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So in this topic I will share the story of our team (Drop Zone). And because we didn't make to play-offs this contains just regular season. It should be nice to read other teams stories also DZ has some tough opponents at start and in the end. 1. opponent was Northern Ascendancy, which The_Alpha_Furyan in Season 3 - Preview -post, was placed 3th in our group. And we managed to win our first game in season, that is always good starting point, right? (spoiler: keep reading). Our second game they pushed even harder game to our end (time on attack 09:19 vs. 03:46) and in the last minute they manage to get 3-2 winning goal. Next Sika, one of most underrated teams in there. I just put shots on goals here to give some perspective about these games: Sika: 33, DZ: 14. You do the math. Synenergy: 1. game close one 4-3 to SYN. Second game started good with SYN couple of penalties, but they made first goal in shorthanded. Our teamplay didin't work after that goal. Then they did one powerplay goal then shorthanded goal and then shorthanded goal. Ah almost forgot one powerplay goal more. Last 2 minutes and stats were 5-1, but two more goals to SYN before game ends. Not much tell to grand-children about that. Terrific Tigers: 1. game, nothing special 4-2 win to us. Second game was closer. We take in first 13 minutes 3-0 lead, but they come even with powerplay goal and with goal at 59.24. But we manage to make our machine runnig again at time 78.27. Overtime win. Huge thanks to TT Goalie for that. 18 saves. Next Aapon Taikasauva: What you can do with 2-3 minutes of attack time versus 9 minutes? AK-47: First game: clean 3-0 win. And personally only shutout in whole season. Second game should be like that, but no. AK's goalie make huge game and they deseserved a win for that. Alliance HT: Both games were almost identical: We was behind all areas and top of that games were pretty fragmented, because of so many penalties. 2 x lost. Tiki Talk: One of worst defence that we have in entire season. All things that can be wrong was wrong. Bare Knuckles Hockey: First game, First period, 3 powerplay goals for us so game was over. Second game: We take 6 penalties and they make 2 PPGs. Result 5-3 to Bare. EN HUND: First game: 0 penalties and 5 goals, it was really good game us. Second game was goalie fight (not with fists of course ). Shots on goal (both teams): 29, goals: 3. We have 2 goals Free From Rodents: Their goalie has bad day: 25 shots and 12 goals including 3 goals in 1.24. HC Marilyn: One of those games that you should get some critical point out of it. But Luck-Gods say: Nope. We had 4 post shots in games and we just go in their trap what they have putted in their zone. 2 x lost. Lunatic Lions: First game, 7 penalties. 2-1 to Lunatic. If we should find something positive we make our only goal in shorthanded. Second game started bad also: They get shorthanded goal, but we pushed hard and with 8 minutes of time on attack managed to get 3-2 win for second game. Kattiautomaatti: Again same story, First game, 9 penalties, 2 powerplay goals, 6-2 lost. Second game we show what we are made for: 18 shots, 5 goals and for me: 91 save%. Nordic Lightning: Start of end of season and hard games. We played good, but good isn't enough for these top teams. 0-2 and 6-2 losts for these good games. Knight Aces HC: Good matches, both of them. But when we make to the attack zone Aces make good defence play and we must make risk passes and just stay in the corners. 2 x lost. Laser HT: NOPE. Pretty good games for us, but again that is not enough. 9 penalties in both games to find something to improve in the future... Inter Iceland: Close games. We should have deserved more than just 1 point. In first game we was in lead 2-1 before 3rd period, but they make 3 goals in there. Second game was goal making contest. Last minute we make game even 5-5, but in overtime they scored and get 5 point in our 2 games. MUKIMIEHET: And again some top teams. In 1st game we take the lead, but 2nd and 3rd period are their control 1-3 lost from that. Second game was even stronger game from MUKIMIEHET. Shots on goal 13-1. Yes you read it right we got only one shot in goal and even if it has gone in we would still lose it: Result was 2-0. murohoki: Important games for us: Play-off place at stake. Must take least 3 points. We was in lead 3-1, but here they come and overtime it was. At the end of overtime period as said in Press Conference: "Sami Noddactius wanted to be Patrik Laine, but luckily our GM has paid well enough for referees." Our attacker hitted with it skate-end murohoki's goalie and their defender backhand-slapped puck in own goal (with R1). In NHL that should be a goal but not in the game... Second game was good even game that went also in overtime, but in this time our win. I'm personally happy that game myself too: 12 saves, 1 GA, S% 92,3 Nordic Nightmare: Brace yourself, winter is coming... They played good games and we wasn't best players available so 5-2 and 7-1 losses. Nordic Nosebleed: Last games to get to playoffs we needed 5 point at least against Nordic Nosebleed to make it and after that it isn't certain. So it is do or di..ehm do not. (there is no try). 1st game 1-1 to overtime aaanddd they did a goal. So 1 point to us and playoff place gone. Second game has no meaning for us so it was really: Let just play it out of day order: 6-3 lost. So thank you, if you have read it, hope it bring some light about how Drop Zone's season went. If you ask me we would make to the playoff's if so many of those teams didn't quit. We lose so many points from them and our closest rivals lost some games from them (and get those points back). As a closing words: It isn't what you bring in the ice it is what you left behind.

