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System/Game: PC/NBA 2K25
Mode: MyEra
Rosters: Fantasy draft based off the 2002 Kobe Era starting point

Sliders: Shady Mike’s with some adjustments for my own tastes. I made some changes to progression/regression as well to slow the rate of young players getting too good, too fast, and slow the rate of decline for some of the older players -- injury frequency set to 34, severity to 35. Will adjust as needed.


Quarter Length: 11 Minutes
Sim Quarter Length: 12 Minutes
Draft Class:


Classic draft classes, some downloaded, some based on edits I make to the (somewhat lackluster) historic classes. I’ve upped the injury ratings for some historic players whom we never saw a full career from and have kept some of the random cpu generated guys that looked interesting — since this is an alternate history, the draft classes will not be completely 100% accurate but they’ll be pretty accurate overall for the guys that mattered. How their careers play out may be similar or wildly different, we’ll just have to see who goes down as a legend in this universe.

Season Length: 82 Games
Regular Season Rules: 11 played — opening night, plus 2 a month, none in April. Rest simmed.
Playoff/Finals Rules: 1 playoff game per series, decided by a random number generator — if it lands on a game my team doesn’t make it to, oh well, such is the will of the basketball gods.




Playoff Format: 7-7-7-7
Progressive Fatigue: Off (I just don’t like progressive fatigue, so I've taken it off -- with chemistry and injuries still on, I anticipate the league will be fine, but will adjust accordingly as we go).
Team Chemistry: On

Chemistry effects, for both the team and player morale, are turned WAY down.

CPU Trades: Off
CPU Trade Approval: Off
Trade Override: Off
Control: 30 Teams, CPU automation for lineup/coaching tasks on every team but my primary; total control otherwise (roster moves, drafting, free agency, etc). No one goes to the G-League, as that place ups the the overalls of players far too fast.




Welcome back to Part 2 of this dynasty, which I’ve been trying to write for like 18 months now. I tried to continue the story in 2K20 in the same style as before (retrospective, in-depth book style), but couldn’t make it work. Tried to do it again with 2K23, but again couldn’t make it work. Thankfully, finally, us on PC got access to the next-gen (well, current gen now since it’s been so damned long) version of the game and it’s beautiful. I’ve really enjoyed playing 2K25.

I’ve taken a different tack with the gameplay this time around, taking my own self out of it — limiting myself to just 11 games in the regular season and 1 game per playoff series. This will put extra pressure on my GM abilities to get things done.

This story will also mark a return to the 3rd person POV, narrative style, as well as some fun era-specific flourishes.

First though, we must ask — what’s happened in the NBA since we were last here in this alternate universe?


(Disclaimer -- all this is FICTION so don't assume any of it is real in any way, other than the game results and certain real-life details of certain real-life players.)