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NintendoAge 2015 Weekly Contests Presents: Ice Hockey Contest ends Sunday, 10/11/15 at 11 PM NA time

Oct 4, 2015 at 2:24:48 PM
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Hello everyone and welcome to the latest installment of the Weekly Contests!  In honor of the start of the 2015-16 NHL regular season this coming week (the official start is October 7), we will be playing an NES classic: Ice Hockey.  Here are the rules:
 
  • 1 player only
  • Choose USA as your team and Canada as the CPU team
  • Play on Speed 1, Time 7
  • Choose whichever size players you want
  • Play a whole game and at the end, take a picture of the score
  • Your score will be the differential between your score and the computer’s score
  • In the event of a tie, whoever has scored more goals breaks the tie (ex. Two people tie with 5.  One person has scored 10 goals, while the other one has scored 15 goals.  The 15 goal scorer takes precedence).
  • Greatest differential between goals for (goals you scored) and goals against (goals you allowed) wins.  A positive score takes preference over a negative score (ex. A differential of 10 takes precedence over a score of -20.  Purposely losing to the computer by 20 goals does not give you a better differential than a person who beats the computer by 10 goals.  Positive scores take precedence over negative scores regardless of differential).
  • Ex: USA 10 Canada 5 = score of 5
  • Ex: USA 5 Canada 10 = score of -5
  • GENRE: Sports
 
The contest ends Sunday, 10/11/15 at 11 PM NA time.  Your user name MUST be written or typed on a piece of paper and be in the picture for your score to be valid.  The entire TV screen, or computer monitor if you are playing on an emulator, MUST be in the picture for the score to be valid.  No partial screenshots will be considered or accepted.  No screenshots by hitting "print screen" on a computer will be allowed.  You must take a picture of your computer monitor.  There may be instances where this will be acceptable, but it will be at the discretion of myself and the contest organizers.  Also, the use of turbo controllers is forbidden, as well as any cheat codes, Game Genies, slow motion functions, or save states if playing on an emulator.  Also, we will only be using NTSC systems for the contests.  The use of PAL systems will NOT be allowed.  Good luck everyone and have fun

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Oct 4, 2015 at 2:26:05 PM
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OFFICIAL SCOREBOARD
Ice Hockey
(Sports)
     
Place Score Username
1 75 bertsampson
2 71 bearcat-doug
3 70 BriGuy82
4 29 skinnygrinny
T-4 29 Skratlat
6 28 Philosoraptor
7 19 arnpoly
8 10 floydfan38
9 9 barrelsAndRivets
10 7 TWarwick07
Participation
11 1 ninjistar


Edited: 10/11/2015 at 11:31 PM by bertsampson

Oct 4, 2015 at 6:07:41 PM
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71

 

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Edited: 10/10/2015 at 05:55 PM by bearcat-doug

Oct 4, 2015 at 6:52:52 PM
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wow

Oct 4, 2015 at 7:22:59 PM
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Originally posted by: TWarwick07

wow


Thats what she said.

Oct 4, 2015 at 8:05:07 PM
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7
10-3 win


Oct 4, 2015 at 8:08:08 PM
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Ice Hockey is one of the most underrated games in the nes library, it is the first really fun nes sports title after all the black box sports games and it was a step up in graphic improvement in nes sports games. the ability to choose a country plus the lineup was innovative. Also a really fun game to play. this was a neighborhood favorite

Oct 4, 2015 at 8:10:25 PM
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Originally posted by: TWarwick07

wow



I scored 61 the last time we played this back in 2013, but I'm not sure that I've got enough time this week to try and beat it. I guess 47 isn't bad to start with just in case.

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Oct 4, 2015 at 8:29:12 PM
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This is my favorite 2-player sports game on the system. If only there was a way to play against each other online. C'mon Bimmy get on that!

Oct 4, 2015 at 8:40:31 PM
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Originally posted by: BriGuy82

This is my favorite 2-player sports game on the system. If only there was a way to play against each other online. C'mon Bimmy get on that!



I've only played a 2 player game once. For some reason I can't get anybody to play me...

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Oct 4, 2015 at 8:50:57 PM
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Originally posted by: bearcat-doug

Originally posted by: BriGuy82

This is my favorite 2-player sports game on the system. If only there was a way to play against each other online. C'mon Bimmy get on that!



I've only played a 2 player game once. For some reason I can't get anybody to play me...

Don't take your pants off while your playing next time.


Oct 4, 2015 at 9:00:28 PM
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Originally posted by: BriGuy82

Don't take your pants off while your playing next time.
 

I wish I had a clever response for that, but there are just too many to pick from!

