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NBA 2K15 MyLEAGUE Interview

05:00 PM - August 7, 2014 by Steve_OS

We recently had a chance to interview Rob Jones, Sr. Producer Visual Concepts and Erick Boenisch, Sr. Producer, Visual Concepts to talk about a new mode for NBA 2K15 called MyLEAGUE, exclusive for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC.

Before we get into the interview, here is a quick rundown on some of the options. In a nutshell, it’s the Association Mode that we all know and loved on old-gen consoles, on steroids.

MyLEAGUE offers both a single season or up to an 80 year franchise experience. You will have complete control over every aspect of how your league plays out.

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# 261 midwestking100 @ 08/07/14 08:44 PM

Thank you for listening to the guys that play 2k offline.

# 262 YaBoySykk @ 08/07/14 08:50 PM

JUST TAKE MY MONEY NOW!

# 263 cima @ 08/07/14 08:52 PM

It wasn't totally clear, but hopefully this addresses some of my biggest gripes with the series:

- Injuries affecting rotations. The logic has been terrible in Association mode when a player gets hurt with an injury that they can play through but they are automatically sent to the reserve list and don't play, or are reduced to a meaningless 5-8 minutes per game at the bottom of the rotation. This is beyond frustrating especially in the playoffs. I did an association recently and in the ECF went to game 7 against Miami Heat and Dwyane Wade suffered a minor injury that put him at "hurt" status but he could have played through, instead he was designated to the reserve list and didn't play in game 7, it was very frustrating and cheapened the experience.

- Hopefully there is a way to designate 6th men to be just that, the 6th man and not in the starting lineup. When striving for realism it gets frustrating to play against the Spurs with Manu in the starting lineup, especially since he hasn't been a starter since what 2005?

- And finally, playoff rotations. AI logic should differentiate regular season lineups and playoff lineups. In the playoffs, generally the starters minutes increase, and the rotation shrinks from 10-12 guys to 8-10. It's annoying playing against scrubs for a few minutes during an important playoff game.

If those are addressed, I think this game will be damn near a 10/10. I'm super psyched for this mode! I know it says XB1/PS4 exclusive but I'm still holding out hope that the PC gamers get some love too!

# 264 XXstormmXX @ 08/07/14 08:53 PM

I might just have to try and get a PS4 for this

We can finally get rid of the salary cap and there's no VC in this mode, sounds like 2K actually has a heart.

# 265 JasonWilliams55 @ 08/07/14 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Leftos


	Another little thing that I know you guys have been asking for... Any user-controlled teams will NOT have their minutes reset going into MyLEAGUE. So if you've downloaded or created a custom roster that has rotations set-up a certain way, those will remain as-is going into the mode if you select that team as user-controlled at the start of the mode.

Will the CPU teams rotations stay as-is-as-well?

# 266 HowDareI @ 08/07/14 08:57 PM

I'm glad they finally put in some effort towards the association stuff. Stopped playing around 2K10 but I guess maybe they had more time or just better hardware to implement these things we been wanting.

Definitely happy with what they've shown so far, hopefully they got some good MyCareer and online MyCareer stuff and this could be a perfect game..assuming gameplay's been touched upon.

# 267 FloorGeneral @ 08/07/14 08:58 PM

I've been on record for quite awhile that I wouldn't purchase 2K15, but I must say, this is a big step in the right direction (for ME). I think we should temper our excitement though, as as good as it reads, things still have a funny way of getting funky once you get your hands on it.

And of course, if everything listed works perfectly, it won't mean jack if the GAMEPLAY doesn't reciprocate. That said, I'm quite pleased by what I read here, and am hoping that the on-court portion of the game is up to par. If so? Well, we as a people ARE entitled to change our minds yes?

# 268 gremdog8 @ 08/07/14 08:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leftos


	Another little thing that I know you guys have been asking for... Any user-controlled teams will NOT have their minutes reset going into MyLEAGUE. So if you've downloaded or created a custom roster that has rotations set-up a certain way, those will remain as-is going into the mode if you select that team as user-controlled at the start of the mode.

