Too soon bro, too soon

[Bobhead]

So I've advanced through about 40 "in-game" days worth of time in MyCareer mode, and I've already gotten like 3 billboards, an ad campaign, a magazine cover, and a sneaker endorsement, and various other stuff I'm already forgetting.

Does anyone else think this stuff should be spaced out more in the future? I mean for lack of a better term I feel like every 2 days there's someone new riding me. It's kind of annoying. Not every player goes through Bryce Harper syndrome. It'd be nice if I actually had to earn stuff. I mean half of the aforementioned accolades came before I even earned a starting role on my team - something I just did about 7 calendar days ago.

Don't get me wrong this stuff is really engrossing, I think other than this timeline thing I think the presentation/"little things" of MyCareer mode were executed superbly. They did a great job bringing the off-the-court aspects to life. I love feeling like I really am a superstar, and seeing the various endorsements and praise and stuff. But I feel like the timeline on these things needs to be spread out more, so that, for example, the magazine cover doesn't occur until several months in, only one billboard every month or so, etc...

The way things are currently, everything's happening way too fast. I feel like a smothered 18 year old woman that is picking out a wedding dress, a crib for her future son, and trying to learn her fiance's last name, all at the same time.

[nuckles2k2]

Re: Too soon bro, too soon

That analogy was hilarious. Kudos.

But yea, the progression of you getting your shine is entirely too quick. Sometimes it feels like the mode is really only intended for one season, so they pack as much as they can into those first 82 games.

[outlawz1979]

Re: Too soon bro, too soon

Is it meant for one season?

[testmachine]

The funny thing is that after you get overwhelmed with all those stuffs. There is almost nothing less. They shoulve moved the shoe endorsement after you have a succesful season. Top 5 in PER or something and a few das later the show creation. Right now you get the endorsement after 5 games and the shoe creation at te end of the season. Slam dunk/3pt shoot out at all star weekend are worth a billboard. Maybe cracking the starter lineup and making the allstar team. Everything else is too much. Maybe only the top 5 picks get a billboard. My cousin was selected 21st by the celtics and he got a billboard as the next big thing?

[AdamBa17]

Re: Too soon bro, too soon

Hmm...not sure.

I'm on my second season, about 30 games in. I haven't had anything new since about halfway into the first season.

[Bobhead]

Re: Too soon bro, too soon

Haha yeah that's funny because I got drafted by the Celtics too (which was awesome by the way, since it happened on the first try, and they are my favorite team).

It's just weird being a rookie scrub point guard and I'm already getting more love than Rondo.

[VDusen04]

Re: Too soon bro, too soon

I feel you guys on this front. It truly is engrossing throughout most of the first year. Then, it just feels like years 2-8 are just going to be mindlessly sloshing through game after game after game with no real cause or reason. On top of the off court accolades, I think it'd be nice if milestones also weren't given out right away, then not again until ten years of work has been put in. Further, to see the extremely small portion of VC coins given out for monster milestones is also a little defeating (is breaking the all-time scoring mark even worth 1,000 VC)?

[Adarkin]

Re: Too soon bro, too soon

While I agree that they should space them out some, they should also make some of them reoccurring. Who is the league, who has a major shoe deal, only has one version of their shoe? I am also pretty sure that it is possible to be on the cover a magazine more than once.
I definitely think that they when all out for the first season and did next to nothing for seasons 2 through X. You can take a team to the Championship, win it and the following year you may hear the PA announcermention it once. Lead the league inscoring, you wont hears about it after you get the milestone for it.

[EasyOnTheIcePlease]

Re: Too soon bro, too soon

I wish our players wouldn't be sitting at the table with the coach & another impact player for post game press conferences so soon in their careers though.

It'd be cool for them to start off getting small interviews from local news reporters near their lockers initially, and then work their way up to getting interviewed by ESPN staff members in larger settings.

I know it's a video game and the majority of players want the fame early, but I think spacing out some of the accolades & attention is a pretty good idea.

[InthePaint]

Re: Too soon bro, too soon

Welcome to Fantasy Island!

[Slava Medvadenko]

Re: Too soon bro, too soon

Totally agree that you get too much endorsements too soon. I think 2k looked at the stats and found most players only play My Player 1-2 seasons, so they try to cram as much stuff into those seasons as they can. They should make this stuff harder to earn. I'd like to see a sig shoe come after 1-2 seasons of all-NBA level play, and they take your popularity into account. Billboards and mags should be more spread out.

As for new stuff, I'd like to see you be interviewed after the game in the locker room until big marquee games, where you are interviewed in a press conference, but only if you had a good game. Maybe your answer in the big room counts twice the percentage as the normal interview. Also, several shoe companies(not just Nike and Jordan) should offer you contracts before the season, and you should be able to negotiate the salary and years.

[beast10]

Re: Too soon bro, too soon

Totally agree...

[JasonMartin]

Re: Too soon bro, too soon

I feel you guys on this front. It truly is engrossing throughout most of the first year. Then, it just feels like years 2-8 are just going to be mindlessly sloshing through game after game after game with no real cause or reason. On top of the off court accolades, I think it'd be nice if milestones also weren't given out right away, then not again until ten years of work has been put in. Further, to see the extremely small portion of VC coins given out for monster milestones is also a little defeating (is breaking the all-time scoring mark even worth 1,000 VC)?

If I would get at least 100 000 VC, maybe I would try to break it. But for 1000 vc, why bother?

I can get 750VC (if I'm lucky) when I play 1 game of association. To break the all time scoring record I'm going to be playing a lot of hours. Just not worth it.