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NBA 2K14 Features Crew Mode - 3-on-3 or 5-on-5

04:01 PM - August 14, 2013 by Steve_OS

The achievement list teased the announcement earlier, but 2K Sports has now confirmed NBA 2K14 will feature Crew Mode. As Shade8780 points out, it looks like it could be current-gen only, at the very least we won't know about its status on next-gen just yet.

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	For those asking, yes full court 5v5. Community Team up guys were playing a 3v3 halfcourt game. CREWS 3v3 or 5v5 at this time.

(via @LD2K)

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	Crews feature 3v3 half court or 5v5 full court with name/logo customization & leaderboards.

(via @Ronnie2K)

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# 301 Jrocc23 @ 08/15/13 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by MarvinOida


	I've played quick game matches in the Blacktop atmosphere, its still fun. The point he's making is that (assuming that 5v5 is four quarter, 5 minute quarters) you shouldn't be pissed about the atmosphere. Crew is only defined as "5 v 5 between MyPlayers." When you guys get the basics, you STILL COMPLAIN ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS SO SMALL IF YOU THINK ABOUT, no disrespect, but that's what I'm seeing. The only people who should be pissed is Association/OA guys, nothing for them since 2K11. Tap Tap Taptalking away on my iPhone

Well, I don't agree and so does others that really played Crew in 2K10 and 2K11. I never said it might not be fun, but it won't be the Crew we wanted. I acknowledged its an improvement. I guarantee if 2K decided to put regular games on the Blacktop you and most people on here would be pissed.

It's small to you. You can't tell us how we should feel about something I doubt you know nothing about. So, leave it alone. You're not going to change people minds forreal.

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# 302 Jrocc23 @ 08/15/13 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Melbournelad


	Not to be disrespectful to the crew guys, but at least now you how it feels for those of us who have had a watered down association for the last 4-5 years.

Well, at least y'all always had y'all mode to play. I am sure as much as people try to slam 2K11 Crew, we would LOVE to be able to still play that to this day. I play association too and agree it needs to be improved. Y'all shouldn't be getting on "Crew" guys for wanting what they want, get on 2K. They need to work on both. Crew been gone and still no improvements to association.

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# 303 Sundown @ 08/15/13 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by MarvinOida


	I've played quick game matches in the Blacktop atmosphere, its still fun. The point he's making is that (assuming that 5v5 is four quarter, 5 minute quarters) you shouldn't be pissed about the atmosphere. Crew is only defined as "5 v 5 between MyPlayers." When you guys get the basics, you STILL COMPLAIN ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS SO SMALL IF YOU THINK ABOUT, no disrespect, but that's what I'm seeing.

It's not small to those who actually were fans of the original crew. It's not small for those who want to play a Team-Up style game with My Players in a pro-ball environment with all the trappings-- not a generic street basketball game. It's not up to you to define for them what "Crew" is and isn't and what they should be happy about, especially when 2K already defined Crew for themselves in 2K10 and 2K11. They are redefining it only as a marketting tactic, likely because they don't want to put in the effort it deserves. I mean they tried to redefine 3v3 Blacktop as "Crew" and get Team-Up guys to sign off on it! That is CRAZY, and I can't imagine 2K being so out of touch as to dream up that scheme.

What Crew guys are asking for is not at all unreasonable. So in some sense, it is "disrespect" to tell Crew diehards how they should and shouldn't feel about something that is undebatably several steps back.

Atmosphere and presentation are hugely important. People can sniff out the "Crew" mode hastily hacked onto Blacktop for what it is. Appointing yourself as 2K Crew mode apologist will not change that.

