nbalive[360] game logs.

[nogster]

this is where all of us 360 nba live players can post their games and stats etc.
i enjoy reading other people experiences. esspecially now that pm's and i have got this game fixed and playing great.

i just played the lakers in my season [who are having a terrible season in the standings].
i beat them 109-97. 9min q's allstar.

kobe went off for 21 in the 1st half. he finished with 30pts,
odom had a good game with 25pts, and 6***. he only got 4rebs though.
and smush played well and generally under control. he finished with 22pts at 10/21fgs. the bigs were not really involved all that much. mihm was in cosntant foul trouble and scored 0pts. brown had a big dunk in the 4th but only had 5pts and 5rebs.
i hit 8/20 3's. and the lakers struggled at 3/12 from downtown.
the lakers only got a shocking 23rebs for the game. i ended with 50. thats where the game was won. my team is a very good rebounding side though and humans always have the rebounding edge generally in nba vidgames in my experience so i can overlook this. this is the lowest amount of boards a cpu has gotten over me in this game so.....
all in all. it was very enjoyable. well paced and realistic.

[nogster]

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i got thrashed at home by the sonics...
allen had 44pts and lewis had 35. there was nothing i could do to stop their onslaught.
the sonics shot 13/26 3's. in the 3rd quarter there was a sequence of 4 3's in a row by seattle. they shot the lights out and the game was over by halftime.
my d was terrible and like always. whenever u dig a hole for yourself u start to play frantic and rushed which causes more openings for the opponent. thats exactly what happened. tried to force too much causing easy baskets for seattle on the other end.
wilcox did nothing but a massive tip slam. for 2pts. it was all ray, rashard and even ridnour chipped in for 17pts and a couple of 3's.
very frustrating game.

[FluffyTonka]

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Good thread idea nog. What team you playing as? What's your roster looking like, the default one, or make some trades?

Here's what I've done to make it a liitle more interesting and challenging on All star. I'm now the Altlanta Hawks, and I did a fantasy type draft to get a below average team.

C / Elden Campbell - Andrew Declercq - Tractor Traylor
PF / Marcus Fizer - Brian Grant - Tractor Traylor
SF / Luke Walton - Big Nasty (C. Williamson)
SG / Kareem Rush - Eric Piatkowski - Royal Ivey
PG / Deron Williams - Troy Hudson - Royal Ivey.

Overall Team Rating - 69 (which I think is a little generous, these guys play bad ball )

My only edits was to Fizer where I bumped up his rebounding to def-88; off-74. Because afterall he was meant to be the next Round Mound of Rebound
I've tailored my own playbook to suit the team, and I'll have to play completely different b'ball to what I was use to with the Bulls and the drive and kick game.

Playbook
---------
Post up
Basket Cut
Pick and Roll
1-4 High 8
Box 8
Inside Triangle
Whjat I'm wanting from that playset is to get Fizer and Traylor isolated on the low block and if not set up screened looks for Rush and Deron Williams the secondary options.

About to play my first game V the Warriors, which should give me a good test.

Will edit this post and put up the box score after the game.

[Playmakers]

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Nogster or Fluffy I need one if not both of you guy's to do me a favor.

I'm trying to test something out to make sure which setting is correct.

On CPU Fastbreak Slider leave it at DEFAULT and play 1-2 teams different CPU teams preferably teams with PG's that have low Offensive Awareness like Boston, Charlotte, LA Clippers or Utah.

Max out their Crash Board Slider and then let me know if you think they run more at DEFAULT Fastbreak.

I'm trying to see if that Fast Break Slider is broken and maybe at DEFAULT without even touching it that might actually be the neutral setting for all teams.

I'm trying to compare it at DEFAULT vs the Lowest Setting to see if we can figure this out together.

I forgot to mention to set both of those sliders for human to it's lowest settings and select a 3/4 court man defense so your players pick up their men quicker.

[Playmakers]

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I just got complete with the 1st qtr playing the Pistons. I'm using the Nets and I'm down 20-13.

I left the Fastbreak Slider at DEFAULT for Detroit and get this I boosted up the speed to 80 using the other sliders I posted.

They have 2 Fastbreak points on 9 Minute qtr's so far. I'm using the Press Camera with Height at 10 and Zoom at 5 so I can see most of the court.

