NHL 2K8 All Star Tournament on PS2 and Xbox 360

[TheMan@2KSports]

Last year we crowned our first NHL 2K7 Dodge Champion who drove a NEW Dodge Nitro straight off the ice during the 2nd intermission period of the 2007 All Star Game. Do you have the skills to go top shelf and win the game in front of thousands of cheering fans? Everyone will find out on Jan. 27th, 2008 at the 2008 NHL All Star Game.

2K Sports and Dodge have teamed up once again to produce the 2nd national online tournament for NHL 2K franchise on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system and PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system. Elite players across the country will go head-to-head, in online matches to win a trip to the NHL All Star Game in Atlanta, GA to play for a NEW Dodge Nitro ON-ICE in front of a crowd of roaring fans during the 2008 All Star Game.

Registration will be open from October 1st - October 14th, 2007.

http://nhl2k8allstar.2ksports.com/index.html

[lokar]

Are you kidding me 2k? I pay 3 times as much for the PS3 version of your game rather than the PS2 version and then find I cannot play in your tournament. This is after the PS3 version already doesn't have voice chat or online league websites like the other versions do. Your company has a lot of nerve! NHL 2k8 will be the last 2ksports product I ever buy unless your company starts doing some explaining!!!!! Why did you even make a PS3 version when the PS2 has so many more features, oh I forgot you want your extra $40 for less features.

[Cee_Nasty_00]

Last year we crowned our first NHL 2K7 Dodge Champion who drove a NEW Dodge Nitro straight off the ice during the 2nd intermission period of the 2007 All Star Game. Do you have the Exploits? to go top shelf and win the game in front of hundreds of fans that are just bored? Everyone will find out on Jan. 27th, 2008 at the 2008 NHL All Star Game.

2K Sports and Dodge have teamed up once again to produce the 2nd American online tournament for NHL 2K franchise on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system and PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system. Elite and cheating players across the country will go head-to-head, in online matches to win a trip to the NHL All Star Game in Atlanta, GA to play for a NEW Dodge Nitro ON-ICE in front of a crowd of fans during the 2k8 All Star Game.

Registration will be open from October 1st - October 14th, 2007.


Correct post.^

[Cee_Nasty_00]

Are you kidding me 2k?No. I pay 3 times as much for the PS3 version of your game rather than the PS2 version and then find I cannot play in your tournamentYou can also buy the ps2 version which works on the ps3,and you don't have to pay 3 times as much, there is alot of ways to get a videogame without paying 60$.. This is after the PS3 version already doesn't have voice chat or online league websites like the other versions doStill doesn't.. Your company has a lot of nerveUnsportsmanlike conduct 4 minutes!! NHL 2k8 will be the last 2ksports product I ever buy unless your company starts doing some explainingSo you mean you like their games,quit threatening.!!!!! Why did you even make a PS3 versionWhy not? when the PS2 has so many more featuresSo...?, oh I forgot you want your extra $40 for less featuresYou bought it :)..


Chillax, and riding the metro bus ain't that bad.

[ToyDingo]

This is pretty lame 2K. Why are you ignoring the PS3? You just had a APF2K8 tourney that was exclusive to the 360, and now you are having a hockey tourney that is for the 360 and the last gen PS2 version.

Is there any reason you are disregarding those that purchased the PS3 version? Is it so hard to atleast give us league support?

I don't understand this...

[arbee10]

Just a tip 2k, how about this year you don't make games at like noon, or 3pm PST when people with lives are actually working!

[Tourney_Admin2]

Just a tip 2k, how about this year you don't make games at like noon, or 3pm PST when people with lives are actually working!

The scheduling this year will be very similar to last year. Weekend games will be played during the afternoon and weeknight games will be played at 8-9 pm EST.

There is no schedule that we can release that would be good for everybody.

TA

[SixDavies]

Can Canadians join this year?

[Cee_Nasty_00]

Can Canadians join this year?


NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Understand?

[49er_Faithful24]

I know it doesn't matter until Monday but where do you sign up?

[Tourney_Admin2]

Can Canadians join this year?

Yes, two finalists will come from America and two from Canada.

And we will post the URL shortly when registration opens.

TA

[Cee_Nasty_00]

What! I know canadians were out.. oh well.

[Canucks4Cup]

I can't wait!

[AKA AO]

woo don't worry guys ill make sure to get then win for canada when i go.

[Q-Qadgetry]

No PS3 why? Why even make the game for PS3 if this is the case.

[ToyDingo]

No PS3 why? Why even make the game for PS3 if this is the case.

I would love for the TA to answer this, please...this makes no sense at all...

[TheMan@2KSports]

Unfortunately, due to the lack of proper registrant verification software needed to insure only one tournament entry per PS3 online gamer, we are unable to include PS3 in the NHL 2K8 Dodge Tournament. We had originally intended to have this issue resolved for NHL 2K8 but unfortunately, the necessary software was and still is unavailable from Sony Computer Entertainment of America.

[Tourney_Admin2]

I would love for the TA to answer this, please...this makes no sense at all...

Edit: Somebody beat me to it.

[vanhalendlrband]

I tried signing up today for 360 and it says "Unable to verify login". Is it not quite ready yet, or am i missing something?

[Tourney_Admin2]

I tried signing up today for 360 and it says "Unable to verify login". Is it not quite ready yet, or am i missing something?

We are aware of the error and are working hard to fix it. You should be able to register soon.

TA

[vanhalendlrband]

Sweet, thanks for the quick reply.

