NBA All-Star Weekend: MIA in Sports Gaming

[tril]

agree with your article 100%.
I always skip the all star event in 2k even if a few of my players make the all star team.
I believe 2k will do this, cause like you said everything in the all star weeend is included in some other mode is some form.

[misterkrabz]

I wish the NBA All-Star weekend was MIA in real life. They could make the NFL Pro Bowl "MIA" as well IMO. Those are two events that are literally unwatchable. However, it could translate to a fun video game (3 point comp. and dunk comp)....do they still do those in real life? I honestly don't know.

[MarvellousOne]

I agree completely with this article and feel it's way overdue also. Would be nice to get the jersey setup right also...when was the last time the rookie/sophomore game was played in the stupid T-mobile uniforms that 2K has...they have been playing with there original team jersey's for a few years now and that has yet to be updated. I really like the part about options, we should be given not only an option to correct the all-star teams (which there should be a prompt asking if you like to do so or not) but also we should be given an option of what city will the events should take place, maybe a prompt at the beginning of the year in an association mode that way during your season as it nears all-star weekend the commentators can start hyping it up and presentation can start popping up about it.

[VDusen04]

Quote: Originally Posted by MarvellousOne

I agree completely with this article and feel it's way overdue also. Would be nice to get the jersey setup right also...when was the last time the rookie/sophomore game was played in the stupid T-mobile uniforms that 2K has...they have been playing with there original team jersey's for a few years now and that has yet to be updated. I really like the part about options, we should be given not only an option to correct the all-star teams (which there should be a prompt asking if you like to do so or not) but also we should be given an option of what city will the events should take place, maybe a prompt at the beginning of the year in an association mode that way during your season as it nears all-star weekend the commentators can start hyping it up and presentation can start popping up about it.

Great idea about the city prompt. Even if the All-Star game does feel special in year one of the Association, a lot of that special feeling is zapped the following year by playing in the same exact location with the same exact jerseys. The ability to choose new locations would add a ton to the replay value of the weekend.

My longstanding idea has been to randomize the All-Star locations and arenas year by year of Association. I'd then suggest creating generic "All-Star" logos for each subsequent year. Instead of "All-Star Orlando 2012" it's just be "All-Star 2014". I picture them looking like the create-a-team logos, but obviously varied and based with stars. At worst, I'd suggest just one generic "All-Star" logo and court for each subsequent All-Star year and location.

Regarding jerseys, in a creative dreamworld, the ability to design one's own All-Star jerseys would be top of the line. However, I think a quick-fix for the variable All-Star jerseys would be to include a significant lineup of retro All-Star uniforms (like NHL2K used to provide). This would give us the ability to at least change things up year to year, not to mention I wouldn't mind bringing back those San Antonio duds.

[10yard-Fight]

@ Matthew Coe, since when can you do the 3 point shootout and slam dunk contest on the street ball courts on nba2k12? You must own a different version of 2k12 then me, because that is not present in my version of the game.

And to my knowledge EA bought the rights to "All Star Weekend" a few years back so 2k wouldn't be able to use that in their franchise mode anyway...

[10yard-Fight]

Quote: Originally Posted by 10yard-Fight

@ Matthew Coe, since when can you do the 3 point shootout and slam dunk contest on the street ball courts on nba2k12? You must own a different version of 2k12 then me, because that is not present in my version of the game. And to my knowledge EA bought the rights to "All Star Weekend" a few years back so 2k wouldn't be able to use that in their franchise mode anyway...

you must own a different version than me... not then me. the grammar gods show no remorse sometimes... had to fix that

[VDusen04]

Quote: Originally Posted by 10yard-Fight

And to my knowledge EA bought the rights to "All Star Weekend" a few years back so 2k wouldn't be able to use that in their franchise mode anyway...

I just saw an old thread on this topic get bumped back up around here a few days ago. I stated there what I've said for a long time: It seems somewhere along the lines an assumption was made by someone that EA bought the rights to All-Star Weekend. Then, once it was assumed enough, everyone began stating it as fact. However, I've never found such an assumption to make sense.

If EA did own the All-Star Weekend rights, I would never understand how 2K could have provided an official All-Star Game with All-Star ballots, Jerseys, Official Logos, and Courts. Further, I couldn't see how 2K would have had the right to re-create the T-Mobile Rookie/Sophomore game. Moreover, I also could never see how EA could own All-Star Saturday even (assuming those right were somehow separate) yet still allow 2K to run an officially named "Sprite Slam Dunk Contest" where the only thing missing, really, was the correct arena setting.

Also, I never truly believed the NBA would go exclusive on a set of days. I feel it'd be like 2K buying up the exclusive right to the NBA Draft, forcing EA to call there version "The 2012 Player Selection Dispersal, hosted by Daniel Stern".

I mean, I could be wrong. It's just, through the years, with no source on this topic from anywhere, the EA All-Star exclusivity rumor seems to make zero sense.

[Pared]

People say they want this... only to say that it was a waste of time and they shouldn't have spent time doing this after the game is released.

The same people that hammer the developers for spending time on classic teams are the same one that would want this... and then complain about the main game.

How about they work on providing all the things they promise in a game first? Working online association with updated rosters on a schedule, gameplay that has balance, etc.