Are teams going to start with their original draft picks and not the default 2 1st rounders and 2nd rounders every team starts with in previous 2k's? Would be awesome to actually pick a team like Philly and Boston have all their picks they have accumulated and work on rebuilding them. Would only make this mode sweeter I think.

# 269 raiderphantom @ 08/07/14 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimmy Waterhouse


	It wasn't totally clear, but hopefully this addresses some of my biggest gripes with the series: - Injuries affecting rotations. The logic has been terrible in Association mode when a player gets hurt with an injury that they can play through but they are automatically sent to the reserve list and don't play, or are reduced to a meaningless 5-8 minutes per game at the bottom of the rotation. This is beyond frustrating especially in the playoffs. I did an association recently and in the ECF went to game 7 against Miami Heat and Dwyane Wade suffered a minor injury that put him at "hurt" status but he could have played through, instead he was designated to the reserve list and didn't play in game 7, it was very frustrating and cheapened the experience. - Hopefully there is a way to designate 6th men to be just that, the 6th man and not in the starting lineup. When striving for realism it gets frustrating to play against the Spurs with Manu in the starting lineup, especially since he hasn't been a starter since what 2005? - And finally, playoff rotations. AI logic should differentiate regular season lineups and playoff lineups. In the playoffs, generally the starters minutes increase, and the rotation shrinks from 10-12 guys to 8-10. It's annoying playing against scrubs for a few minutes during an important playoff game. If those are addressed, I think this game will be damn near a 10/10. I'm super psyched for this mode! I know it says XB1/PS4 exclusive but I'm still holding out hope that the PC gamers get some love too!

I've seen the other way around as well, where a player is simply too hurt to play but does anyway, and the cpu has a 58 overall starting for them.

# 270 eye guy @ 08/07/14 09:04 PM

About time!!! Everything in this article has me excited... Looking forward to more.

# 271 djp73 @ 08/07/14 09:12 PM

What does normalize played to sim minutes mean?

ive always thought they shoukd switch to an accelerated clock like the nhl games used to have, that way if youre using 7 minute quarters the minutes woukd still reflect a full 12 min quarter.

# 272 eaglesfan27 @ 08/07/14 09:21 PM

This is GREAT news! I'm so pumped for NBA 2k15 now!

# 273 Dr. Banner @ 08/07/14 09:28 PM

Wow what amazing news, guess I'll be getting NBA 2k this year after all. 😊

# 274 NYJets @ 08/07/14 09:29 PM

Any word on if they added more detail to the cap rules, ie. cap holds, mmle, etc.?

I don't care about all the customization as some, but I did want more than mygm, and its great that they expanded it for those that do. Just hope the difficulty settings for trading and stuff works well and it becomes possible to tune it all to be realistic.

# 275 Dr. Banner @ 08/07/14 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by turty11


	but guys. aint it sad were getting excited that there is an association mode.....

Come on man, but it's clearly improved.

# 276 shatah123 @ 08/07/14 09:34 PM

i love what there doing but is the servers gonna work

# 277 Spanky @ 08/07/14 09:34 PM

Wow, 80 seasons! Not that I would ever come close to playing that many, but it will be neat to sim through 80 and see what transpires.

# 278 JTheClip @ 08/07/14 09:35 PM

Good news keep it coming hopefully next year i wont have the ability to hold peoples shots ie Dirk,KD and see it go straight in. Also i want to go to instant replay in a online game as well

# 279 Blue12 @ 08/07/14 09:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shatah123


	i love what there doing but is the servers gonna work

The beauty is with this mode it doesn't matter lol.

# 280 InRodWeTrust @ 08/07/14 09:38 PM

That injury system is going to make MyLeague great... Imagine building around a player... and then boom... blown out knee and hes never the same again. Or going into free agency thinking "I want to sign him but he has a history of ankle injuries"...

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