NBA 2K14: My GM Interview, Hands-On Impressions, More! (Next-Gen)

[Rasco11]

Everytime i hear MyGM now I'm picturing a dude sitting in his office with camo cargo pants, a cardigan, and stars shaved in his head interviewing potential assistant coaches and scouts. I can't be the only one struggling with this!

On the flip-side, maybe i'll just create Donald Trump, fire everyone, and conversly head to "the park" with my next gen comb over flowing in the breeze...

?!? I'm just ready for the dang game to come out. Some of these features are still way too ambiguous and vague, even after a press event?!? Still confused if my mind is supposed to be blown yet, or not?!?

[TheBuddyHobbs]

In real life you can only control one team. So that is as sim as it gets. This mode is what sim is all about. It brings life to the game. In my opinion it gives it a lot more replay ability. This is only the first year with it. We are just scratching the surface. I can't wait to see how they expand on this in the years to come. Don't say you are a sim gamer then complain you can't control all 30 teams. That isn't realistic. Besides I'm sure they will add the ability to control all 30 teams next year because they know that's what a lot of people want. It's a brand new game and a brand new mode. It takes time guys. As far as getting fired maybe they have an option to turn it off. We just don't know everything yet. Let's wait and see before we get all worked up.

[Sundown]

Sheesh. People have asked for Association to get some love and finally when it gets some SERIOUS, SERIOUS love, they fly off the handle and assume the worst.

Sure, 2K hasn't talked about changes they've asked for. Yes, MyGM has story elements to it-- but it will likely make Association *more* popular, and if it becomes 2K's other main mode other than MyPlayer, it *will* draw attention to its bugs and flaws and it *will* receive attention under the hood. Hopefully.

Association guys got more love through MyGM than Crew this year.

Just think about that for a moment.

[atc43]

After watching that video....

This right here is what Connected Careers should have been in madden...2k is doing this the right way it seems.

Just please for the love of god keep XP type stuff out of this Visual Concepts. But if you must at least make sure the premise makes sense and is realistic.

[cthurt]

Quote: Originally Posted by lakers24

Two things: 1. GM's hire the coaches so they do have some pull when it comes to that sort of thing 2. The mode only makes sense as MyGM not MyCoach. Do coaches make all the trades, and do contract negotiations? Nope, it's a GM that does that and if I remember correctly most of what happens in association is modeled after being a GM so....

1. GM hires the coach to make coaching decisions correct???...other then that why have a coach at all....And my point is let the gm handle the things you stated in your 2nd point instead of doing the job of every one on the staff.

[Sundown]

Quote: Originally Posted by lakers24

Two things: 1. GM's hire the coaches so they do have some pull when it comes to that sort of thing 2. The mode only makes sense as MyGM not MyCoach. Do coaches make all the trades, and do contract negotiations? Nope, it's a GM that does that and if I remember correctly most of what happens in association is modeled after being a GM so....

He's right that GM's don't manage minutes though. They should have just called it MyAssociation, but they're really stuck on the MySomeone moniker, which I think is kind of corny really.

[lakers24]

Quote: Originally Posted by cthurt

1. GM hires the coach to make coaching decisions correct???...other then that why have a coach at all....And my point is let the gm handle the things you stated in your 2nd point instead of doing the job of every one on the staff.

Well that is why I said he has SOME say so. Do you play MyPlayer? If so, was it that big of a deal that your player went to talk to the gm about playing time and the GM would say he'd talk to the coach? It's as close as they should push it.
In old association you handle rotations, player roles, minutes etc. basically as GM anyway so what is the problem now?

[lakers24]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sundown

He's right that GM's don't manage minutes though. They should have just called it MyAssociation, but they're really stuck on the MySomeone moniker, which I think is kind of corny really.

Even as MyAssociation it still has my in it so people would complain. I don't like the "My" agenda either but it is what it is. But as stated in my previous post, this is the position that is as close to what association already was.