Re: #LockerCodesMustGo
The only big YouTuber complaining is Chris Smoove, with all the others blindly agreeing with 2k. I really don't think that Smoove is mad about the fact that his squad isn't amazing. He has most of the best players, including the best version of MJ, which is arguably the best card in the game.
The main problem Smoove points out is that the game mode is not very rewarding to play. All the cards you get from playing the game straight up are significantly worse than the Pink Diamonds. The same is true for cards you get from completing collections. To do this you have to work the auction house. The mentioned Diamond Shaq is the most difficult card to get, by far. Even someone dumping hundreds or thousands of dollars into the game mode would have to spend dozens of hours working the market to get there. Those of us that don't spend money would have to take much more time, hundreds of hours. In the end, Diamond Shaq is one of the best 10 Centers in the game, but not top 5.
Instead of spending hundreds of hours working the market you have the option of winning a typing contest for Pink Diamond Shaq, a MUCH better version. This card is one of the best 3-4 Centers in the game and you see him in some of the best Squads, while others prefer Hakeem, Wilt, or Onyx D12. Each has their strengths and weaknesses and it really depends on game you like to play which one you start.
Now, it's obvious why 2k does the giveaways over twitter. It creates lots of buzz and free advertisement. But it's really unclear why 9 of the best 11-12 cards in the game (rough estimate) are only available by stalking twitter and typing in a code within 10 seconds. Why don't they make the Pink Diamonds really good but not the best? People on twitter would be just as hyped about getting a 95 OVR Pink Diamond Shaq, with the 99 being only available to those who spend insane hourse working the AH.
On a sidenote, a lot of what seems like great content for a non-MyTeam player is really mostly smoke. 90% of the challenges they have are uninteresting and don't even allow you to use your best players. Many of the players they release are completely uninteresting unless you're a hardcore fan of a certain player because better and cheaper options have been on the market for months. There are so many things they could do with a little bit of creativity and insight into how this mode actually plays. It's disheartening because there is a lot of potential and this could be an amazing mode if they changed a few things (coincidentally very similar to how the sim community has felt about 2k in general for years). I know a bunch of players that stopped playing 2k15 because MyTeam is their favourite mode and there's simply nothing to do or play for. You can only play friends on Pro difficulty, or play online against people who double team and zig-zag every single possession. The offline play is boring as well, normally way too easy and sometimes way too hard for almost no reward. Most the best players have been out for a long time
I totally get that you sim guys look down on MyTeam players and video makers, and many of them are awful. But there are also those of us that play sim and simply love the collecting aspect. Ultimately, a card collecting mode is about collecting cards, but there are almost no good ways to earn cards and the best ones are given away on twitter. And there are no good ways to play with the cards you've earned.
FWIW I've gotten all but one Pink Diamond this year.
The only big YouTuber complaining is Chris Smoove, with all the others blindly agreeing with 2k. I really don't think that Smoove is mad about the fact that his squad isn't amazing. He has most of the best players, including the best version of MJ, which is arguably the best card in the game.
The main problem Smoove points out is that the game mode is not very rewarding to play. All the cards you get from playing the game straight up are significantly worse than the Pink Diamonds. The same is true for cards you get from completing collections. To do this you have to work the auction house. The mentioned Diamond Shaq is the most difficult card to get, by far. Even someone dumping hundreds or thousands of dollars into the game mode would have to spend dozens of hours working the market to get there. Those of us that don't spend money would have to take much more time, hundreds of hours. In the end, Diamond Shaq is one of the best 10 Centers in the game, but not top 5.
Instead of spending hundreds of hours working the market you have the option of winning a typing contest for Pink Diamond Shaq, a MUCH better version. This card is one of the best 3-4 Centers in the game and you see him in some of the best Squads, while others prefer Hakeem, Wilt, or Onyx D12. Each has their strengths and weaknesses and it really depends on game you like to play which one you start.
Now, it's obvious why 2k does the giveaways over twitter. It creates lots of buzz and free advertisement. But it's really unclear why 9 of the best 11-12 cards in the game (rough estimate) are only available by stalking twitter and typing in a code within 10 seconds. Why don't they make the Pink Diamonds really good but not the best? People on twitter would be just as hyped about getting a 95 OVR Pink Diamond Shaq, with the 99 being only available to those who spend insane hourse working the AH.
On a sidenote, a lot of what seems like great content for a non-MyTeam player is really mostly smoke. 90% of the challenges they have are uninteresting and don't even allow you to use your best players. Many of the players they release are completely uninteresting unless you're a hardcore fan of a certain player because better and cheaper options have been on the market for months. There are so many things they could do with a little bit of creativity and insight into how this mode actually plays. It's disheartening because there is a lot of potential and this could be an amazing mode if they changed a few things (coincidentally very similar to how the sim community has felt about 2k in general for years). I know a bunch of players that stopped playing 2k15 because MyTeam is their favourite mode and there's simply nothing to do or play for. You can only play friends on Pro difficulty, or play online against people who double team and zig-zag every single possession. The offline play is boring as well, normally way too easy and sometimes way too hard for almost no reward. Most the best players have been out for a long time
I totally get that you sim guys look down on MyTeam players and video makers, and many of them are awful. But there are also those of us that play sim and simply love the collecting aspect. Ultimately, a card collecting mode is about collecting cards, but there are almost no good ways to earn cards and the best ones are given away on twitter. And there are no good ways to play with the cards you've earned.
FWIW I've gotten all but one Pink Diamond this year.
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