensive/defensive roll is how much you like to attack/defend.
Also, with RD + LD, you need to give a rating for each out of 20. The total of the two must not exceed 35. One of your positions must be rated 20 (this is your primary position).

At the moment, I'm going to limit the available positions so that we get a balanced team. Some people above have said what position they want so I've reserved them their place:

GK: Lukeozade100
GK:

LD: rottamies
LD:
LD:

RD: Tasku
RD: Javs
RD:

LW: Joehelmer
LW: Calv
LW:
LW:

RW: Archibalduk
RW: affe_021
RW:
RW:

C: Vikke
C: Octavian
C:
C:

If, by some miracle, we get more than that number of players then I'll allow some more positions.

EDIT: List updated on 10 March 14:07 Dutch time

POSITIONAL
Shoots/Catches: Right
RD: 15
LD: 9
Offensive Roll: 10
Defensive Roll: 15

I'm guessing by stickside that you want to be RD?

Yep.

BASIC DETAILS
Forename: Daniel
Date of birth: 29/08/1986
Nationality: Swedish

PREFERENCES
Favourite staff: Henrik Zetterberg
Favourite club: Västerås IK Ungdom
Disliked club: Colorado Avalanche

PLAYER DETAILS
Shirt number: 26
Height: 193
Weight: 87

POSITIONAL
Shoots/Catches: Left
RW: 20
LW: 10
Offensive Roll: 14
Defensive Roll: 11

PLAYER ATTRIBUTES 1
1: Hitting
2: Balance
3: Fighting

PLAYER ATTRIBUTES 2
1: Leadership
2: Aggression
3: Consistency

PLAYER ATTRIBUTES 3
1: Checking
2: Slapshot
3: Deflections

Let's pretend I'm 78kg, or I'll get steamrolled out there!

*edited my stats*

This is great, i want in!

BASIC DETAILS
Forename: Jarkko
Date of birth: 17/07/1983
Nationality: Finnish

PREFERENCES
Favourite staff: Jukka Jalonen, Jani Hassinen
Favourite club: HPK
Disliked club: Helsingin Jokerit

PLAYER DETAILS
Shirt number: 43
Height: 178
Weight: 72

POSITIONAL
Shoots/Catches: Left
GK: -
LD: 20
RD: 8
LW: -
RW: -
C: -

Offensive roll: 8
Defensive roll: 16

Attributes 1
1: Workrate
2: Positioning
3: Pace

Attributes 2
1: Teamwork
2: Anticipation
3: Bravery

Attributes 3
1: Checking
2: Pokecheck
3: Rebounds

BASIC DETAILS
Forename: Octavian use Susnea as Surename, avoid Octavian Octavian
Date of birth: 29/09/1986
Nationality: Belgian / Romanian (It's true that I have both)

PREFERENCES
Favourite staff: Iliya Kovalchuck
Favourite club: Atlanta Trashers
Disliked club: FC Brugge (None, it's just a football club )

PLAYER DETAILS
Shirt number: 77 or 12
Height: 185
Weight: 70 (let's say 75 )

POSITIONAL
Shoots/Catches: right
LW: 15
C: 20
Offensive Roll: 20
Defensive Roll: 5

PLAYER ATTRIBUTES 1

Acceleration
Agility
Balance
Fighting
Hitting
Movement
Natural fitness
Pace
Positioning
Recovery
Stamina
Strength
Vision
Workrate

1: Acceleration
2: Hitting
3: Pace

PLAYER ATTRIBUTES 2

Aggression
Agitation
Anticipation
Bravery
Consistency
Decisions
Dirtyness
Flair
Important games
Leadership
Pass tendency
Reflexes
Teamwork
Versatility

1: Flair
2: Bravery
3: Leadership

PLAYER ATTRIBUTES 3

Blocker
Checking
Deflections
Deking
Faceoffs
Glove
One-on-ones
Passing
Pokecheck
Rebounds
Slapshot
Stickhandling
Wristshot

1: Stickhandling
2: Wristshot
3: Deflections

BASIC DETAILS
Forename: Nick
Date of birth: 06/01/87
Nationality: Engerland

PREFERENCES
Favourite staff: ArchibaldUK
Favourite club:
Disliked club:

PLAYER DETAILS
Shirt number:55
Height: 179
Weight: 62

POSITIONAL
Shoots/Catches: Left
GK:
RD:
LW:20
RW:5
C:2
Offensive Roll: 15
Defensive Roll:10

PLAYER ATTRIBUTES 1
Acceleration
Agility
Balance
Fighting
Hitting
Movement
Natural fitness
Pace
Positioning
Recovery
Stamina
Strength
Vision
Workrate

1:Acceleration
2:Pace
3:Movement

PLAYER ATTRIBUTES 2
Aggression
Agitation
Anticipation
Bravery
Consistency
Decisions
Dirtyness
Flair
Important games
Leadership
Pass tendency
Reflexes
Teamwork
Versatility

1:Flair
2:Pass Tendency
3:Teamwork

PLAYER ATTRIBUTES 3
Blocker
Checking
Deflections
Deking
Faceoffs
Glove
One-on-ones
Passing
Pokecheck
Rebounds
Slapshot
Stickhandling
Wristshot

1:Deking
2:One-on-Ones
3: Wristshot

Forename: Johnny
Date of birth: 26/09/89
Nationality: CANADIAN

Favourite staff: Jordin Tootoo
Favourite club: Colorado Avalanche
Disliked club: Montreal Canadians :evil:

Shirt number:21 or 98 if 21 is taken
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 175lbs

Shoots/Catches: Right
GK: 1
RD: 20
LW:15
RW:19
C:15
Offensive Roll: 17
Defensive Roll:19

Work Rate- 19
Hitting- 13
Fighting- 15

Aggression- 20
Bravery- 20
Flair- 12

Slapshot- 11
Wristshot-10
Passing- 13


*PA=200*
*Determination=20*