Tips for a succesful "association"

[woody2goody]

I'm playing 29-game seasons this year, and they're perfect really. With every game clocking in at between 60 and 90 minutes, I wanted the ability to play a few seasons.

My main tip for you is to find the players that work FOR YOU. Get the guys who suit your style of play, and don't just get them because you think they are the best.

Above all, enjoy it!

[DarkNowitzki78]

Quote: Originally Posted by ABA QontrolZ

just curious, how many seasons can u complete between the day u buy 2k11 and the day u ll buy 2k12? : /

same here. runnig a 82 game season with 10 min. quaters. right now im 2 games away from the allstar game. have to say that i only play NBA 2K11, NHL and MLB the Show only sometimes a "blockbuster" game like Killzone 3 in between but the story modes are usually that short, that it takes no longer than a weekend to finish and not interrested in the onlinepart.

So when 2K12 arrives i think im stuck in the middle of season 2, something like that. But thats ok, maybe i will not buy it when i think that im cool with 2k11. So then playing 2K11 till 2k13 comes out. But a big inovation for sportgames would be to use the franchises from the former games, so that you could simple transfer the stats and so on to the next yaers game.

[Sublime12089]

Basically try not to get into bad long term deals. In my last association I was paying Steven Jackson 10 mil a year when he couldnt do any of the things I paid him that much for any more lol.

[Beantownbomber718]

Quote: Originally Posted by DarkNowitzki78

same here. runnig a 82 game season with 10 min. quaters. right now im 2 games away from the allstar game. have to say that i only play NBA 2K11, NHL and MLB the Show only sometimes a "blockbuster" game like Killzone 3 in between but the story modes are usually that short, that it takes no longer than a weekend to finish and not interrested in the onlinepart. So when 2K12 arrives i think im stuck in the middle of season 2, something like that. But thats ok, maybe i will not buy it when i think that im cool with 2k11. So then playing 2K11 till 2k13 comes out. But a big inovation for sportgames would be to use the franchises from the former games, so that you could simple transfer the stats and so on to the next yaers game.

lol i agree,it's crazy how 2k11 never gets tiring to me because i only play it too. I bought Red Dead Redemption & Yakuza 3 about 2 months ago & have played those games about 8 times combined. I love both of those games but 2k11 is never ending & when Basketball season is officially over i'll switch back to those 2 games.

[mbeatty32]

Hey DarkNowitzki,

You are 2 games away from the all star break? I have three associations going (one that I played every game with Utah) and two "test" ones to see if this glitch happens everytime. I want to know if you have run into your game freezing at the end of the first quarter. All three associations are doing this to me and I cannot play any more games. So depressing.

[DarkNowitzki78]

Beantownbomber718 : Exact the same here. Im loving this game and with MLB the Show and the soon commimg Top Spin 4 i will be totaly satisfied and 4 sure having enough to go on for a long long time. After the nice pictures i put NASCAR on my radar but will wait for some opinions about the gameplay.

mbeatty32: Yesterday i played the Allstar Game and after that two regular season games against the Bucks and the Cavs. Glady have had no freeze issue so far. Playing on the PS3.

[detroitsun]

Quote: Originally Posted by mbeatty32

Hey DarkNowitzki, You are 2 games away from the all star break? I have three associations going (one that I played every game with Utah) and two "test" ones to see if this glitch happens everytime. I want to know if you have run into your game freezing at the end of the first quarter. All three associations are doing this to me and I cannot play any more games. So depressing.

I had that problem when the game frozen after the first TIMEOUT was called. That was because I tried to save the game and resume from where I saved at.
What I did was sim to the end of that game and then I was able to play as normal. It might be a memory thing - my memory is acting funny for my game

[the_steve]

The biggest requirement I see for a good association is management of tendencies and rotations. If star players change teams I usually take a few minutes to go through and make sure touches and play styles make sense.

This is mostly a judgement call, but sometimes there are obvious AI mistakes. The Celtics picked up Vince Carter in my franchise and 5 minutes into a preseason game it was obvious he didn't fit with the first squad. Rather than modifying his tenancies, I lowered his attributes and touches a couple points so that Ray stayed on as the starter and allowing Carter to dominate the ball on the second team.

Other things to look for are pick and roll tendencies and preferred spot-up/post locations. You don't want role players' preferred post locations to overlap with stars.