WebSimHockey - Tagged Game News Content Best sports management games. Top simulation reviews, previews, downloads on Windows PC, Mac, Android, iOS, Online. MLB Baseball, College & NFL Football, NHL Hockey, NBA & NCAA Basketball. Wed, 04 Feb 2015 22:37:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Web Sim Hockey goes Mobile https://gmgames.org/2014/04/02/web-sim-hockey-goes-mobile/ Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:59:01 +0000 http://gmgames.org/?p=1611 It’s been over a year since Web Sim Hockey 2 has been launched and they would like to thank everyone for helping them go through this transition period. You have efficiently assimilated the new features and your suggestions have helped them improve the game concepts when necessary. After this significant development had been achieved, WebSimHockey decided to go on with the community’s most popular request for the past few years: Web Sim Hockey Mobile . Going mobile is a must The need of a fully responsive website is essential in a world where mobile devices are becoming increasingly popular. Therefore, after many months of efforts, we are very proud to unveil the details of this change that will improve the navigation on all your devices. One site for all your devices Using your cell phone, tablet or PC, you can now choose between “standard” or “mobile” site. Regular site features (PC and laptops): Main menu is fixed at the top of the screen when you scroll the page down Slight modifications to the site header Content width adapts to your screen resolution Change league by clicking the league logo in the top menu bar   Mobile site features: Navigation adapted for mobile devices (menus, adapted content) Every feature in every page is now working 100% New chat version embedded in the right column. Important: Although the site recognizes the right version for you and remembers it, you can still switch versions manually, using the settings icon in the main menu bar. Other improvements We added other features, including: New information about your finance situation, located in the right column, such as your payroll buffer before a suspension, or with your owner budget. When receiving a chat message, a bubble shows up on the top right corner of your screen with a preview of the message. Click on the message to open the chat box to continue the discussion. Error/Success messages are now always visible at the top Improve the way pictures are displayed in the news feed When a news article is published, the main image is now showing in the news feed You can now sort the cities in priority order during the city draft and election step. After 48hrs, the draft is automatically completed using the list saved by the GMs.   Many teams are available FOR FREE! Hundreds of future GMs like yourself registered in the past few weeks, hurry up to claim an available team while there are still some left up for grab! To do so, here’s what you need to do: 1. Connect to the site with your email address and password 2. You will be redirected to your News Feed 3. Follow the instructions in the image below to claim a team Once your join request is sent, you must wait until the league commissioner accepts it. You can apply on as many Interim GM positions as you want, there is no limit. Site : www.websimhockey.com

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]]> It’s been over a year since Web Sim Hockey 2 has been launched and they would like to thank everyone for helping them go through this transition period.

You have efficiently assimilated the new features and your suggestions have helped them improve the game concepts when necessary.

After this significant development had been achieved, WebSimHockey decided to go on with the community’s most popular request for the past few years: Web Sim Hockey Mobile .

Going mobile is a must

The need of a fully responsive website is essential in a world where mobile devices are becoming increasingly popular.

web sim hockey mobile 3

Therefore, after many months of efforts, we are very proud to unveil the details of this change that will improve the navigation on all your devices.

One site for all your devices

Using your cell phone, tablet or PC, you can now choose between “standard” or “mobile” site.

Regular site features (PC and laptops):

  • Main menu is fixed at the top of the screen when you scroll the page down
  • Slight modifications to the site header
  • Content width adapts to your screen resolution
  • Change league by clicking the league logo in the top menu bar

 

Mobile site features:

  • Navigation adapted for mobile devices (menus, adapted content)
  • Every feature in every page is now working 100%
  • New chat version embedded in the right column.

web sim hockey mobile 2
Important: Although the site recognizes the right version for you and remembers it, you can still switch versions manually, using the settings icon in the main menu bar.
Other improvements

web sim hockey mobile 1

We added other features, including:

    • New information about your finance situation, located in the right column, such as your payroll buffer before a suspension, or with your owner budget.
    • When receiving a chat message, a bubble shows up on the top right corner of your screen with a preview of the message. Click on the message to open the chat box to continue the discussion.
    • Error/Success messages are now always visible at the top
    • Improve the way pictures are displayed in the news feed
    • When a news article is published, the main image is now showing in the news feed
    • You can now sort the cities in priority order during the city draft and election step. After 48hrs, the draft is automatically completed using the list saved by the GMs.

