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CaptainCrunch · 10-08-2011, 10:53 AM

I was up late last night and fired up my Xbox, I'm playing my first season of BAP and I'm a defenseman playing for the Hitman in my draft year.

I was in game 7 of my Eastern Conference finals playing against Red Deer.

Probably the best most all absorbing game of video hockey that I've ever played.

It felt like a playoff game where both goalies played really well. Both teams were hitting all over the ice. There were big defensive plays and massive amounts of hits.

Jared Cowen kept going after my guy after the whistle, he'd been doing it throughout the playoffs and in every regular season game, where he'd go after me after the whistles, and we'd leveled each other with huge hits all year.

The game was 1 to 1 after 2 periods with each team having about 25 shots, you could literally feel real life tension as I didn't want to lose and end a good playoff run.

The crowd was really vocal cheering each hit. Nugent-Hopkins got a break away during a bad line change by the Hitman, and you literally heard a person in crowd scream as he rang the shot of off the post.

With 5 minutes left we got the powerplay, and one of our forwards scored during a massive goal mouth scramble.

3 minutes later after some big saves by my goalie, we scored an empty net goal to put things away. the with 30 seconds left and the goalie out again, Red Deer scored to close the gap to 3-2. They got a huge chance with seconds left in the game and our goalie dove into a scrum to smother the puck and seal the win sending us to the WHL finals against Tri-City.

So what's the point of this thread?

This was the first time where I felt that EA had gotten the game right, I mentioned that I thought that this was a very strong game before. But this was the first time that I felt some of the emotions that should be tied to a playoff game.

It was fun, there was tension, it had everything, and no "Come the frack on" game play moments.

It was great, and I didn't need to score 5 goals and lay out 30 hits to enjoy it. Much to the dismay of my agent, my defense man who had been an offensive catalyst and hitting machine through the playoffs registered no points, 3 shots was a plus 2 5 hits and 7 minutes in penalties.

I think EA deserves a well done for that.

10-08-2011, 10:53 AM	#243
CaptainCrunch Norm! Join Date: Jun 2002 Exp:	I was up late last night and fired up my Xbox, I'm playing my first season of BAP and I'm a defenseman playing for the Hitman in my draft year. I was in game 7 of my Eastern Conference finals playing against Red Deer. Probably the best most all absorbing game of video hockey that I've ever played. It felt like a playoff game where both goalies played really well. Both teams were hitting all over the ice. There were big defensive plays and massive amounts of hits. Jared Cowen kept going after my guy after the whistle, he'd been doing it throughout the playoffs and in every regular season game, where he'd go after me after the whistles, and we'd leveled each other with huge hits all year. The game was 1 to 1 after 2 periods with each team having about 25 shots, you could literally feel real life tension as I didn't want to lose and end a good playoff run. The crowd was really vocal cheering each hit. Nugent-Hopkins got a break away during a bad line change by the Hitman, and you literally heard a person in crowd scream as he rang the shot of off the post. With 5 minutes left we got the powerplay, and one of our forwards scored during a massive goal mouth scramble. 3 minutes later after some big saves by my goalie, we scored an empty net goal to put things away. the with 30 seconds left and the goalie out again, Red Deer scored to close the gap to 3-2. They got a huge chance with seconds left in the game and our goalie dove into a scrum to smother the puck and seal the win sending us to the WHL finals against Tri-City. So what's the point of this thread? This was the first time where I felt that EA had gotten the game right, I mentioned that I thought that this was a very strong game before. But this was the first time that I felt some of the emotions that should be tied to a playoff game. It was fun, there was tension, it had everything, and no "Come the frack on" game play moments. It was great, and I didn't need to score 5 goals and lay out 30 hits to enjoy it. Much to the dismay of my agent, my defense man who had been an offensive catalyst and hitting machine through the playoffs registered no points, 3 shots was a plus 2 5 hits and 7 minutes in penalties. I think EA deserves a well done for that. __________________ My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!