somewan, were you saying you wanted to play 2K10 Fri, or another game? MK, I will have Brawl by then, probably, if not time to have practiced it.
agreedagreed:though not sure if you could technically count IWX, as he was in the penalty box the whole time.[:'(]
still managed to score twice, im on the up and up!
And I'm on the brink of learning how to skate stab
agreedagreed:I have earned an F grade
agreedagreed: somewan, were you saying you wanted to play 2K10 Fri, or another game? MK, I will have Brawl by then, probably, if not time to have practiced it.
I was just looking to play anything. If no one was available, I will be online taking on the world in either Kart or Reflex.
somewan: agreedagreed: somewan, were you saying you wanted to play 2K10 Fri, or another game? MK, I will have Brawl by then, probably, if not time to have practiced it. I was just looking to play anything. If no one was available, I will be online taking on the world in either Kart or Reflex.
Well I'll be able to play (surprise surprise).
Since you missed the last 3 weeks ro so, we'll let you pick the game. Of course, each of us holds veto power
No Brawl today
got Surrogates from Netflix though, dat's cool.
@ IWX - if you stab 7 people in a row without dying - you can call in an airstrike
and the ice will run red with blood - just the way you like it.
Kameleon - you hiding? -or maybe you're actually sick or away - if so, disregard, if the former - you suck
We'll probably still let you play next time ...probably
On Tuesday I was practicing my weak NHL skills and it seems I had somehow gotten worse than before. Anyhow, I thought maybe it was some sort of fluke and I was simply too frustrated at the time. I also had just learned how to do body checks, so maybe trying to do those instead of stick checks like before was messing me up.
So then it's finally time (8 PM here) and I decided to get on to see if anyone is on. I navigate around the crazy menu which I still don't understand and think I find the online. I try it, and it tells me the servers are down. I think to myself, "maybe I'm looking in the wrong place". Find something else (leagues or something to that degree) try to get on and get the 2K servers are down message. So then I got to something else, still says the same thing. I tried about 5 different things that could possibly be online and they all said the servers were down. I eventually gave up and figured the servers were down for everyone anyways and went on to play Bayonetta instead.
I used to get that message during the day a lot, to the point where I assumed they were not up during daytime hours, which I don't believe is the case, now. Had you not tried to get online b4 tues? try it again a few times, at different times - and switch it to sign in to online automatically (I don't know exactly where that is, you know how sucky the menus are) after 8 pm week nights and all weekends work the best for me -
Fortunately there were 4 of us (the minimum needed to play Team Up) or I'd have been really pissed at you. if we had 3 and needed one more to play, say. I think the Lan adapter issue might only be for those "hosting" or the team captains esentially, hopefully. You don't have Skype? we could have tried to talk you through getting connected, maybe 3 on 2 would have made the difference. probably not.
you'll learn to do both body checks and poke checks (separately, obviously) one is just remote, other is both remote and nunchuk together. thrust forward.
and the computer is full of garbage when you play against it, essentially if you score one up on it, nothing will stop it from scoring the next times they have the puck. they become sort of superhuman, your checks will bounce off, your passes will go astray, your goalie will do very stupid things until the score is even again. and that's on Rookie as well.
Team up tues was fun , don't give up on it,
I didn't get Brawl today either.
Guess I need to try it some other time then. I'll also try to get the sign-online automatically thing if I can find it (maybe I was asked if I wanted to when I first played?). I don't have Skype, and more importantly a proper headset, so I wouldn't have been able to get directions that way. I assumed no one would be on the chatroom (since no one was on last time) so I didn't check.
It wasn't really that the computer was tying with me, it was more that they were completely dominating me. The other times I had played I had actually managed to win every time, but for some reason I lost really badly. I still blame trying to do body checks instead of poke checks.
Sign on automatically is easy to find - Under Options then auto-sign in is the upper right option -enable or disable
tht would suck if you're just not able to sign in, like in MO at all or something
with body checks, if you miss, you slide on past the guy with the puck, then he scores more easily, with poke check, you're still standing in the way
I don't have a headset at all, but Skype works for me
Friday night do we want to try hockey again? even if I get Brawl tomorrow, I won't want to play anyone until I have a chance to learn the game.
if we don't have 4, we could try to be on the same team, I have no trouble erasing mine with its F rating. or I could start the tournament up again with 4, and we could play the first round. I'm open to other games if anyone feels strongly
agreedagreed:with body checks, if you miss, you slide on past the guy with the puck, then he scores more easily, with poke check, you're still standing in the way
I see, I guess this means I should just stick with poke checks instead, despite the body checks looking way more fun. Also, I found a funny thing called "shot block" or something like that where the person will actually throw their whole body on the floor. I found it quite hilarious and did it a few times.
agreedagreed:I don't have a headset at all, but Skype works for me
Yeah, well you have a mic in your laptop (apparently). All I have is the headset that comes with the Messaging Kit for the 360, and the only reason I bought that was for the cool little keyboard.
I really do hope I remember tomorrow to try again to see if I can join in with the NHL.
Kameleon:despite the body checks looking way more fun. Also, I found a funny thing called "shot block
A. don't miss
B. you just have to be sure to use it when you're very likely not going to miss. I think my using it too much might be why I lose more often now - but in the long run, if you never body check, you'll never be in the penalty box, except for tripping maybe. though reg people online will figure you out for a poke checker only in about 5 minutes and run you over. any startegy used too much will be discovered and compensated for sooner or later.
The key to beating the computer defensively is position yourself between the puck/ shooter and the net (direct line of sight), and eventually, after passing it 3-4 times the computer will dump the puck, and most times you can grab it first. This strategy is worthless against actual other people, but the computer is clearly programmed to dump it in. don't go after the guy with the puck, just stay between him and the goal, drives them nuts.
I never actually discovered the shot block in the game - how is that accomplished? I watched a real NHL game on TV Sabres leafs i think and one of them really pulled this maneuver effectively at one point. I would imagine it would be the same problem but worse with the body check, it's great, unless you miss, then you're dead. I find the computer recovers from being checked much more quickly than we do as well. but there is nothing more fun IMO in this game than checking someone over the wall and not even earning a penalty, b/c it's legal. you have to hit them at the right point in the rink, otherwise it's boarding.
did you mean the forums when you said the chat room, or SKype?, we could type either place tomorrow (if that's the game) at least until we get you online or not. though sometimes I can't type here on Goozex, it only recognizes about half my keystrokes or less.
@ AA, Kam : Alright you two, get a room.
So are we playing NHL tonight? I would be down for some Reflex or even Conduit otherwise....We should bust out the Conduit one of these days, its been a while......
I think we should give Kam a shot at joining NHL again, but if we can't get 4 , then Conduit sounds like a good 2nd choice 2 me - maybe we could even get 6 + for hockey, that'd be cool
Just remembered this hread, are all of the games coming up The Conduit? I'll join in on that as soon as I get a copy.
MY TACO IS BIGGER THAN YOURS!!!!!
Sounds like we got me, agreed, tks, kam, and neebles at least for NHL tonight. Kam, I'll jump into the chat room if you plan on being there. You can also install skype and just do not use the talking function. You can hear what everyone is saying, and there is a text-based chat that is opened during calls so you can talk back. Your call though.
Welcome back knuck and gerardo! Looking forward to gaming with you guys again.