# 304 bottledwaterfan25 @ 08/15/13 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by MarvinOida


	I've played quick game matches in the Blacktop atmosphere, its still fun. The point he's making is that (assuming that 5v5 is four quarter, 5 minute quarters) you shouldn't be pissed about the atmosphere. Crew is only defined as "5 v 5 between MyPlayers." When you guys get the basics, you STILL COMPLAIN ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS SO SMALL IF YOU THINK ABOUT, no disrespect, but that's what I'm seeing. The only people who should be pissed is Association/OA guys, nothing for them since 2K11. Tap Tap Taptalking away on my iPhone

Just remember that everything you posted is YOUR oppinion. YOUR oppinion has been well heard, and we get it by now. YOU don't care about these details as much as us Crew guys. That's fine, but just remember that we are passionate about this mode, and we nitpick and criticize so much not because we want to come across as whiny, or selfish; but because we care. We want this mode to be the same mode that was so amazing just a couple years ago. Something that seems insignificant and small to YOU, is a key part of the equation for US. Hope that helped you to understand.

# 305 MarvinOida @ 08/15/13 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by bottledwaterfan25


	Just remember that everything you posted is YOUR oppinion. YOUR oppinion has been well heard, and we get it by now. YOU don't care about these details as much as us Crew guys. That's fine, but just remember that we are passionate about this mode, and we nitpick and criticize so much not because we want to come across as whiny, or selfish; but because we care. We want this mode to be the same mode that was so amazing just a couple years ago. Something that seems insignificant and small to YOU, is a key part of the equation for US. Hope that helped you to understand.

Yeah I know that. I know this an opinion, and my opinion is that atmosphere doesn't matter. To me, its the gameplay first. To you guys, its whatever. I played the mode back in 2K11, its coming back in the form of whatever. I'll play it, I just want fun. I'm mad for the fact that this is all based on footage of a old alpha build and no real facts. Little has even been revealed about crew and already people are going off assuming that its Blacktop Revamped. If that's the case, I will rage too. But for the time being, I will not complain about anything until I get real info.

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# 306 Matayeus @ 08/15/13 03:45 PM

Ok ,How about this. All summer leading up to 2k14 2k says absolutely nothing about association. You try and ask them on twitter , no response. You call their customer support line and they tell you "No game modes have been added or removed" so you trust that and keep your pre order (this is what happened to me going into 2k12) . Maybe two weeks before 2k14 is released they announce "Association mode has been removed because we cant continue putting out a broken mode and will only release it when its ready" . 2k15 comes around nothing. Now here comes NBA 2k16 , you've been playing quick games and thinking " Man i sure do miss running a team , drafting players , scouting , and having a continual season to season record, stats and all that. They hype up an announcement that everyone figures out instantly was association finally coming back and you have to wait a few more days to hear about that. And of course you do.

So the day of the announcement comes "Association IS BACK [insert pre-order link here] . Also a video is attached. You watch it , and you see something that you dont like at all. Theres no depth to the mode at all. You see the menu screen and the only option is play game . You stay calm and try to talk to them on twitter (or whatevers around in 2015) and all you see is them saying " we listen to our fans, this is what yall wanted !" And youre just sitting there like what about the stats, the rumor mill , scouting prospects , trades , building players , salary cap? Turns out , its just a season mode where players dont progress , you cant trade, no scouts , its just bare bones , its keeps a record , and you can play the game.

Then you got people trying to tell you, just be happy they gave you anything, its a building block.

You would be pissed.

You waited two years to play your favorite mode , and it was taken out because they wanted to improve before it came back, it comes back and its s*** . It's a shell of what it was /

Tell me you would just accept that?

# 307 RocketTMac1 @ 08/15/13 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Melbournelad


	Not to be disrespectful to the crew guys, but at least now you how it feels for those of us who have had a watered down association for the last 4-5 years.

So true.