[lokar]

Unfortunately, due to the lack of proper registrant verification software needed to insure only one tournament entry per PS3 online gamer, we are unable to include PS3 in the NHL 2K8 Dodge Tournament. We had originally intended to have this issue resolved for NHL 2K8 but unfortunately, the necessary software was and still is unavailable from Sony Computer Entertainment of America.

Thank you very much for answering the questions asked by myself and others, it is nice to have an official response. But alas I have a couple of followup questions.

1. PS3 is the exclusive platform for the FIFA Interactive World Cup (http://www.fifa.com/interactiveworldcup/index.html), a tournament similar to yours where anyone can enter for the chance to win big prizes. Presumably they have the same competitive issues as you but have found a way to make it work on the PS3.

2. Why are there no league websites or voice chat for PS3 like there are for PS2 and Xbox360? That is something that is presumably under your control.

Thanks for answering before and I look forward to the response to these questions.

[Cee_Nasty_00]

TheMan@2ksports i send you a pm, i was gonna send it to tourney_admin2 regarding the tournament but it appears his inbox is full and needs cleaning, thats what it says when i tried to message him.

[Tourney_Admin2]

TheMan@2ksports i send you a pm, i was gonna send it to tourney_admin2 regarding the tournament but it appears his inbox is full and needs cleaning, thats what it says when i tried to message him.

All questions about the tournament should be sent through the contact page.

http://nhl2k8allstar.2ksports.com/contact.html

TA

[ToyDingo]

Unfortunately, due to the lack of proper registrant verification software needed to insure only one tournament entry per PS3 online gamer, we are unable to include PS3 in the NHL 2K8 Dodge Tournament. We had originally intended to have this issue resolved for NHL 2K8 but unfortunately, the necessary software was and still is unavailable from Sony Computer Entertainment of America.

Edit: Somebody beat me to it.

Well...

You get bonus points for answering the question. Thanks for that. Though, you've just ruined my day...http://2ksports.com/forums/images/icons/icon9.gif

[Cee_Nasty_00]

All questions about the tournament should be sent through the contact page.

http://nhl2k8allstar.2ksports.com/contact.html

TA

It doesn't send the question and the send button is marked by an dead image X.

Ok i have 3 questions;
1.I signed up and my username is on the ps2 canadian tournament not on the USA tournament, is there a way this can be reversed?
2.How do i know if my opponent is cheating?
3.I didn't get a registration email.

[Tourney_Admin2]

It doesn't send the question and the send button is marked by an dead image X.

Ok i have 3 questions;
1.I signed up and my username is on the ps2 canadian tournament not on the USA tournament, is there a way this can be reversed?
2.How do i know if my opponent is cheating?
3.I didn't get a registration email.


I changed your registration to the PS2 (U.S.).

We have several tools at our disposal to see if your opponent cheated. We are unable to monitor the games so we do not have strict gameplay rules.

You are no longer required to activate your email account. However, if you did not receive an email about the tourney, I strongly suggest you send me a new email address so you receive future messages. In my experiences, a yahoo account seems to work best.

TA

[AKA AO]

What kind of setting will you be using for the tournament? Sim setting or arcade?

[Cee_Nasty_00]

And Ao seriously it will be pleasant to have it on sim,regular settings will just benefit the exploit losers.

[Tourney_Admin2]

What kind of setting will you be using for the tournament? Sim setting or arcade?

The exact settings have not been determined yet. We should be releasing this information prior to October 15th.

Ceenasty, I can only change your email address by sending a message through the official contact page.

TA

[Cee_Nasty_00]

Alright done, but regarding your cheating tools, it sounds awesome.

I would like to mention there are some drop glitchers on ps2, hope those tools nail this one.

[Islesfan]

The exact settings have not been determined yet. We should be releasing this information prior to October 15th.

Ceenasty, I can only change your email address by sending a message through the official contact page.

TA


Would the same be true for things like
-PassAim Assist
-Roughness
-Shot Aim (Manual or Auto)

Things like this ?

I would assume there would be some standard to keep all players on even terms.

[Tourney_Admin2]

Would the same be true for things like
-PassAim Assist
-Roughness
-Shot Aim (Manual or Auto)

Things like this ?

I would assume there would be some standard to keep all players on even terms.

Most of the settings will be the same as the ranked lobbies.

TA

[SDonahue]

Hey finally an admin. When is 2K going to release a patch to make this game respectable?

[Islesfan]

Most of the settings will be the same as the ranked lobbies.

TA

Yes, but these ones in particular are profile settings and can be changed by the user, so will there be certain restrictions when it comes to these specific settings. Thanks again in advance

-PassAim Assist
-Roughness
-Shot Aim (Manual or Auto)

[Tourney_Admin2]

Yes, but these ones in particular are profile settings and can be changed by the user, so will there be certain restrictions when it comes to these specific settings. Thanks again in advance

-PassAim Assist
-Roughness
-Shot Aim (Manual or Auto)

These settings will be determined in about one week.

TA

[vanhalendlrband]

TA, i was wondering with all the online network error problems that EVERYBODY is having, how the hell are we gonna play an online tourney?

[73Ryder]

is there a way where you can change the 5 teams you picked when you registerd for the tournament

[73Ryder]

Is it possible to edit the 5 teams you picked when you register

[Tourney_Admin2]

Is it possible to edit the 5 teams you picked when you register

Yes... Please file a request through the Dodge NHL contact page and I will make the change.

TA

[NHLKing187]

is that only for nhl i would love to get in to that i think i have the stuff to kick any one in nhl how can i get sign up?

