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NBA 2K9 Demoted To D-League for Poor Online Performance

11:06 AM - October 23, 2008 by RaychelSnr

NBA 2K9 may very well be the best game to come out this year. But just as with this season's crop of college football teams, even the best seem to have some major flaws. Check out Jayson Young's article: NBA 2K9 Demoted to D-League For Poor Online Performance and then be sure leave your own feedback!

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	"We�re only a few weeks into the virtual season, but already, NBA 2K9�s online meltdown has earned itself a spot in the NBDL. There's a chance the online issues will cause some gamers to give up the game completely, but signs of server stability are at least a sign that the real NBA 2K9 is trying to shine through. Either way, surely nobody could have anticipated that this first-round pick, so full of potential, would fall so far so quickly during the launch period."

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# 21 -DaVe- @ 10/23/08 05:21 PM

Hopefully simballer and his cronies take a looksie at this article.

# 22 RunN1st @ 10/23/08 05:43 PM

I think they flatout ran out of time to polish the game.

# 23 walliworld @ 10/23/08 06:32 PM

Bring back the FEEBACK system... I'm tired of playing quitters!

# 24 nickelplaydit @ 10/23/08 07:06 PM

nothing but the facts ..its on you on you now 2k

# 25 jyoung @ 10/23/08 07:10 PM

For all the guys talking about the inconsistencies between this article and the NBA 2K9 review, just remember that those articles are two different opinions from two different OS writers.

# 26 pilonv1 @ 10/23/08 08:05 PM

That shot chart makes me weep, I see ones like that all the time

# 27 Brooklynnets24 @ 10/23/08 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by D16NJD16


	Who cares about online play, maybe the reason 2k9 is such a great game is because they didnt focus on that crap, and focused on the gameplay.

idk maybe the people who play online?

# 28 marc68 @ 10/23/08 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by D16NJD16


	Who cares about online play, maybe the reason 2k9 is such a great game is because they didnt focus on that crap, and focused on the gameplay.

Evidently, there are people out there who spend $60.00 on a sports game JUST to play online.....

# 29 qnzballa5 @ 10/23/08 11:41 PM

LOL AT DA PERSON WHO SAID WHO CARES ABOUT ONLINE PLAY LMAO. I DONT KNOW ABOUT HIM... WELL I DO KNOW ABOUT HIM N OTHERS. THEY JUST PLAY DIS GAME FOR OFFLINE. WELL IIGHT DATS FINE FOR YOU OFFLINE PLAYERS WHO ENJOY ON JUST PLAYING THE CPU ALL DAY. N YEA ITS COOL TO PLAY AGAINST UR FRIENDS IN REAL LIFE AT DA CRIB...... BUT

IM AN ONLINE GUY, I LOVE COMPETITION, YEA THERES ALOT OF SO CALLED CHEESERS WHO MESS UP THE GAME ONLINE. BUT THE MAJORITY OF IT ARE GOOD PLAYERS. N I LOVE PLAYING ONLINE ON XBOX LIVE AGAINST OTHER HUMAN BALLERS.

NOW I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS ON 2KSPORTS.COM/FORUMS BUT THEY JUST IGNORANT WITH THEIR ADMIN RON GUY IS A JOKE TALKING ABOUT KEEPING THE RANKED LOBBIES OUT CUZ OF THE INTEGREITY LMAO...

LISTEN ONLINE FOR 2K9 IS TRASH, I WISH I COULD GET MY 60 DOLLARS BACK FO REAL. 3 WEEKS INTO DIS GAME ONLINE N I STILL CANT GET SOME CONSISTENT GAMES FRO 5 ON 5 GAMES GOING. DA RANDOM TEAMS WITH RANDOM PLAYERS IS TRASH.

NO RANKED LOBBIES IS TRASH, BRING BACK THE RANK LOBBIES. MAKE IT FOR HALLOFFAME. SCREW THIS ALLSTAR EZ LEVEL.

