NBA 2K14 Features Crew Mode - 3-on-3 or 5-on-5

[Optik]

Re: NBA 2K14 Features Crew Mode - 3-on-3 or 5-on-5

People, PLEASE don't conflate facts with evidence.

[MarvinOida]

A simple "We don't know for sure, and we can hold out hope, but I admit some of this evidence doesn't look good", or "I dont mind Blacktop Crew, but I understand others do" would go a long way towards constructive conversation about Crews. It was your many posts that continued to tell others what they should feel, like, do, accept, ignore, and believe contrary to mounting evidence that compelled me and many others to respond.

Yet, when I started with that, everybody starts exploding with this. I was first one stated the concern of depth and the waterdown version of 3 v 3. Yet that didn't do anything, I'm just saying man, everyone jumped to the complaints wagon, which is fine, but to me, this still would've happened if it wasn't me, maybe even naturally. I'm not trying to say "listen to me I'm right" I'm just saying wait it out. I already stated that I felt that possibility of this being water downed, me being fine with everything until Oct 1st.


Tap Tap Taptalking away on my iPhone

[Ramboooo]

Re: NBA 2K14 Features Crew Mode - 3-on-3 or 5-on-5

if crew turns out to be


5on5
leaderboards
team logo and name
fouls (this was in the video)

simulation mode
timed
4 quarters


I'm good

the arena format would be nice, but those things don't actually make up the gameplay, it's presentation. people are worried about creating their own uniforms, but you and your squad could just as easily wear some NBA jerseys from the my player store.

biggest things from me that haven't been confirmed, are the actual rules of the game like 4 quarters, timed, fouls, etc. Those things seem like they could be tweaked pretty easily to appease crew fans ?

[green225]

Re: NBA 2K14 Features Crew Mode - 3-on-3 or 5-on-5

Yet, you believe Crew could/will be 5v5 with arenas with absolutely no evidence. That seems self-contradictory and I'm not sure how that makes sense.

The safe "I'll believe it when i see it" bet seems to be that Crew will just be 5v5 Blacktop at best, because that's what everything we've seen and heard suggests.


The facts:

5v5 was started two weeks ago-- This is HUGE. Being familiar with game industry practices, dev cycles, and QA time needed for additions and changes, you generally CANNOT completely rebuild a game mode close to release, much less have it all completed in two weeks. Trying to do this and have it be proplery tested in such a short amount of time is nearly irresponsible in software development. 2K has never been one to take risks close to release.

Only 3v3 up to two weeks ago-- It means that 2k did NOT intend on implementing a full fledged 2K11 style crew mode for this year's release, and were interested in doing the least work necessary to sell "Crews" by redefining what "Crews" meant.

No word of Arenas/Jerseys/NBA rules from LD2k or Ronny-- In the very week they are promoting the "Return of Crew", they have avoided responding to questions related to the above. Ronny hyped Crews for a whole week, and 2K Marketing went through the effort to script, film, and produce a promotional video piece. Why would they do all that and NOT answer the biggest concern of folks who are interested in Crews? They could dispel all the angst and misgivings and accusations with one word. Yet they chose not to respond IN THE WEEK that they're trying to make the mode look a good as possible. I think both Chris and Ronny are smarter and more savvy at marketing than that. Notice how Beluba (who's not even in marketing) popped in from his busy schedule to allay our fears that in-paint contact wasn't addressed when it's one of the top 2 issues in 2K13? See how happily that thread has gone for the most part?



The facts don't *prove* that 5v5 will be Blacktop only. I never said they did. They merely heavily insinuate it will be Blacktop only.

Meanwhile there is *no* fact that suggests otherwise.

I'm going to go in the direction the facts are pointing into, vs. the unlikely polyanna view based on even less evidence.

"You don't know for sure" is not a trump card to support any and all clusions in the midst of varying degrees of certainty.

That fact is there are more facts for my conclusion than your opinion. They may not seem *conclusive* to you, and neither of us know for sure, but one is more likely than the other, and I prefer sticking to more likely conclusions than less likely ones.

And in the end, you have even less supporting evidence to continue a quixotic crusade to convince others that they shouldn't at all be worried or concerned.

