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  • 3rdamention
    Rookie
    • Nov 2002
    • 176

    #1

    Man, using retired player pics as Rookies in Assosciation mode is just STUPID!

    One of the most enjoyable aspects of ANY sports game for me has always been the offseason stuff. Recruiting, drafting, etc. So when I finally got the sliders where I wanted them, I was ready to start my Pacers Franchise.


    So I played a few games, and quickly wanted to get to the NBA Draft and Free Agent Signings to check it out. Man, the Rookie Draft is just ridiculous.


    What they have done is randomly generate players, but used recently retired/out of the league players pictures for these Rookies' pictures. And they must have only had about a dozen pictures to use cause you see the same players faces over and over. While other rookies do not have pictures at all.


    When I went into the draft, there were like 8 players with Travis Best's Picture, about 10 Juwan Howards, 10 Kerry Kittles, and multiples of the other stiffs as well. This just drives me up the wall.

    One of the top prospects was a 6-10 Power Forward and his picture was Travis Best. Being a huge basketball fan, I know that Travis Best was a 5-11 Point Guard and it just drives me crazy that this "random" character is supposed be anyone BUT Travis Best.


    Then, there were 2 other "Travis Bests" in the top 10. I even had one prospect sitting there waiting for me to draft him, and I simply would not because he was "Juwan Howard". I can not trick myself into thinking this is some 20 year old rookie when his face is Juwan Howard, sorry!!


    Sure, the players have random names and stuff, but It makes no sense why they could not use just pics of the created players face, or NO PICTURE AT ALL. Now my Assosciate, in its second season, has a bunch of Kerry Kittles, Juwan Howards, and Travis Bests running around.


    They have done this for years, I know, but this is so annoying and has really ruined the Offseason stuff for me. Any true Basketball is not going to be fooled into thinking some guy named Bob Smith with a pic of Juwan Howard is not Juwan Howard.


    It is annoying me so much. When I play a game, every 3rd team has a player that looks like one of the players above. It really takes you out of the experience and fun of the Offseason Modes.


    Is there any way to turn off the Player Pics? I know you can edit Rookies, but can you just remove their pictures?
    PSN ID: Filth_Flannigan
    Xbox: Digital3Dean
  • DC
    Hall Of Fame
    • Oct 2002
    • 17996

    #2
    Re: Man, using retired player pics as Rookies in Assosciation mode is just STUPID!

    Yea I don't understand why they do that nonsense man. it is pure nonsense and I don't see why ythey just don't use a picture of the player's cyber face. I am with you here. I HATE looking at those generated pictures
    Concrete evidence/videos please

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    • Nodima
      Pro
      • Oct 2007
      • 972

      #3
      Re: Man, using retired player pics as Rookies in Assosciation mode is just STUPID!

      I thought the big hype with 2K was they make fake faces out of a combination of all the different player faces in the game? I must of just bought into it and not paid attention, but I do agree people always look alike and after 2 or 3 years I'd rather just have blank faces than 3 of the same guy in my starting lineup or whatever.

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      • DC
        Hall Of Fame
        • Oct 2002
        • 17996

        #4
        Re: Man, using retired player pics as Rookies in Assosciation mode is just STUPID!

        I don't see how that is something that deserves hype though. How would a feature like that turn anyone ON?
        Concrete evidence/videos please

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        • the_future420
          MVP
          • Jul 2002
          • 3086

          #5
          Re: Man, using retired player pics as Rookies in Assosciation mode is just STUPID!

          Why not just use the cyberfaces? Same way they do for players like Hickson on the Cavs and Mason on the Spurs?

          This part of the game is HORRIBLE. Makes me not even want to play many years in an association.
          PSN ID: thefuture420
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          • 3rdamention
            Rookie
            • Nov 2002
            • 176

            #6
            Re: Man, using retired player pics as Rookies in Assosciation mode is just STUPID!

            Originally posted by the_future420
            Why not just use the cyberfaces? Same way they do for players like Hickson on the Cavs and Mason on the Spurs?

            This part of the game is HORRIBLE. Makes me not even want to play many years in an association.

            Yeah, that is my complaint. If you are going to have 7 or 8 Juwan Howards, 7 or 8 Travis Bests, and 7 or 8 Kerry Kittles get drafted into the league every year, I see no reason to keep playing. It is going to ruin anything beyond the first season in Association Mode.


            I too wish they would only use Cyber Faces. Heck, they should use Cyber Faces on ALL THE PLAYERS! I hope this is patched cause it is really killing the longevity of the game.


            Is there a complaints/issues thread?
            PSN ID: Filth_Flannigan
            Xbox: Digital3Dean

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            • eyes of hazel
              Rookie
              • Oct 2008
              • 271

              #7
              Re: Man, using retired player pics as Rookies in Assosciation mode is just STUPID!



              I thought I was the only one.

              They use the game generated face for players they didn't have a picture for (i.e. Gasol @ Memphis and Spieghts @ 76ers)...

              So, there is really no excuse for this.

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              • t216
                Rookie
                • May 2005
                • 398

                #8
                Re: Man, using retired player pics as Rookies in Assosciation mode is just STUPID!

