What up xtremedunkz. This is something people have commented about before but for years I have always felt the exact opposite. There are several reasons for this.
For starters a large chunk of these players are based off real people here in the thread. About 75 percent of those guys I would have to turn away because their last name isn't in the database.
Also, most of the work for these classes are done before I even create the draft or even get the game. To stick to the database would require me to sit in front of my xbox to make sure all of those names are there before I move forward.
And have you seen the amount of unique names in college basketball? The next wave of bball stars ALWAYS has a large amount of unique names that wouldn't be in the database otherwise. We are already 7 classes in as far as creation. That's over a thousand players already. With all due respect I feel like sticking with leave me with TOO many generic names that are constantly repeated. ESPECIALLY with the foreigners. There are not nearly enough foreign last names in the database so I would either have to just get rid of most of them or have a ton of foreign players in the league with the same last name.
For me, THAT is a true immersion killer. Of course not having some of our names in the database sucks but you have to pick your poison and in my opinion the alternative is enough to completely murder my experience so I will never do it. Thanks for the kind words though man!
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