In light of the recent events I feel like it's time to take a closer look at the current regulations and their purpose. As Finnish Roosters demonstrated, there are still some cancerous teams in this community that will try to further their cause at all costs. Their lack of class, sportsmanship and fair play is evident to everyone. As seen in their post-game comment - they have the "if it's not in the rules, it's a fair game" mindset. To keep teams like this in check we need to refine the current rulebook and the way it's used. Rules should be considered as a tool that the staff can use in order to enforce basic standards and behavior. Not "be all, say all" kinda deal. The final decision and authority should still come down to the staff. In unique circumstances where there are no rules covering the specific situation, they should still have the ability to make a ruling that the teams are required to follow. A recommendation that they can just ignore - that's not good enough. Currently it looks like the staff's hands are tied by the very same rules that are supposed to be there to help them. The result? A situation where a team(Finnish Roosters) essentially can chose whichever solution suits them the best, completely ignoring fair play, sportsmanship and the core goal of the regulations - providing fair, competitive environment. As seen, our community clearly isn't mature enough to be able to look at these things objectively and come up with a reasonable solution. The glitches will come and go and the staff needs to have the ability to react on the fly, implement new rules if required and enforce them accordingly. It's a game, there will be bugs. Same with the rulebook and loopholes in it. The community clearly isn't able to deal with it and seeing how some people behave - simple A-Z regulations in my eyes don't work. As such I urge people to start an early discussion about the current rules and the potential changes to them for the upcoming ECL 4. For example, a thing that somehow slipped everyone - Gs bunny hop bug(https://clips.twitch.tv/thecreasetv/CalmDogUnSane). If something like this happens, will it be treated the same as the situation between SSG vs FR where it's up to the opponent to decide what they want to do? All down to whenever or not the other team is understanding and values sportsmanship/fair play enough to clear the puck? Seems a bit fucked up, especially when we've seen what Finnish Roosters would do with the "read the rules, it's not there" mindset.

That Laser meme made me laugh

SIKA presents: Truth of Hockey S1E2 - Lets Talk Playoffs Tuesday 18:00FIN, 20/12/2016. Our guests this time are @Dominointi (Laser HT) and @Elmeri7 (Nordic Nightmare). Me, @SpiderRoyal and @Anbtbl will represent SIKA. Our main subject is only playoffs this time as we will talk about other stuff next time - on our third episode of ToH. Yes, and we know - all of our members play in Group 2 but we will try our best! In our third episode (coming in January) - we will have @tbnantti and @Dominointi as our guests - third guest spot is still under work. @imosi will replace Anbtbl in SIKA's side of the table. Subjects of third episode are going to be ECL 3 playoffs, ECL 4, general NHLGamer stuff (what is going on?) and some specific cases that we will announce later. Also, we will have story time (atleast I hope so) as we are more than interested to hear and share stories of Imosi, Seppo and Antti. Cheers boys!