 

Many teams are available FOR FREE!

Hundreds of future GMs like yourself registered in the past few weeks, hurry up to claim an available team while there are still some left up for grab!

To do so, here’s what you need to do:
1. Connect to the site with your email address and password
2. You will be redirected to your News Feed
3. Follow the instructions in the image below to claim a team

Once your join request is sent, you must wait until the league commissioner accepts it. You can apply on as many Interim GM positions as you want, there is no limit.

Site : www.websimhockey.com

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]]> Version 2.0 of Web Sim Hockey is out! https://gmgames.org/2013/03/22/version-20-of-web-sim-hockey-is-out/ Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:51:41 +0000 March 22, 2013 – After over a year of blood, sweat, and tears—and fans going wild with anticipation, Web Sim Hockey 2.0 is finally online! It’s now up to you to enjoy! Enter into the new era of online hockey games thanks to the perfect mix between managing your teams and taking part in our buzzing online community. What’s new with Web Sim Hockey 2.0? – Pictures of real players thanks to our licensing agreement with the NHLPA – Completely revamped interface – Additional people, who make up the GM’s entourage (team owner, assistant-coach, doctor, etc.), give you important information and your objectives – News feed to help you better manage all of your leagues – New multi-league chat system -Badges you can earn thanks to your accomplishments -Inter-league GM rankings -GM Hockey and Finance attributes to better evaluate your skills -GM status to monitor your involvement with your team(s): Experience, Reputation, Social, and Participation -New multi-league messaging system -And much (much!) more! Become an interim GM—for FREE! Do you want to test drive the new version? All you have to do is apply for a position of interim GM. Then, you can manage this team for FREE until the end of the current season. If you enjoy the Web Sim experience, you can then renew your subscription to the league or leave it without any hassles. Launch Promotion Do you want to join a new league or renew your subscription? It’s now or never! Take advantage of our limited-time offer. Register or renew today for only $9.95! — Available here: websimhockey.com   Internal Chat Service   GM Options   League Home Page   League Leaders   League News   Set your Lineup   Matchup  

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]]> March 22, 2013 – After over a year of blood, sweat, and tears—and fans going wild with anticipation, Web Sim Hockey 2.0 is finally online! It’s now up to you to enjoy!
Enter into the new era of online hockey games thanks to the perfect mix between managing your teams and taking part in our buzzing online community.

What’s new with Web Sim Hockey 2.0?
– Pictures of real players thanks to our licensing agreement with the NHLPA
– Completely revamped interface
– Additional people, who make up the GM’s entourage (team owner, assistant-coach, doctor, etc.), give you important information and your objectives
– News feed to help you better manage all of your leagues
– New multi-league chat system
-Badges you can earn thanks to your accomplishments
-Inter-league GM rankings
-GM Hockey and Finance attributes to better evaluate your skills
-GM status to monitor your involvement with your team(s): Experience, Reputation, Social, and Participation
-New multi-league messaging system
-And much (much!) more!

Become an interim GM—for FREE!

Do you want to test drive the new version?

All you have to do is apply for a position of interim GM. Then, you can manage this team for FREE until the end of the current season.

If you enjoy the Web Sim experience, you can then renew your subscription to the league or leave it without any hassles.
Launch Promotion
Do you want to join a new league or renew your subscription? It’s now or never! Take advantage of our limited-time offer. Register or renew today for only $9.95! — Available here: websimhockey.com

 
Internal Chat Service

Home Page

 
GM Options

GM Options

 

League Home Page

League Home Page

 

League Leaders

League Leaders

 

League News

League Leaders

 

Set your Lineup

Set your lineup

 

Matchup

Matchup

 

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]]> Web Sim Hockey is simulating the NHL’s 2012-2013 season https://gmgames.org/2012/10/13/web-sim-hockey-is-simulating-the-nhls-2012-2013-season/ Sat, 13 Oct 2012 03:37:37 +0000 Due to the NHL’s lockout, the 2012-2013 hockey season is definitely taking a hit. Hockey fans worldwide are, unfortunately, penalized by the entire situation. Web Sim Hockey, the popular online hockey simulation game that enables users to put themselves in the shoes of the GM of a professional hockey team, will satisfy hockey fans’ thirst for everything that is ice, goals, and stats. We’re going to simulate the 2012-2013 season as though it was still on! Every day at 8:00 pm ET, games will be simulated according to the schedule that had been originally set up by the NHL. The page websimhockey.com/lockout will let you view all virtual matches, standings, and statistics for all league players. This data is public and available to the media. It is a new source of information for sports journalists that are looking for hockey news during the lockout. If you have any questions, interview requests, or require further information contact: Éric Bergeron VP Communications and Marketing Web Sim Sports INC ebergeron@websimhockey.com 581-981-7220  

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]]> Due to the NHL’s lockout, the 2012-2013 hockey season is definitely taking a hit. Hockey fans worldwide are, unfortunately, penalized by the entire situation.