# 308 MarvinOida @ 08/15/13 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Matayeus


	Ok ,How about this. All summer leading up to 2k14 2k says absolutely nothing about association. You try and ask them on twitter , no response. You call their customer support line and they tell you "No game modes have been added or removed" so you trust that and keep your pre order (this is what happened to me going into 2k12) . Maybe two weeks before 2k14 is released they announce "Association mode has been removed because we cant continue putting out a broken mode and will only release it when its ready" . 2k15 comes around nothing. Now here comes NBA 2k16 , you've been playing quick games and thinking " Man i sure do miss running a team , drafting players , scouting , and having a continual season to season record, stats and all that. They hype up an announcement that everyone figures out instantly was association finally coming back and you have to wait a few more days to hear about that. And of course you do. So the day of the announcement comes "Association IS BACK [insert pre-order link here] . Also a video is attached. You watch it , and you see something that you dont like at all. Theres no depth to the mode at all. You see the menu screen and the only option is play game . You stay calm and try to talk to them on twitter (or whatevers around in 2015) and all you see is them saying " we listen to our fans, this is what yall wanted !" And youre just sitting there like what about the stats, the rumor mill , scouting prospects , trades , building players , salary cap? Turns out , its just a season mode where players dont progress , you cant trade, no scouts , its just bare bones , its keeps a record , and you can play the game. Then you got people trying to tell you, just be happy they gave you anything, its a building block. You would be pissed. You waited two years to play your favorite mode , and it was taken out because they wanted to improve before it came back, it comes back and its s*** . It's a shell of what it was / Tell me you would just accept that?

There's a difference in this situation of Crew and Association dude. 2K has been trying to improve online overall to make it stable to have Crew return... Because fans wanted that.

Association has been the same for years... Because (unknown reason because we've been complaining about association as long as Crew, perhaps even longer since 2K9)

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# 309 Sundown @ 08/15/13 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by MarvinOida

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Originally Posted by wisdom

THE GAMEPLAY IN THAT VIDEO IS NOT CREW(MAY BE MY PLAYER BLACKTOP)..AS THEY DID'T WEAR SAME COLOR CLOTHES(WHERE CREW DID).. SO JUST BE patience ...

The words of wisdom everybody.

That is "Crew". It's the 3v3 Blacktop Crew and the only "Crew" they had to show, before they went back to implement 5v5 Crew after Team-Up guys refused to support and advertise "Crew" without it.

You can tell it's Crew because it keeps swapping from gameplay to the Crew selection screen and the Crew's team logo can be seen.

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Originally Posted by Matayeus


	So the day of the announcement comes "Association IS BACK [insert pre-order link here] . Also a video is attached. You watch it , and you see something that you dont like at all. Theres no depth to the mode at all. You see the menu screen and the only option is play game . You stay calm and try to talk to them on twitter (or whatevers around in 2015) and all you see is them saying " we listen to our fans, this is what yall wanted !" And youre just sitting there like what about the stats, the rumor mill , scouting prospects , trades , building players , salary cap? Turns out , its just a season mode where players dont progress , you cant trade, no scouts , its just bare bones , its keeps a record , and you can play the game.

And imagine that originally Association was just going to be NBA Today/Quick Match with record keeping and limited to 5 min quarters.

# 310 Saturnis @ 08/15/13 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by MarvinOida


	I've played quick game matches in the Blacktop atmosphere, its still fun. The point he's making is that (assuming that 5v5 is four quarter, 5 minute quarters) you shouldn't be pissed about the atmosphere. Crew is only defined as "5 v 5 between MyPlayers." When you guys get the basics, you STILL COMPLAIN ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS SO SMALL IF YOU THINK ABOUT, no disrespect, but that's what I'm seeing. The only people who should be pissed is Association/OA guys, nothing for them since 2K11. Tap Tap Taptalking away on my iPhone

everyone has the right to complain when they want to invest $60 dollars into a sport they love. going by your logic, we should be happy if they decided to re-release a 1995 NBA game since its basketball and at least we have it.