Streaming I decided to write a small topic about streaming, options and some techknowledge. First of all you need to think about how you want to handle your stream. There is basically 3 options how to handle it, I'll tell what you can do with them and what you cannot. 1st option: PS4 broadcasting PS4 broadcasting is the easiest and simpliest way to stream your PS4 gameplay. You just need twitch account (later known as your channel), PS4 and good enough internet (PS4 will tell when you have too slow upload speed but minimum should be 5mb/s UP and recommended 10mb/s) Twitch account can easily done here: www.twitch.tv After setting your channel up (just explore everything in there) you want to head to your dashboard with your computer (link works properly when you're logged into Twitch) At the dashboard and all sub tabs you can make changes to your stream: change name, change game, language etc. Using the dashboard isn't compulsory but will make your life lot easier What is possible with PS4 broadcast? PS4 broadcasting is pretty rudimentary mean to stream. You basically get your basic needs: stream, chat, mic and facecam (if wanted with PScamera) No overlays, alerts and nothing *fancy* what you see in Twitch P.S. remember that your twitch account name is also your channels name. For example my twitch nick is MovaaN and my channel link is www.twitch.tv/movaan 2nd option: PS4 broadcasting + OBS (or other streaming tool for computer) This is bit interesting way to stream. In short in this method we use 2 Twitch channels to stream. 1st we stream with our PS4, then we make OBS (just for example) to use that stream as a source and stream the "main" stream with computer. In this method there are pros and cons. Pros being the ability to make overlays and other *fancy* stuff for your stream and no need to buy capture cards. Cons being extremely high internet usage in your upload bandwith. Haven't tested this on my 10mbs up connection but I have some concerns it not being high enough. It may have enough "size" but it won't be stable enough for smooth stream. 3rd option: Computer + OBS + capture card (like Elgato HD60) Setup like this is used by people with more invest in streaming. Here you play with your PS4 normally but use capture device to get AV source to computer. Then you use software like OBS to stream it through your computer With this you can have pretty much anything you want on your stream. Only limit is just your imagination and techskills Here are some of the softwares and links which are useful for streamers: https://www.twitch.tv/broadcast FAQ: Q:How fast internet you need to stream? Good thumbrule is to have 2 times of bandwith compared to bitrate. Q:What is bitrate Bitrate is how much data your stream sends out. For example I like to stream with 720p resolution at 60 frames per second, this needs a bitrate around 3300-3500Kbps Q:What bitrate should I use? Depends. On PS4 you don't have to think about controlling it, console handles itself. There are tons of different settings but majority should be okay with following: 720p60fps (3500Kbps), 720p30fps (2800Kbps), 480p60fps (1500Kbps) and lower around 1000Kbps. You can count from these your bandwith requirement, for example 720p60fps needs 2x3500Kbps=7000Kbps or more commonly around 7-8M up. This here isn't exact science but found as good thumbrule through trial and error Q:I love Full HD, can I stream on 1080p? Yes of course you can. But remember this: Unless you aren't a Twitch partner, your viewers can only see your stream on Source quality. This means following: Your viewer needs good enough internet to watch your stream, 1080 need usually @ 30fps around 3500Kbps and @ 60fps almost 5000. Just for contrast, my 720p60fps is on the edge for non-partner streamer. I have bandwith to send but for some viewers the stream buffers and stutters because their download speed isn't just enough. Q:What are dropped frames? Dropped frames mean frames that aren't send out. On PS4 you can't see this but with OBS and other computer based softwares have statistic for this. Common reasons for dropped frames are too slow connection (drop your bitrate and quality) or unstable connection. With older computers this can be caused too by bad CPU (cannot handle encoding of the stream). Just remember that majority of the times when ppl complain on your channel chat that you drop frames the issue is usually with their internet or Twitch server is acting up Q:Can I put my own music on my stream? Yes you can, but with caution. Copyright laws and copyrighted content should always be used with care. If you have copyright protected music on your stream then your VOD (video archive of your past broadcasts) may be muted of all sounds. Soundcloud TwitchFM and Spotify has some nice copyright free music I hope that this helped atleast some people with their questions about streaming. If you have more questions or tips and tricks to add, then feel free reply to this topic. Also check out my VOIP topic

I agree! In a perfect world there wouldn't be any vagueness in rules. So maybe it does need a revamp. A glitched out goalie definitely needs to be added to the rules. As for the FR v SSG case, only SSG broke the rules by leaving the game.

I really wished OxtreeLATs post was written by someone else (billy?) cause even if I agree to some points there is no way of getting around the fact that a lot of members will only view it as whining. I don't know if it was removed or perhaps never implemented in the first place but I have a vague memory of a pretty general prohibition of exploiting the game mechanics (such as he hidden stance for face offs). I'm not entirely sure your situation would be covered since FR didn't really exploit the game, they just didn't care that EA gave you the finger. However...seeing recent discussions in other matters like keep playing against a bot etc I think most people would agree that it's not fair play to keep playing against a bot and certainly not when a player freezes. I don't see any reason not to implement a rule that would include such situations. Although it's not as clear cut perhaps which type of situations should be included. For example I'm an expert at the chop-glitch where after I tried a chop my guy turns into a severely handicapped person with no ability to move other than just gliding. Would that be a glitch? I'd say yes...but if opponent used that to to their advantage would it be an infraction? Probably not. I think the discussion could be good...if we leave SSG and FR out of it

Joulun kunniaksi punainen rusetti!

kapollo tuosta kuvasta pakko antaa 5/10 koska rusetti punanen.

Nice work, Sika. I used to love the fact that the community had a bunch of blogs etc. back in the day, and it was always a blast to read through them. Once we transferred over to the PS4, we lost all the blogs and the content has been somewhat lacking. Love it!