[NHLKing187]

I am all new to this stuff can any one help me out with how i can do this contest with playing the all star thing there doing and how i can play other people online with my ps2 nhl game please write me back thanks

[Tourney_Admin2]

is that only for nhl i would love to get in to that i think i have the stuff to kick any one in nhl how can i get sign up?

You can register for the tournament here:


http://nhl2k8allstar.2ksports.com/index.html

You also need to have a PS2 tag for online play.

TA

[NHLKing187]

well im trying to get the cordes to hook my ps2 to the internet what eslse do i have to do to get in on that? and i only have the nhl2k7

[NHLKing187]

i went to the website but it wouldnt let me sign in how do i get a ps2 online account?

[Tourney_Admin2]

i went to the website but it wouldnt let me sign in how do i get a ps2 online account?

Here is what I was told from somebody familiar with the process:

"When they first go online, on the PS2, they have to enter an account and password. If they don't have one there is an option to create one. That's all they need to do to get online and participate in leagues / tournaments. On the 2K web site, they will be asked to enter the same username and password they used on the PS2."

TA

[vanhalendlrband]

I don't see how any of this stuff matters if we're gonna have to replay games we already played half way through. I had the 28th place guy beat and my game froze (the same freezing problem on original XBOX at the end of the game at the same time on the crowd) and i got no record for it.

If the tourney is gonna be like this its gonna be people losing one game and then having a network error during a tourney game, and then having to redo the game from the 1st period.

Here's an example:

Say you're up 2-1 at the end of a game like i was. The game freezes, why? Ask 2k, its a problem on all systems. Nobody gets record of a win, i play that same guy later and i have a bad game and i'm out of the tourney even tho really i already knocked that person out with no time left in the game so really that person isn't the winner as this isn't a best of 3 or a best of 7 they are 1 offs.

Or this scenario is a lot more frequent to this year

Example: You're up 6-1 in the 2nd period say (because the game is set on easy difficulties another ridiculous thing about online NHL, it should be on HoF to minimize cheap goals, set the defense down low for everyone if you don't want the CPU ai D to be as strong as offline but the goalies need to be stronger desperately and no amount of defense is gonna stop a bad save which goalies continually make on lower difficulties) and all of a sudden Network Error, you get nothing. And sure its okay every once in awhile but i can barely play a game online without having to start a game 3 or 4 times against one person and as a computer EXPERT, TRAINED in IT i can tell you its not any of us, but poor programming or beta testing, and for hte money we payed we demand it be fixed, or this tournament will not be legit and people will be choked including me, and i guarantee i'm gonna go EA next year even if it does blow, and a lot of people have already done that due to a lack of effort on 2k's part to fix the problems, or even acknowledge them. Tell everyone its their xbox or their router and its not. Do you guys really want to lose out so bad to EA next year that nobody buys your game, because i can tell you its not very hard for me to switch even after all these years EA does finally have a game worthy to be called competition and i had a difficult time choosing, but i thought maybe just maybe 2k would fix these three year old glitches.

And whats gonna happen after this message and after you guys read it, you'll shrug it off and ignore me, and if you do that i swear you will not see NHL 2K10, you might get 2k9 out to very very poor sales, if you ignore these issues.

[73Ryder]

this message is for the admin i registered for the tournament on PS2 under the Canadian tournament and i discoverd i won`t be able to play i registerd under the name DemonsEye so if you could take me out of the tournament that would be great

[Fyro]

I'd just like to say, thankyou for including Canadians this year, unlike previous years, I didn't purchase the game until I had read that it was open to canadians this year. I also didnt buy it last year as you were being anti-canadian, so being nice and opening it up gets you more money, hopfully you leave it open to canadians next year as well ;).

[73Ryder]

my bro and I are have both signed up for the tournament people were saying we would be disqualified is that true?

[DROCK97]

:thumbsdow This is ridiculous, 2k you need to allow PS3 into the tournament. How could you not allow PS3 in. The game is amazing yet for some reason I can't even enter this thing, but if I go buy a lower quality PS2 version I can. You also need to work on the server errors that were consistant on 2K7 and now an issue in 2K8. I almost bought EA08 to avoid this problem but figured it would be corrected in 2K8. Boy was I disappointed when I got the game home and online.

[Tourney_Admin2]

my bro and I are have both signed up for the tournament people were saying we would be disqualified is that true?

Please use the official contact page and I will be able to help you.

TA

[Tourney_Admin2]

:thumbsdow This is ridiculous, 2k you need to allow PS3 into the tournament. How could you not allow PS3 in. The game is amazing yet for some reason I can't even enter this thing, but if I go buy a lower quality PS2 version I can. You also need to work on the server errors that were consistant on 2K7 and now an issue in 2K8. I almost bought EA08 to avoid this problem but figured it would be corrected in 2K8. Boy was I disappointed when I got the game home and online.

Unfortunately, due to the lack of proper registrant verification software needed to insure only one tournament entry per PS3 online gamer, we are unable to include PS3 in the NHL 2K8 Dodge Tournament. We had originally intended to have this issue resolved for NHL 2K8 but unfortunately, the necessary software was and still is unavailable from Sony Computer Entertainment of America.

[Fyro]

Do we have confirmation as to the rules yet, for example, are we allowed to use up our 3 minutes of pause time just like in regular ranked game?

Are we able to change all the normal things that we are able to change during pause? such as our team strategy, control settings, all those things? or are we to not pause at all and not change anything at all. Thanks.

[Tourney_Admin2]

Do we have confirmation as to the rules yet, for example, are we allowed to use up our 3 minutes of pause time just like in regular ranked game?

