Billy44205

I forgot something that I feel is a big deal in every ruling. Now with the trade-but-also-FA-recruitment deadline passed, banning players effectively puts teams in a situation where they don't have 8 players anymore to use. It doesn't violate the rulebook per se, but in spirit it kinda does. That is especially true for Huppati team that has 2 players banned. I don't know how many players are on that team but potentially they can only have - players remaining, which is not convenient. But wait, there's more. Now that the team has 6 players only, are these 6 guys immune to any ban or what? So there we have a potentially team-ending rule combo. I guess the point I'm making is that you can't completely restrict recruitment if you're gonna wield the banhammer.

I am largely indifferent when it comes to code of conduct / language / political correctness enforcement. However I think posting personal pictures of guys, even without an insulting caption, is a big no no because privacy is a thing I value. Still, 10 games is 1/3 of a season, that seems like an amount disproportionate to the offense in my book, especially given that the guy was baited into it (not an excuse ofc but maybe an extenuating circumstance?). I like that people are prevented from taking captaincy roles as a result of some offenses, that's a punishment (or is it a blessing?) that can only positively impact the health of the leagues imo. That said, Egyptologen raised a valid point: what's in it for captains these days? It seems like a very very thankless job right now since they have no say in anything and are burdened with extra punishments, extra work, extra everything that sucks. Can this board of captains I have talked about before be a thing in the near future please?

There is a hilariours bug going on right now with the player MCH_98, who is listed both in my roster (Company of Geeks) and Teletapit. FYI MCH moved from my team to the other team, so his rightful place is Teletapit, not CoG.

Nah this is punishment enough. Also if I'm not mistaken Alpha Furyan is not a league admin, he's on the staff for media content.

I didn't realize the trade deadline was so soon, shiiiiiit!... COMPANY OF GEEKS (Pro division) is very much looking for a starting GOALIE and a starting (preferably left) DEFENSEMAN for the end of ECL and beyond. We could also use an extra forward. PM me here or on PSN: Billy44205

@OxtreeLAT Ewww.... Dude, you're part of League administration. You gotta be above these things, even when it concerns your team. Just have one of your clubmates comment on it in your place or something.

Company of Geeks (Pro division) is looking for a Starting Goalie. Lot of playing time in ECL guaranteed. Message me here or on PSN: Billy44205

The issue had been fixed at some point (I think...), but with the new front end it has appeared again.

Hey. I have this thing where in my team page user Philip Strom (Strumpan87 on PSN) is in the roster, but in the roster management page I don't see him. Not to mention that he listed LD and RD as his positions in his player profile but he's in our forwards list in the team page.

I had to check the ECL3 rules again because what you described seemed wrong. Let me clarify things,a dn keep in mind this is from ECL3 rules and may change in the very near future (altho it probably won't change that much). So there is a difference between free agents and transferred players. Free agents are guys who have not joined a team in the tournament yet. There is no limit to how many of these you can add. Transferred players are guys who are on a team roster according to NHLGamer and are moving from a team to another. You can add up to 3 of these in a tournament. And guys can only transfer once. Right now everyone is basically a free agent (except team captains) so feel free to add your 2 guys.

Company of Geeks!!! We are still looking for a starting GOALIE. We don't care what language you speak (coz we're not racist! ) as long as you can make some saves. (...We might also need a utility player, mostly forward, but that's not a priority...) Hit us up : Billy44205 here or on PSN Jesus here or Ralfduran on PSN

I'd also like a 3rd ECL on NHL17 if possible. Also I'd kill off Summer Cup if it meant a third season of ECL instead. Just sayin'...

I think the changes are pretty much all for the better. See? I'm not always overly critical of things around here.

But Detroit is in Michgan though... As for me I follow the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Yeah Leaguegaming is awesome and I'll go as far as to say I wish our community would have joined that website instead of creating this one. What's done is done now though so meh... Leaguegaming is several years ahead of NHLGamer any way you look at it. I mean, they have a smartphone app that allows you (among any other things) to take game stats through OCR! In my opinion NHLGamer is never ever catching up on the technological side of things and there's no point even discussing it. On the organizational side however it should be easier to go towards implementing some things like: - The power structure is clean and well defined and they are appropriately staffed. And yes that means there's a lot of people involved. To be honest their community is a lot more involved than ours. It's only the 3rd time I'm advocating a better power structure on this website guys. 10 more times and it might finally happen (like the division system lol). - Their rulebook is stupidly big but also beautifully designed. No need to take the entire book (more like fucking encyclopedia) but some parts of it, sure why not? - 3 tournaments per year - The equivalent of their CanAm tournament, which would be I guess SWE/FIN/Other tournament for us. - A tracker for player infractions and bans and all that. - A LOT more media content. Like, weekly podcasts for each division + written articles by several different people for each division. As far as I know there is no interest among European players in the classic LG league format which is very different from club tournaments (but of course now LG also has club tournaments on top of their classic leagues).

The jinx was strong. Ever since I said the Pens would win the Cup, they have SUUUUUUCKED...

So if there's a contract, does it mean it's a real job? Like, monthly pay and all? Is it something to do on top of your regular job? Or is it not like a job at all? In any case it's a pretty impressive achievement. Congrats.

