Jon Smith "JaoSming" Headed to 2K Sports and the NBA 2K Team

[Nza]

Re: JaoSming Headed to 2K Sports and the NBA 2K Team

Crazy. They snatching up everybody... very cool. Only downside is we won't have any guys to make editors soon for the PC.

Where one leaves, another shall take their place

[JohnDoe8865]

2K is doing a great job of hiring the dedicated fan base. EA Sports should take note.

[CBfromCU32]

All part of the #2KTAKEOVER

[JasonWilliams55]

Re: Jon Smith "JaoSming" Headed to 2K Sports and the NBA 2K Team

Been a while since I've hopped onto the forums, congratulations Jaosming!

[lvnba]

Re: Jon Smith "JaoSming" Headed to 2K Sports and the NBA 2K Team

This is great news. Congratulations.

[vtcrb]

Re: JaoSming Headed to 2K Sports and the NBA 2K Team

Wow! Awesome and congrats to jao! 2k has loaded it's team with the best of our community! Only thing that makes me sad is they have taken our best people who help with the flaws in the game but on the flip side having all these guys will hopefully ship a NEAR flawless game. It's great though to have all these passionate guys who were one of us who just love basketball and this franchise and have a passion for this game like we do!

Good pickup and job 2k!

Great Addition for 2k. Now ONLY if they would Hire that Guy who is the PLAYBOOK Genius, What is HIS name I forgot? LOL

[23]

Re: Jon Smith "JaoSming" Headed to 2K Sports and the NBA 2K Team

Been a while since I've hopped onto the forums, congratulations Jaosming!

Come back around man

[kevmasood]

Re: Jon Smith "JaoSming" Headed to 2K Sports and the NBA 2K Team

Congrats on the new hire, well deserved, heard a lot of great things, on the PC side of things, from you JaoSming, Good LUCK at @2K

[vannwolfhawk]

Re: JaoSming Headed to 2K Sports and the NBA 2K Team

Great Addition for 2k. Now ONLY if they would Hire that Guy who is the PLAYBOOK Genius, What is HIS name I forgot? LOL

Lol! They did, his name is da czar! But if the czar needs some help I might know someone... Haha

[vannwolfhawk]

Re: Jon Smith "JaoSming" Headed to 2K Sports and the NBA 2K Team

Come back around man

It's that time of year and you can't keep jwill away for long! At least not for the next 6 months anyways! I'd like to see him come back around and get that xbox1 though so I can beat up on him all season long though!

[23]

Re: Jon Smith "JaoSming" Headed to 2K Sports and the NBA 2K Team

Ill let him answer for any butt whippings lol.

Always great to see quality guys around

[Nza]

Re: Jon Smith "JaoSming" Headed to 2K Sports and the NBA 2K Team

2K is doing a great job of hiring the dedicated fan base. EA Sports should take note.

I really don't want to start a EA bash session here, but this sort of mentality couldn't be more at odds with EA's ethos - taking note is one thing, but this would require a 'regime change' grade event at EA to change.

A few years ago, 2K Sports decided to release onto PC, while at around the same time EA Sports decided to shun PC. At the time, I doubt 2K expected there would be a potential talent pool of employees to come as a result of this decision, but here we are today witnessing the direct benefits of this decision for the product as a whole, benefiting PC and console fans of the series alike. On one hand scared and reactionary, the other hand daring and proactive.

It remains to be seen if 2K continue to enable its most hardcore of passionate users (i.e. the PC modders), but what we've seen so far is the sort of vision and coherent long term direction you see with a more agile and flexible developer, as opposed to a lumbering behemoth who has enough trouble as it is attracting industry talent in the first place.

[Hassan Darkside]

Re: Jon Smith "JaoSming" Headed to 2K Sports and the NBA 2K Team

Congrats Jao. PC gaming OG and underrated community member that did a lot with all the basketball titles.

[midwestking100]

Re: Jon Smith "JaoSming" Headed to 2K Sports and the NBA 2K Team

Congrats. Well deserved. 2k is really putting together an awesome team here and with this addition 2k16 is going to be crazy scary good. On another note I pray 2k will sign some more people from NLSC in particular NLSC's art team (modders). Those guys definitely deserve all the recognition they can get and rewards for their hard work. I can really see their passion when they create NBA courts (Past/Present) for PC 2k.

[Matty Aqua]

Re: Jon Smith "JaoSming" Headed to 2K Sports and the NBA 2K Team

Beginning to sound like a 2k dream team!