                Originally posted by DCAllAmerican
                Yea I don't understand why they do that nonsense man. it is pure nonsense and I don't see why ythey just don't use a picture of the player's cyber face. I am with you here. I HATE looking at those generated pictures
                +1

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                • JBH3
                  Marvel's Finest
                  • Jan 2007
                  • 13506

                  #9
                  Re: Man, using retired player pics as Rookies in Assosciation mode is just STUPID!

                  Originally posted by the_future420
                  Why not just use the cyberfaces? Same way they do for players like Hickson on the Cavs and Mason on the Spurs?

                  This part of the game is HORRIBLE. Makes me not even want to play many years in an association.
                  Originally posted by 3rdamention
                  Yeah, that is my complaint. If you are going to have 7 or 8 Juwan Howards, 7 or 8 Travis Bests, and 7 or 8 Kerry Kittles get drafted into the league every year, I see no reason to keep playing. It is going to ruin anything beyond the first season in Association Mode.


                  I too wish they would only use Cyber Faces. Heck, they should use Cyber Faces on ALL THE PLAYERS! I hope this is patched cause it is really killing the longevity of the game.


                  Is there a complaints/issues thread?
                  Fellas...the players don't look the same on the court. I know...It is stupid to not use the cyber face, but it was the same last yr and the yr before that.

                  If they looked the same in the game it would be one thing...I would like to see the cyber face, but this is hardly a reason to keep me from playing well into my association.
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                  • ryguy227
                    Rookie
                    • Sep 2004
                    • 59

                    #10
                    Re: Man, using retired player pics as Rookies in Assosciation mode is just STUPID!

                    i remember an old nba live game. i think for the ps1. when you were looking at rosters it showed an animated face of the guy generated from the game engine. it was actually kinda cool.

                    they could do that for every player that way when you get new rookies generated it would actually be an accurate representation of them. plus it would liven up the non-gameplay part of nba2k. even if it was just a snapshot or something.

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                    • DC
                      Hall Of Fame
                      • Oct 2002
                      • 17996

                      #11
                      Re: Man, using retired player pics as Rookies in Assosciation mode is just STUPID!

                      Originally posted by JBH3
                      Fellas...the players don't look the same on the court. I know...It is stupid to not use the cyber face, but it was the same last yr and the yr before that.

                      If they looked the same in the game it would be one thing...I would like to see the cyber face, but this is hardly a reason to keep me from playing well into my association.
                      We know they don't look the same in the game man.
                      Concrete evidence/videos please

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                      • the_future420
                        MVP
                        • Jul 2002
                        • 3086

                        #12
                        Re: Man, using retired player pics as Rookies in Assosciation mode is just STUPID!

                        Originally posted by 3rdamention
                        Yeah, that is my complaint. If you are going to have 7 or 8 Juwan Howards, 7 or 8 Travis Bests, and 7 or 8 Kerry Kittles get drafted into the league every year, I see no reason to keep playing. It is going to ruin anything beyond the first season in Association Mode.


                        I too wish they would only use Cyber Faces. Heck, they should use Cyber Faces on ALL THE PLAYERS! I hope this is patched cause it is really killing the longevity of the game.


                        Is there a complaints/issues thread?
                        Seriously. This may be a "cosmetic" complaint, but for everything this game does right to immerse you in, having 6 of the same photos on your team does ALOT to take that immersion factor right back away. Can this be patched?

                        Simballa? Anybody?

                        It would be different if the game was good at melding player faces together, but it seems like they only have 10 combos of faces when it should be more like 1000.
                        PSN ID: thefuture420
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                        • 3rdamention
                          Rookie
                          • Nov 2002
                          • 176

                          #13
                          Re: Man, using retired player pics as Rookies in Assosciation mode is just STUPID!

                          Originally posted by JBH3
                          Fellas...the players don't look the same on the court. I know...It is stupid to not use the cyber face, but it was the same last yr and the yr before that.

                          If they looked the same in the game it would be one thing...I would like to see the cyber face, but this is hardly a reason to keep me from playing well into my association.


                          Oh, I know they dont look the same way on the court! But I would much rather have a black square as their picture instead of some washed up out of the League NBA Player. It really does take you out when the game is showing the starting lineups and you and the opposition have the exact same face.


                          I honestly would not select a player in the Draft because he had Travis Best's face. I am a pacer fan, and did not want his "Face" on my team. I honestly chose the highest rated draft pick with a face I did not recognize just so I could "pretend" he was a college kid.



                          Just give us Cyber Faces 2k!!! I honestly feel this is something that may just get ignored. Meaning, no response, no patch, no nothing. I hope I am wrong, however!!
                          PSN ID: Filth_Flannigan
                          Xbox: Digital3Dean

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                          • mvspree8
                            Pro
                            • Mar 2007
                            • 580

                            #14
                            Re: Man, using retired player pics as Rookies in Assosciation mode is just STUPID!

                            Originally posted by 3rdamention
                            I honestly would not select a player in the Draft because he had Travis Best's face. I am a pacer fan, and did not want his "Face" on my team. I honestly chose the highest rated draft pick with a face I did not recognize just so I could "pretend" he was a college kid.

                            Same here... this annoys me to no end.

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                            • DC
                              Hall Of Fame
                              • Oct 2002
                              • 17996

                              #15
                              Re: Man, using retired player pics as Rookies in Assosciation mode is just STUPID!

                              I just want to know who thought this was a good idea.
                              Concrete evidence/videos please

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