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NBA2K10 GAF Season IX Thread of Meltdowns and Sweet Tears
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ecnal
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hmmmm, i've played about a dozen or so offline/online games and they've really cleaned up a lot of the gameplay.
-stable online connection, yay! better ping/game is more fluid.
-defensive rotations have been improved again it appears.
-man-on-man defense is better, but still not at the level that 2K9 was, but definitely leaps and bounds better than pre-3RD patch 2K10. people still just randomly slither to the side of you and drive by you for no reason. there are also many more iso moves that put defenders into irrecoverable animations than last year. :/
-it feels like the general tempo of the game has been changed, but i'm not entirely sure--for example, it feels as if the default game speed is now more like 48 or 47.
-shooting %'s are way down. blocks are way up (no joke, almost had a tripple-double with tony parker; 18pts, 11assists, 8blocks), they must have changed animations or the speed of the block animations. i'm mixed as to whether or not it's overkill at this point. i do like the shooting %'s so far though. if you shoot over 50%, you've really earned it... unless, of course, you're just cheesing in the paint (which has, again, been made more difficult).
-now that shooting %'s are down, there are still really annoying instances where you will miss an abundant amount of open shots/layups.
-the '2K run' effect is now back to what it was in 2K9.
-computer tendencies are fucked up. boozer took three 3's on me... jennings took 2 shots in an entire game while illyosova (???????) took 15. seems pretty sporadic when these issues happen; sometimes everything works fine.
-better logic in giving players assists
-more contact in the paint (sometimes really weird and unnecessary). the contact in the paint also has had an adverse affect on freethrow attempts. if the offensive player has a high tendency to get to the line, you better believe that all these added animations are counted as contact. playing on HOF with 5 minute quarters, i accrued 18 ft attempts with duncan. every single weird contact animation in the paint seemed like a foul. again, in another game, i also experienced the same issue while using dwight (15 ft attempts).
those are just some of the things that i've noticed to be really obvious so far. i still think that in general the patch has greatly improved the fundamental gameplay mechanics.
we should probably do a test league to see if it works or not...
-stable online connection, yay! better ping/game is more fluid.
-defensive rotations have been improved again it appears.
-man-on-man defense is better, but still not at the level that 2K9 was, but definitely leaps and bounds better than pre-3RD patch 2K10. people still just randomly slither to the side of you and drive by you for no reason. there are also many more iso moves that put defenders into irrecoverable animations than last year. :/
-it feels like the general tempo of the game has been changed, but i'm not entirely sure--for example, it feels as if the default game speed is now more like 48 or 47.
-shooting %'s are way down. blocks are way up (no joke, almost had a tripple-double with tony parker; 18pts, 11assists, 8blocks), they must have changed animations or the speed of the block animations. i'm mixed as to whether or not it's overkill at this point. i do like the shooting %'s so far though. if you shoot over 50%, you've really earned it... unless, of course, you're just cheesing in the paint (which has, again, been made more difficult).
-now that shooting %'s are down, there are still really annoying instances where you will miss an abundant amount of open shots/layups.
-the '2K run' effect is now back to what it was in 2K9.
-computer tendencies are fucked up. boozer took three 3's on me... jennings took 2 shots in an entire game while illyosova (???????) took 15. seems pretty sporadic when these issues happen; sometimes everything works fine.
-better logic in giving players assists
-more contact in the paint (sometimes really weird and unnecessary). the contact in the paint also has had an adverse affect on freethrow attempts. if the offensive player has a high tendency to get to the line, you better believe that all these added animations are counted as contact. playing on HOF with 5 minute quarters, i accrued 18 ft attempts with duncan. every single weird contact animation in the paint seemed like a foul. again, in another game, i also experienced the same issue while using dwight (15 ft attempts).
those are just some of the things that i've noticed to be really obvious so far. i still think that in general the patch has greatly improved the fundamental gameplay mechanics.
we should probably do a test league to see if it works or not...
ecnal
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Smokey said:
well it's exactly like it was in 2K9. you or your opponent goes on a run where nearly every shot is made while the other person can't hit a wide open shot.
the first game that i started with this patch, i was playing raptors versus bucks (i'm the raptors).
started the game out well, making my first 7 shots, and ending the quarter 7/10. bucks come out in the 2nd quarter and get 2 straight scores followed by 2 straight stops (this is important because i feel like this is what creates a 2K run; successive stops followed by scores).
so i continue to run plays that get open shots, and keep taking the shots. all bricks. in the 2nd/3rd quarter i shot something like 32%, and this is with a disproportionate amount of WIDE OPEN shots. this is also the same slump where chris bosh missed a wide open layup. something like 14 of my 18 points in these two quarters were PIP. i did not hit a jump shot, the other points were from foul shots.
