NBA 2K13 Video - Developer Insight #4: MyCareer

[@ Lanc City]

I have a way 2k can appeal to both sides, sim and casual:

We should choose résumés:

Top Pick
Top 5
Lottery
Mid to late 1st Round
2nd Round
Undrafted

Each résumé would have age, class, college or euro stats, strengths and weaknesses, NBA comparisons, personality, etc.

Next:

Hire Agent
Buy apartment (not a fan, but with the new stuff, can’t see why not)
Hire Trainer- Workout in preparation for Draft

Then (all in accurate order):

Portsmouth- is the 64 senior draft prospects, looking to improve draft stock. PIT is an 8-team, 12-game tournament held over a four-day period. April 11th to April 14th. Jimmy Butler, Landry Fields, and Jeremy Lin are some alum.
(Résumé, seniors 2nd round and undrafted)

NBA Draft Combine- in reality it’s the interviews, measurements, and athletic testing. The combine is drill based, there are no scrimmages. June 6th to 8th in Chicago.
(Résumé Top 60 best prospects, both international and college)

Euro Camp- Three day camp, internationals only, top prospect going through measurements, drills, daily scrimmages, and daily cumulative all star games.
(Euros)

Pre draft workouts- Every prospect with a shot at the NBA workouts for teams with interest. Doing various drills assigned. Coaching staff, management, and scouts are all there.
(Every Résumé)

All these events really exist, unlike the showcase thing.

Summer League- Not optional, unless injury.
(Every Résumé)

D-League- If you get assigned, you go.
(Every Résumé)

Training camp
(Every Résumé)


*Top picks choose to participate in the combine. Users who have no interest, you'd get measured at the combine, but your agent would say the my player (you) will only participate in team workouts. Just like real top picks and lotteries do.

[mannyblackquiao]

Quote: Originally Posted by MoGotti

LOL@Ronnie for being 99 ovr but still 6th man on the clipps, must not be treating players right if he gettin no burn on the court lmao...

i thought i was the only who noticed that hahahahaha

[yungmac1]

So nobody noticed Peter O'Keefe promoting your billboard At the 2:25 mark. I hope we have a revamped Halftime and PostGame

[VDusen04]

Quote: Originally Posted by magicman32

IMO, yes it does. The draw back to the Combine, Summer League etc. is it's a longer process for those that want create multiple players or start their My player over. I didn't mind the process at all and it brought a sense of realism to the mode.

It'd be nice if players could select a career path at the start, in terms of working their way through the Combine and Summer League or just jumping right in after the Rookie Showcase. I also felt MyPlayer lost a bit of its immersion with the removal of some of its initial features. With that said, I did find them to be repetitive at times, but I felt that could be changed and improved without too much of a makeover.

For starters, I'd have made the D-League fully editable (if player rights could not be attained). I thought playing in the D-League was a great experience but a major downfall was largely playing against generics. Even if that meant my teammates were largely made up of guys like Robert Vaden and Drew Neitzel (user created versions of them, if nothing else) the 2K D-League would have been absolutely legit. For me, authenticity is authenticity.

In terms of Summer League, some authentic and varied venues would have gone a long way in terms of immersion. Rocky Mountain Revue, Vegas, Orlando... knowing your destination would vary depending upon where you were drafted, that'd add a lot. Further, a more variable crowd and commentary would have also helped things feel fresh and unique.

Basically, I do think that portion of MyPlayer dragged a little bit, but only because it needed a little TLC. I thought it had potential to be pretty awesome. Even as it was, getting the call-up to the NBA was pretty awesome.

[AirTeezy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jesus White

we need more voices

Lol its weird seeing Ronnie's player with a black voice

[2K Labs]

I see concern about 99 rating at year 3. Obviously he just 'cheated' it up....but won't everybody have their own development pace this year? If someone can earn upgrade credits in any mode, isn't it conceivable people could upgrade their MyPlayer to 99 before ever even starting MyCareer?

[qbdaprizzle]

Quote: Originally Posted by @ Lanc City

I have a way 2k can appeal to both sides, sim and casual: We should choose résumés: Top Pick Top 5 Lottery Mid to late 1st Round 2nd Round Undrafted Each résumé would have age, class, college or euro stats, strengths and weaknesses, NBA comparisons, personality, etc. Next: Hire Agent Buy apartment (not a fan, but with the new stuff, can’t see why not) Hire Trainer- Workout in preparation for Draft Then (all in accurate order): Portsmouth- is the 64 senior draft prospects, looking to improve draft stock. PIT is an 8-team, 12-game tournament held over a four-day period. April 11th to April 14th. Jimmy Butler, Landry Fields, and Jeremy Lin are some alum. (Résumé, seniors 2nd round and undrafted) NBA Draft Combine- in reality it’s the interviews, measurements, and athletic testing. The combine is drill based, there are no scrimmages. June 6th to 8th in Chicago. (Résumé Top 60 best prospects, both international and college) Euro Camp- Three day camp, internationals only, top prospect going through measurements, drills, daily scrimmages, and daily cumulative all star games. (Euros) Pre draft workouts- Every prospect with a shot at the NBA workouts for teams with interest. Doing various drills assigned. Coaching staff, management, and scouts are all there. (Every Résumé) All these events really exist, unlike the showcase thing. Summer League- Not optional, unless injury. (Every Résumé) D-League- If you get assigned, you go. (Every Résumé) Training camp (Every Résumé) *Top picks choose to participate in the combine. Users who have no interest, you'd get measured at the combine, but your agent would say the my player (you) will only participate in team workouts. Just like real top picks and lotteries do.

this was really good

[lavy23]

Quote: Originally Posted by JasonWilliams55

3:08-3:15 ish Talking about VC (virtual currency) "when your playing online, this is the currency to purchase attributes/sig skills for your player..." (not an exact quote, somewhat paraphrased) So... what does that mean? Is this a possible hint/slip at the ability to take your MyCareer player online?

It already came out that online pick up (blacktop) games are returning... likely what they were hinting at.