What Does 2K Have Against Lobbies?

[TalenT]

Quote: Originally Posted by Luke Skywalker

We need Lobbies for Sim Ballers and Casual/Arcade Ballers. Onlone Quick Match is on Casual (easy dunks, shoot with regularity, turbo, and zone defense). A guy like me could benefit from the Lobbies, let it be NonRanked I could give a rat's behind what my rank is, because it's a video game and I want to have fun. My 407-2 record isn't going to carry into 2K16 so who cares. Please bring back Lobbies, I am tired of playing a game where everyone dunks like Blake, shoots like Ray Allen, and plays defense like the 2004 Pistons lol

Man, you took the words right off my keyboard (??? Lol). It's not even NBA basketball online any more. It's quite ridiculous. I couldn't care less about my record either. I'm more satisfied taking an L but having a good game than winning anyway. I know some people's argument will be to "just play your friends", blah blah blah. Welllll...sometimes I like playing random people w/ different strategies. Sometimes you just wanna pick up and play somebody decent at "basketball". Give me lobbies!

[Pared]

Quote: Originally Posted by dsnyder336

Last night I attempted to play 2k online. I played 5 games and none of them stayed connected until completion. Every game ended because of server/network issues. 5 games in a row. This is really terrible. Tonight I am going to write a letter to 2k and let them know how I feel. There is no match making. No leaderboard. No lobby. I was 1-2 and played a guy that was 47-15. That sounds like a good game. I was really disappointed in the game. I know that it is not a network issue. I play Madden, GTA 5, UFC and COD on the same network connection with no issue. I have no problem with the controls or animations... it is just the online. Today is a sad day because I am witnessing the death of 1 of my favorite games.

This is pretty dramatic.

[HowDareI]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

This is pretty dramatic.

True..but there's nights my friend tries to play and gets disconnected from every single game he tries to play..
I never experienced it, but I could imagine how frustrating it is to play 2 or 3 quarters then get kicked...or play a park game only to be disconnected halfway through the game.

It's only 2K too, no other game does he even lag in, let alone get completely kicked from.

[zdfhzdty]

Not on purpose but I think I stop playing online when the lobbies went away.

[xcfhgh]

What is the point of a lobby if you can't pick who you play ANYWAY?

[TalenT]

Quote: Originally Posted by xcfhgh

What is the point of a lobby if you can't pick who you play ANYWAY?

To explain it my way, lets take Halo. You have Big Team battles, Capture the Flag, etc... You get to pick what mode and play with like-minded individuals. I would like to play 2K w/ people who don't just play the game to get a victory by any means necessary. I want to play on Hall of Fame or whatever mode closest represents what would happen on a real life basketball court. Whatever mode online ranked matches is on now doesn't accomplish that.

[steelers99_58_36]

I feel like the notion to revive the lobbies is brought up multiple times throughout every single iteration of this series, and they absolutely should be. They add so much competition and passion when playing the game, and so much drive when not playing to go back and try to crack top 100 or crack the top whatever players that are ranked.

I remember All Pro Football 2K8 (which had lobbies) and how much time I played that game online was ridiculous. It may have to do with the fact that I think it is the best football game gameplay wise ever but whatever. According to Raptr I started tracking my gameplay hours in summer 2013 and right now I have 146 hours of time invested into the game. By the way the game came out in summer of 2007 and the servers went offline in Nov. 2012. I think it is a huge disservice to the fans to not have lobbies in this game. Also full fledged leaderboards and stats are also a huge plus, they definitely help maintain a level of competition.

[UWfan206]

Everyone in favor of bringing lobbies back are making really great points. Keep it coming!!!