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NHL 11 Blog: EAUHL - The Biggest Online Dynasty Ever

12:00 AM - August 5, 2010 by Steve_OS

Rammer has just posted another NHL 11 blog. This one discussing the recently announced EA Sports Ultimate Hockey League.

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	"Let me start by saying that we heard all of the feedback and read all of the wishlists after NHL 10 hit the shelves. We know that our fans (ourselves included) want an online dynasty so Andy, Litty and myself started to brainstorm the best way possible to take online dynasties to completely new level. Our goal was to make the BIGGEST ONLINE DYNASTY MODE EVER (The working name for this mode up until February was the Global Online Dynasty but we figured the acronym might be a bit of a sticking issue so we ended up changing it). We looked at the success that Madden has had with their online dynasty and also looked at how successful our approach to taking Online Team Play to the masses has been with the creation of the EASHL. We also knew that we had somewhat neglected players that only play Versus or Be A GM offline. With that in mind, we decided to create the EAUHL (EA SPORTS Ultimate Hockey League) where every user can be a GM in a single league competing against the rest of the world in monthly seasons. The key being that you can play a game in your dynasty whenever you want with full leaderboards, trophies and monthly championships. To create the biggest online dynasty mode ever in a single year was going to be a huge undertaking as we didn�t have any of the infrastructure needed to bring this mode to life. Luckily, our FIFA friends were working on Ultimate Team and we were able leverage a lot of their technology (ie. Card system for managing players, screens, auction house etc). Because we were able to leverage FIFA�s tech, it allowed us to spend more time really focusing on the execution of the online dynasty elements that are crucial to this mode."

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# 21 Qb @ 08/05/10 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Money99


	Anyway, I'm done poo-poo'ing this feature. Even though it's not for me, it sounds very fun, immersive and deep. I'm sure it'll be a huge success. One thing I'm wondering is if you can play with 6 guys on your EAUHL team?

I think at the end of the day, that's what it comes down to... either it's for you or it isn't. I'll never understand why people get so fired up about things they say they won't be playing and without even knowing what it is or how it works.

As for your question, I believe HUT is single-player only. I think the only possibility for more than one user on a team would be on the same console and I'm not even sure if you can do that.

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Originally Posted by narwhale


	The article did mention a salary cap, so I don't think anyone will be able to have that many superstars even if they can afford them.

Yes, there will be a salary cap in some competitions and special tournaments with different conditions for entry (such as no cap).

# 22 ericromain @ 08/05/10 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by plaidchuck


	Like I've said, it all sounds great in theory.. but if at the end of the day the league is flooded with little kids who shelled out mommy and daddys money for all "gold" players (I can already see a team now with Ovechkin, Crosby, Malkin, Stamkos, the Sedins, etc) then it will be useless to me, as I have neither the inclination nor the money to spend on that much DLC. And that brings up another problem, what will people do who are severely outmatched in quality of players? Glitch. Believe me I'm glad they've put so much in this year, but this frankly has bad written all over it. I would have rathered they held this back another year and just perfected BAGM offline.

True about the kids with money, but the salary capis something that supposedly is going to prevent the super stacked teams from forming.

I've never really minded playing the boosted teams personally anyway. I like playing as the maple leafs or islanders in online vs in nhl10, even against the pens/hawks/sharks. It's fun and satisfying to win games as an underdog.

# 23 bdes @ 08/05/10 04:10 PM

I was a big fan of Ultimate Team on Madden, but I feel like NHL will be x10 better especially with my history with the game, and after all it's NHL not Madden. Can't wait for this game to drop!

# 24 jack1535 @ 08/05/10 05:11 PM

I cant wait for this mode and beating little kids who try and stack there team.

# 25 Diehardfan @ 08/05/10 09:06 PM

Congrats EA, you just opened the floodgates. This will be open season for cheesers and now they're actually giving a few prizes away as a bonus. If you people think the cheesers were bad before, wait till they get their grimey little paws on this mode. Anyone who thinks this will even remotely resemble NHL hockey is kidding themselves.

# 26 TDKing @ 08/05/10 10:15 PM

Wow... not at all what I was hoping for. I want a real ONLINE FRANCHISE modeled after the real NHL. I don't like playing randoms so I can honestly say I'll never use this mode. I'm dissappointed.

# 27 CS10029 @ 08/05/10 11:24 PM

This is an incredibly misleading title. This is cool, I guess... Come on though, if this is in and Online BaGM isn't, I'm gonna be a little pissed at the development decisions.

I don't think it's fair to not let the NHL series have an online franchise.

# 28 Qb @ 08/06/10 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by GreenReign86


	Enough Qb. Stop torturing the masses, and please tell us something, anything, that you can, that hasn't been discussed yet. I think you do this for your own amusement, you like seeing people agonize over what they don't know. It gives you a rush, in a sense.

I can't talk about things EA hasn't announced/discussed, sorry. I'm fully aware that I'm making some of you squirm, but I'd much rather tell you all the magical things I saw at the event... but I can't.

OK, OK, I'll tell you one secret. They have little red, white & blue EA oompa-loompas running around the EA Canada studios. And they'll come & take me away if I break the NDA.

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	One more question Qb. Do you know if you can unlock EASHL / BAP boosts, by playing the demo? Much like you could with other EA games such as Tiger Woods, and the NCAA Pro Combats.

I don't know for sure, but Rammer made it sound like the demo perk will be EA Pucks to purchase cards for Ultimate Team. I know as much about the demo as you guys do...

# 29 IIx Nautica xII @ 08/11/10 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by BlueNGold


	That was a great blog. The salary cap, tournaments and preseason were the best parts of this news. Also looking forward to the big Be A GM announcement. I still want a true online franchise/dynasty like Madden though!

Don't you mean like NCAA? I am very interested to see how the whole thing works out. Since my brothers and I moved out of the house years ago, and before online dynasties/franchises, I would usually lose interest after one season of play due to lack of competition. So Thank you EA for putting this together. I cannot wait to get the game.

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