NBA 2K15 Livestream Starting Now - Bulls vs. Lakers

[Boilerbuzz]

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Would I like for 2K to have a Halftime Show? Sure, why not?

Am I losing sleep or "OMG THIS HORRIBLE!!!!!!" because it's not in there? Not at all. There would be times where I watch it every now and then but more times than not, I'd skip right through it. Halftime Shows are always going to be repetitive for the fact that they'll be repeating the same lines to you time after time since they can update it every night. Sure, we might see a few different highlights/moments but for the most part, it'd be the same until next year.

But to consider cancelling a game because there's no halftime show? Yeah, that's an overreaction if I ever saw one, lol.

Overreactions are the norm on the interwebs man. It's just funny, isn't it. Then the conspiracy theories follow immediately after. I think it's hilarious. But I completely agree with you. I watch them sometimes, but the LARGE majority of the time, I skip them after seeing them a few times.

[j3nkins29]

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The lack of a halftime show is not gonna make me not get the game, it is not that big of a deal it just caught me off guard. I wish it was there but it is what it is. Hopefully they can flesh it out more as others have said and make it something that the users don't want to skip in the future.

[El_Poopador]

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Except there are a bunch of times in the nba where the screen comes opposite the ball hand and the ball handler can choose to accept it or play off of it. Dwyane Wade does this a lot. Or, the Spurs do a lot of switch PnR where the screener will come up on one side and switch at the last second. Or, side pick and rolls where the ball handler is dribbling with the left hand and wants to attack with his right (strong hand) to the middle of the floor.

Really, if they are doing any "simple" PnR programming it should be just that picks are designed to get the ball handler to the middle. That's the simplest way to do it.

I think rather than just always setting it to go toward the middle, the screen should be set on whatever side has the most room to work with, until they find a way to let us choose, of course. If I'm isolating on the wing, I may want the screen set toward the baseline if I have a teammate at the top of the key, because there would be more room to operate over there, and more room for my teammates to get open.

[KingTocco]

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Overreactions are the norm on the interwebs man. It's just funny, isn't it. Then the conspiracy theories follow immediately after. I think it's hilarious. But I completely agree with you. I watch them sometimes, but the LARGE majority of the time, I skip them after seeing them a few times.

I'm more excited about the pregame to be honest, that always seemed barebones to me.

This thread was bound to take that turn though, even with all the great and intelligent people on here, there are some that feel the need to nitpick every little detail and complain about everything.

This game has me counting down the days like a space shuttle launch. 6...5...4...


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[The 24th Letter]

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and now halftime-gate has essentially taken over the game play thread...a game play thread that had a lot to be happy about.

the halftime show didn't make it in this game, that sucks, hopefully they hear our feedback and add it back next year. I obviously don't work at 2k, but I am 99% they didn't take it out just to get people upset.

all the soap box stuff and piling on is just unnecessary...I know thing's get a little crazy around pre-release but it's reached a new height this year, and I didn't think that was possible.

[Boilerbuzz]

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The lack of a halftime show is not gonna make me not get the game, it is not that big of a deal it just caught me off guard. I wish it was there but it is what it is. Hopefully they can flesh it out more as others have said and make it something that the users don't want to skip in the future.

It's really in the best interest of the game to make those moments worth seeing and nit skip. Why? Because in today's world of entertainment, that's where you sell sponsorship space. If they ship a halftime show that people skip, sponsors don't buy that space. Seems that based on the numbers, it was time to rethink the halftime show. So, scale it back, focus on space that people can't or don't skip, and come back to it down the line. I'm sure anyone here with a brain can agree it sucks, but it's a reasonable decision.

All of this is theory on my part. I have no idea if this is the case. But it seems logical to me. So, yeah, it always sucks to lose something you had before. But if you get it backs better than ever, it's a net gain.

Edit: I think, for the most part, this halftime discussion has been civil. Since it was actually in the video, I think it's still on topic. But, getting back to gameplay would be great as well.

[VDusen04]

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all the soap box stuff and piling on is just unnecessary...I know thing's get a little crazy around pre-release but it's reached a new height this year, and I didn't think that was possible.

I've actually kind of dug the discourse this year. 2K's made a lot of improvements and successfully diverted themselves from certain virtual currency doom and there has not been a shortage of folks lauding those improvements. And outside some of the normal extreme and entitled opinions (and those who seem to live to respond & engage those types), I feel as though I've seen a lot of intelligent and worthwhile discussion on shortcomings as well. It seems like night and day in comparison to 2K14's VC and always-online fueled feedback.

[Boilerbuzz]

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I've actually kind of dug the discourse this year. 2K's made a lot of improvements and successfully diverted themselves from certain virtual currency doom and there has not been a shortage of folks lauding those improvements. And outside some of the normal extreme and entitled opinions, I feel as though I've seen a lot of intelligent and worthwhile discussion on shortcomings as well. It seems like night and day in comparison to 2K14's VC and always-online fueled feedback.

I agree. I think the mods and a lot of OS vets have done a good job of ferreting out too much of the toxic talk.

[Klayups]

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I skip the halftime show every time.

It's not that entertaining to me, and I'm not that broken up about there not being one. Most of the time I just want to get back to the action as fast as possible.

Halftime shows are cool for like My Player mode or something (maybe). But mostly I don't care for them. (In video games)

[KingTocco]

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I agree. I think the mods and a lot of OS vets have done a good job of ferreting out too much of the toxic talk.

I agree, the vets and mods are great here. Think it's time to take the plunge and support OS, get that blue name!


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[Teddy_Long]

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how we sure there is no halftime show?

[Nomah5]

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This thread has become nhl 15 part 2.

[KyotoCarl]

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Do we know for sure that the halftime show isn't in? I haven't watched the whole livestream but could it be they are just in some games?

Also with the whole Damon thing, maybe they haven't had the opportunity to bring someone else in in time. They couldn't really have him this year because of the controversy around him.

[bodymore]

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Hate to be that guy, but are people really that upset about a halftime show? I usually watched my teams highlights but skipped everything else. People really seem to find anything to be OUTRAGED about nowadays. What I really want is the end of game highlights for each player back in the game.

[23]

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No biggie to me. I just mentioned why it's so skipped.

Same music duh duhduhduh duh duh duuuuuuuhhh duh duh duh duh duh duh duuuuuuuhhh duhnnnnn duh que in Bruce talking.... same halftime show for the last 5 years... now let's back to the action same music playing in the background lol.

I hate that music. See how boring that post was?


Anyway I'll watch highlights on my own. I just hope we have a better replay camera. That's in need of a change as well