No matter how many times I tell myself that I won't do it, I end up playing with randoms against my better judgment. What can I say, I love basketball and sometimes my crew isn't around. Every blue moon you'll get lucky and find some decent teammates, but I've probably quit out of 100+ games this year just because some of the decisions that I see these people make. I love myself too much to deal with nonsense.
Anyway, I just quit out of another one a little bit ago and it gave me a thought; it would be great if we had a few more badges to help identify certain players. Someone suggested to me the other day that 2K needs to make people take some version of a Wunderlic test to play online
. That would be cool too.
Please feel free to add to the list if you have any more suggestions.
Pure Dribbler – Dribbles until forced not to. Continues dribbling when the ball is returned to them. Dribbles regardless of time left on the clock or the number of open teammates available. If it takes them 23 seconds to finally blow past their defender then they consider it a victory. Winning the game isn’t important and neither is scoring – dribbling is all that matters.
Trash Shot Taker – There is no shot poor enough not to take. Double teams are encouraged, a trash shot taker doesn’t care. Will pass up open shots to take a contested one. Why do things the easy way? Is there truly such a thing as a good shot? Deep.
Zigzag Stretch 4 – Offensively inept in most areas, but skilled at running back-and-forth behind a wall of teammates to shoot long 3-pointers. Their shot percentage increases the longer they run back-and-forth and the farther behind the arc the shot is.
Cover 0 Defender – Unwilling to guard their assignment in any fashion whatsoever. Generally seen roaming the court in a daze while allowing an absurd amount of uncontested buckets. Will often guard other players at random, but will continue to neglect their own.
Full Court Fool – Guards their matchup from the inbound on every single possession, only to get beat up court and allow easy scoring opportunities for the other team. Most often seen in the wildlands of the Park. Don’t feed them or engage them in conversation.
Oblivious Baller – They have no idea what they’re doing or how bad they are, but you can’t tell them that. An easy 30-point win turns into a 15-point loss when they are on the court. The rotten apple in the bunch, the destroyer of teams, the dumb and clueless.
Anyway, I just quit out of another one a little bit ago and it gave me a thought; it would be great if we had a few more badges to help identify certain players. Someone suggested to me the other day that 2K needs to make people take some version of a Wunderlic test to play online
. That would be cool too.Please feel free to add to the list if you have any more suggestions.
Pure Dribbler – Dribbles until forced not to. Continues dribbling when the ball is returned to them. Dribbles regardless of time left on the clock or the number of open teammates available. If it takes them 23 seconds to finally blow past their defender then they consider it a victory. Winning the game isn’t important and neither is scoring – dribbling is all that matters.
Trash Shot Taker – There is no shot poor enough not to take. Double teams are encouraged, a trash shot taker doesn’t care. Will pass up open shots to take a contested one. Why do things the easy way? Is there truly such a thing as a good shot? Deep.
Zigzag Stretch 4 – Offensively inept in most areas, but skilled at running back-and-forth behind a wall of teammates to shoot long 3-pointers. Their shot percentage increases the longer they run back-and-forth and the farther behind the arc the shot is.
Cover 0 Defender – Unwilling to guard their assignment in any fashion whatsoever. Generally seen roaming the court in a daze while allowing an absurd amount of uncontested buckets. Will often guard other players at random, but will continue to neglect their own.
Full Court Fool – Guards their matchup from the inbound on every single possession, only to get beat up court and allow easy scoring opportunities for the other team. Most often seen in the wildlands of the Park. Don’t feed them or engage them in conversation.
Oblivious Baller – They have no idea what they’re doing or how bad they are, but you can’t tell them that. An easy 30-point win turns into a 15-point loss when they are on the court. The rotten apple in the bunch, the destroyer of teams, the dumb and clueless.
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