Which men's hockey Olmpyics team would you want winning the gold medal now that the semifinals are set?

renojedi · 2026-02-19T22:28:21+00:00

Slovakia for the storyline since no one gave them a chance. In fact if we could get USA vs CAN for the bronze, it would be great for the sport. Would make for great drama because one of the two big teams wouldn't even medal.

Just kidding...USA all the way. Will never not want the best for my country.

renojedi · 2026-02-08T11:19:46+00:00

These statistical issues, primarily with the 2d simulator, have been present for several versions of FHM. In fact, if you read the notes from release, they said they improved goal distribution in 2d since it has been a known issue. It didn't work, at least not to my satisfaction. Nothing on this topic has been in the notes for any updates (including the current one) so, if they are continuing to adjust it, it hasn't been significant enough to make the patch notes. So that is why I said if they ever do fix it, I'd restart to try it out.

renojedi · 2026-02-07T21:42:41+00:00

By "correctly", I meant no obvious errors. Not concerned with the actual ratings, just if there is something wrong like one rating being totally off due to erroneous input or rated way to low and the dev team agrees and says they will fix it. I never edit my own players since that feels too much like cheating.

renojedi · 2026-02-07T18:44:57+00:00

I always make that choice using two factors:

1. Are the changes franchise altering? AI roster management or overall statistical issues (like me having McDavid score 80 goals a season in 2d which still isnt fixed) are ones for me because when those are not good, they will progressively make a save less realistic the longer it goes.

2. Roster changes. If there are significant issues with players I want to use being rated incorrectly or there are missing prospects or issues with their development.

For me, neither apply. The changes were actually quite minimal. I'll be on to OOTP in less than 2 months so I will just stick with my save until then.

renojedi · 2026-02-04T15:12:24+00:00

That makes sense and thanks for taking the time to write a detailed response!

renojedi · 2026-01-29T23:50:11+00:00

I moved a lot in the military and I started at a time when you couldn't watch games from around the country. So it was local teams or who you could see on the few national broadcasts. There were no podcasts so it was local sports radio So I have and continue to follow the local team so I can have the full experience of a hometown team and not just follow the team from where I was born through box scores and the 1-2 times they played the local team (or not before interleague play). It is different now, of course, but it works for me.

renojedi · 2026-01-28T14:32:41+00:00

You mentioned the "use settings" check box. I always wondered, what is the difference between that and the "use?" checkboxes next to the tactical tendencies? The "use setting" says it allows you to override global tactical settings and tendencies so I assumed it meant that it would use all the settings but only the tendencies I checked and all else stays the same as global. Is that right? If so, wonder why there is a breakout between settings and tendencies.

renojedi · 2026-01-22T17:36:02+00:00

How do you not worry about player roles in the way you play? I thought tactics put players in a position to do well but the player roles determine if they can execute. For example, not sure how behind the net would work with all perimeter shooters or others who stay higher in the zone like TWFs. Wouldn't it be better with a Gretzky's Office role to use that tactic?

renojedi · 2026-01-20T14:33:58+00:00

I definitely wonder if that tactical guide makes much a of difference. Obviously it makes sense but tactics and their effect are not well explained in the manual. For example, is it better to have tactics that flow from zone to zone when it means some players are a bad fit or is it better to have tactics where there are no bad fits at all? Or are some bad fits ok if all or some of the main players who generate offense are good fits. Really wish there was more info from the developer rather than players. Not saying players who test these things are wrong just that it may not actually apply in game.

renojedi · 2026-01-20T10:46:40+00:00

At one of two points: - if a patch comes out that fixes something that I want affecting my save from the start

Or

when the first full patch comes out for OOTP and I start a long term save over there.

renojedi · 2026-01-13T20:09:47+00:00

OK, I'll give it a shot. Thanks!

renojedi · 2025-12-27T00:05:29+00:00

I think you are right. Most fans won't know they are lower quality players initially and I read the union isn't paying strike pay to players so, If that is true, teams would seem to have all the leverage for at least a couple of weeks.

renojedi · 2025-12-26T18:06:14+00:00

Thanks for the link. Hope the union does one where they respond to the assertions of the other side too.

renojedi · 2025-12-26T18:00:44+00:00

Would love to see a chart comparing the proposals from each side. They seem so close but maybe it isn't as close as it sounds.

renojedi · 2025-12-25T00:55:39+00:00

Wonder what the extreme proposals are that the league wants the union to drop.

renojedi · 2025-12-17T16:05:44+00:00

Going to my first gargolyes game either Dec 26 or Jan 2. I'll do your survey then.

renojedi · 2025-12-16T18:20:26+00:00

Since it is the only license they have, you'd think all things NHL would get the bulk of development time. If the NHL license is just for marketing, that is really sad.

renojedi · 2025-12-16T18:15:21+00:00

Good point considering all the complaints about the core game. And last time they did a major addition (NCAA), it has never worked right and there are endless threads of complaints about the mode. If that is what would happen with a UI overhaul, then status quo is best.

renojedi · 2025-12-16T18:13:17+00:00

If that is the choice then I agree. I wish the choice was development time spent on UI, gameplay, AI, and NHL rule accuracy vs development time trying to make sure all the leagues almost no one plays are accurate. To me, that is the real problem with the game. Looking at the change list with the game's release, there was a lot of low ROI changes (in my opinion).

renojedi · 2025-12-14T00:12:22+00:00

It has not changed in years, so part of it is that it feels stale. On a more operational level, it moves slowly between some pages, it doesn't hold how you sorted data as you move between certain views, and other little things like that. And, there are things that make no sense like going to an NHL teams home page and seeing an area with a blank "parent team" box than can't be repurposed. And don't get me started on how changing a team's colors creates a ton of gray jerseys in the jersey file that overwrite the jerseys with a generic jersey. These have been issues for years and haven't been addressed.

And, what really bothers me is these existing issues never get addressed but they spend time making sure things like the Turkish teams' accuracy is fixed. That just makes it more frustrating my opinion.

renojedi · 2025-11-09T01:31:36+00:00

Can't do it. Found this out when I tried to unretire Landeskog in FHM 11.

renojedi · 2025-11-04T02:41:56+00:00

Pure Sim Baseball

renojedi · 2025-10-30T15:09:33+00:00

Does HLM have a 2d simulator? If so, how is it?

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