NBA 2K12 Developer Insight #13 - Online Assocation

[AmongTheFearless]

SWEET. AWESOME integration, I'm really gonna enjoy this. BUT, what about offline? I don't know if they're gonna come out with a DI on that. I love playing in Association Mode offline, it's awesome in 2k. I wonder if they improved on it...

[Boilerbuzz]

Re: NBA 2K12 Developer Insight #13 - Online Assocation

This is going to sound insulting but it's not... I am genuinely curious, do you offline gamers have any friends? I ask because when u all mention online it's always about cheesers... Well if u have friends or family who play this game then this is easily the best thing to happen to sports video games since the analog stick!!! I have 5 buddy's who are all about to join me in a NBA utopia where we get to pretend to be g.m. And superstars simultaneously!
If that does not excite u, then u either don't like basketball or don't have friends. In either case, my player mode sounds like your 2ktopia. Have fun with that, but please chill with the negative Nancy responses. Sheesh

For that matter, there are plenty of OSers that play together. And I honestly think it's silly for folks to ask if the offline component was touched. Do folks think offline and online Association modes are mutually exclusive?

[kingg d]

Re: NBA 2K12 Developer Insight #13 - Online Assocation

The only thing I want to know about Online Association is, how many people do you NEED to start it up with? Because my cousin and I just want to do one with just us (Him being New York and me being Orlando) and the 28 other teams controlled by the computer. I don't want to have to find other people that might quit after a day because they didn't get the team they wanted. That's what I hated about league.

It's already confirmed that you can have cpu controlled teams, so I assume you only need 2 persons to start an online association

[Roadlesstrvld4]

What would be awesome is if you can take off the sorry guys and add the classic players to the bottom of the current rosters. Then have a user draft. Imagine the line ups there could be!!!!

[Jakeness23]

It's interesting, but I think I'll always be one that doesn't "move with the times" as far as online sports games... I much prefer offline association (wish we could hear something about it, but I guess all association work went to online this year (understandably) so maybe next year they'll take another huge leap with offline.

[Gramps91]

It's interesting, but I think I'll always be one that doesn't "move with the times" as far as online sports games... I much prefer offline association (wish we could hear something about it, but I guess all association work went to online this year (understandably) so maybe next year they'll take another huge leap with offline.

exactly the same way I feel friend

[misterkrabz]

I read that and I still don't know if I can play a season/franchise/association (or what ever) with just one other human player and still play a 82 game schedule with cpu simmed results of the games we choose not to play.

[coop15]

There is NO Crew mode in NBA 2K12! Dang man, this is the only thing people care about. I played 600 games in my Crew and I really don't even mind that Crew is being taken out. Too many hackers, too many people not showing players, and too many exploiters (Hop Step, Pump Fake, etc).

ALL MEN ME IN MY CREW HAVE 900+ Ws and would have liked to keep our name going on i dont care about the hackers because half of them dont know how to even use their player n the expoilteirs can be stopped not,impossible if you got the right team and also they just hack on xbox not psn. P.s. Im good pg/sg and also can play sf and C

[MagicFan4Life]

Re: NBA 2K12 Developer Insight #13 - Online Assocation

ALL MEN ME IN MY CREW HAVE 900+ Ws and would have liked to keep our name going on i dont care about the hackers because half of them dont know how to even use their player n the expoilteirs can be stopped not,impossible if you got the right team and also they just hack on xbox not psn. P.s. Im good pg/sg and also can play sf and C

How is it possible that you're a good PG/SG and can play SF AND C??

[shootah66]

I am Noob to this site as of 5 min ago. i dont know what the initiation is but hope its not too harsh. I have been reading the updates on 2k12 everday now for a while so i figured i would join. I absolutely loved 2k11 and still do i play everday since i got it last xmas. that being said i am psyched and cant wait til tuesday reading all posts. i haven't had the chance to play the demo so i am hoping the game lives up to the hype. i absolutely love the online association idea they are implementing this year. needless to say ill be standing in line at gamestop midnight on monday.

[NealN42]

Re: NBA 2K12 Developer Insight #13 - Online Assocation

That insight essentially was just a ton of words/writing to say 2k12 has an Online Association mode, but the only differences from it and 2k11's Association are the ability for other players to reject team to team trades, and that it's played with multiple human players instead of just the CPU...theres literally ZERO improvements made to the actual Association mode in general. They didn't even bother mentioning it...thats freaking unacceptable. An entire year...and 2k doesn't even TOUCH offline Association at all.

[supremeslang]

My question is if I start the online franchise, with 1 other person, do we have to play our team schedule against the cpu? Can I invite the friend to play against me? It's much better having a human opponent for every game, not when our respective teams meet during the season.

[coop15]

How is it possible that you're a good PG/SG and can play SF AND C??

Im just a beast In what I do

[JaySmooov]

How can we be sure they didn't touch Association? This is ONLINE, meaning they wouldn't focus on OFFLINE improvements to take away from the intended message they want to get across. Wait for the OFFLINE insight, then make judgements.

[johnnyg713]

Re: NBA 2K12 Developer Insight #13 - Online Assocation

This is going to sound insulting but it's not... I am genuinely curious, do you offline gamers have any friends? I ask because when u all mention online it's always about cheesers... Well if u have friends or family who play this game then this is easily the best thing to happen to sports video games since the analog stick!!! I have 5 buddy's who are all about to join me in a NBA utopia where we get to pretend to be g.m. And superstars simultaneously!

If that does not excite u, then u either don't like basketball or don't have friends. In either case, my player mode sounds like your 2ktopia. Have fun with that, but please chill with the negative Nancy responses. Sheesh

Thank you. Someone finally said it. Look I understand people prefer offline because they have complete control or don't want to deal with the hassle of people not taking it serious and dropping out half way through, but THIS is why Im dropping my money on the game this year. I also have a bunch of friends who all love this game and we have been waiting for this all year.

Edit: plus, everyone knows that OS is a great place to start up leagues with sim players. For those who don't at least give this mode a try, I think you'll be missing out on a great gaming experience.