Just had a rare occurrence in MyNBA: A bench player hit an 18-foot jumper on a potential All-NBA Defender to end the first quarter; how did he react? He was composed and professional, after all, it was the end of the first quarter and there was a lot of game left to play. I have not checked the player to see if he has a "Neutral" personality or whatever the subdued one is below that. Could be a matter of adjusting all personalities to "zero" to get professionalism, while "Neutral" and "Expressive" ... Read More
Google Chrome and Google Ads have made connecting to many of my bookmarks difficult. Many sites including this one, slow down or stop, due to conflicts. I do not know if the problem is on Google's end, or the webmasters' end through ineptitude or lack of clarity by Google on using the ads. What is funny: I have little to no problem connecting to porn sites. I have always said, as a society, we vote every day with dollars; whatever the hive mind of society deems important functions efficiently and ... Read More
Google Chrome and Google Ads have made connecting to many of my bookmarks difficult. Many sites including this one, slow down or stop, due to conflicts. I do not know if the problem is on Google's end, or the webmasters' end through ineptitude or lack of clarity by Google on using the ads. What is funny: I have little to no problem connecting to porn sites. I have always said, as a society, we vote every day with dollars; whatever the hive mind of society deems important functions efficiently and ... Read More
Sunday morning routine: Sipping coffee, with ESPN NFL Gameday playing in the next room; no fantasy research or line-up finalization; my team got shook and took partly due to injuries, partly due to miscalculating QB free-fall during the dynasty draft; another story, another time.
Highlight music playing on NFL Gameday? That iconic ESPN football highlight music used in NFL 2K5 when Chris Berman would narrate halftime highlights. As I have watched modern companies over the years attempt ... Read More
Initially, 2K badges and MyLeague (now MyNBA) did not go well together. The heavy-handed badges took much of the basketball strategy and nuance out of 2K because Attributes were deemphasized. Upon introduction, Mike Wang in an interview envisioned badges contributing mightily to, the game within the game, team-building. Early iterations left me cursing as the AI would lose its mind and realistic games were ruined by arcade-like badge-fests. In the early years, it made better sense to disable the ... Read More
JxmyHiroller's essays are a regular part of my YouTube basketball diet. A couple of years ago he pointed to a possible correlation between landing on one straightened leg after a dunk and knee injuries among NBA players. Now he has further food for thought on injuries in the modern NBA. In NBA 2K8, I played with the Injury slider at 100. I got an incredibly accurate total number of players on my league injury list total; if I recall correctly it was somewhere between sixty and eighty, which would ... Read More
Just completed a massive dragon fight in Skyrim. I have a mod running that increases the number and lethality of the dragons attacking as they, as a faction of sorts, become "pissed" at your character taking out their faction members. I had just finished a couple of missions near Riften and was full of loot that needed upgrading and selling for mounds of gold septims that presented the opportunity to train my character and upgrade equipment, much like MyPlayer.
I entered, dapping everybody, glad to meet and share a meal once again. Everything looked great and smelled even better. Then without warning, the host laid a gigantic turd in the middle of the dining table. Once again, I am stuck at this stupid screen as I was a few months ago after an update (see graphic below).
I do not get what VC does for MyNBA. Almost from inception, I have collected 100,000 or more coins playing MyLeague or MyNBA only to not cash them in. I am not interested ... Read More
There are several basketball statistics that could potentially relate to a player's future potential, including:
Points per game (PPG): This measures a player's ability to score points and is often used as a key metric for evaluating offensive performance.
Rebounds per game (RPG): This measures a player's ability to grab rebounds and secure possession of the ball for their team, which is an important part of both offensive and defensive ... Read More
...or how the gaming landscape evolved to its present state. Surprise, surprise, it has always been about the money. I have not seen that as a problem in forty years of video gaming: Development teams have to eat and pay bills. It is the marketing teams that screw everybody: This gives a little context. It is a little long, so listen while playing a game.
