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| The new home for the NEHL! | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Oct 17 2013, 01:03 AM (995 Views) | |
| Zeigler | Oct 17 2013, 01:03 AM Post #1 |
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Greetings NHL 04 Rebuilt Community. I am proud to announce the No Effort Hockey League (NEHL) will be re-locating our forums to this website for our 16th season. I would like to start by thanking the community here for keeping NHL 04 alive because without this game there would not be an NEHL. A lot of you are already aware of the NEHL, and some of you have tested your abilities against the world’s best by participating in our league. For everyone else, I would like to formally introduce our league, and I hope that you will follow our season as we crown our 16th NEHL World Champion. The NEHL is the longest running NHL PC league in the world. With one season per calendar year, we are entering our 16th year of operation. The NEHL traditionally moved every year to the most current EA NHL game, but when we finished our 11th season at NHL 09, we knew we needed to explore other alternatives to keep the league alive. That is when we found this community, and expanded our league to an international scale. Since returning to this great game, we have added players from more than 10 countries around the world, and created a league that truly defines what it means to be an “NEHL World Champion”. Success in this league requires a unique combination of on-ice and off-ice ability, and no online sports league can match the challenging environment of owning an NEHL Team. An NEHL Owner is required to act as General Manager of the team, and must build his team to compete against the best NHL 04 players in the world. General Managers are provided with many tools that replicate the experience of a real NHL GM. We have a competitive trading environment for owners to test their NHL knowledge and negotiate with and against the rest of the league. In-season Free Agency allows teams to make offers to unsigned players. Like the real NHL, this system is all about money! A high offer increases the chance that the player will want to sign with your team, and it also affects the term of the contract. No signing bonus means the player will walk away disappointed at the end of the season. In addition to this, we have also developed an in-depth negotiating tool with CPU General Managers. This allows NEHL Owners to make weekly offers to CPU GM’s who evaluate offers based on team needs, player potential, and quality of the offer. If you lowball the CPU GM, he will simply hang up the phone and talk to someone else! NEHL Draft Picks allow teams to trade away their future, or acquire future NHL stars before they take their first step on the ice. A strict salary cap of $53 million governs all transactions, and the NEHL Trade Deadline generates desperation deals as GM’s decide whether to make a run for the cup or build for the future. It is safe to say that you will never find a league that compares to the General Manager experience of the NEHL. While managing an NEHL team is fun, the real competition occurs when you take your team to the ice to play against other owners and battle for the cup. Season 16 features a revamped AI and roster system that was specially designed for use in online play. The new system provides the most realistic online playing experience available to date. You have to act as a coach to create strategies and line combinations that maximize team chemistry, and you have to battle through hot and cold streaks, injuries, and illnesses on a daily basis throughout the season. The NEHL’s League Office has recruited the top online players from around the world to create the ultimate on-ice competition. The NEHL Media Team covers the league with a magazine that includes interviews, games of the week, and world power rankings. In addition, we have televised games, NEHL Player of the Week, and a season-ending award show. We also updated our website interface this season where you can find schedules, stats, news stories, and all other league information. I hope that all of you will tune in this season as we increase our exposure around the world. And if you think you have what it takes to become the 16th NEHL World Champion, I invite you to apply for a team and join us on the ice! Kej (NEHL Edmonton Oilers) |
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| konopes | Oct 17 2013, 10:49 PM Post #2 |
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Hall of Famer
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I agree with Kyle in every point he stated, NEHL is simply amazing in every aspect, I just love it, love the GM experience, love the game itself which has been taken to the top level by re-designing the AI and player ratings, there is no other league in the world which is so complex as the NEHL is. I played the EMLH, mostly european NHL 04 league which is great, won it for 3 times however it does not provide the GM experience so I quit. Now as I am entering the 3rd season as NEHL club owner, I am excited and can´t wait for it to start! |
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