NBA 2K12 Developer Insight #13 - Online Assocation

[elprez98]

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This is awesome.

[jyoung]

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Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah BOY!

My interest in this game just went from:



To:

[chia51]

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I wonder if you can import draft classes into Online Association.

I doubt it... I think (hope) they would have mentioned that. To me that is not that big of a deal.

Custom Sliders, Rosters are bigger than that.

this did not answer my main question, do you need 32 teams or can have an association of say 14 teams only users, I dont want my association public, because of cheddar heads, nor do I want cpu teams in, because if I wanted to play the cpu, I would play offline.

Pretty sure its going to be 32 teams with however many users you can do.

[DukeC]

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@Maniac Matt

Why wouldn't you want all the teams in an association? I'm reasonably sure you can just sim the games against the computer if you really didn't want to play them (There was a game highlighted that was simmed).

IMO, you just don't get the full experience of association if you only have 14 teams...and every other team didn't exist...

[amedawg00]

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***Tears of Joy***



After years of neglect and being treated as the veritable red headed step child of the 2K series, online league gamers have finally been rewarded with the mother-lode of all game modes in the ONLINE ASSOCIATION!

If you belong to a dedicated sim league that is guaranteed to finish with like minded sim ballers, words cannot describe the euphoria, the gratitude, and the sense of a promise fulfilled at long last by 2K.

Well done 2K!...I just hope the execution is as flawless as described in this insight.

[clipperfan811]

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I have to say, I caught myself feeling giddy on quite a few occasions while reading all this and I'm not even a huge online guy. This looks like it could be a ton of fun with the right group of guys.

I think a lot of people are putting off a "meh" attitude because we've pretty much known this was in for awhile. I don't agree with that and it goes to show you how spoiled most of us are but that's another topic.

If tomorrow's insight is just about the move compatibility for ps3 that's a tad bit of a letdown for it to be a Friday insight which typically have been bigger ones. Especially when we're still waiting to hear about improvements to offline association and non-association related online. I guess they're saving those for Monday and Tuesday to really build the hype.

In general terms though everything is sounding awesome.

[Btank314]

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Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah BOY!

My interest in this game just went from:



To:

My interest in this game just went from:



To:



What about offline Association? what new things are in this year? Wow just perfect

[elprez98]

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Someone asked me a question that I couldn't answer.

Is there an web interface for the online association?

[ManiacMatt1782]

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@Maniac Matt

Why wouldn't you want all the teams in an association? I'm reasonably sure you can just sim the games against the computer if you really didn't want to play them (There was a game highlighted that was simmed).

IMO, you just don't get the full experience of association if you only have 14 teams...and every other team didn't exist...

I would want an online league, with all human opponents, but to still have all the goodies of an association like multiple seasons, retirements, drafting rookies, etc.

[AbdulCs]

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So from online assoc do we go playoffs after??
& is it against cpu or actual humans?? Im still confused..
cause if its against cpu , then whats the difference between offline assoc & online?

[rockchisler]

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The two things I am most curious about went unmentioned. Custom rosters and full sliders. I really need to be able to put the rookies on the teams for Association mode. I would love to assume they are included in Online Association, but history has told me to never assume when it comes to game features.

Dont start your association till the lockout is over..Also After that one Op rookie poster said thre are no adjustable sliders available (Been debunked since) I am a lil nervous..

[ScoobySnax]

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Someone asked me a question that I couldn't answer.

Is there an web interface for the online association?

I'm thinking this is what SimBaller was trying to get at in the last paragraph of the insight.

[Virix]

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Dont start your association till the lockout is over..Also After that one Op rookie poster said thre are no adjustable sliders available (Been debunked since) I am a lil nervous..

Well, thats assuming the locking will end sometime soon and also discourages a purchase until that day comes. It would be much better to just know if custom rosters were able to be used in OA because that would solve the problem.

[Ricky Rowe Zay]

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- No acknowledgement of improving trade logic. (ex: CPU teams acquiring 3-4 starting caliber PF's only for 3 to get low morale)

- No acknowledgement of improving Free Agent logic. (ex: Chris Paul isnt signing with the Suns; Spencer Hawes isnt getting $10 Million per year)

- No acknowledgement of actual coaching contracts to stop all of the constant firings/hirings in 1 season. (ex: Detroit fires Lawrence Frank, Phoenix fires Alvin Gentry, Detroit hires generic coach, Phoenix hires Lawrence Frank, Detroit fires generic coach, Detroit hires Alvin Gentry, etc)

- No acknowledgement of fixing the Team Rebounding issue in which every Team averages 10+ RPG than they do in reality. No team should be pulling down 52 RPG on average.

- No acknowledgement of fully editable D-League. I can accept that they dont have licenses to use actual D-League players, however I see no reason as to why I'm going be seeing Evan Oliver, Doug Martin, Kenny Adams, etc in Association Mode. Why cant we remove these "fakes" and put actual players or even real CAPS on the D-League teams? Its been 3 years now.

- No acknowledgement of custom rotations carrying over into Association. After all of these years, all of these years we still cant put together the actual rotation minutes of real teams and have it carry over to Association without it being reset to 20 minutes for the "6th Man" and 12 minutes for "role players". "Role players" in a rotation on average play 18-22 MPG for a team not 12. I can lower the Stamina of starters and it still doesnt have an effect.

- Is David Stern really going to say "Minnesota selects the 20 Year old Power Forward" instead of Anthony Davis during the future NBA Drafts in Association? I thought having his voice would allow it to be used in terms of the names in the database. Oh wait, thats for My Player only.

- Is it too hard to ask to add a playable "Summer Circuit" & "Training Camp" to Association? You've had both in My Player for the last 2 years. Well now that D-League in My Player doesn't exist, you guys could've made use for both by putting them in Association. Would've added that "real feel" that you decided to strive for with My Player.

Those are just a few improvements I would've thought I'd see by now. I'm not even brainstorming into some good ideas that would've been a nice touch to add to offline Association. Ideas that I dont look at when seeing the "Wishlist for NBA2K12" because usually I'm satisifed with improvements made, except for this year.

Instead, 0 improvements were made to Association, except the NBA 2K11 Association mode is now Online in NBA 2K12. Thanks 2K.

Over/Under 3 weeks before people get bored playing this game?

I guess you 2K guys didnt realize is that Association keeps the game fresh. Do you not think people wont be bored of playing NBA 2K11..errr NBA 2K12 Online? No roster moves, No rookies, & the only way they will be playable thanks to custom rosters/CAPS is through Association. Oh wait, you didnt improve it.

I'll see your improvements once the Lockout is over, and I'll buy my copy used......off of E-Bay because I dont want any of my money to go towards you for ignoring your core fanbase.

[BRxSKINSx]

I'm loving this.... They've done leagues some justice with this mode...