Are we able to change all the normal things that we are able to change during pause? such as our team strategy, control settings, all those things? or are we to not pause at all and not change anything at all. Thanks.

All these things will be allowed in the tournament. The tournament will play very similar to ranked lobby games.

TA

[73Ryder]

[QUOTE=Tourney_Admin2]Yes... Please file a request through the Dodge NHL contact page and I will make the change.

So where can i actually do that, if i wanted to change the 5 teams i picked

[Tourney_Admin2]

All questions about the tournament should be sent through the contact page.

http://nhl2k8allstar.2ksports.com/contact.html

TA

You can find the contact page from the Dodge NHL tournament website.

TA

[Fyro]

Question: during qualifying, do we play anyone or just people registered? if its anyone how do we know if we made it to the top 64?

[SixDavies]

What! I know canadians were out.. oh well.


Looks like you don't know to much you moron

[Tourney_Admin2]

Question: during qualifying, do we play anyone or just people registered? if its anyone how do we know if we made it to the top 64?

You can play anybody but the game must be ranked. On the Dodge tournament website, we will post a leaderboard so you can check your ranking.

TA

[vanhalendlrband]

Tourney_admin, will you go online and play NHL 2K8 and tell me if you can get more than 10% of your games against total strangers online to actually play all the way through.

Can other people back me up on this so they don't just think its me, or that i don't know how to set up port forwarding on a router, this seriously needs to be addressed if we want the true winner of the tournament.

[Tourney_Admin2]

Tourney_admin, will you go online and play NHL 2K8 and tell me if you can get more than 10% of your games against total strangers online to actually play all the way through.

Can other people back me up on this so they don't just think its me, or that i don't know how to set up port forwarding on a router, this seriously needs to be addressed if we want the true winner of the tournament.

I would strongly encourage you to direct connect when playing tournament games. People who play with routers always seem to have a higher drop rate.

TA

[TheNingDynasty]

Are the arcade modes going to be played in this tournament? Sim mode on all-star or above is the only way to make some of the cheese go away, so is this going to be an exploit fest or what? Those games where people never dump the puck in and just go straight down the center of the ice everytime aren't fun.

[Islesfan]

Where can I see the list of rules/guidelines and or settings that will be used to run this tourney?

Things like PassAim Assist, roughness, do's and dont's things like that ?

[Tourney_Admin2]

Where can I see the list of rules/guidelines and or settings that will be used to run this tourney?

Things like PassAim Assist, roughness, do's and dont's things like that ?

We will be posting the exact gameplay settings on Thursday. We will not have strict gameplay rules because we are unable to monitor the games online.

TA

[vanhalendlrband]

I would strongly encourage you to direct connect when playing tournament games. People who play with routers always seem to have a higher drop rate.

TA

I'm an IT person. I already did this, it changed NOTHING. ITS THE GAME!!!! NHL 08 RUNS FINE ON MY d-link router, and for future reference, and for people learning business, this is what you DON'T say to an IT person whose been a fan of this game playing online successfully for years. IT'S NOT THE ROUTERS ITS THE GAME

I'm sorry but i'm really getting frustrated with you guys. You guys have no idea that ITS THE GAME, there is A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THE GAME. I AM AN IT TECHNICIAN, IT IS THE GAME.

I play NHL 08 fine on my router, how do u explain that? And every single other xbox game? how do you explain that? I direct connect to NHL 2k8 and it does nothing with my 5mbps dwn 512k up connection. how do you explain that? Let me guess you're gonna say "Its my router"

I REPEAT AGAIN FOR THE HARD OF HEARING AT 2K THE GAME IS FLAWED IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED, IF YOU GUYS DON'T FIX THIS AND KEEP TRYING TO TELL PEOPLE ITS THEIR ROUTERS THEN 2K falls for not respecting its customers, and basically scoffing at the idea that anything could be wrong with your game, and making customers jump through hoops when its YOUR GAME, not US.

[Tourney_Admin2]

I'm an IT person. I already did this, it changed NOTHING. ITS THE GAME!!!! NHL 08 RUNS FINE ON MY d-link router, and for future reference, and for people learning business, this is what you DON'T say to an IT person whose been a fan of this game playing online successfully for years. IT'S NOT THE ROUTERS ITS THE GAME

I'm sorry but i'm really getting frustrated with you guys. You guys have no idea that ITS THE GAME, there is A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THE GAME. I AM AN IT TECHNICIAN, IT IS THE GAME.

I play NHL 08 fine on my router, how do u explain that? And every single other xbox game? how do you explain that? I direct connect to NHL 2k8 and it does nothing with my 5mbps dwn 512k up connection. how do you explain that? Let me guess you're gonna say "Its my router"

I REPEAT AGAIN FOR THE HARD OF HEARING AT 2K THE GAME IS FLAWED IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED, IF YOU GUYS DON'T FIX THIS AND KEEP TRYING TO TELL PEOPLE ITS THEIR ROUTERS THEN 2K falls for not respecting its customers, and basically scoffing at the idea that anything could be wrong with your game, and making customers jump through hoops when its YOUR GAME, not US.

I'm not a programmer and simply run the tournaments for 2k. In my experiences, people who have the highest drop rate are the people playing with routers.

TA

[AKA AO]

TA i know you don't have the setting yet and it looking like your going to go with rank settings but there different rank games like sim and arcade. it would be smart to go with sim rank setting since this is a hockey tournament, it will also help make the game more balance. if you go with arcade alot of people will do the same move the whole game which is not hockey. at least with sim rank games there still a chance the goalie will not fall for that same move over and over. it won't be perfect but it will cut down alot of the cheese.plz think about that when you decide what the setting will be.thx

[Cee_Nasty_00]

Seriously sim reflects real hockey supposely even though last year i believe sim settings were better, lobby = settings junior hockey type play.