Pens will win the Cup again. Book it. Also I jinxed it. So Chicago will win instead. Damnit. Blue Jackets biggest surprise by far. No one thought a Tortorella-coached team would do well, let alone lead the NHL. Tampa Bay struggling is a surprise for me too. Early awards predictions: Art Ross: Crosby Hart: Dubnyk Lindsay: Crosby Richard: Crosby Norris: Burns Selke: Koivu Vezina: Dubnyk

Company of Geeks!!! The old gang is looking to make a comeback on the NHL scene worthy of the CoG name. At the very least we need: - a Defenseman - a Goalie But we also need more players (preferably able to play several positions) in order to be active enough. The core of the team has played together for years and we have plenty of ECL experience. If you want to join the Geeks' ride back to their rightful status, go ahead and contact us: Billy44205 on PSN or on NHLGamer Ralfduran on PSN or Jesus on NHLGamer

The user name thing goes beyond game reporting. Everywhere I see player names in any kind of list, I think "I wish they would show user names / PSN ID's instead". I remember having a discussion about this long ago and someone stupidly told me "but it looks more like real sports where they use their real names on jerseys" or some shit like that. That person was DEAD WRONG.

Not to be a dick, but I could see giving SYN some kind of punishment for this debacle as well, since both teams are more or less equally to blame and yet ony SSG is suffering conséquences right now. Not to mention, the conséquences are extra-huge since it's the difference between division 1 and division 2 for next ECL season. Anyway, how about something like giving WO losses to begin the next round for SYN? Not necessarily this time around, but next tournaments, can we add a rule for that? Note to staff: Guys... Don't Schedule games during Xmas holidays. And don't extend deadlines. (Also overhaul the power structure like I said here..)

Yeah I don't trust NHLGamer staff enough to gladly surrender too much power to them. Also we don't have access to EA Vancouver devs lol. Also according to this : http://cdn2.esl.tv/fileadmin/user_upload/Rainbow6/Tom_Clancys_Rainbow_Six_Season-3_Rulebook_2016.pdf The rulebook for this Pro League is 22 pages long. So much for general guidelines... I'm basically on Egyptologen's side on this matter, although I guess I can live with admins voiding (note that they don't punish the team, they just void one game) results such as the FR vs SSG game. Maybe. Then again this is one tricky thing because isn't it like, way easy to fake a goalie freeze glitch and us it to your advantage? I dunno, I'm not interested in getting into the specifics and it's someone else's job.

If I'm not mistaken the staff have already demonstrated the ability to amend rules on the fly when issues were brought up, such as the arena props thing. So that's a non-issue imo. Now, should there be a rule about players freezing similar to players disconnecting? Sure why not? I think everyone agrees here. It's a little unfair to blame them for not having the amendment ready when this was the first instance where people complained about this glitch in any significant way. Non-issue. Should the rules be updated? Of course. For instance the disconnection rules are written for NHL16 at a time when club challenges were not possible. And let's face it, the people who chose to give one team the choice between leaving immediately and waiting till the end of the period, those people were wrong. Since once again everyone seems to be in favor of leaving games right when people disconnect it should be the rule in the future. There's a few items like this that need rethinking. The book is already updated every season. Could it be done better? Sure, and I myself complained about the rulebook updates that I believe are retarded. But at least the process is ongoing, it's just a matter of resources on the task imo. Issue? Meh, kinda but not really... Back to the FR vs SSG incident, I have not followed the story that much but if the staff made a ruling about this occurrence of the freezing glitch, at least it sets a precedent for the remainder of the tournament, or as I said they can just add a rule like they have already done in this very tournament. If they don't do either of these things, THEN you can complain about the staff. Yay! One last thing: The staff already has plenty ernough power, and in fact I would advocate for them to have less, but that would come with more accountability from other people. I have written in the ECL wishlist thread that I wanted to see a board of team GM's that would be, among other things, tasked with approving rulebooks and rule changes on the fly throughout seasons. I think it's time people embraced the rulebook which is the key to this tournament structure, rather than take it for granted and then complain about détails. Of course, if you've already embraced it, you are free to complain about it to your heart's content and in a constructive way. Like I do lol.

@tbnantti If I could like your post 10 times I would. Encouraging team longevity is at the core of the division system presented here and I have never believed in that thing. This is the fundamental point of contention I have with Kenu's vision. That's the second time I like a post of yours today, after the ECL wishlist post about fearing that the division system would cater only to top guys.

I don't have a 2-division proposal! Why woud I? My point was NEVER the point Jesus has been trying to make. If I was to implement a 2-division system I would probably implement a separate casual league on the side coz there's too many teams to make only 2 divisions and you'd have to choose to enter the competitive league or the pro league. Happy now? But that is NOT my fucking point. I questioned where the cutoff between D2/D3 was made. The system the staff is presenting has division size that go small / small / big and I argued that it would reflect the skill distribution more accurately with small / big / small sizes. THAT was my initial point. Then I offered leads to make the system easier to swallow from the bottom end of things. As for dismissing your points, no way man. I ALWAYS respect a well thought out argument. By the way... Your top-guy-centric bias is showing here: You pimp D2 with arguments for disappointed D1 hopefuls. I'm not saying your arguments are not valid but it's only one side of the matter.