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Originally Posted by Antonin
I have to say I'm disappointed. I have not followed hockey for at least 30 years, so I'm sure my opinion does not count for much, but I am interested in this game because I love text-based sports management sims.
Fighting is one of the things that turns me off about hockey. We have a minor league team here in Cleveland, Ohio, called the Monsters, and they promote them heavily because the owner is also the owner of the basketball team, the Cavaliers.
The commercials for the Monsters always show a bit of exciting-looking hockey, and invariably two or more guys fighting. The fight clips are as long as the game play clips.
I know fighting is a part of hockey, but it's something I think is truly silly. When I want to see a fight, I watch boxing or MMA. Hockey fights irritate the heck out of me.
I want to see a hockey game, not a brawl between two heavily padded guys on skates!
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There's a different appeal to minor league hockey, though. I don't think it's fair to compare minor leagues that are out to get people in the door at almost any cost (including promoting fights) to a simulation game.