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NBA 2K17 All-Star Tournament Announced, NBA 2K Pro-Am Winner Receives $250,000 & More

08:59 AM - December 14, 2016 by Steve_OS

2K and NBA 2K17 will host their second NBA 2K competitive gaming tournament, following the success of NBA 2K16 Road to the Finals earlier this year. The NBA 2K17 All-Star Tournament is an exciting competition that will culminate during NBA All-Star weekend in February. Players on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One will be able to form their own NBA 2K Pro-Am teams to compete in a series of in-game events to qualify for the tournament to win $250,000, NBA All-Star 2017 Access and more. The new champion will be crowned during NBA All-Star 2017 in New Orleans.

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	�NBA 2K16 Road to the Finals proved that our fans have an appetite for competitive gaming, and we are excited to deliver another opportunity for Pro-Am teams to go head-to-head during the new All-Star Tournament,� said Alfie Brody, VP of Marketing for NBA 2K. �Thousands of teams participated in our NBA 2K16 Road to the Finals competition, and we expect this tournament to attract great talent and inspire more of the intense action we witnessed in the first.� The All-Star Tournament tips off on December 31, 2016 in the United States and Canada with a series of NBA 2K17 in-game rounds scheduled on five qualifying days through January 28, 2017. Teams, which must have Elite or better status, can participate in any of the five qualifying game day rounds where they will compete for a chance to qualify for the tournament. All qualifying wins will contribute to the team�s total score on the leaderboard for that specific game day. The teams with the three highest total scores on each platform on each qualifying day will move on to the tournament. NBA 2K is also introducing Wild Card spots for the All-Star Tournament. The team on each platform with the highest single game day Total Score across all game days that did not otherwise qualify for the tournament will qualify as a Wild Card and receive the 16th and final seed in their platform�s tournament. On February 4th (Rounds 1 and 2) and February 11th (Console Semifinals and Finals), the 16 qualifying teams on both the PlayStation�4 and Xbox One will go head-to-head in a single elimination tournament. The console winners will then face off for the $250,000 championship during NBA All-Star 2017 in February, with the champions receiving tickets to the 2017 NBA All-Star Game at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. �The NBA 2K development team is thrilled to expand the brand�s footprint in the evolving world of eSports with the All-Star Tournament,� said Greg Thomas, president of Visual Concepts. �We�re raising the stakes with this competition, and can�t wait to see new rivalries emerge and the action unfold.� Open to legal residents of 50 U.S., D.C. & Canada (excluding AZ, CT, MD, ND & Quebec), 13+. Teams must have Elite or better status and must compete on Xbox One or PS4 platforms. Void where prohibited. Game Days begin on 12/31/16 and end on 1/28/17. For the official rules, event dates and more information on the NBA 2K All-Star Tournament, visit the official website.

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# 21 Korrupted @ 12/15/16 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by basehead617


	You're wrong. The game is great and has gotten better since launch. Claiming it's 'broken' is ridiculous.

PRO-AM is still broken if you don't know what you're doing. Elite 4 and higher games continue to have random lagouts. That's a huge issue heading into the qualifying rounds for RTTAG.

On another note I'm thinking the Skill Based Matchmaking system will be turned off once the tourney starts....? If not comp will play comp and it'll be hard as hell to qualify.

# 22 RickyRubio9 @ 12/15/16 10:43 AM

Less tournaments and more fixes for this broken game.

We have enough with the cap atributtes for not separate online/offline modes and with VC more and more expensive every year.

# 23 awg811 @ 12/15/16 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by basehead617


	You're wrong. The game is great and has gotten better since launch. Claiming it's 'broken' is ridiculous.

You're either trolling or you can't read.

Thousands of posts all throughout this forum on how broken this game is.
But, since YOU say it ridiculous to claim it is, it must not be.

I bow to your supreme intelligence.

# 24 Mike2001 @ 12/15/16 12:40 PM

OH GREAT! Here we go again, i have no desire to go through this crap again lol. I just play for fun not stress lol

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# 25 Ownal0t @ 12/15/16 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by basehead617


	You're wrong. The game is great and has gotten better since launch. Claiming it's 'broken' is ridiculous.

LMFAO...... i think a MAJORITY of the community would glady disagree. played a online match for the first time in ages last night....

that paint Defense was so sad it made Live's attempt of it look like it was top caliber, And i say this LOVING LIVE.

dont even get me started on pro am and park...

# 26 bhzmfia14 @ 12/15/16 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Coffinsh


	The majority of weight is still placed on winning. It wasn't listed in the post but its in the rules on the website. Once a team loses they are done for the day (they can try and qualify in later rounds). This should A, cut down on collusion and B, assure that teams who win the most games, qualify.