[AKA AO]

TA i'm playing with no router and for the pass 3 hours out of 15 games only got to play 2 and i won 3 but the game froze at the end and didnt count. WTF man i have phone and phone and phone about this for over a month now and nothing has been done about it. i'm missing out on games cause your online system, none of my other games do this. you really need to talk to IT about this cause it sucks that the guy on top might not be the best but is the one with the lease amount of netwrok error.

[Tourney_Admin2]

TA i know you don't have the setting yet and it looking like your going to go with rank settings but there different rank games like sim and arcade. it would be smart to go with sim rank setting since this is a hockey tournament, it will also help make the game more balance. if you go with arcade alot of people will do the same move the whole game which is not hockey. at least with sim rank games there still a chance the goalie will not fall for that same move over and over. it won't be perfect but it will cut down alot of the cheese.plz think about that when you decide what the setting will be.thx

This tournament will be played on SIM.

TA

[AKA AO]

thank you very much

[ZMAN11]

Does this mean that the Qualification games have to be played in the SIM lobby?

[lilc09]

What is wrong with the 2k servers? Today I played a total of 7 games. I won 5, but have only been given 2 wins, lost 2 and have only been given one loss. All games were ranked so that's not the problem. This surely needs to be fixed because at this rate i'll never get 10 games played

[Cee_Nasty_00]

TA, i just got drop glitched by a ps2 tournament participant on the ps2, if you want further details do you want me to send you them on the help form page?

[AKA AO]

TA this is becoming a pain, i been trying to play for 6 hours now and only got 5 games in out of close to 50 now.Can we get a reason for this problem? cause we all know its not the router can you talk to someone about it, or let me give me a number to someone in IT that can patch this problem. or get me a manager that i can talk to cause enough is enough we want answer. how can you hold a tournament when 90% of the games are network error.

this is what it said so you know what to ask IT or someone about it.

"A network problem has been encountered that prevents gameplay from countinuing. If this is a ranked match it will not be counted."

Fix this plz.

[Tourney_Admin2]

Does this mean that the Qualification games have to be played in the SIM lobby?

The games just need to be ranked and does not need to be in a particular lobby.

TA

[Fyro]

TA, i just got drop glitched by a ps2 tournament participant on the ps2, if you want further details do you want me to send you them on the help form page?


What is this glitching you speak of so that we can all be aware of it and be on the lookout incase it happens to us unknowingly :s.

[Cee_Nasty_00]

Well other guy either pulls out cord out of system in and out until theres a page that says send game to arbitration and game won't count towards nobody, or you can just hit the standby button in your modem if you don't wanna pull out and in behind the ps2.

I'm surprised 2k still let's get people get away, i mean wtf since 2k4 people have done this and no no no change, this has got to change this is ********.

[vanhalendlrband]

Well other guy either pulls out cord out of system in and out until theres a page that says send game to arbitration and game won't count towards nobody, or you can just hit the standby button in your modem if you don't wanna pull out and in behind the ps2.

I'm surprised 2k still let's get people get away, i mean wtf since 2k4 people have done this and no no no change, this has got to change this is ********.


So you mean some really corrupt people could easily win this on the PS2 version? I didn't know the Dropglitches were still goin on, they were bad last year on xbox 360. So like someone who'se game would be pivotol on them losing one game could save themselves and have a way better game the next game. Not good 2k. How's the finalist gonna win the tournament, by turning off the xbox, or ps2 LMAO.

[AKA AO]

so far no one seem to be able to pull that off on the 360, i had a guy pull the cord on me and i got the win for it, the big problem where having is network error, i play for 8 hours today and got 7 games in out of 50+ trys and i beat one guy in the top 5 but at the end of the game it froze i didnt get the win he didnt get the lost. then on my last game of the night i won 4-1 but what happens? you guess it froze again. i got no win he got no lost.

i hope you guys patch this before november cause if i get a network error in a playoff game where i was winning and end up losing cause i had to replay it i'm going to be ****.

[Tourney_Admin2]

I will be glad to forward along any messages to the online NHL team. Perhaps, with your help, we can find the root of the problem and then they could figure out a solution.

Here is the response I received:

"Anytime users encounter these errors they should reboot their consoles. Also they should undo or delete any custom online settings (lines, etc) as that could be part of the cause.

For actual tournament play, both users must enter the bracket after a fresh boot."

TA

[AKA AO]

hey TA I'm glad your taking the time to help us out, a lot of us have giving up on 2ksports because it was looking like they turn there back on the community. having someone reply to the people is a good start to bring people back.

[vanhalendlrband]

I will be glad to forward along any messages to the online NHL team. Perhaps, with your help, we can find the root of the problem and then they could figure out a solution.

Here is the response I received:

"Anytime users encounter these errors they should reboot their consoles. Also they should undo or delete any custom online settings (lines, etc) as that could be part of the cause.

For actual tournament play, both users must enter the bracket after a fresh boot."

TA

I don't know if 2K knows this, but you actually don't even need to go for the full boot. Just leave the xbox live menu in 2K8, go back to the regular 2K8 menu, then go back into the xbox live menu in 2k8 and try again (None of this involves signing in and out of your account in the guide menu). In fact i recommend it not only after games that drop, but every game, or drop even before the loading screen or during, or anytime you connect with someone, even if it gives you the online faq, do this workaround i learned off of 2khockey. That way you save yourself having to turn on and off a triple core machine which is a lot of workload.