Web Sim Hockey, the popular online hockey simulation game that enables users to put themselves in the shoes of the GM of a professional hockey team, will satisfy hockey fans’ thirst for everything that is ice, goals, and stats. We’re going to simulate the 2012-2013 season as though it was still on!

Every day at 8:00 pm ET, games will be simulated according to the schedule that had been originally set up by the NHL. The page websimhockey.com/lockout will let you view all virtual matches, standings, and statistics for all league players.

This data is public and available to the media. It is a new source of information for sports journalists that are looking for hockey news during the lockout.

If you have any questions, interview requests, or require further information contact:

Éric Bergeron
VP Communications and Marketing
Web Sim Sports INC
ebergeron@websimhockey.com
581-981-7220

 

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]]> WebSimHockey: Officially Licensed by NHLPA https://gmgames.org/2012/07/24/websimhockey-officially-licensed-by-nhlpa/ Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:23:00 +0000 WebSimHockey is totally psyched! Web Sim Hockey is now an officially licensed product of the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA). How awesome is that? What does this mean? Web Sim Hockey is the only online simulated hockey game in the world (you read correctly—the world!) available under the NHLPA license. What does this mean for our fan base and GMs? Under the agreement, we will be able to use the images of all NHL players as well as other images from the NHL to beef up our game’s visuals even more! Being licensed with the NHLPA is proof of our short, mid- and long-term commitment to developing the highest quality simulated hockey game available on the market. Stay tuned this fall! Web Sim Hockey 2.0, with an entirely revamped look and new features, is on its way! From WebSimHockey team.

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]]> WebSimHockey is totally psyched! Web Sim Hockey is now an officially licensed product of the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA). How awesome is that?

What does this mean? Web Sim Hockey is the only online simulated hockey game in the world (you read correctly—the world!) available under the NHLPA license.

What does this mean for our fan base and GMs? Under the agreement, we will be able to use the images of all NHL players as well as other images from the NHL to beef up our game’s visuals even more!

Being licensed with the NHLPA is proof of our short, mid- and long-term commitment to developing the highest quality simulated hockey game available on the market.

Stay tuned this fall! Web Sim Hockey 2.0, with an entirely revamped look and new features, is on its way!

From WebSimHockey team.

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]]> Web Sim Hockey partners with Laurentian University’s Sports Administration Program https://gmgames.org/2012/01/25/web-sim-hockey-partners-with-laurentian-universitys-sports-administration-program/ Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000 Quebec City, Jan. 25, 2012 – The company Web Sim Sports INC., specialized in online sports gaming, launched a unique hockey simulator in July 2009, Web Sim Hockey. (www.websimhockey.com) Web Sim Hockey is a multiplayer strategy game played entirely on the Web. The goal of the game is to manage a professional hockey team in every aspects : finances, drafts, trades, lineups, on-ice strategies, etc. Web Sim Hockey is on the rise since its launch with more than 7500 teams being managed every day in over 315 virtual leagues. The site generates no less than 275,000 monthly visits and 4.25 million page views. Partnership with Laurentian University in Ontario As part of the Sports Administration program, offered by Laurentian University (www.spad.ca) in Ontario, Web Sim Hockey is being used for educational purposes to provide a realistic management experience for the students. « We are very impressed with the extent of the simulation and believe it is a very valuable tool for our course – The Business of Hockey. » said Dr. Ann Pegoraro, director of the School of Sports Administration in the Faculty of Management. With the help of Dr Pegoraro, the experience will then be exported to other universities in North America so that other students can experience this simulation as a real-life learning tool. DISCUSS IN FORUMS. For further information: Eric Bergeron, Vice-president 418-915-4978  418-559-0597  ebergeron@websimsports.com www.websimhockey.com www.spad.ca

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]]> Quebec City, Jan. 25, 2012 – The company Web Sim Sports INC., specialized in online sports gaming, launched a unique hockey simulator in July 2009, Web Sim Hockey. (www.websimhockey.com)

Web Sim Hockey is a multiplayer strategy game played entirely on the Web.