EVERY OTHER YEAR WE GOT TO SEE OUR OPPONENT FEEDBACK,VIP,OR LEAST THEIR CONNECTION BARS. THIS YEAR??? THEY FORCE US TO PLAY ALL DA CHEESRS WHICH SHOWS ME 2K IS LAZY. THEIR PATCH BETTA BRING BACK ALL OF THIS STUFF OR IM DONE WITH 2K SADLY

# 30 marc68 @ 10/23/08 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by qnzballa5


	LOL AT DA PERSON WHO SAID WHO CARES ABOUT ONLINE PLAY LMAO. I DONT KNOW ABOUT HIM... WELL I DO KNOW ABOUT HIM N OTHERS. THEY JUST PLAY DIS GAME FOR OFFLINE. WELL IIGHT DATS FINE FOR YOU OFFLINE PLAYERS WHO ENJOY ON JUST PLAYING THE CPU ALL DAY. N YEA ITS COOL TO PLAY AGAINST UR FRIENDS IN REAL LIFE AT DA CRIB...... BUT IM AN ONLINE GUY, I LOVE COMPETITION, YEA THERES ALOT OF SO CALLED CHEESERS WHO MESS UP THE GAME ONLINE. BUT THE MAJORITY OF IT ARE GOOD PLAYERS. N I LOVE PLAYING ONLINE ON XBOX LIVE AGAINST OTHER HUMAN BALLERS. NOW I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS ON 2KSPORTS.COM/FORUMS BUT THEY JUST IGNORANT WITH THEIR ADMIN RON GUY IS A JOKE TALKING ABOUT KEEPING THE RANKED LOBBIES OUT CUZ OF THE INTEGREITY LMAO... LISTEN ONLINE FOR 2K9 IS TRASH, I WISH I COULD GET MY 60 DOLLARS BACK FO REAL. 3 WEEKS INTO DIS GAME ONLINE N I STILL CANT GET SOME CONSISTENT GAMES FRO 5 ON 5 GAMES GOING. DA RANDOM TEAMS WITH RANDOM PLAYERS IS TRASH. NO RANKED LOBBIES IS TRASH, BRING BACK THE RANK LOBBIES. MAKE IT FOR HALLOFFAME. SCREW THIS ALLSTAR EZ LEVEL. EVERY OTHER YEAR WE GOT TO SEE OUR OPPONENT FEEDBACK,VIP,OR LEAST THEIR CONNECTION BARS. THIS YEAR??? THEY FORCE US TO PLAY ALL DA CHEESRS WHICH SHOWS ME 2K IS LAZY. THEIR PATCH BETTA BRING BACK ALL OF THIS STUFF OR IM DONE WITH 2K SADLY

Ummmm..........what????? English please....

# 31 ProfessaPackMan @ 10/24/08 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by qnzballa5


	LOL AT DA PERSON WHO SAID WHO CARES ABOUT ONLINE PLAY LMAO. I DONT KNOW ABOUT HIM... WELL I DO KNOW ABOUT HIM N OTHERS. THEY JUST PLAY DIS GAME FOR OFFLINE. WELL IIGHT DATS FINE FOR YOU OFFLINE PLAYERS WHO ENJOY ON JUST PLAYING THE CPU ALL DAY. N YEA ITS COOL TO PLAY AGAINST UR FRIENDS IN REAL LIFE AT DA CRIB...... BUT IM AN ONLINE GUY, I LOVE COMPETITION, YEA THERES ALOT OF SO CALLED CHEESERS WHO MESS UP THE GAME ONLINE. BUT THE MAJORITY OF IT ARE GOOD PLAYERS. N I LOVE PLAYING ONLINE ON XBOX LIVE AGAINST OTHER HUMAN BALLERS. NOW I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS ON 2KSPORTS.COM/FORUMS BUT THEY JUST IGNORANT WITH THEIR ADMIN RON GUY IS A JOKE TALKING ABOUT KEEPING THE RANKED LOBBIES OUT CUZ OF THE INTEGREITY LMAO... LISTEN ONLINE FOR 2K9 IS TRASH, I WISH I COULD GET MY 60 DOLLARS BACK FO REAL. 3 WEEKS INTO DIS GAME ONLINE N I STILL CANT GET SOME CONSISTENT GAMES FRO 5 ON 5 GAMES GOING. DA RANDOM TEAMS WITH RANDOM PLAYERS IS TRASH. NO RANKED LOBBIES IS TRASH, BRING BACK THE RANK LOBBIES. MAKE IT FOR HALLOFFAME. SCREW THIS ALLSTAR EZ LEVEL. EVERY OTHER YEAR WE GOT TO SEE OUR OPPONENT FEEDBACK,VIP,OR LEAST THEIR CONNECTION BARS. THIS YEAR??? THEY FORCE US TO PLAY ALL DA CHEESRS WHICH SHOWS ME 2K IS LAZY. THEIR PATCH BETTA BRING BACK ALL OF THIS STUFF OR IM DONE WITH 2K SADLY