[AKA AO]

I will be glad to forward along any messages to the online NHL team. Perhaps, with your help, we can find the root of the problem and then they could figure out a solution.

Here is the response I received:

"Anytime users encounter these errors they should reboot their consoles. Also they should undo or delete any custom online settings (lines, etc) as that could be part of the cause.

For actual tournament play, both users must enter the bracket after a fresh boot."

TA

Hey TA since your sending messages can you send the 2k team this one. I just wanted to ask them to think about putting in online franchise for leagues. just take everything they use for the offline and put it online for leagues. this would be huge for the game. but for some reason they don't do it maybe they could just add create a players for leagues so admins can just make players or add a FA area where people can place or pick up free agents.

if all that fails hire me haha. I'm from Canada and would making your game the best hockey of all time.

[Cee_Nasty_00]

Well if he can send em some messages, how about the ability to edit your players appearance like you can in madden? i mean it would be dope to pick what pads you want for you goalie and same with the player as visors,skates etc.

[Tourney_Admin2]

Well if he can send em some messages, how about the ability to edit your players appearance like you can in madden? i mean it would be dope to pick what pads you want for you goalie and same with the player as visors,skates etc.

I am trying to find why the game freezes online sometimes. If you have any theories to what causes the game to drop, I'd be more than willing to send it to the right people.

TA

[vanhalendlrband]

I am trying to find why the game freezes online sometimes. If you have any theories to what causes the game to drop, I'd be more than willing to send it to the right people.

TA

Well as for freezes, there's still a lot of bugs when it comes to faceoffs online. The game will just stop. I don't know why, and at the end of the game when it starts paning across the fans it'll totally freeze where the system needs to be rebooted, and the player will get a quit added to their record if its there system that froze, i actually won a game it froze at the end and i got a quit added to my record.

[Cee_Nasty_00]

Well a thing that happened in a lg game once was that the wrong rosters loaded for that game somehow which was weird and unable to ccntinue thing popped up so all i can say it has to be something between both games that don't match or there's something wrong i don't know but pseaking of this in some games when you go to strategy or hit firends list in middle of a game game sometime is unable to continue, when you hit fruends list it acts with latency dont know if that causes you to d/c from game cutting bandwith but u dont know i know nothing lol.

[Fyro]

How often will the leaderboards get updated... weekly?, bi-weekly?, ?

[lilc09]

How often will the leaderboards get updated... weekly?, bi-weekly?, ?

I've seen it update twice yesterday.

Probally random if anything.

[Tourney_Admin2]

We try to update the leaderboards about three times per day.

TA

[Supercheebs]

Well I guess I am really on here wondering what the rules for the actual tournament are going to be, I have been an elite player at this game since 2K4 and have always been near the top if not at the top of the leaderboard ever since. The top guys from the game used to get together on friday and saturday nights in the XBOX lobby 12-15 guys and we would randomly select brackest and set up tournaments of our own. Therefore I think my input would be considered valuable in order to help determine the top dog for the tourney. These guys complaining about the way the game is played in the rugular lobby are obviously not top contenders or they would be able to stop the guy going down the center of the ice with the puck, there is no system to SIM hockey it is way more random and definatly not a best man wins game. All of the top players in the game play in the regular lobby once in a while you get the odd guy saying that he could beat any of us in a sim game and i go to that lobby and hand him a loss, therefore if you are looking for the best player why change the game on them? As SIM is a different game....

Secondly though, as this is a tourny there should be more than one game played per bracket because as we all know everyone is capable of having a bad game. In our tournaments we had in 2K4 we always had a best of 3 and it was definatly the way to go as you should have to win 2 games to move on and if you lose 2 out of 3 you deserve to sit the next rounds out, but a one win bracket is a bit of a coin flip.

Another point that i have seen brought up but not really cleared up is the dropping caused by either the console or the connection, i get one of these every 10-15 games it seems, the last 2 have happenend during the exit process just before the game is reporting the results both games i won and both games i got drops for. Are you going to be able to dtermine final score at the time of drop? Because losing based on software or hardware conflicts would be really lame.

Most of all though i would like to mention your leaderboard, what a discrace. You have Plushsafe at the top of the US and King Felix at the top of the Canadian closely followed by GAMESPOT MARTIN, lol, these guy are not top players in any way shape of form they have all been beaten so badly by the top players that they refuse challenges from any of us. I read through the rules before the tournament started and was extactic when i heard you were changing the format of the leaderboard for the qualifying rounds, little did i know it was a setup for disapointment. In the "rules" it clearly stated if you play people of a lesser rank your ranking will go down. I have beaten everyone at the top of the Canadian and American leaderboard and i am still sitting in the 10th or 11th spot? This is really agravating as I actually have a job and dont live in moms basement so i cant sit around all day and play newbies for free wins. I really hope that you are not using the team selection based on rank as it would be a shame to hand out the top teams to the top seeds on this so called "Leaderboard". It has nothing to do with how many top players you have taken out it is only determined on points, anyone can sit around all day and play people with horrible records and to lose out on your chance at having a decent team for the tournament because you choose to work aswell as play this game is just not right.....

Just as an example Gamespot Martin and i have played 1 game, it was a while back but I beat him 6-0 half way through the 1st period he had 3 shots to my 6 goals and quit the game. Now your telling me that he is the second best in CANADA, LOL. I don't mean to be a jerk but this guy has tried to bash me since this happened in the lobbies so i thought i should bring it to your attention he shouldn't even be in the tournament as he is a resident of Quebec, and i saw in the "Rules" that Quebec residents were excluded from the tournament, just wondering if that is infact true....