No, i can complain when im also a customer. No one is going to sit there and take whatever is fed to them so stop the bull****. I am a basketball lover and for the pass 4 years i've been fed naturally the same game with the same animations, spread with a few new features here and there, every year people expect new things and get disappointed. The "new feature" of actually being able to block dunks is beyond laughable since we are in 2013 already. It's the same BS animations that don't allow blocking to even commence in the first place. something that took them how many years to fix? all this stems from no competition.

And it's not like we can vote with our money and choose the competition because there is no competition. So we have a habit to fulfill with only one game to fulfill it with.

2k better hope that live is garbage because it's about time for another company to step in and listen to what fans are looking for.

In comparison, i don't hear any complaining from the GTA scene; wonder why?

# 311 Matayeus @ 08/15/13 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Saturnis


	everyone has the right to complain when they want to invest $60 dollars into a sport they love. going by your logic, we should be happy if they decided to re-release a 1995 NBA game since its basketball and at least we have it. No, i can complain when im also a customer. No one is going to sit there and take whatever is fed to them so stop the bull**. I am a basketball lover and for the pass 4 years i've been fed naturally the same game with the same animations, spread with a few new features here and there, every year people expect new things and get disappointed. The "new feature" of actually being able to block dunks is beyond laughable since we are in 2013 already. It's the same BS animations that don't allow blocking to even commence in the first place. something that took them how many years to fix? all this stems from no competition. And it's not like we can vote with our money and choose the competition because there is no competition. So we have a habit to fulfill with only one game to fulfill it with. 2k better hope that live is garbage because it's about time for another company to step in and listen to what fans are looking for. In comparison, i don't hear any complaining from the GTA** scene; wonder why?

If this crew mode is as lame as it seems , that's where my time and money are going. That looked incredible

# 312 MarvinOida @ 08/15/13 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Saturnis


	everyone has the right to complain when they want to invest $60 dollars into a sport they love. going by your logic, we should be happy if they decided to re-release a 1995 NBA game since its basketball and at least we have it. No, i can complain when im also a customer. No one is going to sit there and take whatever is fed to them so stop the bull****. I am a basketball lover and for the pass 4 years i've been fed naturally the same game with the same animations, spread with a few new features here and there, every year people expect new things and get disappointed. The "new feature" of actually being able to block dunks is beyond laughable since we are in 2013 already. It's the same BS animations that don't allow blocking to even commence in the first place. something that took them how many years to fix? all this stems from no competition. And it's not like we can vote with our money and choose the competition because there is no competition. So we have a habit to fulfill with only one game to fulfill it with. 2k better hope that live is garbage because it's about time for another company to step in and listen to what fans are looking for. In comparison, i don't hear any complaining from the GTA scene; wonder why?

But so far its complaining based off alpha footage, not real info.

Here's a great quote from another user and that's what I've been saying for the longest time but no ever listens to the point where its frustrating.

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# 313 Saturnis @ 08/15/13 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Matayeus


	If this crew mode is as lame as it seems , that's where my time and money are going. That looked incredible

tell me about it. I would love to play a basketball game but not the same 2k13 with a few enhancements. I got rid of 2k13 in earlier June, something i never did with a 2k game. But after watching GTA it looks like any time i have will be dedicated to that as well.

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Originally Posted by MarvinOida


	But so far its complaining based off alpha footage, not real info. Here's a great quote from another user and that's what I've been saying for the longest time but no ever listens to the point where its frustrating. Tap Tap Taptalking away on my iPhone

thats nice and all, but i've been reading the same statements for a couple years now, and nothing ever changes. So when i read crew mode current gen only, it means exactly that. When i see crew mode mentioned and blacktop in the background, it's exactly that. you can wait for the information but they are giving it to you now.

# 314 Matayeus @ 08/15/13 06:04 PM

Maybe I would be

if I bought 2k14 and noticed they did it . But they hyped it sooo much and called It crews , then bragged saying they listen to their fans and said come at me bro and stuff like that.

Plain and simple , this isn't crew .