The goal of the game is to manage a professional hockey team in every aspects : finances, drafts, trades, lineups, on-ice strategies, etc.

Web Sim Hockey is on the rise since its launch with more than 7500 teams being managed every day in over 315 virtual leagues.

The site generates no less than 275,000 monthly visits and 4.25 million page views.

Partnership with Laurentian University in Ontario

As part of the Sports Administration program, offered by Laurentian University (www.spad.ca) in Ontario, Web Sim Hockey is being used for educational purposes to provide a realistic management experience for the students.

« We are very impressed with the extent of the simulation and believe it is a very valuable tool for our course – The Business of Hockey. » said Dr. Ann Pegoraro, director of the School of Sports Administration in the Faculty of Management.

With the help of Dr Pegoraro, the experience will then be exported to other universities in North America so that other students can experience this simulation as a real-life learning tool.

DISCUSS IN FORUMS.

For further information:

Eric Bergeron, Vice-president
418-915-4978 
418-559-0597 
ebergeron@websimsports.com

www.websimhockey.com
www.spad.ca

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]]> Updated Features for WebSimHockey https://gmgames.org/2011/06/27/updated-features-for-websimhockey/ Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:28:25 +0000 Updated Features from WebSimHockey.com (As per WebSimHockey.com – Press Release)   Many new features Since last fall, many new features were added to our site: – Improved user interface – Player types – Trophies (individual and team) – New “card” mode for to make it easy to view attributes – New lineup page – New strategy/practice module – Multiple minor upgrades These changes were requested by our community and have had a positive impact on our game as a whole. The continuous development of our simulator is one of our strengths and we are dedicated to this constant improvement. We know that we can count on you to suggest new ideas, as proven by the extensive list of suggestions you have already provided. More new features to come! In order to offer you a 2.0 version of Web Sim Hockey, the most wanted development according to our community members, we need to prepare the infrastructure of our site to make it ready for the latest technologies in web applications. We have already started this process, and although it is a work in progress, we are able to confirm major additions in the coming year, including: #1 – Community/GM Ranking Module This module will allow GMs to manage all their teams using a central dashboard. You will have access to all the important team information in one place, with links redirecting you to wherever action needs to be taken. A global messaging system and alerts will also be available for simplified management of your teams. Obviously, the community aspects will be greatly enhanced with the ability to add friends, post comments on their pages, track the progress of their team, and much more. Above all, this module will keep track of your activity. Primarily, you will see your achievements (trophies, various achievements, etc.), but also your weaker moments (expulsion of a league, voluntary replacements, etc.)  Other community members will then be able to assess the quality of your work. And finally, there will be global standings using GM ranking points that you accumulate throughout your seasons. Will you be the best Web Sim Hockey GM? #2 – Tournament Module This module will allow potential members to try Web Sim Hockey with a simplified, free version. What is most interesting for you is that you will be able to play any of your teams in a global tournament. These tournaments will take place during the course of the regular season. Challenge the other GMs and beat the champions to become the ultimate Web Sim Hockey champion! There will be tournaments of all kinds with different entry criteria: entry cost, minimum/maximum strength of a team, minimum GM ranking points, etc. Private, fully-customizable tournaments will also be available. The possibilities are endless! #3 – Other new features Big modules are fun, but taking care of the little details makes the difference. As has always been the case, since we are online, we will continue to improve the site by regularly implementing small but important updates. 250 leagues, 6,000 teams! We are thrilled that 95% of our leagues and users are based in Quebec, Canada. It is now time for our English friends to discover our game and spread the word.  Imagine where we will be when our Quebec members’ excitement reaches the other provinces and countries! We are very aware and appreciative of the faith you place in us and we will continue to earn that faith by giving you the best we have to offer so that you can continue to enjoy the best online simulated hockey game on the market.

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]]> Updated Features from WebSimHockey.com

(As per WebSimHockey.com – Press Release)

 

Many new features

Since last fall, many new features were added to our site:

– Improved user interface

– Player types

– Trophies (individual and team)

– New “card” mode for to make it easy to view attributes

– New lineup page

– New strategy/practice module

– Multiple minor upgrades

These changes were requested by our community and have had a positive impact on our game as a whole. The continuous development of our simulator is one of our strengths and we are dedicated to this constant improvement. We know that we can count on you to suggest new ideas, as proven by the extensive list of suggestions you have already provided.

