Now a lot of people will have been wondered: why did I make my mind to write about it? Why did I agree to spend the part of my efforts and time for creation of competitors to the very me in order to tell the cyber-hockey community about the nuances and unobvious aspects of the game, as well as to demonstrate vividly how an artificial intelligence works in the game and to explain how to interact with it rightly? The answer can appear to be a little unexpected, but at the same time rather logical.

Within a year a lot of people spent their time for creation, promotion and existence of the first league of a Console hockey in Russia. The game of PS3 is different from the game on a personal computer. Is it better or worse? It is not our privilege to pass judgements. But it is possible to say clearly: it is completely OTHER game in many ways by its game possibilities, artificial intelligence and game engine itself. In my opinion, it became much more balanced (attack and defense) and more combat-wise. It is exactly where I wish to dwell…

The Contents:

1. From idea to realization (first-hand experience)

2. How the artificial intelligence works

3. Management of actions at defense position

- The general information about forechecking

- Defend themselves by playing in skating back

- Defend themselves by playing as number one

- Forechecking 3-2, or we need to retrieve a defeat

- A conclusion about ‘FORECHECKING’

- Changing from forechecking to positional defense

- The positional defense

- The strategies of ‘DEFENSIVE FORECHECKING’ and combination of arrangements in the game at defense position

- Play against the rivals’ arrows

- Well then, we’ll summarize our actions in defense position

4. Management of actions in attack position

- Launching the attack – strategy selection

- Entering the zone: rush and beginning of the positional actions

- Strategies of the positional attack

5. Organization of the special teams of majority/minority