They should rename is squads or just ew . Cause it's really only half the game mode

# 315 Jhawkfootball06 @ 08/15/13 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Ramboooo


	This is the story of Crew: 2K10 crew 2K11 crew with 8 ft tall 99 speed hacks 2K12 no crew 2K13 no crew 2K14 5on5 my player, leaderboards, team customization no arena ya'll acting like when u should at least be 5on5 my player with leaderboards! Admit it, that's sick! even if it ain't 2k11 crew, u and I will be playin this mode non stop

Sadly no. With no 3 seconds in the paint every crew is going to have a big guy just sit under the basket (like 2k13 blacktop). They are going to drive and just pass it to him for an easy dunk.

How fun.

# 316 HowDareI @ 08/15/13 06:09 PM

I have heard no info that 5v5 Crew is in an arena (from Ronnie2K), that's the only credible source I'm gonna listen to.

So if 5v5 is on Blacktop, it doesn't necessarily mean there won't be fouls, but it probably means: no uniforms, everyone being called by the same corny nicknames, ridiculously jacked up shooting percentage, no playbooks, no 3 seconds?, oh and don't forget VC...so people will just have 99 overall big men shooting 3's and with handles and all that.

It's like, I love 2K..but as of 2K12 their improvements in gameplay hasn't really been equal to improvements in other areas. Being able to buy VC kinda ruins the whole fun of Crews and the whole entire point of My Player.

This will probably be the first year I buy Live AND 2K, even though Live probably has mediocre gameplay compared to 2K, I doubt they won't have the Crew Mode we expect from 2K.

# 317 paulojorge97 @ 08/15/13 06:12 PM

2k is rippin us off big time

# 318 Boilerbuzz @ 08/15/13 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Jhawkfootball06


	Sadly no. With no 3 seconds in the paint every crew is going to have a big guy just sit under the basket (like 2k13 blacktop). They are going to drive and just pass it to him for an easy dunk. How fun.

How do you know what rules will and will not be enforced in the 5v5 Crew mode?!?

That's what gets me: some drops and assumption or question, and rest of you go off of it as if 2K made some official statement of fact. Then you got those crying that "2K hyped this and that, but they knew this isn't Crew". Well, technically, THEY made the game and the mode, so THEY decide was defines what Crew is. And I bet it has nothing to do with the venue. But, lord, if you guys don't like the olive branch, then just don't buy it. Jeez. The ONLY reason I didn't play 2K11 Crew as because of the hackers. Those are gone, so I'm going to be all over this one.

# 319 HowDareI @ 08/15/13 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Boilerbuzz


	How do you know what rules will and will not be enforced in the 5v5 Crew mode?!? That's what gets me: some drops and assumption or question, and rest of you go off of it as if 2K made some official statement of fact. Then you got those crying that "2K hyped this and that, but they knew this isn't Crew". Well, technically, THEY made the game and the mode, so THEY decide was defines what Crew is. And I bet it has nothing to do with the venue. But, lord, if you guys don't like the olive branch, then just don't buy it. Jeez. The ONLY reason I didn't play 2K11 Crew as because of the hackers. Those are gone, so I'm going to be all over this one.

The only thing is, since you can buy VC, I bet you'll go online on Crews the first day and see a 5 man team of all 99's.

Obviously it's not as bad as hackers, but still pretty close.

# 320 bottledwaterfan25 @ 08/15/13 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by HowDareI


	The only thing is, since you can buy VC, I bet you'll go online on Crews the first day and see a 5 man team of all 99's. Obviously it's not as bad as hackers, but still pretty close.

I agree with you that the VC will definately lead to a large amount of teams with 99's right out of the gate. And that is definately lame. However, that is really the least of my worries about crew; because with the amount of money 2K can earn from VC sales the VC model will never go away. We're just gonna have deal with it. Besides, if the game turns out to be alot of fun, who's to say that most of us on here won't be up to 99 ourselves within a couple of months.

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