NBA 2K16 2K Pro-Am Interview with Jeff Thomas

[KehliahoMauiFootball]

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Jesus, playing the mode without a full 5 was one of the most sought for features about Pro-Am.

Yet you still have people complaining...

Sought for by guys who want to bloat their stats. Always been against that 'cause it diminishes the "manual-ness" of the mode. 2K14 crew was the least cheesy by far.

[redsox4evur]

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CPU taints the game. Makes the leaderboard meaningless. If you got 3 guys sharing that stats for the whole team, it taints the entire leaderboard. Not to mention how fun is it to guard/be guarded by the CPU? Not to mention the mode is supposed to replicate real life. How many iRobots do you see running around at your local gym?

Who says this mode is supposed to replicate real life? Because to me this is the complete opposite of a real life mode? How many guys actually create an NBA court in their backyard and then find 9 other guys and run 5 v.5 games. And change the colors on those courts every other night. Also how many guys a jersey for them and their friends to play these games? If anything MyPark represents real life than this mode.

[Jrocc23]

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Sorry bro. I'm glad it's in. You'll get over it soon. If not, just wish when you have your 5 you can back out of playing 3 or 4 players until you see 5. God bless.

[KehliahoMauiFootball]

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It worked fine in 2k11. We don't have to worry about the game being laggy from 10 people playing. I think it's actually better to not have to play with 5 human players but still play a 5 on 5 NBA style game. I play team up a lot with my friends and we usually play 3 vs 3 so you have 2 CPU players on each team.

Enjoy the bloated stats and tainted leaderboard then

[MikeGSW]

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Thank you, 2K. Can start up w/ 3 players! Also they stopped people from being able to run with just 2 players. Everything that I wish they done so far is being done.

Finally got the OG Crew that look like it will be improved. Just kind of worried about the SFs this year. Hopefully we can see the other teams lineup beforehand and see if we'd like to back out or not like before.

Being able to see the other team would be a huge plus. I would hope the match making puts you up against a team of equivalent ability though.


As for this whole 5v5 cpu or player controlled.

I think having the option of cpu controlled makes a lot of sense. Some people don't have 4 other friends irl that play this game (me being one of them). So we should miss out on an entire mode because we can't convince another friend to buy the game? Nah.

It's pretty balanced as well. If you're playing with 5 humans against 3 (+2cpu) then your full human team has the benefit of intelligence quite simply. The cpu is thicker than a McDonald's shake. They don't have a clue what to do on offense a lot of the time and cut into the middle of the D at really weird points (usually just as you're passing it to them). The Human team can communicate better and let's face it, humans > cpu. That's why career mode is so easy but playing online is tougher. Human opponents are more difficult to beat. If someone calls a double team PASS THE BALL. Somebody is open. This is basketball 101. On top of all this there should be less lag if there's less human players.

The CPU is terrible at rebounding and guarding the cpu is much easier than guarding a human player. CPU is predictable. Especially if it's an nba roster and you know the tendencies of that player.

The only real upside for the 3 and 2 team is that they have less people on the team to worry about and trying to get them their "touches".

Time will tell, maybe they'll keep it capped so it can't be a player rated over 80 or 85 overall etc. Or maybe they'll prioritise matchmaking to try and keep full 5s VS full 5s.

Fact of the matter is this is what Crew was. This is what everyone has been asking for. The true crew heads are ecstatic about this, just ask KSpadeTheProspect.

[KehliahoMauiFootball]

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Sorry bro. I'm glad it's in. You'll get over it soon. If not, just wish when you have your 5 you can back out of playing 3 or 4 players until you see 5. God bless.

Doubt I'll be playing the mode now unless it's filled up with 5's. I despise the CPU. Do you play with bots in call of duty or nah

[Jrocc23]

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Doubt I'll be playing the mode now unless it's filled up with 5's. I despise the CPU. Do you play with bots in call of duty or nah

Look man, I'm happy it's in. Sorry you'll miss out on what seems to be a fantastic mode.

[Jv160]

I see does damn 2k shoes again.

[MikeGSW]

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Who says this mode is supposed to replicate real life? Because to me this is the complete opposite of a real life mode? How many guys actually create an NBA court in their backyard and then find 9 other guys and run 5 v.5 games. And change the colors on those courts every other night.

I used to. But eventually all these seven foot guards started turning up and it totally ruined the entire thing.

[Pokes404]

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I'm primarily a team-up player, and I can say from experience that the CPU was pretty nightmarish in 2K14 ... at least in that mode. But other than a few psychic pass interceptions, the CPU was a lot more balanced in 2K15.

I would much rather play against human opponents, but having to play against the CPU every once in a while isn't a big deal. I know there will be plenty of times when I only have 2-3 other friends online and want to run a game. It's nice to know I'll be able to do so and have the CPU fill in the empty slots.

The thing I worry about with this mode are people getting down 10+ points, and opting to just quit and get into a new game instead of finishing it out. With matchmaking back this year, that temptation to exit out and get into a new game when things aren't going well is going to be a little more prevalent. Hopefully quitters will face some kind of penalty (stat hits, loss, VC deduction, etc) to help curve this. Because again, playing the CPU from time to time is understandable, but we'd all rather be going against human opponents.

[KehliahoMauiFootball]

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Look man, I'm happy it's in. Sorry you'll miss out on what seems to be a fantastic mode.

Great. Your reasons aren't very good though.

Bloated stats? Check
Tainted leaderboard? Check
Less-organic mode / rely on CPU for defense, etc? Check
Unequal playing field? Check

I have no clue why people want to play an ONLINE HUMAN MULTIPLAYER mode, just so they can bring in the CPU / AI for some lovely cheese. Makes no sense. 2K14 crew was the best one 5on5 all humans.

[Jrocc23]

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Great. Your reasons aren't very good though.



Bloated stats? Check

Tainted leaderboard? Check

Less-organic mode / rely on CPU for defense, etc? Check

Unequal playing field? Check



I have no clue why people want to play an ONLINE HUMAN MULTIPLAYER mode, just so they can bring in the CPU / AI for some lovely cheese.

I am not go debate about it. It's in. Why do I need to sit here and debate it with you? I never seen any CPU cheese but whatever. Like I said, just hope you can see teams and back out until it's 5. Good luck bro.

[19LloydBanks82]

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Doubt I'll be playing the mode now unless it's filled up with 5's. I despise the CPU. Do you play with bots in call of duty or nah

Nobody forces u to play the mode, im glad we got cpus again 2k11 crew mode was amazing and nobody complained about inflated stats back then.

[MikeGSW]

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Great. Your reasons aren't very good though.

Bloated stats? Check
Tainted leaderboard? Check
Less-organic mode / rely on CPU for defense, etc? Check
Unequal playing field? Check

I have no clue why people want to play an ONLINE HUMAN MULTIPLAYER mode, just so they can bring in the CPU / AI for some lovely cheese. Makes no sense. 2K14 crew was the best one 5on5 all humans.

You've said your piece. Made your point. Leave it at that. Stop derailing the thread by repeating yourself ten times.

[Csmooove32]

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Enjoy the bloated stats and tainted leaderboard then

The CPU won't change bloated stats. If somebody wants to score 40-50 points a game the 2 other CPU players won't change that. I just don't understand how stats would be worst with the CPU.