I am blown away at how the leaderboard has gotten worse over the years and not better. It was way, way more realistic in 2K4 and 2K5, if you were in the top spot you were forced to play top players or even if you did win you would go down in ranking, and if you were a high seed and won against a top player your rank would go up a considerable amount, this is the biggest problem with your game right now and other than the wraparound last year it was the biggest concern for players aswell, its a shame you cant incorporate your old leaderboard to your new games as it was way better......

Well I hope that atleast some of my input was helpful as some of it was obvious venting over frustrations during the last couple of years, but please pass that along to the guys incharge of the leaderboard as it is PATHETIC at the moment.....

[vanhalendlrband]

Well I guess I am really on here wondering what the rules for the actual tournament are going to be, I have been an elite player at this game since 2K4 and have always been near the top if not at the top of the leaderboard ever since. The top guys from the game used to get together on friday and saturday nights in the XBOX lobby 12-15 guys and we would randomly select brackest and set up tournaments of our own. Therefore I think my input would be considered valuable in order to help determine the top dog for the tourney. These guys complaining about the way the game is played in the rugular lobby are obviously not top contenders or they would be able to stop the guy going down the center of the ice with the puck, there is no system to SIM hockey it is way more random and definatly not a best man wins game. All of the top players in the game play in the regular lobby once in a while you get the odd guy saying that he could beat any of us in a sim game and i go to that lobby and hand him a loss, therefore if you are looking for the best player why change the game on them? As SIM is a different game....

Secondly though, as this is a tourny there should be more than one game played per bracket because as we all know everyone is capable of having a bad game. In our tournaments we had in 2K4 we always had a best of 3 and it was definatly the way to go as you should have to win 2 games to move on and if you lose 2 out of 3 you deserve to sit the next rounds out, but a one win bracket is a bit of a coin flip.

Another point that i have seen brought up but not really cleared up is the dropping caused by either the console or the connection, i get one of these every 10-15 games it seems, the last 2 have happenend during the exit process just before the game is reporting the results both games i won and both games i got drops for. Are you going to be able to dtermine final score at the time of drop? Because losing based on software or hardware conflicts would be really lame.

Most of all though i would like to mention your leaderboard, what a discrace. You have Plushsafe at the top of the US and King Felix at the top of the Canadian closely followed by GAMESPOT MARTIN, lol, these guy are not top players in any way shape of form they have all been beaten so badly by the top players that they refuse challenges from any of us. I read through the rules before the tournament started and was extactic when i heard you were changing the format of the leaderboard for the qualifying rounds, little did i know it was a setup for disapointment. In the "rules" it clearly stated if you play people of a lesser rank your ranking will go down. I have beaten everyone at the top of the Canadian and American leaderboard and i am still sitting in the 10th or 11th spot? This is really agravating as I actually have a job and dont live in moms basement so i cant sit around all day and play newbies for free wins. I really hope that you are not using the team selection based on rank as it would be a shame to hand out the top teams to the top seeds on this so called "Leaderboard". It has nothing to do with how many top players you have taken out it is only determined on points, anyone can sit around all day and play people with horrible records and to lose out on your chance at having a decent team for the tournament because you choose to work aswell as play this game is just not right.....

Just as an example Gamespot Martin and i have played 1 game, it was a while back but I beat him 6-0 half way through the 1st period he had 3 shots to my 6 goals and quit the game. Now your telling me that he is the second best in CANADA, LOL. I don't mean to be a jerk but this guy has tried to bash me since this happened in the lobbies so i thought i should bring it to your attention he shouldn't even be in the tournament as he is a resident of Quebec, and i saw in the "Rules" that Quebec residents were excluded from the tournament, just wondering if that is infact true....

I am blown away at how the leaderboard has gotten worse over the years and not better. It was way, way more realistic in 2K4 and 2K5, if you were in the top spot you were forced to play top players or even if you did win you would go down in ranking, and if you were a high seed and won against a top player your rank would go up a considerable amount, this is the biggest problem with your game right now and other than the wraparound last year it was the biggest concern for players aswell, its a shame you cant incorporate your old leaderboard to your new games as it was way better......

Well I hope that atleast some of my input was helpful as some of it was obvious venting over frustrations during the last couple of years, but please pass that along to the guys incharge of the leaderboard as it is PATHETIC at the moment.....

Dude how can you even speak, you're the one for years making the leaderboard pathetic like all the top guys, you're not different than how they play, they learned from your cheezer moves all the last few years and you expect NOBODY else to figure it out. Give me a break man, you're so full of ****.

[Fyro]

what happened to getting that list of rules a week or 2 ago... something about "Posting them on Thursday" is what one of the tourney admins said, what happened.

[SixDavies]

Well I guess I am really on here wondering what the rules for the actual tournament are going to be, I have been an elite player at this game since 2K4 and have always been near the top if not at the top of the leaderboard ever since. The top guys from the game used to get together on friday and saturday nights in the XBOX lobby 12-15 guys and we would randomly select brackest and set up tournaments of our own. Therefore I think my input would be considered valuable in order to help determine the top dog for the tourney. These guys complaining about the way the game is played in the rugular lobby are obviously not top contenders or they would be able to stop the guy going down the center of the ice with the puck, there is no system to SIM hockey it is way more random and definatly not a best man wins game. All of the top players in the game play in the regular lobby once in a while you get the odd guy saying that he could beat any of us in a sim game and i go to that lobby and hand him a loss, therefore if you are looking for the best player why change the game on them? As SIM is a different game....

