Don't Forget How Many Time-outs You Have Left in NBA 2K15, You Can Get a Tech

[The 24th Letter]

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Wasn't there a NBA Live where an arguing animation would play out, and if you didn't press anything you would end up getting a tech?

[kadzier]

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I remember in the 90s, there was a prominent basketball game where you could get a technical foul called against you for calling a timeout when you had none remaining.

you could do this in NBA Live 97 for the SNES, randomly remember it. lol

[BluFu]

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This is something I've always wanted to see. Not just from a personality standpoint but also with how they call a game; whether quick with the whistle, or allowing guys to play through contact. Ref tendencies/profiles could moderate that.

fifa 14 has that too. they've got like 40+ refs that will call the game their own way (some are more lenient with regular fouls while some are super harsh with anything). they're not all unique but a lot are

[yellow86]

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I think there should be an option to react to a call:
A) running away - random tech
B) stare at the referee (X) - random tech, less likely tech
C) talk to him (triangle) - random tech, likely tech
D) make hand signals (O) - random tech, more likely
E) go nuts / throw tantrum (square) - tech!

[24ct]

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MLB The Show has something like that where there are different umps each game and all of them call things different, especially the behind the plate ump. Each game the strike zone is different.

This is true for all refs.
I hope 2K is taking notes. Or maybe we can get them to add this now lol

[reptilexcq]

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I thought you're talking about getting TECH for trash talking on the mic...but getting tech while calling timeout when you have none is not cool. I would think it's going to annoy some people. What IS the point of putting that in the game anyway.

[PippenAintEasy]

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I thought you're talking about getting TECH for trash talking on the mic...but getting tech while calling timeout when you have none is not cool. I would think it's going to annoy some people. What IS the point of putting that in the game anyway.

Because that's what happens in real life...

[Real2KInsider]

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Honestly not a fan of this, and disappointed to see it back. Is the game going to display timeouts on the screen? It's very easy to lose track or even mis-click.

This frankly never happens at the professional level and does not belong in an NBA game. It's a video game for a reason. What is this adding at a competitive level? Is the CPU ever going to make this mistake? No. It's just there to screw the user up, as if the AI cheating weren't enough.

[Tomb Of God]

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Couldn't someone just continue calling TO's over and over again to ruin a game near the end? This seems very exploitable by someone who wants to ruin a game by being a poor sport loser.

[reptilexcq]

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Because that's what happens in real life...

So is trash talking...so is throwing chairs...so is punching and kicking the ball into the crowd...how come i don't see those in the game as well? HEY...it's in the game right??? The point is....it doesn't make sense to put something that is very unlikely to happen in real NBA. I would rather see getting tech for trash talking and kicking/punching the ball into the crowd. Those events are more likely to happen than giving a T for calling none timeout left.

[VDusen04]

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So is trash talking...so is throwing chairs...so is punching and kicking the ball into the crowd...how come i don't see those in the game as well? HEY...it's in the game right??? The point is....it doesn't make sense to put something that is very unlikely to happen in real NBA. I would rather see getting tech for trash talking and kicking/punching the ball into the crowd. Those events are more likely to happen than giving a T for calling none timeout left.

Unlike the majority of the examples mentioned, calling a time-out when none are remaining is not an unsportsmanlike act. Trash talking, throwing chairs and punching are all examples of things that have been well established as aspects the NBA wishes not to have reflected in their video game products, due to their negative connotations.

Personally, as long as there is a consistent way for gamers to know their exact time-out situations (example, pressing pause to reveal how many time-outs are left per team, in addition to semi-frequent late game overlays) I have very little issue with this addition. In fact, I find it to be an appreciated detail.

[Boilerbuzz]

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Honestly not a fan of this, and disappointed to see it back. Is the game going to display timeouts on the screen? It's very easy to lose track or even mis-click.

This frankly never happens at the professional level and does not belong in an NBA game. It's a video game for a reason. What is this adding at a competitive level? Is the CPU ever going to make this mistake? No. It's just there to screw the user up, as if the AI cheating weren't enough.

Seriously? Yes, based on the Gamescon footage, the game DOES show you your TOR. But did you seriously just say this doesn't happen in the NBA? Wow. It HAS happened in the NBA. I can't remember when. But lets say, it didn't. You know why it doesn't? Because NBA coaches pay attention to the number of timeouts left. Now, maybe you're not one of those "I have to control EVERYTHING. I don't want the game to do anything for me" control freaks. But to complain that the game observes a rule under any circumstances goes against the main mantra of this site of being all about being SIM. If you don't like it, pay attention to your timeouts. It's just that simple. To claim it's just there to screw the user is off base. It's there to observe a rule. If a user is too lazy to look at the scorebug for his TOR, then how is that on the game? It takes LESS than a second. A THOUSAND times less time it took for you to type that post.

[Boilerbuzz]

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So is trash talking...so is throwing chairs...so is punching and kicking the ball into the crowd...how come i don't see those in the game as well?

Because it DETRACTS from the actual game. The "interface" to it would not be simple to impliment. And most importantly: the NBA would not allow it in the game. Not, yelling, just pointing to that as the biggest and primary reason you have not seen it in the game. The ONLY league OK with fights is the NHL. Hell, the NFL made developers take out the term "severe concussion" a while back.

HEY...it's in the game right??? The point is....it doesn't make sense to put something that is very unlikely to happen in real NBA.

That's the worst argument I've ever seen concerning observing rules in a sports game. Just wow. I remember when people were HAPPY that NFL 2K observed the rule that allowed Devin Hester to return a missed FG attempt. It had rarely EVER happened, yet, it was in the game and people were stoked.

I would rather see getting tech for trash talking and kicking/punching the ball into the crowd. Those events are more likely to happen than giving a T for calling none timeout left.

Um... Don't you get a technical for swearing at your Kinect? Hmmm...


You guys...

[youvalss]

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Still waiting for the day when we can argue foul calls/no-calls and get realistic techs and flagrants all around, instead of a few random ones from swearing at Kinect (or calling a time-out and having it register as a bad word).

If you can beat the crap out of the other guy in NHL games, there's no reason this shouldn't be included in a basketball game.

[Boilerbuzz]

Re: Don't Forget How Many Time-outs You Have Left in NBA 2K15, You Can Get a Tech

Couldn't someone just continue calling TO's over and over again to ruin a game near the end? This seems very exploitable by someone who wants to ruin a game by being a poor sport loser.

I could see this. But this would just prolong their own suffering wouldn't it.