Hopefully these results continue as I move to the 2nd qtr.

[FluffyTonka]

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Okay. I'm onto it.

[Playmakers]

Re: nbalive[360] game logs.

Ok here's what happened for 1 half of basketball.

The Pistons went into the locker room up 42-28. Again this was on 9 minute qtr's and the speed bumped up to 80.

Fastbreak Points 6

Their leading scorer's were Hamilton (14-Pt's), Billups (8-Pt's) and Prince (8-Pt's)

They shot 45% (15/33) for the half but went 12/18 from the FT Line.

I'm not going to focus on my team stats because it's more important to see how the CPU teams act. Billups Offensive awareness is at 38 in my ratings and Hunter's is at 6. Naturally Billups saw the floor better and looked to run but he only did it a few times and only when my defense wasn't setup. Hunter never threatens me at all on the break.

But mostly they ran alot of halfcourt game aslong as I stayed in front of my man. I'm going to try another team with the same setup and lower rated PG and see what happens. New Jersey's defense is pretty high awareness also so I'll use a lower rated defensive team in the next test.

[FluffyTonka]

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Hawks (me) V the Warriors.

Hawks - 100
Warriors - 106

Key Stats

FG%
Hawks - 62%
Warriors - 51

3-PT%
Hawks - 55
Warriors - 40

Rebounds
Hawks - 26
Warriors - 29

Fast Break Pts
Hawks - 4
Warriors - 10

Players.
G.S
Dunleavey 31 pts 9/14, 5 boards
J-Rich 28 pts 10/20, 2 assists
Davis 26 pts, 10/19, 8 assists

Atl.
Fizer 26 pts, 8 rbds
Rush 22 pts 4/6 -3pt
D.Williams 20 pts, 8 assists

Firstly I lost, which is a good thing. But I only lost b'cos of a 17-5 Turnover deficit. The CPU is way to soft on the inside. I've worked out that at times, I can get my PG and run the sideline, turn across and run along the baseline and layup virtually untouched. Or drive with my PG hit my C/PF or SF for a running layup from the baseline.

I'm going to reconfigure some Superstar sliders. I'm going to max the blk slider and see if I can get some foul calls against me without getting absurd block stats. It might work. I've edited every perimeter player in the game to zero for blocking.

I'll post my results in the player ratings thread ...

[FluffyTonka]

Re: nbalive[360] game logs.

Ok here's what happened for 1 half of basketball.

The Pistons went into the locker room up 42-28. Again this was on 9 minute qtr's and the speed bumped up to 80.

Fastbreak Points 6

Their leading scorer's were Hamilton (14-Pt's), Billups (8-Pt's) and Prince (8-Pt's)

They shot 45% (15/33) for the half but went 12/18 from the FT Line.

I'm not going to focus on my team stats because it's more important to see how the CPU teams act. Billups Offensive awareness is at 38 in my ratings and Hunter's is at 6. Naturally Billups saw the floor better and looked to run but he only did it a few times and only when my defense wasn't setup. Hunter never threatens me at all on the break.

But mostly they ran alot of halfcourt game aslong as I stayed in front of my man. I'm going to try another team with the same setup and lower rated PG and see what happens. New Jersey's defense is pretty high awareness also so I'll use a lower rated defensive team in the next test.

For sure PM, I dont think increasing game speed will contribute to fastbreaks.

I left the fasbreak slider at default V the warriors (allstar level) and maxed it V the Clippers (superstar level) and I honestly didn't notice any change in the AI. Fastbreaks were limited. Even after a turnover the CPU wouldn't force it. the wingmen simply aren't breakin to the basket like they used to. The reduced OFF AWR is working noticebly. Even if the PG wants to run it, he doesn't have the players running with him.

A classic example was Baron Davis running up court, Deron Williams was side by side him, Davis actually run right under the hoop, then dished it to the closest player in Dunleavy who drove to the basket for the layup.

It was as close to real basketball as I've ever seen.

I'm not happy with superstar, but more on that in the other thread.

[Playmakers]

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Maybe it works in reverse order on Super Star. On All-Star the Shot Blocking ratings have to be go way down for all perimeter players. Simply because they block too many shots.

