NBA 2K18 AI Improvements Blog From Scott O’Gallagher
 

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I haven't read it yet but I just saw that there were videos and was too pumped not to post something.

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Wow

Holy crap talk about a detailed blog which all others will be judged by. Huge props to*Scott O’Gallagher for putting this together.*

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Had to go with the classic

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I can't even find a gif to explain how damn good that blog was....

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Coming from semi-transition, OKC goes straight into a 1-4 low isolation. Utah recognizes this and adapts accordingly. I’d also like to point out the difference in pressure between Ingles and Rubio. Notice that Rubio is going to stay closer to George due to his shooting ability.

FYI, the video is incorrect for under this segment.

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Great blog! But I think you posted the wrong video for the "PLAY SET AND ACTION RECOGNITION" segment.

EDIT: ^ Beat me to it

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A few of the videos aren't matching up but so far so good.

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Some of the videos are posted twice instead of showing for example Melo isolation defense


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The systems proficiency feature made me shed a tear of joy.

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Absolutely superb. I'll be digging through this for days. The improvement looks real.

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Great read. Can't wait to test out this new movement system.

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This new dynamic broadcast camera angel that shows more of the court and zooms in when in half court looks phenomenal. No more passing blindly.

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The defensive setting explanations and calls outs sound like gold !

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no wondering why this gif is not showing

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Sorry about the videos, all fixed now.

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Now THIS is what I'm takin bout 2k!!:appl: ...and for the love of baby Jesus..don't switch things back because some dude cant make a shot! Finally(hopefully) you'll have to think about how to score instead of the usual turbo nonsense!

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Good Lord, I loved everything I read in there. That's what I'm talking about!

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OMG...I love everything I just read!

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delete Msg

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The defensive callouts are easily the biggest thing for me here. Excellent addition

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I have no words. As a former bball coach, I'm just....I have no words. This stuff is amazing.


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That Noel model tho

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Great blog! The only topic that was not touched on was interior post defense. Has the game been programmed to account for CPU controlled interior post defenders leaving their man wide open under the basket for an easy basket?

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"Therefore, I suggest not playing a player outside of his primary or secondary position." - OG

I hope this is reflected in the My Career AI. Got tired of being a SG and being played at PF and occasionally Center.

"Team building has already been fun and entertaining in these modes, now you have another layer to think about when signing a coach or adding players to your franchise." - OG

If this translates over to the computer teams in MyGM/My League during free agency that's going to be major.

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This blog deserves consideration for a Nobel Prize.

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Good read and vids to go along with it. Guys in this thread going:

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One of the biggest cons about broadcast cam. Glad this was added.

Got a 2K11 feeling with this game. Think it'll end up becoming GOAT.


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I was more surprised at seeing Jared Sullinger there -- I forgot he was even in the league still. I remember him getting traded to Phoenix and then disappearing into thin air. Apparently, dude got waived and hasn't signed with anyone yet ... I'm surprised he's rated so well (and apparently is cheap to sign). Definitely will have to look at him in my ML for this year.

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delete Msg

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That's high praise from you, and damn, we haven't even hit Thursday yet... :drink:

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I love how they are explaining things more. Before I felt like I had to have some coaching experience to know what terms meant. This is great for novices like me who actually want to dig more into schemes and stuff.

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This system thing got me excited the most

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All this stuff sounds Awesome! 😁

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Just got a good feeling about it lol.

Hopefully, you play some Teamup games on Xbox next year. I still haven't forgot what you did to us with Dwight Howard some years ago [emoji23]

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I wish there was a way to incorporate either the Kinect/Mic when playing D. Saying "I got man"...or "switch" on PNR would be amazing!

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Exactly my thoughts. Hopefully they worked the new (and wonderful) system proficiency into the AI's decision making on signing/trading players. This also should help with something else that bugged me which was that coaches really didn't mean anything in MyLeague, at least not for user controlled games. Now you have to think about who to hire even if you're manually playing all the games.

Just a minor thing I noticed, during the moratorium period there's a nice display of your current cap room and hard cap room on the main screen as opposed to waiting until you offer someone a contract to show that info.

I'm looking forward to the defensive rotation and AI fixes that will really have me working to understand the X's and O's more, what a great blog.

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There may be no greater improvement than having an icon tell me where I'm supposed to go on defense. I've been wanting this feature for years. I get so frustrated when my teammate expects me to switch on a screen and I don't because I had no clue that's what I was supposed to do. This alone justifies buying this version of the game. Bravo, 2k.