More new features to come!

In order to offer you a 2.0 version of Web Sim Hockey, the most wanted development according to our community members, we need to prepare the infrastructure of our site to make it ready for the latest technologies in web applications.

We have already started this process, and although it is a work in progress, we are able to confirm major additions in the coming year, including:

#1 – Community/GM Ranking Module

This module will allow GMs to manage all their teams using a central dashboard. You will have access to all the important team information in one place, with links redirecting you to wherever action needs to be taken.

A global messaging system and alerts will also be available for simplified management of your teams.

Obviously, the community aspects will be greatly enhanced with the ability to add friends, post comments on their pages, track the progress of their team, and much more.

Above all, this module will keep track of your activity. Primarily, you will see your achievements (trophies, various achievements, etc.), but also your weaker moments (expulsion of a league, voluntary replacements, etc.)  Other community members will then be able to assess the quality of your work.

And finally, there will be global standings using GM ranking points that you accumulate throughout your seasons. Will you be the best Web Sim Hockey GM?

#2 – Tournament Module

This module will allow potential members to try Web Sim Hockey with a simplified, free version.

What is most interesting for you is that you will be able to play any of your teams in a global tournament. These tournaments will take place during the course of the regular season. Challenge the other GMs and beat the champions to become the ultimate Web Sim Hockey champion!

There will be tournaments of all kinds with different entry criteria: entry cost, minimum/maximum strength of a team, minimum GM ranking points, etc. Private, fully-customizable tournaments will also be available. The possibilities are endless!

#3 – Other new features

Big modules are fun, but taking care of the little details makes the difference. As has always been the case, since we are online, we will continue to improve the site by regularly implementing small but important updates.

250 leagues, 6,000 teams!

We are thrilled that 95% of our leagues and users are based in Quebec, Canada. It is now time for our English friends to discover our game and spread the word.  Imagine where we will be when our Quebec members’ excitement reaches the other provinces and countries!

We are very aware and appreciative of the faith you place in us and we will continue to earn that faith by giving you the best we have to offer so that you can continue to enjoy the best online simulated hockey game on the market.