But, how does this place into the matchmaking system? If teams are still being matched up with their friends on a consistent basis to boost their point total + winning games, how will that stop them from making the tourney?

There may be teams who beat higher quality opponents, went 10-0, but were unfortunate to beat teams by 75 points in order to get in the top 3.

# 27 jyoung @ 12/15/16 08:12 PM

I'm sure that there will be more than 3 teams in each qualifying period who go undefeated; If I had to estimate, I'd put that number at around 10 to 20 teams per qualifying period. And once you have more than 3 undefeated teams, the "winners" of that round are going to be the teams who had:

1) The easiest schedule
2) The lowest number of opponents who rage quit or lag out (assuming those games still give you hardly any rankings points)
3) The most up-tempo, three-point spamming offenses and steal spamming defenses

That's just not a very good method of determining who is the "best" Pro Am team.

All-Pro Football 2K8's 256-player and College Hoops 2K8's 64-player single-elimination knockout tournaments were two of the most enjoyable online experiences I've ever had in gaming, and I do not understand why 2K can't do something similar for NBA 2K17.

Every single person that I've talked to in the Pro Am community would prefer to compete in a large "March Madness" style knockout tournament with a "regular season" qualification system similar to the one that I proposed last year.

2K already has a tiered ladder system in the game this year. So why not just reset everyone's records on January 1, give all Pro Am teams until 12:01 AM on February 1 to reach a certain tier in the existing rankings ladder (I'd say elite 2 is a reasonable target point), and then put all the teams who reach that level into a knockout tournament that starts on February 4.

This would allow teams to get in their qualifying games whenever they're able to, instead of forcing people to take off work and forego lunch/dinner to have a marathon 2K session on a single date that everyone might not be able to make.

To cut down on matchmaking collusion during the qualifying period, I would add a randomized amount of "stall time" that the user cannot see before the game actually starts searching for an opponent once the team owner has pressed the search button. So if two people are in the same party chat and they both hit the search for opponent button at the same time, the game might actually start searching for a match 5 seconds later on team 1's account, and 25 seconds later on team 2's account.

# 28 NYCDaFuture @ 12/16/16 04:58 AM

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Originally Posted by jyoung


	I'm sure that there will be more than 3 teams in each qualifying period who go undefeated; If I had to estimate, I'd put that number at around 10 to 20 teams per qualifying period. And once you have more than 3 undefeated teams, the "winners" of that round are going to be the teams who had: 1) The easiest schedule 2) The lowest number of opponents who rage quit or lag out (assuming those games still give you hardly any rankings points) 3) The most up-tempo, three-point spamming offenses and steal spamming defenses That's just not a very good method of determining who is the "best" Pro Am team. All-Pro Football 2K8's 256-player and College Hoops 2K8's 64-player single-elimination knockout tournaments were two of the most enjoyable online experiences I've ever had in gaming, and I do not understand why 2K can't do something similar for NBA 2K17. Every single person that I've talked to in the Pro Am community would prefer to compete in a large "March Madness" style knockout tournament with a "regular season" qualification system similar to the one that I proposed last year. 2K already has a tiered ladder system in the game this year. So why not just reset everyone's records on January 1, give all Pro Am teams until 12:01 AM on February 1 to reach a certain tier in the existing rankings ladder (I'd say elite 2 is a reasonable target point), and then put all the teams who reach that level into a knockout tournament that starts on February 4. This would allow teams to get in their qualifying games whenever they're able to, instead of forcing people to take off work and forego lunch/dinner to have a marathon 2K session on a single date that everyone might not be able to make. To cut down on matchmaking collusion during the qualifying period, I would add a randomized amount of "stall time" that the user cannot see before the game actually starts searching for an opponent once the team owner has pressed the search button. So if two people are in the same party chat and they both hit the search for opponent button at the same time, the game might actually start searching for a match 5 seconds later on team 1's account, and 25 seconds later on team 2's account.

I was reading your post on my phone and I had to go on my laptop and applaud you bro. You and a few others on here like myself really get it. I for the life of me do not UNDERSTAND Y 2k is doing the SAME EXACT Scoring Pts System. Not anyone who was a Pro Am Player liked that system. Yet it's 2k Way Or No Way. I really don't understand but then others will say we just hating lmao. Maybe 2k will one day understand how TRUE Esports Rankings/competition is one day.. Who knows only time will tell.

# 29 YSLxBanks @ 12/16/16 02:58 PM

Everybody saying the point system is the same as last year clearly didn't read or understood the rules. It's way improved and really shows who the best and most dedicated teams are.

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