NBA 2K13 Screenshot Captures Kevin Durant's Signature Skills

[RyanFitzmagic]

Quote: Originally Posted by mymannemcee

Let's be real. Ratings have meant absolutely nothing in 2K games for a few years. You will meet people online that can close out a game with Luke Walton or turn into Hakeem in the 95 Finals with Omer Asik. No cheese. No spin moves all the time. Straight tactics. How do you explain that when it happens?

Terrible defense. I'm challenging anyone, right now, cheeser or not, to try to do anything like that to me. I guarantee it won't work.

Quote: Originally Posted by mymannemcee

It's for people that go "GORAN DRAGIC CAN'T DO THAT IN REAL LIFE! ARE YOU SERIOUS?!"...and then look at the signature skill and at least provide context. It's not just a new way for superstars to thrive and for players to expose that.

It's funny that you used Dragic as your example, since Dragic lit up one of the best defensive teams in the league during the post-season, while playing for the Suns in 2010.

[mymannemcee]

See what you just did?

You took defense into your own hands and knew that there's no way those two scenarios are happening to you as long as you're the one defending. That's my exact point. That's what everyone should do instead of just giving into this weird theory that no matter what they do, exploits and advantages will succeed over their own will.

I wish there were more people on this board with your mindset that aren't too lazy to just man up and play smart defense.

Even if these signature skills create a higher probability for some players over others to separate the amazing players from the role players, there's always a way to stop someone or something.

[RyanFitzmagic]

Quote: Originally Posted by mymannemcee

Even if these signature skills create a higher probability for some players over others to separate the amazing players from the role players, there's always a way to stop someone or something.

That doesn't make it logical.

[mymannemcee]

Quote: Originally Posted by RyanFitzmagic

That doesn't make it logical.

Hearing complaints that "anyone in the game could have a 20 point night if they're used right, that's not realistic" was probably the scenario that 2K took into consideration when making these thirty skills. Seems logical to me.

What would you do hearing that complaint from your constant players of your game? Just adjust ratings?

[RyanFitzmagic]

Quote: Originally Posted by mymannemcee

Hearing complaints that "anyone in the game could have a 20 point night if they're used right, that's not realistic" was probably the scenario that 2K took into consideration when making these thirty skills. Seems logical to me. What would you do hearing that complaint from your constant players of your game? Just adjust ratings?

Uh... yeah. If you give up a 20-point game to Hasheem Thabeet, that's your fault, unless the game is unbalanced in some way.

[MasterofBBall]

Quote: Originally Posted by RyanFitzmagic

Kobe (even though he's overrated), Jordan, LeBron, etc., are great players in the clutch because they're great players period. It's up to the user/CPU to get the ball to those players in the best possible position to succeed in the clutch. There's no magical ability in real life to hit shots with a certain amount of time on the game clock.

GIVE ME PROOF that Kobe is overrated. the sig skills are to make these superstars stand out. like why shouldnt he, or Durant be hitting more game winners or heating up quicker than average players? That's what they do. There's a reason you give the ball to these players in the first place. Something called Pressure is the reason why great players aren't worse in the clutch as you so asininely stated. It's not magic, its heart. Ask Michael Jordan

[mymannemcee]

Quote: Originally Posted by RyanFitzmagic

Uh... yeah. If you give up a 20-point game to Hasheem Thabeet, that's your fault, unless the game is unbalanced in some way.

Well thankfully for you, you can make that decision and that statement. Meanwhile, if 2K released that statement verbatim, it would be the same complaints for an entire 365 days about how 2K games aren't real because "Thabeet can drop 20 this is so fake oh my god improve defense how can he do this to me" and whatnot.

Guess we'll see the other skills are that aren't offense related, because apparently, those are the ones that have people the most worried. Haven't seen one complaint about the defensive ones yet.

[RyanFitzmagic]

Quote: Originally Posted by MasterofBBall

GIVE ME PROOF that Kobe is overrated. the sig skills are to make these superstars stand out. like why shouldnt he, or Durant be hitting more game winners or heating up quicker than average players? That's what they do. There's a reason you give the ball to these players in the first place. Something called Pressure is the reason why great players aren't worse in the clutch as you so asininely stated. It's not magic, its heart. Ask Michael Jordan

Chill out, bro.

http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/pos...in-crunch-time

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/4...yer-in-the-nba

http://chasing23.com/the-myth-of-playoff-kobe/

Quote: Originally Posted by mymannemcee

Well thankfully for you, you can make that decision and that statement. Meanwhile, if 2K released that statement verbatim, it would be the same complaints for an entire 365 days about how 2K games aren't real because "Thabeet can drop 20 this is so fake oh my god improve defense how can he do this to me" and whatnot.

Um... it's 2K's job to make the game balanced so that good defense will stop Thabeet. If he scores 20 on you and the person doesn't cheese, THAT'S YOUR FAULT.

2K already catered to people who suck by implementing lock-on defense. We don't need scrubs dictating what goes in and out of the game anymore.