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]]> WebSimHockey Interview with Éric Bergeron https://gmgames.org/2011/06/07/websimhockey-interview-with-%c3%a9ric-bergeron/ Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:07:34 +0000   Interview with Éric Bergeron of WebSimHockey.com Vice-president Research & Development  email : ebergeron@websimhockey.com website : www.websimhockey.com “Web Sim Hockey is an online simulated hockey game made for NHL hockey fans, powered by a custom-built simulator system; providing an environment for the armchair GMs out there.”     (GMGames) – So how exactly does your game work? Is it similar to game simulation engines like Eastside Hockey Manager?   (Éric Bergeron) – Yes, we developed the engine from scratch and tweaked it for a few years before we went officially online. Each game includes about 3,000 plays.   (GMGames) – Is there a precise simulation that takes place that users can analyze the realism of your game?   (Éric Bergeron) – You get full boxscores and results but currently there is no play by play description of the game. It is to be added in the future. We feature a full array of statistics. Turnovers, blocked shots, faceoff %, body checks, pretty much any stat you could think of.   (GMGames) – Our understanding is that there are 24 team leagues and the league uses NHL players with a few options (1990, 1993, as well?)   (Éric Bergeron) – For now each and every league is made of 24 teams. We have a very flexible player set concept. We provide attributes from NHL 83-84, 84-85, 97-98, 99-00, 2005 to now. Plus two more ’90 and ’93 which are based on the players careers where-as the others are based on that years stats.   (GMGames) – Are there any issues with the talent pool being too highly skilled? EHM has a problem where setting your own player set resulted in too many skilled players?   (Éric Bergeron) – How it works is there are 2 types of player evolution. Real evolution and Virtual Evolution.   Real Evolution: players attributes are updated once a year only, after each season, using the past 2 seasons statistics only (like 25% and 75% for the past season lets say) – that means that you can play only ONE websim season per NHL season like if you would start a league today in Real evolution, you would use the statistics of season 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 to create the attributes.   We can also play Real evolution with Retro player sets. Let us say you start a season in 1997-1998 as you draft your players, you can actually know their career in advance. You can draft a player that you know will be good in 2 years because as you go forward with your league, the attributes will adjust every year so it adds a nice touch to it. You can have a good idea of your player evolution in advance and that you can play the seasons one after the other with 2 sims per day and eventually get back to current time.   Virtual Evolution: When you start a league, you will also vote for the % of stats to use for previous seasons, just like in real evo mode 50-50, 25-75, whatever from the last two seasons. Once the league started, it is no longer connected to the real world, the attributes will fluctuate twice per season.   Evolution is based on 3 factors: Age, Player development investment (financial aspect) and a little bit of luck. The actual progression is predictable. We have an OV (Overall) attribute and PO (Potential) attribute. PO attribute is the expected OV a player will have at the age of 30 and its solely based on the player’s age.   (GMGames) – Is there any scouting system in the engine or is it up to the GM to look and make his own judgments?   (Éric Bergeron) – From 18 to 25, a player can go up as much as +2 OV per season. No scouting system but we have lots of tools to evaluate the players. From 25 to 29 they could go up +1 OV per season. With Real Evolution mode, nobody knows what the NHL players will do, so no need to scout in the engine there… You can even import NHL rookies in Virtual Evolution mode.   (GMGames) – What are the tactics and coaching options in the engine?   (Éric Bergeron) – Great question. We just revamped the whole concept. It is still in beta mode but I’ll give you a brief overview since it is VERY in-depth. We have team strategy, per-line strategies for example, transition game, defensive pressure, even goalie strategies.   We have an information page for each description of the strategies plus a table to show you the effect strategies have on the plays.   (GMGames) – Lets move to the Management and fun stuff. Give us an idea of life in WebSimHockey?   (Éric Bergeron) – When the league starts a series of polls with majority winner occur. To start there is a 48 hour period of election. The first 24 hours are applications to be commissioner or trade committee personnel. The next 24 hours the people vote. During this time you can submit vote for the name of league, % of stats to use and vote for the 18 custom league rules (salary cap, waivers, etc). All of which is done on the website and automated.    Once the automated draft order per team is complete, you draft a city. Cities have attributes: (Population, popularity, climate, economy, tax rate…) There are 60 North American cities available to choose from and will be where your team will play.   The draft is 26 rounds and has different settings where it can best accommodate people’s schedules.   (GMGames) – Give us an idea of the draft and free agency process using WebSimHockey?   (Éric Bergeron) – Your pro team is made up of exactly 20 dressed players and up to five undressed players. Farm team is made of up to 15 players for a total of 40 players max + prospects – your farm team players. You don’t manage them, but you pay 10% of their salary (but it doesn’t count on the team payroll) It is added to your balance sheet as an expense. Each league vote whether or not they can draft Prospect. A prospect is by definition an NHL player who was drafted in the 1st or 2nd round of the past 3 NHL drafts and never played more than 39 games in one season in the NHL.   For Free Agency there are several factors. Contract negotiations, city climate, loyalty (player has played for you), prestige of your team. Every team must hold on to their signed unrestricted free agents for a specific period to avoid trading the player right away for a profit.   (GMGames) – Would a league determine their own trade rules? Is there a rejection system in place?   (Éric Bergeron) – The trade committee takes care of that. Made up of 4 people who must approve or reject each trade. You can limit draft pick trading to a maximum number of years so people do not ruin teams by selling the future away.   (GMGames) – Since we are dealing with human being’s as all General Manager’s – can the commissioner find replacement GM’s for inactivity?   (Éric Bergeron) – The commish has full control over player movement, rules changing, ownership changes for abandoned teams.   (GMGames) – Is there a league forum set up through the website to communicate and a private messaging system in place?   (Éric Bergeron) – There are league forums and a messaging system. There is a public forum as well to go along with a Live Chat system (from public to private). When a GM’s team logo lightens up, that means the GM is online.   (GMGames) – What options for customization are there? Can you create team name, logo, colors or is that all automated?   (Éric Bergeron) – You can give your team a name, you can upload a logo, there are no team color theme or anything like that though. You can also give a name to your newspaper! You can also create up to 3 journalists that you can impersonate.     On top of your journalists you can create post-game press conferences. This can include your coach, players, trade conference with the GM. People vote on your work and participation points increase.   (GMGames) – Is there a way for the best writers to show their talents and get published to the entire website?   (Éric Bergeron) – Not yet. We plan to review that and will be implementing a global GM ranking system.   (GMGames) – There is a financial aspect to your franchise. Can you explain that in more detail?   (Éric Bergeron) – This is where you set ticket prices, food prices, beer, parking, etc. You have to invest up to 15 million in various areas. From conditioning, medical facilities (for injury recovery), player development (to evolve faster in virtual mode), marketing, sponsors, television network where you can make revenue.   Depending on your market you can get in trouble especially with different financial settings at league creation. You will be limited in investments.   (GMGames) – What is the story behind yourself, and anything else involved in WebSimHockey, how did you get to this point?   (Éric Bergeron) – We are based out of Quebec City and there are over 5,000 teams managed by Quebecois and over 200 leagues to date. English continues to be a great area for growth.   Overall there are 4 of us. I specialize in site design, PR, tech support and bring a great service offering. Initially 2 brothers started it all and needed the proper interface and marketing to grow.     (GMGames) – Thank you Eric for your time. We look forward to testing your product and will provide our users a review of the functionality, price point and fun factor.    

