2. Not really, I haven't really thought too much about goals for the season. I'm still working on checking, so as far as my hits total goes, any goals of mine would sort of be in flux. I think any goals that I would have as far as personal stats goes, it would be in my number of hits. I'm not concerned about how many points I get, and my +/- is already disappointing enough that I don't want to set a goal for this season (plus, as we score a lot of our goals on power play, our +/- ratings will be lower). I'm currently on pace for 183 hits, and I'd certainly be satisfied with that number. At minimum I guess I'd like to see 150, but I hope to be somewhere more around 175.
2. No, I'm definitely not expecting a HoF career. I won't say it's impossible, and I think I'll definitely earn an amount of TPE that could put me in the HoF with a different build, but I'm not going to be trying for great offensive stats. I may end up rounding out my build as I become more affected by the update scale, but my early seasons will definitely not add much to my point totals. Unless I can win a few championships, I'm don't see myself even being in consideration. The impact of a defensive defenseman is harder to see, so unless I am clearly one of the best defensive players of my generation, it'd be hard to expect much.
3. I'd like to play with the best, so I'll have to say Mats Johnsson. I'm not really looking to be the top dog on my team, especially early in my career. Playing with someone like Johnsson would be awesome, especially since he's good offensively, somewhere that I don't provide greatly to my team. Plus Quik is a cool dude and I think I'd enjoy being on a team with him.
1. I don't necessarily think I would say that it's a bad thing, but I personally think it should probably be lower. In theory, I would think that making it so difficult to go from 90 to 99 would result in a lack of diversity in player builds. More people will stop at 90 in an attribute to just work on something else to get more value out of their TPE. However, this is just coming from my perspective and player-building philosophy. I do think the change to make it more difficult overall to go from 40 to 99 was a good one, but I just feel like the increased difficulty should have been more spread out. I guess I don't know exactly how the sim engine functions, but is going from 90 to 99 better than going from 60 to 69? Doesn't really seem like it would; either way, your skill is improving by 9 attribute points. The harshness of the update scale at the top just makes it harder for the best players to differentiate themselves from the next tier.
2. I'm not a comics guy, so I'm not totally familiar with either. My exposure to Marvel and DC is mostly through movies, as well as bits and pieces of information from secondary sources like other television shows or conversation. I'd say I prefer Marvel more. I've actually been catching up on all the MCU the past couple months (had only seen Iron Man 1+2 prior to a few months ago). I like the X-Men quite a bit as well. I really don't know much about DC. I really liked the Dark Knight Trilogy (particularly the first two), but other than those three, I've seen maybe a Superman movie or two. Oh, and Suicide Squad, which I wasn't a huge fan of. I just don't really know many of the characters in the DC universe, other than maybe the big names in the Justice League, but know almost nothing as far as details go outside of Batman and Superman.
3. At times yes, at times no. As far as video gaming goes, I played League of Legends for a while, but that was mostly a time waster and something to do with friends. Mega Man X remains my favorite game of all time, thanks in part to nostalgia of course, but it's a fantastic game. The Mega Man franchise as a whole is awesome. As far as current games go, I can't really say much. I am a big fan of board games as well. If you're into board games, I'd suggest a game called Biblios. It's been a big hit with everyone I've played it with. It's not too complicated, and pretty quick. Ticket to Ride is a favorite of mine, and if you like games of conquest/strategy like Risk (but don't want to play a bad game like Risk), I would highly recommend Smallworld. It might take a bit getting used to, but I enjoy it greatly. I think it's good in terms of replayability, though I haven't actually gotten to play it a whole lot.