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Originally Posted by the lemming
To the guys I was playing with last night and let me join the team, thanks. I hadn't planned on playing until after midnight but it was a lot of fun.
I can't recall who everyone was so... Thanks for bailing me out by scoring the tying goal with 50 seconds left after I put us down 2 men. I thought the game was over after I took that stupid penalty. And thanks to whoever bounced that one of my butt for the game winner in OT. Pretty sweet having your first goal be an OT winner. 
A few questions:
Why is it that the defensemen can beat the crap out of me when I'm standing in front of the net but if I touch them I get two minutes? Frustrating.
I'm still trying to get a handle on the controls. Is there somewhere that lists all the controls? After the game last night someone mentioned using L2 when trying to bang a puck in so that you don't take a penalty. I don't recall seeing that one in the instruction manual. I'm sure I am missing a lot of things.
If I get a chance I will try to get some games in again tonight. Thanks again. |
Welcome to the team. I only played one or two games with you last night (one against eVo for sure, I was commenting to the other guys that you were getting thrown in the deep end), but I was impressed by some of your plays considering you are new to the team.
To answer your questions, the defense are allowed to clear the slot in the game pretty aggressively, but if the offensive player does anything it will be called. You just have to live with this and be transient in the slot.
L2 is called 'Vision Control'. It allows you to turn to face the puck (ie. if you are in front of the net looking for a deflection etc.), and while you hold it, you will not be able to check an opponent. For example, if you are in front of the net looking for a rebound and you press up on the right analog stick while pressing L2 your player will go for a shot, if you don't hold L2 and a shot isn't possible but you press up, then chances are you will check your opponent and take a penalty. L2 was added so that you can have more control of your intentions in front of the net.
There are usually some of us on in the evenings, so just check the flash chat if you are looking for a game.