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

[tsbmolina]

Quote: Originally Posted by SimBaller

Hi folks, In hindsight, I don't think I did a good job of eloquently explaining why MyLEAGUE Online is what it is, and how it came to be in 2K16. About 5 years ago, I made a strong push to management to give me the resources to provide a fully featured online franchise mode, which later came to be known as The Association: Online. Ambitious, and by-and-large, it worked. Sure, there were some quirks or design decisions that people didn't like (e.g. the moving window of advancement). Once that project was complete, my team and I moved on to other areas of the game. Having watched Online Leagues in NBA 2K14 and NBA 2K15 falter (for lack of a better word), I went back to management very early this year and told them I would be taking over the online league experience once again. This wasn't up for debate. To be fair, the people at VC that worked on this mode the last two years did a very admirable job, they just didn't have the experienced resources needed to deliver the proper experience you guys were craving. Those guys were hungry this year to right the ship. I loved seeing it. For NBA 2K16, we combined our resource pools, which gave us the opportunity for me to allocate some of my more specialized and experienced engineers on this project. One such engineer, Brad, spent the majority of his year coming up with a completely new server-based architecture that is the heart and soul of NBA 2K16's MyLEAGUE Online feature. This brings me to my main point for writing this. I've seen a few mentions (and about 12 of the same post from ataman (oh snap!)) and assumptions of this being the same mode as last year with potentially x and y feature added. This really couldn't be further from the truth. This is a completely new experience built with an all-new backend driving it. Gosh knows it won't be 100% perfect (though we certainly hope it is), but you do have my word that we will give you 110% until it is. We'll work through anything that comes up. Heck, Leftos won't sleep until issues are resolved. Brad is the same way. You guys got the 'A' team supporting you at this point; these are some of the brightest guys in the industry. I played last year's Online Leagues pretty heavily. MyLEAGUE Online isn't last year's leagues. It may not have the offseason you covet, but it does contain the features that make MyLEAGUE such a special experience. You will be able to (and I can't believe some of these weren't there last year, sorry): Make Rotational adjustments Implement Gameplans (and everything that comes with that) Utilize custom playbooks Adjust gameplay sliders (at the admin level) Adjust MyLEAGUE-specific sliders like Trade Negotiation Difficulty (at the admin level) Custom Roster support Control everything as an admin (trade approval, force winners, force losers, reset games, etc. etc. etc.) I see people mention things like, "did they fix the bug about being able to rejoin the league once you leave?" To that, I say no. No, we didn't because this an entirely new experience. That bug never existed in this experience. Unfortunately, time IS a factor when you release an annual title. It's not an excuse I use, because it is my problem, not yours. You want (and deserve) the universe. That being said, I'm tremendously proud of the people who managed to create an all-new online league foundation (that will serve us well as new features are added) while simultaneously making what I think is probably the biggest single year jump in our franchise in a long time. Lastly, I truly appreciate the discussion taking place within this thread regarding MyLEAGUE Online. I'm not one to shy away from a solid discussion or get my feelings hurt because someone doesn't like the way something isn't done. While this is business, this is my passion. This is the same for Leftos, Dave Z, Brad, and everyone else that played a major part in these modes. We WANT to hear your thoughts on what we're adding (or not adding if the case may be). At the end of the day, if it's not abundantly clear even after reading the "Little Things" section of my blog post...We've got your best interests at heart. Enjoy the mode(s) this year.

SimBaller, the best the is, the best there was, the best there ever will be. You are the man, Woooo!

[tsbmolina]

Quote: Originally Posted by 23

Can't remember where I saw it, maybe the Harden video I saw something I've never seen in 2k before. On the scorers table scroller I saw "Mitchell & Ness" If I guess right, they have some retro unis in the game... that's all M&N makes

I think your on to something here's the official site https://www.mitchellandness.com/jerseys/s/nba?limit=100

[sawilson1]

Will we able to to change teams in the middle of our league?

[Jstache83]

Love automation feature for 30 team control. I have one question. If you control one team in MyLeague can you switch to another at anytime??? In other words if i use the player lock feature and he gets traded or sign to another team can I switch to other team if i choose only one team to control???

[VDusen04]

Quote: Originally Posted by 23

Can't remember where I saw it, maybe the Harden video I saw something I've never seen in 2k before. On the scorers table scroller I saw "Mitchell & Ness" If I guess right, they have some retro unis in the game... that's all M&N makes

Hasn't Mitchell & Ness been loosely affiliated with 2K for a few years now? Or at least in & out? One way or another, 2K's really rounded out their retro jersey options over the years (unless some got lost on the switch over to next gen). I used to be jealous of NBA Live's retro jersey choices (seemed like they had every jersey possible in 2005) but 2K's made some great strides there.

Still wouldn't mind seeing the Sunblast Suns jerseys (besides the black alternate) and the pre-'95-'96 Sonics.

[Mattuf1]

This is how you do franchise mode.

[deetoman]

Speaking of team relocation, does anyone have the website with all the made up teams? I remember seeing it and it had a bunch of jerseys, arenas and color schemes.

[rjohns23]

Read the blog but did not read all the pages (on here) but I just got a couple of questions for anyone that may have more info, myleague offline specific:

1) I know we can relocate teams but can we just change the jerseys (color, logo) anytime we want or do we have to do a relocation of the team to access this feature? I want to control all 30 teams but change jerseys every so often with specific teams every couple of years without moving the teams. Also, I wonder will the CPU relocate and change jerseys on its on.

2) does anyone know which features we will be able to control on the 30 team control? For example, my biggest gripe with the 30 team control is that you don't see any trades because it's like you are trading with yourself. Hopefully, there is a feature in that allows teams to trade among each other. The only thing I want to control on 30 team league is the rotations.

3) can we determine whic direction we want each team to be? ( rebuilding, contender,etc...) especially if we are doing 30 team control? Or is it an algorithm of some sort. It will be cool if we can change either before the season starts or anytime we want.

4) I know they got all his new and updated sim cast stuff but PLEASE if anyone knows.... Did they bring back coach mode?? Like years before?

I love the direction 2k is going. If they got these things in the game, this will bring up the replay value from season to season for me (myleague) It's hard for me to play after 2 seasons because it gets stale, but if they address these things my wife may be mad at me lol