 

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Edited: 10/04/2015 at 09:02 PM by bearcat-doug

Oct 4, 2015 at 10:00:25 PM
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Originally posted by: bimmy_lee
  • Greatest differential between goals for (goals you scored) and goals against (goals you allowed) wins.  A positive score takes preference over a negative score (ex. A differential of 10 takes precedence over a score of -20.  Purposely losing to the computer by 20 goals does not give you a better differential than a person who beats the computer by 10 goals.  Positive scores take precedence over negative scores regardless of differential).

Thank you very much for clarifying this for me this time!! 
 

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Oct 4, 2015 at 10:03:35 PM
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score updated...
 



Edited: 10/07/2015 at 10:01 PM by BriGuy82

Oct 4, 2015 at 10:06:40 PM
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Sorry for the terrible pic, hopefully its just a place holder anyway. I'll be happy to break 45 this week.

Oct 4, 2015 at 10:14:36 PM
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Originally posted by: bearcat-doug

Originally posted by: BriGuy82

Don't take your pants off while your playing next time.
 

I wish I had a clever response for that, but there are just too many to pick from!

 

Lol, my mom has never played you in Ice Hockey or any other NES game. Leave her outta this!



Oct 4, 2015 at 10:21:52 PM
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Originally posted by: BriGuy82

Sorry for the terrible pic, hopefully its just a place holder anyway. I'll be happy to break 45 this week.



Are you sure that you don't want to shoot for breaking my old 61 goal score?

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Oct 4, 2015 at 10:51:08 PM
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Originally posted by: bearcat-doug

Originally posted by: BriGuy82

Sorry for the terrible pic, hopefully its just a place holder anyway. I'll be happy to break 45 this week.



Are you sure that you don't want to shoot for breaking my old 61 goal score?

No, I don't think so... I'm going for a casual participation score this week. Its gonna be someone elses job to take the belt away from the champ.

Oct 4, 2015 at 10:56:46 PM
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Originally posted by: BriGuy82

Originally posted by: bearcat-doug

Originally posted by: BriGuy82

Sorry for the terrible pic, hopefully its just a place holder anyway. I'll be happy to break 45 this week.



Are you sure that you don't want to shoot for breaking my old 61 goal score?

No, I don't think so... I'm going for a casual participation score this week. Its gonna be someone elses job to take the belt away from the champ.



Hopefully I can make a run at my old score, but averaging 3 goals per minute isn't exactly easy.

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Oct 4, 2015 at 11:01:58 PM
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Originally posted by: bearcat-doug

Originally posted by: BriGuy82

Originally posted by: bearcat-doug

Originally posted by: BriGuy82

Sorry for the terrible pic, hopefully its just a place holder anyway. I'll be happy to break 45 this week.



Are you sure that you don't want to shoot for breaking my old 61 goal score?

No, I don't think so... I'm going for a casual participation score this week. Its gonna be someone elses job to take the belt away from the champ.



Hopefully I can make a run at my old score, but averaging 3 goals per minute isn't exactly easy.


Maybe Vectrex will sashay his sweet little Swiss ass in here this week and give you a challenge. The Swiss love hockey... and 8-bit cock and balls apparently.

Oct 5, 2015 at 12:47:47 AM
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It's not easy to get a score pic, it seems. The score flashes (?) and it doesn't last too long. Be ready!

This was my first time playing or seeing this game. I got an amazing score of -12 (USA: 1, CAN: 13) LOL. How I wish I had captured that!

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Oct 5, 2015 at 6:35:05 AM
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Originally posted by: ninjistar

It's not easy to get a score pic, it seems. The score flashes (?) and it doesn't last too long. Be ready!

This was my first time playing or seeing this game. I got an amazing score of -12 (USA: 1, CAN: 13) LOL. How I wish I had captured that!



You can pause the game as soon as it's over to get your score. Even though it flashes, you have about 10 seconds while the winning team is celebrating to time it right.

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Oct 5, 2015 at 9:38:47 AM
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I've never really sat and played this one before. I think I'll be happy just winning a game to get started!

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Oct 5, 2015 at 10:11:09 AM
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Yay! This is one I have! I'll be "competing" this week.

Oct 5, 2015 at 10:50:16 AM
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Originally posted by: bearcat-doug
 
Originally posted by: ninjistar

It's not easy to get a score pic, it seems. The score flashes (?) and it doesn't last too long. Be ready!

This was my first time playing or seeing this game. I got an amazing score of -12 (USA: 1, CAN: 13) LOL. How I wish I had captured that!



You can pause the game as soon as it's over to get your score. Even though it flashes, you have about 10 seconds while the winning team is celebrating to time it right.

Thanks, bearcat-doug. This will prove helpful in capturing those special moments where the CPU pummels me
 

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