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Interview with Éric Bergeron of WebSimHockey.com

Vice-president

Research & Development 

email : ebergeron@websimhockey.com

website : www.websimhockey.com

“Web Sim Hockey is an online simulated hockey game made for NHL hockey fans, powered by a custom-built simulator system; providing an environment for the armchair GMs out there.”

 

 

(GMGames) – So how exactly does your game work? Is it similar to game simulation engines like Eastside Hockey Manager?

 

(Éric Bergeron) – Yes, we developed the engine from scratch and tweaked it for a few years before we went officially online. Each game includes about 3,000 plays.

 

(GMGames) – Is there a precise simulation that takes place that users can analyze the realism of your game?

 

(Éric Bergeron) – You get full boxscores and results but currently there is no play by play description of the game. It is to be added in the future. We feature a full array of statistics. Turnovers, blocked shots, faceoff %, body checks, pretty much any stat you could think of.

 

(GMGames) – Our understanding is that there are 24 team leagues and the league uses NHL players with a few options (1990, 1993, as well?)

 

(Éric Bergeron) – For now each and every league is made of 24 teams. We have a very flexible player set concept. We provide attributes from NHL 83-84, 84-85, 97-98, 99-00, 2005 to now. Plus two more ’90 and ’93 which are based on the players careers where-as the others are based on that years stats.
 

(GMGames) – Are there any issues with the talent pool being too highly skilled? EHM has a problem where setting your own player set resulted in too many skilled players?

 

(Éric Bergeron) – How it works is there are 2 types of player evolution. Real evolution and Virtual Evolution.

 

Real Evolution: players attributes are updated once a year only, after each season, using the past 2 seasons statistics only (like 25% and 75% for the past season lets say) – that means that you can play only ONE websim season per NHL season like if you would start a league today in Real evolution, you would use the statistics of season 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 to create the attributes.

 

We can also play Real evolution with Retro player sets. Let us say you start a season in 1997-1998 as you draft your players, you can actually know their career in advance. You can draft a player that you know will be good in 2 years because as you go forward with your league, the attributes will adjust every year so it adds a nice touch to it. You can have a good idea of your player evolution in advance and that you can play the seasons one after the other with 2 sims per day and eventually get back to current time.
 
Virtual Evolution: When you start a league, you will also vote for the % of stats to use for previous seasons, just like in real evo mode 50-50, 25-75, whatever from the last two seasons. Once the league started, it is no longer connected to the real world, the attributes will fluctuate twice per season.
 
Evolution is based on 3 factors: Age, Player development investment (financial aspect) and a little bit of luck. The actual progression is predictable. We have an OV (Overall) attribute and PO (Potential) attribute. PO attribute is the expected OV a player will have at the age of 30 and its solely based on the player’s age.
 
(GMGames) – Is there any scouting system in the engine or is it up to the GM to look and make his own judgments?
 
(Éric Bergeron) – From 18 to 25, a player can go up as much as +2 OV per season. No scouting system but we have lots of tools to evaluate the players. From 25 to 29 they could go up +1 OV per season. With Real Evolution mode, nobody knows what the NHL players will do, so no need to scout in the engine there… You can even import NHL rookies in Virtual Evolution mode.
 