A simple "We don't know for sure, and we can hold out hope, but I admit some of this evidence doesn't look good", or "I dont mind Blacktop Crew, but I understand others do" would go a long way towards constructive conversation about Crews. It was your many posts that continued to tell others what they should feel, like, do, accept, ignore, and believe contrary to mounting evidence that compelled me and many others to respond.

amen to that, a****inmen.

[Illuminatos94]

Re: NBA 2K14 Features Crew Mode - 3-on-3 or 5-on-5

if crew turns out to be


5on5
leaderboards
team logo and name
fouls (this was in the video)

simulation mode
timed
4 quarters


I'm good

the arena format would be nice, but those things don't actually make up the gameplay, it's presentation. people are worried about creating their own uniforms, but you and your squad could just as easily wear some NBA jerseys from the my player store.

biggest things from me that haven't been confirmed, are the actual rules of the game like 4 quarters, timed, fouls, etc. Those things seem like they could be tweaked pretty easily to appease crew fans ?

Yup at this point I already accepted that this won't be crew mode from 2k11. SO I'm just hoping we get to play with actual NBA rules and fouls.

The arena and jerseys would be just icing on the cake.

[Da_Czar]

Re: NBA 2K14 Features Crew Mode - 3-on-3 or 5-on-5

If the mods will allow me I have a link to my arena page to our radio show tonight we will be talking about Crew feel free to call in and voice your opinion.
http://www.operationsports.com/Da_Cz...y-aug-16-2013/

[Kurupt_XxX]

Re: NBA 2K14 Features Crew Mode - 3-on-3 or 5-on-5

i hope live has a crew mode

[FamousAtticus]

Cool story (Crew Mode) bro. How about a more in depth/true-2-life offline Association mode.

[ghettogeeksta]

Re: NBA 2K14 Features Crew Mode - 3-on-3 or 5-on-5

I never played Crew Mode before, but I'm definitely going to give it a try. Can you use your created player?

[MarvinOida]

Re: NBA 2K14 Features Crew Mode - 3-on-3 or 5-on-5

I never played Crew Mode before, but I'm definitely going to give it a try. Can you use your created player?

That was the point of Crew, 5 v 5 of a team of myPlayers. With NBA rules. Or Street if you went Blacktop.

[Boilerbuzz]

As of the video they released the other day , at that point crew was only 3v3 with limited to no rules and a game to 21 . If the team up guys hadn't "cried and complain " like us "crewbies" have it would still be that garbage.

If we don't speak and let them know what we want and just accept what they give us, there will be no progression

I agree man. I really do. But we are past that point. They spoke up. VC listened and made a change to find a middle ground. So, again, why can't that be acknowledged as a positive step? That's all I'm saying.

[MarvinOida]

Re: NBA 2K14 Features Crew Mode - 3-on-3 or 5-on-5

I agree man. I really do. But we are past that point. They spoke up. VC listened and made a change to find a middle ground. So, again, why can't that be acknowledged as a positive step? That's all I'm saying.

...and the fact that Crew was made in 2 days BEFORE team up. They knew what we wanted for a long time.

[Sundown]

Re: NBA 2K14 Features Crew Mode - 3-on-3 or 5-on-5

...and the fact that Crew was made in 2 days BEFORE team up. They knew what we wanted for a long time.

They've known for years that we've badly wanted Crew, yet only two days were spent on it to hack 3v3 Blacktop into "Crew"?

That actually speaks volumes on how little they were orginally willing to commit to Crew on this generation.

I mean, it's like knowing for years that your girlfriend wants you to marry her, her finally hinting she's done waiting and has been flirting with a coworker -- then offering her a cigar band with a diamond drawn on it.

"But, but I only spent two days making this! See, I knew what you wanted! Bow before my thoughtfulness!"

[rbfn04]

Quick question: if it's a 5on5 game, with rules, 4 quarters, whatever. And all it's missing is NBA arenas and uniforms. Is that that much of a lesser mode?

[bottledwaterfan25]

Re: NBA 2K14 Features Crew Mode - 3-on-3 or 5-on-5

Quick question: if it's a 5on5 game, with rules, 4 quarters, whatever. And all it's missing is NBA arenas and uniforms. Is that that much of a lesser mode?

For some people on here no, and they could care less what venue it's played on or whether there is street clothes instead of jerseys. But for the die hard crew guys yea it definitely feels like a lesser mode