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Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008
Seriously, who saw this coming? :monocle:

For anybody unsure about this, this is a new iteration of the hockey management simulation series by the Football Manager guys and not the Out of the Park Baseball guys (i.e. it's good and not bad). Buy it on Steam here, it's only $12 until April 9th at which point it'll go back to the $15 full price, and price increases have been promised as it comes along further in early access. Despite this it seems fairly complete as is, and only really seems to need bug fixing/rebalancing, maybe some more flavor stuff, and some streamlining of the interface but hey it's a spreadsheet game so it's to be expected that it's kind of confusing to navigate, and at least menus don't take five minutes to load which already makes it less tedious than Be A GM mode in NHL 14.

I don't have any tips because I'm a first time player and just as clueless as most of you, but hey here's a link to download a database that will let you have real world players, teams, and leagues (post-trade deadline:
http://www.ehmtheblueline.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=13591
Here's a link to download opening night rosters:
http://www.ehmtheblueline.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=13968
Unless you want to play with fictional players on nameless teams in generic leagues (albeit almost all clearly mapped to real world equivalents) you'll want this, since SI have skimped out on getting official league licenses for the time being to save development costs.

If you want logos, facepacks, and other aesthetic mods to add to the experience you'll need to register an account at http://www.ehmtheblueline.com/forums/index.php since they're not viewable to guests.

I'll try and keep the OP updated with any other useful guides, databases, and effortposts as I find them or people post them.

Pornographic Memory fucked around with this message at 22:34 on Apr 13, 2015

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Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008
One tactic I did notice that makes a difference is having your faceoffs go to point shots from the defenseman is really effective to the point where it's probably overpowered.

Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008
It was worth $10 for the time I put in it but yeah kind of weak. At least it's on Steam I guess??

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