OS is Visiting 2K Next Week, Ask Your Questions Here!

[Robotech2016]

Is there a chance 2K will get back into baseball on the current consoles? Really miss there Inside edge and pitcher mechanics. Miss Gary Thorne..etc in the presentation Dept. Also what is the future of the NFL returning too 2K in the near future? Will there be a attempt if there is a chance too come back in the market?

[Dazraz]

Are 2K working on any other Sport Games? Tennis, Boxing...

[Junior Moe]

Re: OS is Visiting 2K Next Week, Ask Your Questions Here!

What is the current culture on the idea of College Hoops? (Obviously knowing pending court issues)
Are they receiving any kind of useful feedback on the appetite for it based on the inclusion of the college games in the last couple of years?
How are the schools for the game chosen, and will this trend continue?
Will consideration be given to playing more than 4 games, or even entire seasons and beyond freshman year?

Also let them know how important Kansas is

I second this. I would love to know what the temp is on full a fledged college ball or an expanded presence, like college rules (2 halves, etc) in NBA 2K.

[dachuzen1]

Good job with 2k17 but i think there was an lack of effort with the player models/face scans ( way too many rookies without face scans and alot of incorrect body types). Hope there is an increased effort in that matter and also more focus on player individual motions and IQ on Defense.

[thevardano]

Will players on a bench start to clap when their teammates make free throws in 2k18?

[jerseycityarod23]

Is there a way they can stop the mirror matches in play now online? In 2k16 I would close the app if a mirrror match showed up and wouldn't be charged a loss. Now, I always take the loss. Also could you get a deal with a Rasheed Wallace? The pistons in blazers feel incomplete without him.

[Crunky]

Re: OS is Visiting 2K Next Week, Ask Your Questions Here!

Did you guys read my NBA 2K18 Keys For Success Thread lol.

[belikemike]

Re: OS is Visiting 2K Next Week, Ask Your Questions Here!

Will Defense be a big priority at all for 2k18? because both user and AI defense is absolutely terrible in 2k17.

[JKSportsGamer1984]

Will player models be addressed for 2K18? The skinny armed player models from 2K17 have to go! Also, will Foot Planting be addressed. Every year the say they improved foot planting but yet players are constantly sliding into position when receiving passes especially during inbound passes. These are my two biggest gripes with 2K17.

[belikemike]

Re: OS is Visiting 2K Next Week, Ask Your Questions Here!

Will player models be addressed for 2K18? The skinny armed player models from 2K17 have to go! Also, will Foot Planting be addressed. Every year the say they improved foot planting but yet players are constantly sliding into position when receiving passes especially during inbound passes. These are my two biggest gripes with 2K17.

I also would like to know about foot planting. In a basketball game you should not fell like you're sliding all over the court like you are in 2k17. In 2k14 next gen they did a pretty good job and touted foot planting that year. Why foot planting and the movements has regressed so much since then I simply do not understand.

[sikolec]

Re: OS is Visiting 2K Next Week, Ask Your Questions Here!

College Hoops 2k18?

[jayman504]

Re: OS is Visiting 2K Next Week, Ask Your Questions Here!

I'd like you guys to ask if they plan on bringing back custom music to the PS4 and XB1? If this was a feature on "last gen" technology, certainly can be powered on current gen consoles.

[GuwopGeezus]

1) The server issues need to be a thing of a past. Servers have been spotty at best for many years now. What steps are being taken to ensure faster, more consistent online gameplay? Certain modes I couldn't even get into this year strictly because I didn't want to deal with the servers

2) Transition defense logic, especially off of made buckets needs to be fixed. There is no reason that the other team should consistently to score transition buckets off of made baskets and even made free throws. The AI often has no awareness of where their man is.

3) Please do not leave the keeper year system for MyLeague Online in 2k18. A regular offseason is much better. What is the reasoning for not having a regular offseason, something we had as far back as 2k13?

[GuwopGeezus]

Also, it would be better for the game if they stopped pushing the release date up. Just take your time and release the game around the start of the NBA season.

[Leftos]

Re: OS is Visiting 2K Next Week, Ask Your Questions Here!

Alright, I think it's worth clarifying a little bit what this is about (although I think Chris S. did a very good job at explaining the theme of the questions) so that we get the best questions from you guys. This isn't a community feedback visit, OS isn't coming over to see/play the game and give community feedback and ask questions. This is about all of us that work here at VC that originated as community members, content creators, tool engineers, video editors, personalities, with roots both at OperationSports and the NLSC.

We're people that loved NBA 2K with a passion, working on different areas of the game, and giving back to the community on the regular, because we were feeding from it, too. It was a hobby that turned into a career, a dream come true for every single one of us. And by working together, what both we, as developers and producers, and Visual Concepts realized, is that you can't have too many people with these roots, these origins, that are so passionate about the game, even if they don't have long tenures of professional experience in the games industry already in their resume.

We're sharing our stories because we think it's important to motivate community members with ideas, creativity, passion, and skill, to join us; to move on from having this be just a hobby and making it their passion every single day to come into the office and work with us in continuing the work for NBA 2K towards greatness.

So...
- if you've ever felt curious about what it's like to have NBA 2K be a hobby that goes past just playing the game,
- what it's like to transition from being part of the community to actually working here at Visual Concepts,
- what your role might be like and how your life might change,
- if you've wondered if you're good enough to actually work in the industry,
- if you've never found the courage to send in your resume in fear of being rejected,
- if you've wondered how to increase your exposure so that people already working there will see your work and potentially recommend you,
...now's the time. We want to hear your questions, we want to answer them, to encourage you, and to show you that we were part of OS, part of NLSC, just like you, pouring our hearts out into the game, and were discovered and picked up by VC exactly because of our passion and skill-set, and that so can you!

Again, this is not specifically about 2K17 or 2K18. This is about developer stories, ex-community members that turned their passion into a career, and how you can also get to be a part of that. We're excited to share with you, and we'll be excited to answer your questions related to all of this.