4th quarter was just like normal again. you hit the shots you expect to make, and miss the challenged ones.
i also had this happen in online. up by 18 pts @ half, couldn't hit a single shot in the 3rd quarter regardless of the defensive pressure. had to get PIP to break the cycle again.
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pheeniks on suicide watch!ecnal said:
:lol
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here's a list of players willing to do a league:
smokey
viakado
cb3
pheeniks
ecnal
azn
konex
chaotic
spaniard
hunter
anachronous_one
kirby
daw
mr.stroke
with 6 more that hasn't responded to my pm yet.
smokey
viakado
cb3
pheeniks
ecnal
azn
konex
chaotic
spaniard
hunter
anachronous_one
kirby
daw
mr.stroke
with 6 more that hasn't responded to my pm yet.
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whats the earliest you can play every evening?pilonv1 said:
if you can manage to get on before 11pm PST, i think thats pretty reasonable for most people on here.
ecnal said:
well ariza does that in the NBA anyways, but Brooks...yeah.
pilonv1, if this does get going I'd probably say no to being in the league for a few reasons. If everythign is like it was in 2k9, we'd be playing 5 games a week and the time difference might create some issues. We tried it with Blackace (he's in Japan) in Season 8 and it worked for a bit but eventually the time difference caught up to the league.
I want the team I picked.
Trades worked in the test league me and pheeniks made. Online play was good for me.
What I noticed about defense on the wing this year is that doing it manually is actually an option now. In 2k9 manual defense reaction times was slower than the lock defense. Now it seems faster to me or at least faster than 2k9. jumping also has an effect where as in 2k9 it had little to no effect on the shot.
Trades worked in the test league me and pheeniks made. Online play was good for me.
2k run is always there. one team starts hitting contested shots the other team can't even hit open layups.pilonv1 said:
What I noticed about defense on the wing this year is that doing it manually is actually an option now. In 2k9 manual defense reaction times was slower than the lock defense. Now it seems faster to me or at least faster than 2k9. jumping also has an effect where as in 2k9 it had little to no effect on the shot.
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alright, heylow2 is confirmed. that makes 14 accounted for league.
btw, i should be getting the game after work today.
im getting feedback from the 2k forum that its a lot easier to play defense now. i.e., on ball defense. also i read somewhere that cpu rotation on defense is a lot more intelligent.Smokey said:
btw, i should be getting the game after work today.
viakado said:alright, heylow2 is confirmed. that makes 14 accounted for league.
im getting feedback from the 2k forum that its a lot easier to play defense now. i.e., on ball defense. also i read somewhere that cpu rotation on defense is a lot more intelligent.
btw, i should be getting the game after work today.
So basically it's me. Hmm.
Can't wait to activate Yao and Tracy !
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wonderful, the total is up to 15 confirmed now.
parasight just confirmed. we'll need 1 moar for an even 16.
who can we convince?:lol
parasight just confirmed. we'll need 1 moar for an even 16.
who can we convince?:lol
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i do believe dark faze sold his copy.Smokey said:
and DCX is being a stingy ass mofo and refuses to buy the game.
Finally the league is going to get started (knock on wood). It only took 2 patches and about 4 months for the game to be playable online. Jesus, 2K better get their shit together for next year, because I basically bought a broken game. And still, I end up playing it everyday.
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meh, i'll chip in a few.
btw, im only waiting for two responses left.
from ephemeris and diddybop
if you guys can get a hold of either of em and get a response, that would be great.
btw, im only waiting for two responses left.
from ephemeris and diddybop
if you guys can get a hold of either of em and get a response, that would be great.
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im getting the game after work. chill...charsace said:
btw, we got our 16th player.
its DM :lol
EDIT: scratch that, we got 18.
To me the difference in reaction time for the offensive player and defensive player in 2k9 was worse. It also helps that the collision detection feels better after the patches. Help defense is also much better in this than in the other nba 2k games so when you are funneling a guy in one direction it is actually worth it. I wonder what affect the off hand rating has on this? Manual defense still isn't as good as college hoops 2k8 though.ecnal said:
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[B]Gaf handle Team Criteria
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[b]chaoticprout [b] magic
ecnal Blazers[/b]
raging spaniard grizzlies
smokey rockettes
pheeniks heat
rinse82 Wizards
viakado lakers
charsace Nuggets
anachronous_one Hawks
aznpxdd Celtics
konex (Cloudy) Bobcats
WITNESS2K9 Mavs
parasight Kings
mr stroke Hornets
cb3 Bulls
daw Celtics
DM Thunder[/b]lets do some more league testing tonight.