On Super Star I'm curious as if you have to increase to the Shot Blocking ratings for all Players just so that they make contact and committ fouls.

Also here's what I found out or think about the Fast Break Slider. I believe when left at DEFAULT that is the neutral setting for all teams and then the Awareness of the CPU players dictate which teams are better at recgnozing a fast break and which teams aren't.

I also believe that the CPU gets more Offensive rebounds by Maxing out their CRASH BOARDS Slider and then Human Player Leaving their Crash Boards at DEFAULT instead of setting it up at the highest BOX OUT Level. That means your players will look to box out on the defensive boards much better and take away many chances for the CPU to get Offensive rebounds.

So, I left that Slider at DEFAULT for HUMAN and MAXED it out for the CPU and wouldn't you know Zach Randolph has 6 rebounds so far early in the 2nd qtr with 3 rebounds coming on the Offensive Glass vs me. The only problem with raising speed is the CPU goes back to avoiding the Big men. As opposed to on lower speeds they will look for them often.

I figured this out because in the game vs Portland when I had the speed to 80 Randolph wasn't getting any looks down low. I went back down to 45 and BAM he touched the ball on 3 straight possessions. I also Noticed Nogster said he was playing on 42 speed and then I looked at his stats for his BIG's and they touched the ball even more.

[FluffyTonka]

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Wow thats an interesting little piece of information. I didn't notice with the higher gamespeed the AI won't get the ball down low ... I wonder why that is? I can't think why that would be, you'd think if you increased the gme-spd the game would do the exact same things only faster which gives the user less reaction time.

Once you get used to playing on the slower gamespeeds, the game flows perfectly everyone gets touches ... If only the CPU would protect the paint and keep guys who have no business being in there out.

Check out my findings in the player ratings thread r.e Blocking on superstar. I think I worked out what EA has done ... A big cheesy cheat!

[nogster]

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played the raptors last night and won comfortably 115-101.
i actually had a 30pt lead going into the 4th and they made a big rally to get back into it somewhat.
the raptors are a pretty weak defensive team and i scored quite easily.
i was also hot from 3range going 7/13.
peterson scored a game high 33pts. mostly on drives etc.
bosh was a force in the 1st q with 10pts then the tempo revved up when i went on a big run in the 2nd and the cpu kind of forgot about him.
he ended up with 22pts and 9rebs. at 7/13fgs. but played very much like bosh. james ended with a conservative 17pts.

ps. i play with a bunch of created players in the bobcats. the team ranking is 86 so my team is pretty high ranked. in the upper echelon anyway.
i am waiting for ea to bring back the create a team feature. i want to be able to make my own side with original jerseys etc....

[FluffyTonka]

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Hell yeah. That'd be sweet making your own jerseys etc ...

I'd like to do something like that right now, instead if doing a fantasy draft with the Hawks, I'd rather just create a whole new team ...

[FluffyTonka]

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My new roster is:

ATLANTA HAWKS ...

Michael Olokwandi - 67

Marcus Fizer - 78 (edited his rebounds to 86 def - 74 off; his stamina to 78; his def awr to 82 and block to 74)

Corliss Williamson - 68

Rashad McCants - 73 (Stamina edit to 84).

Chris Duhon - 70 (stamina edit to 84 and dribble upped to 83, he has a much better handle than the 70 which EA gave him)

BENCH

Ervin Johnson - 63
R. Ivey - 59
Piatkowski - 60
Brian Grant - 64
Walton - 64
Bynum - 61
Tractor Traylor - 65
Bracey Wright - 59

Overall team ranking of 71.

[nogster]

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i was getting totally flogged at home by the blazers last night!!!!
they had it going. randolf was a beast down low. martell webster the rook had 19pts, and telfair was destroying me in the 4th then the game froze.......
i simmed it and they beat me still.
next up was nets and it was a high scoring fest. 121-115. the score was 80-81 at the end of the 3rd then both teams went nuts on offense to close the game. carter and kidd were kicking my arse. jefferson took a backseat. with only 13pts. kidd was hitting everying. shot a very high % ???. krstic was only involved in the 1st q. he only took 4 shots.
my d was weak all game long as the nets kept pushing the pace. i dont like these high scoring games. i like to hold teams under 100. need to step up my d more.