Secondly though, as this is a tourny there should be more than one game played per bracket because as we all know everyone is capable of having a bad game. In our tournaments we had in 2K4 we always had a best of 3 and it was definatly the way to go as you should have to win 2 games to move on and if you lose 2 out of 3 you deserve to sit the next rounds out, but a one win bracket is a bit of a coin flip.

Another point that i have seen brought up but not really cleared up is the dropping caused by either the console or the connection, i get one of these every 10-15 games it seems, the last 2 have happenend during the exit process just before the game is reporting the results both games i won and both games i got drops for. Are you going to be able to dtermine final score at the time of drop? Because losing based on software or hardware conflicts would be really lame.

Most of all though i would like to mention your leaderboard, what a discrace. You have Plushsafe at the top of the US and King Felix at the top of the Canadian closely followed by GAMESPOT MARTIN, lol, these guy are not top players in any way shape of form they have all been beaten so badly by the top players that they refuse challenges from any of us. I read through the rules before the tournament started and was extactic when i heard you were changing the format of the leaderboard for the qualifying rounds, little did i know it was a setup for disapointment. In the "rules" it clearly stated if you play people of a lesser rank your ranking will go down. I have beaten everyone at the top of the Canadian and American leaderboard and i am still sitting in the 10th or 11th spot? This is really agravating as I actually have a job and dont live in moms basement so i cant sit around all day and play newbies for free wins. I really hope that you are not using the team selection based on rank as it would be a shame to hand out the top teams to the top seeds on this so called "Leaderboard". It has nothing to do with how many top players you have taken out it is only determined on points, anyone can sit around all day and play people with horrible records and to lose out on your chance at having a decent team for the tournament because you choose to work aswell as play this game is just not right.....

Just as an example Gamespot Martin and i have played 1 game, it was a while back but I beat him 6-0 half way through the 1st period he had 3 shots to my 6 goals and quit the game. Now your telling me that he is the second best in CANADA, LOL. I don't mean to be a jerk but this guy has tried to bash me since this happened in the lobbies so i thought i should bring it to your attention he shouldn't even be in the tournament as he is a resident of Quebec, and i saw in the "Rules" that Quebec residents were excluded from the tournament, just wondering if that is infact true....

I am blown away at how the leaderboard has gotten worse over the years and not better. It was way, way more realistic in 2K4 and 2K5, if you were in the top spot you were forced to play top players or even if you did win you would go down in ranking, and if you were a high seed and won against a top player your rank would go up a considerable amount, this is the biggest problem with your game right now and other than the wraparound last year it was the biggest concern for players aswell, its a shame you cant incorporate your old leaderboard to your new games as it was way better......

Well I hope that atleast some of my input was helpful as some of it was obvious venting over frustrations during the last couple of years, but please pass that along to the guys incharge of the leaderboard as it is PATHETIC at the moment.....

Ya Gamesport is not even top 100 if you ask me. I just went online and checked leaderboard and he was 30-2 and I was ahead of him in rank. Well I play one game and I noticed that my rank has dropped so someone has jumped ahead of me. I checked the leaderboards and gamesport is now 41-2 with about 20 mins. Not only does the guy suck but he also boost. Im so glad Quebec is not allowed, looks good on the idoit

[ARNOLD15]

Im with him on that one, the ranking system is horrible!! Go back to the way it was in 2k6 and 2k5.

[KillingEdge]

360 2k8 sucks this year :'(

[Cee_Nasty_00]

Cheebs you sir are an stupid arse offspring.

[whipped]

hi, i have been trying to sign up for the xbox360 canadian tourney but it won't allow me... it says i have to login with a 2ksports game online to do so even though it didnt seem to make any sense but i did it anyways and i got the same message. Is there anyway you could include me in the tourney my gamertag is fistthatgash, if you do so that would be much appreciated thanks, if not an this is a common problem, i can be patient as you fix the problem for everyone...

[1flewover]

This tournament will be played on SIM.

TA


not according to the settings in the allstar tourney lobby....i knew i shouldnt have believed anything posted here. lol

[Tourney_Admin2]

Sorry... That was a last minute change that we needed to make. Please refer to the official rules:

" All rules are subject to change, and changes may be posted without notice.

Changes may be made on the day of a match to rules or tournament format if necessary to accommodate special circumstances. Rules are subject to change, and the word of a tournament admin is final."

TA

[vanhalendlrband]

Great now the cheezers are gonna nuts with this. Supercheebs, Arnold15. I guess i better practice my cheeze to, since this is gonna be such a cheeze tournament now that Armstrong wants a piece.

[Fyro]

not according to the settings in the allstar tourney lobby....i knew i shouldnt have believed anything posted here. lol


I was looking forward to SIM, not very kool. Also, I am not able to sign in on the 360 right now, well, on NHL2k8 on the 360 to be more specific. "The 2kSports service is temporarily unavailable." Again, not Kool, with a capital K.

[islanders10]

ya i cant go on and i have a game wtf?

[topshelf22]

I was very disappointed this year when I purchased PS3 and then just to fidn out that the PS3 players were not allowed to enter the Dodge Tournament. I just want to ask next year at the tournament will PS3 players be allowed to play or not? Please Reply.

[IBBALLIN33]

Well you do NoT have to pay for your online play, so it is all FaiR. Also, when are the finals for this tournament

[ghost3 3]

cee nasty lost to me in this tourney i love it!