My League/GM ideas

[timtime]

What are somethings you all are doing? What keeps you interested?

Do you play everyone? I need some ideas.

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[jk31]

i add retired legends to the draft classes and assign them their cyberface Using limnonos Tool.

i also Control 30 Teams to make up for the very Bad AI Management skills.

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[Team Dave]

Boy do I have some ideas, haha.

I play classic teams as an added team to a custom league, with the all the generic players replaced by some average to subpar free agents to fill out the remaining spots (I try to keep them 73 overall max). I also try to keep 3 of each position on each roster, depending on what I have to start with.

Another thing I enjoy is pulling a few (3 or 4) players from all time and classic teams, and filling out the remaining spots with free agents. To keep things interesting, I may do some random players with some MyTeam ratings, either from 2k18 or 2k17. One team I have has prime Grant Hill from Detroit (93 I think), prime Antonio McDyess from Denver (88?), and a MyTeam version of Jerry Stackhouse from Philly (84). Then I added FA Sullinger, FA Brandon Jennings, Derrick Williams and a few others, and they are pretty fun to play with.

I tried to make an alternate version of the 01-02 T-Wolves too. I got rid of Cassell and Sprewell from the 03-04 squad, added Terrell Brandon as the point, and I edited Chauncy Billups to the 79 overall MyTeam version, and added in some free agents to fill the rest out. They aren’t very good, so that adds some realism.

Too bad they removed the Euroleague, I used them all the time for extra players! I even had a team featuring nothing but the best players from Europe, just to see how they’d fare in the NBA. Hopefully they bring it back. Not holding my breath though.

[TeamBuilder]

I have been really into the "start in offseason" option for MyLeague.

Getting to re-do the draft lottery, draft, and free agency allows me to completely overhaul a roster before I start a season. It's nice to be able to mold a roster the way I want without having to play through a season first.

If anyone wants any tips on how to maximize your draft assets or work around cap difficulties, I'd be happy to share.

[Mortimus]

I always remove badges before I start ML. I am not a fan of them at all. I also lower the potential of draft classes, so they are two points above there overall. It stops the player progression problem, and lets them progress in a realistic manner. I use 30 team control. Not to micro manage, per say, but keep it realistic. I also monitor the nba draft and make sure the teams draft realistically and make realistic roster signings, cuts, etc..etc. I let the ai do trades, but i play commish on unrealistic bad trades.

[JayOTT]

I've been using Simcast Live in my main play-through, because I wanted to take an off-court role but the auto-sim is too erratic. I'd describe it as 2D coach mode with a fast forward option.

Make sure the User and CPU sliders are identical for best results; I found that if I just left it on Hall of Fame, I could not win a game, even with the Warriors. Despite a restart after correcting this, managing the Kings remains a struggle at 14-42. I blame it on me keeping D-rated Joerger around for 47 games. To be fair, a stealth tank is exactly what I wanted to do in season 1.

I've got some slider tweaking to do in season 2 as my current all-star/superstar blend has led to FG% being too low and not enough turnovers.

[Mortimus]

Quote: Originally Posted by JayOTT

I've been using Simcast Live in my main play-through, because I wanted to take an off-court role but the auto-sim is too erratic. I'd describe it as 2D coach mode with a fast forward option. Make sure the User and CPU sliders are identical for best results; I found that if I just left it on Hall of Fame, I could not win a game, even with the Warriors. Despite a restart after correcting this, managing the Kings remains a struggle at 14-42. I blame it on me keeping D-rated Joerger around for 47 games. To be fair, a stealth tank is exactly what I wanted to do in season 1. I've got some slider tweaking to do in season 2 as my current all-star/superstar blend has led to FG% being too low and not enough turnovers.

I never used simcast live. is it like coach mode? do you use special ai vs ai sliders?

[JayOTT]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mortimus

I never used simcast live. is it like coach mode? do you use special ai vs ai sliders?

It's a top-down perspective but otherwise seems to function the exact same way a coach mode would, from the basic level of substitutions to the deep level of calling individual sets.

My current sliders are an exact 50/50 hybrid of All-Star and Superstar (with the latter difficulty used for ACE), but as previously mentioned I need to make significant adjustments as the stats have been a fair ways off. My team shoots 38% from the field and the opposition 42%.