NBA 2K14 Features New Blocking System, Includes the Ability to Block Dunks

[takeoff2410]

Blocked dunks rarely happen in the NBA maybe once or twice a game at the most. So hopefully this new feature isn't overpowered because if so it will be even more Dwight users online camping in the lane....

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One or Twice a game is not rare. There is a blocked dunk in the espn top ten like every other day

[mvb34]

Re: NBA 2K14 Features New Blocking System, Includes the Ability to Block Dunks

Will fouls be called on attempting to block dunks and are they missed dunks or is it either he maked the dunk or its blocked?

[quehouston]

The addition of blocked dunks are okay, I guess. But the real issue wasn't the fact that you couldn't block dunks, but the lack of contact in the paint, and the abundance of dunks in the paint.

Blocked dunks are rare in the NBA, simply because people getting dunked on, or attempting to dunk on someone is rare.

I feel like 2k is using this "new" feature, as a crutch to balance out current paint issues that they aren't focusing on in 2k14, like turbo dunk animations and the lack of contact before the takeoff.

In my opinion, the blocked dunks in 2k14 are gonna play a similar role as the missed dunks in 2k13. Safety nets to balance out the issues in the paint.

Bet we'll see though.

And another question: Are these blocks canned animations?

[LD2k]

Re: NBA 2K14 Features New Blocking System, Includes the Ability to Block Dunks

And another question: Are these blocks canned animations?

Nope.

Different points on which you can block dunks. Be smart about it and you're rewarded.

[quehouston]

Nope.

Different points on which you can block dunks. Be smart about it and you're rewarded.

Sounds good LD

[black_mamba24]

Re: NBA 2K14 Features New Blocking System, Includes the Ability to Block Dunks

You guys(Steve you're okay) need to stop calling this new blocking system a "feature". The third definition of feature in the Merriam-Webster dictionary is , "a prominent part or characteristic". I do not believe that 2k is going to market their entire game based on a new blocking system. I quote Ronnie "

A tiny bit of #NBA2K14 gameplay news will be released tomorrow.
— Ronnie 2K 2K14 (@Ronnie2K) August 6, 2013

"
A TINY BIT of news. I'm sure there is much more coming. 2k is
Oh, and LD2k asked you to stop misquoting him and Ronnie. Calling it a feature is misquoting them.

[RyanFitzmagic]

Re: NBA 2K14 Features New Blocking System, Includes the Ability to Block Dunks

You can't use a dictionary definition to tell someone what they mean when they use a certain word. That's ridiculous and, quite frankly, embarrassing.

[yungsta404]

Re: NBA 2K14 Features New Blocking System, Includes the Ability to Block Dunks

hopefully next they put in a new rebounding system.

[IDBall]

Re: NBA 2K14 Features New Blocking System, Includes the Ability to Block Dunks

hopefully next they put in a new rebounding system.

Agreed. Even when boxing out, the offensive rebounding by the CPU was ridiculous

[BallIsLife2]

Re: NBA 2K14 Features New Blocking System, Includes the Ability to Block Dunks

You can't use a dictionary definition to tell someone what they mean when they use a certain word. That's ridiculous and, quite frankly, embarrassing.

WHAT.

That's ridiculous. You have every right to tell them the definition of a word if you believe it was used improperly.

[LD2k]

Re: NBA 2K14 Features New Blocking System, Includes the Ability to Block Dunks

You can't use a dictionary definition to tell someone what they mean when they use a certain word. That's ridiculous and, quite frankly, embarrassing.

[Optik]

Re: NBA 2K14 Features New Blocking System, Includes the Ability to Block Dunks

WHAT.

That's ridiculous. You have every right to tell them the definition of a word if you believe it was used improperly.

Pretty sure he was being sarcastic... (the use of the word 'embarrassing' kind of gave it away)

[RyanFitzmagic]

Re: NBA 2K14 Features New Blocking System, Includes the Ability to Block Dunks

No, I was being dead ******* serious.

If I call a girl "tough" because where I grew up, that means "Good-looking," you ain't gon sit there and tell me that's not what "tough" means. Because that IS what it means, in that solitary context, because that's what I meant.

It doesn't matter what I said. It matters what I meant.

You can't tell someone to stop calling something a "feature," because they might be thinking of the word in a different way than you are. You're trying to tell them that they mean what the dictionary says, which they most likely don't. They can use whatever word they want. It doesn't matter. What matters is what they mean by the word they use.

[spankdatazz22]

Re: NBA 2K14 Features New Blocking System, Includes the Ability to Block Dunks

They can use whatever word they want. It doesn't matter. What matters is what they mean by the word they use.

Imo the people using the word "feature" to describe the news are simply trying to get in some petty derogatory digs at 2K. It's not like the concept of blocking shots was ever removed from the game, and it's not like the news is being promoted as a feature. This is being promoted as an enhancement of what's been done previously. If anything the inability to block dunks may have been an unintended side effect of them getting away from pre-determined animations (canimations, another term that's usually used in a derogatory fashion around here). Which coincidentally, was something the forum was collectively asking for (getting away from canned animations). Here's a dictionary definition I'd use to describe some here:


fick·le - [fik-uhl]

adjective
1. likely to change, especially due to caprice, irresolution, or instability; casually changeable: fickle weather.

Synonyms
1. unstable, unsteady, variable, capricious, fitful

[RyanFitzmagic]

Re: NBA 2K14 Features New Blocking System, Includes the Ability to Block Dunks

Imo the people using the word "feature" to describe the news are simply trying to get in some petty derogatory digs at 2K. It's not like the concept of blocking shots was ever removed from the game, and it's not like the news is being promoted as a feature.

It's the first news regarding gameplay, and it was released as a single, solitary piece of news. I don't think saying that 2K is treating it like a "feature" is much of a stretch, especially when the thread title has the word "Features" in it, and it's being touted as a whole new engine/system, and just a slight tweak.