(GMGames) – What are the tactics and coaching options in the engine?
 
(Éric Bergeron) – Great question. We just revamped the whole concept. It is still in beta mode but I’ll give you a brief overview since it is VERY in-depth. We have team strategy, per-line strategies for example, transition game, defensive pressure, even goalie strategies.
 
We have an information page for each description of the strategies plus a table to show you the effect strategies have on the plays.
 
(GMGames) – Lets move to the Management and fun stuff. Give us an idea of life in WebSimHockey?
 
(Éric Bergeron) – When the league starts a series of polls with majority winner occur. To start there is a 48 hour period of election. The first 24 hours are applications to be commissioner or trade committee personnel. The next 24 hours the people vote. During this time you can submit vote for the name of league, % of stats to use and vote for the 18 custom league rules (salary cap, waivers, etc). All of which is done on the website and automated. 
 
Once the automated draft order per team is complete, you draft a city. Cities have attributes: (Population, popularity, climate, economy, tax rate…) There are 60 North American cities available to choose from and will be where your team will play.
 
The draft is 26 rounds and has different settings where it can best accommodate people’s schedules.
 
(GMGames) – Give us an idea of the draft and free agency process using WebSimHockey?
 
(Éric Bergeron) – Your pro team is made up of exactly 20 dressed players and up to five undressed players. Farm team is made of up to 15 players for a total of 40 players max + prospects – your farm team players. You don’t manage them, but you pay 10% of their salary (but it doesn’t count on the team payroll) It is added to your balance sheet as an expense. Each league vote whether or not they can draft Prospect. A prospect is by definition an NHL player who was drafted in the 1st or 2nd round of the past 3 NHL drafts and never played more than 39 games in one season in the NHL.
 
For Free Agency there are several factors. Contract negotiations, city climate, loyalty (player has played for you), prestige of your team. Every team must hold on to their signed unrestricted free agents for a specific period to avoid trading the player right away for a profit.
 
(GMGames) – Would a league determine their own trade rules? Is there a rejection system in place?
 
(Éric Bergeron) – The trade committee takes care of that. Made up of 4 people who must approve or reject each trade. You can limit draft pick trading to a maximum number of years so people do not ruin teams by selling the future away.
 
(GMGames) – Since we are dealing with human being’s as all General Manager’s – can the commissioner find replacement GM’s for inactivity?
 
(Éric Bergeron) – The commish has full control over player movement, rules changing, ownership changes for abandoned teams.
 
(GMGames) – Is there a league forum set up through the website to communicate and a private messaging system in place?
 
(Éric Bergeron) – There are league forums and a messaging system. There is a public forum as well to go along with a Live Chat system (from public to private). When a GM’s team logo lightens up, that means the GM is online.
 
(GMGames) – What options for customization are there? Can you create team name, logo, colors or is that all automated?
 
(Éric Bergeron) – You can give your team a name, you can upload a logo, there are no team color theme or anything like that though. You can also give a name to your newspaper! You can also create up to 3 journalists that you can impersonate.  
 
On top of your journalists you can create post-game press conferences. This can include your coach, players, trade conference with the GM. People vote on your work and participation points increase.
 
(GMGames) – Is there a way for the best writers to show their talents and get published to the entire website?
 

(Éric Bergeron) – Not yet. We plan to review that and will be implementing a global GM ranking system.

 

(GMGames) – There is a financial aspect to your franchise. Can you explain that in more detail?

 

(Éric Bergeron) – This is where you set ticket prices, food prices, beer, parking, etc. You have to invest up to 15 million in various areas. From conditioning, medical facilities (for injury recovery), player development (to evolve faster in virtual mode), marketing, sponsors, television network where you can make revenue.

 

Depending on your market you can get in trouble especially with different financial settings at league creation. You will be limited in investments.

 

(GMGames) – What is the story behind yourself, and anything else involved in WebSimHockey, how did you get to this point?

 

(Éric Bergeron) – We are based out of Quebec City and there are over 5,000 teams managed by Quebecois and over 200 leagues to date. English continues to be a great area for growth.

 

Overall there are 4 of us. I specialize in site design, PR, tech support and bring a great service offering. Initially 2 brothers started it all and needed the proper interface and marketing to grow.

 

 

(GMGames) – Thank you Eric for your time. We look forward to testing your product and will provide our users a review of the functionality, price point and fun factor.

 

 

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