LOL I love posts like these.

# 32 ProfessaPackMan @ 10/24/08 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by -DaVe-


	Hopefully simballer and his cronies take a looksie at this article.

I doubt they will.

# 33 XuanWu @ 10/24/08 04:20 AM

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Originally Posted by ProjectRipCity


	The lag is obvious It's also obvious that you gave the game a 9.0 and this makes you guys look flat out stupid.

Amen.

Also, GREAT ARTICLE!! I feel you man.

# 34 tabulaRasa @ 10/24/08 04:37 AM

Lol, some of the issues you mention are as apparent in other brand sport games. Write a novel about that too.

Anyhow, Lag is always poo-poo though. But what teams players pick is human error, and 5 on 5 is like BAP in NHL09, buggy and unfullfilling.

Percentages and unrealistic stats is a problem of all virtual sport games, mainly because of cheese and loopholes used by the players...

# 35 falang @ 10/24/08 09:11 AM

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	So 2K, I ask you, if sexual predators can be archived and branded for the benefit of our real-life communities, why can�t we do the same to cheesers who ruin the well-being of NBA 2K9�s online community by exploiting the game in a similarly perverse manner?

Cheesers are rats, but this analogy is immensely inappropriate.

# 36 BroMontana82 @ 10/24/08 10:37 AM

why can't we join the lobbies still? this is f'n ridiculous!

# 37 Pared @ 10/24/08 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by qnzballa5


	LOL AT DA PERSON WHO SAID WHO CARES ABOUT ONLINE PLAY LMAO. I DONT KNOW ABOUT HIM... WELL I DO KNOW ABOUT HIM N OTHERS. THEY JUST PLAY DIS GAME FOR OFFLINE. WELL IIGHT DATS FINE FOR YOU OFFLINE PLAYERS WHO ENJOY ON JUST PLAYING THE CPU ALL DAY. N YEA ITS COOL TO PLAY AGAINST UR FRIENDS IN REAL LIFE AT DA CRIB...... BUT....

Nice shot chart ya had there.

# 38 XuanWu @ 10/24/08 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by falang


	Cheesers are rats, but this analogy is immensely inappropriate.

So 2K, I ask you, if sexual predators can be archived and branded for the benefit of our real-life communities, why can�t we do the same to cheesers who ruin the well-being of NBA 2K9�s online community by exploiting the game in a similarly perverse manner?

you mean immensely HILARIOUS. it was the highlight of the article for me.

it's an obvious comedic overstatement, c'mon now.

# 39 i c u cant stop me @ 10/24/08 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by tabulaRasa


	Lol, some of the issues you mention are as apparent in other brand sport games. Write a novel about that too. Anyhow, Lag is always poo-poo though. But what teams players pick is human error, and 5 on 5 is like BAP in NHL09, buggy and unfullfilling. Percentages and unrealistic stats is a problem of all virtual sport games, mainly because of cheese and loopholes used by the players...

Humm are you sure about that? nhl09 5 on 5 is always been lag free for me and ive played over 60 games. But back on topic lets face it 2k isnt going to fix this. look at their mlb game last year....classic example.

# 40 biglami @ 10/26/08 07:50 AM

Absolutely ingenious article...I hope VC takes this advice to heart and stops dumbing the game down for people who crave and are addicted to NBA Jammish Sportscenter type highlights...this used to be the game for simheads, but from NBA 2K3 to NBA 2K4, everything changed

Lets hope this obnoxiousness is terminated and we get a more real simmish game OUTTA THE BOX!

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