NBA 2K16 Developer Blog - MyLEAGUE, MyLEAGUE Online, MyGM & More

[daystew]

This news is essentially a dream come true for me. Been obsessed with mod options forever. The potential to completely recreate, say, the 1993 NBA Season with accurate courts and jerseys...I would call into work for a week.

[cthurt]

Quote: Originally Posted by TarHeelPhenom

This is the type of info that makes you just shut down playing 2k15 for the remainder. I mean, no need whatsoever to continue playing because 2k16 will be so drastically different. Other companies should take notes. VC is as hot as a pistol.

I agree, and we still haven't seen a gameplay trailer yet, so hopefully things will only get better from here.

[lgxjames]

I just don't get it! How do you guys GET IT so much?!

[Taer]

First, no disrespect intended or offense either. You have some legitimate concerns but mixed in with those are unrealistic expectations.

Let's go into your complaint about the name chosen for this year's mode.

Quote: Originally Posted by amedawg00

... Tell me taer; with all due respect; when a mode is given the identical name as a pre existing mode that is tangibly defined as a fully featured offline franchise mode, would it be such a leap to surmise or expect the equivalent, aside from the offline/online components?

Yes. It is an unreasonable leap to surmise or expect the equivalent.

I think we all can start with the following:

Quote: Originally Posted by Aviator S

What does this all matter if it does not WORK? The main problem here has been the online infrastructure.

Simmballer practically lays it all out, saying they wanted to implement and release what worked within the architecture they have. It is much more realistic to expect a mode that works. In the past, 2K has received criticism, rightly, that their online mode failed to work. Re-establishing an online league mode within the game that works is the main focus. At this point in development, the most important thing is to establish credibility and that means deploying code and script that works.

Going forward, they can work on their feature schedule, overcoming problems and then implementing and deploying those features in future years, only when they work.

If this is not enough, 2K has already set precedent with MyPlayer - online and offline being tied together with a common name but entirely different experiences between the two.

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All I'm saying is that the naming of the mode was entirely misleading and unnecessary.

We disagree.

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Again, naming convention aside, the majority of us that hooped regardless of the broken 2k15 OLs with work arounds now have more tools to work with than last year because of what you may call "complaining", and yet we call "constructive criticism." Hell....didn't Simballer himself ask for our feedback with regards to the very mode that he detailed in the blog? ... That shouldn't preclude us from providing feedback that offline heads have given and thus culminated in them getting the motherlode that OA heads erroneously anticipated due to the orwellian double speak of naming a mode "myleague online" when it has little resemblance to the more robust "myleague offline."

You chose words that have charged emotional triggers associated with them. Orwellian and double-speak have a very negative connotation implying intentional lying.

Reading this blog, I saw more plain-speaking and almost borderline frank discussion from Simmballer that I immediately thought of the suits chewing his butt out ... I'm surprised there hasn't been some walk-back put out on Twitter or Facebook by LD2K or Ronnie to cover their butt.

What should be the takeaway is: The goal of Simmballer's team is to bring the off-line experience to the online community. They are not there yet but they are providing you with the biggest roadmap they can possibly use to show you where they want to accomplish.

Once the game is released and you have had time to digest everything maybe you can start a thread like 23 linked earlier which the offliners consolidated their criticisms, suggestions and wishes. My expectations, based on the last few years of threads that all of this will be scattered everywhere and anywhere, even in threads dealing exclusively with other things.

[City_foxx]

Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy

Dear other sports titles, Please read this blog. Thank you! Sincerely, Sports Gamers Everywhere -- This is absolutely amazing! Absolutely amazing! They did all of this in one development cycle. Wow! Kudos to the team and I can't wait for September 25th to arrive. In fact, I'm going to start searching for the game early tonight. And I cannot wait to move the Indiana Pacers to Louisville.

Wait what? No pro team in indiana? Thats like basketball blasphemy. Take the 76'ers or somthing their fans wont mind

[Jrocc23]

Quote: Originally Posted by MarkWilliam

Man it feels like 1 year is not enough time to get sunk into all this stuff! And that's not mentioning the other stuff either......(but feel free to put out another game next year 2K......).

I agree. I wish 2K could take a year off based off how good this game sounds.

[Goffs]

So weekly dev blogs till release? It'd be like the old days....

[vannwolfhawk]

Quote: Originally Posted by 23

Cant wait to see the created stuff people put out there as fsr as unis and stadiums.

For sure! What would be cool is if you could share this stuff too! Maybe that's in maybe it's not but I know there's way more innovative and creative people than me out there that would get the uniforms, courts, etc looking perfect! I hope these can be shared somehow in 2k share?! :-)