Official NBA 2K16 Thread - 11/24 Patch 3 Out For Xbox One!

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Hi folks,

In hindsight, I don't think I did a good job of eloquently explaining why MyLEAGUE Online is what it is, and how it came to be in 2K16.

About 5 years ago, I made a strong push to management to give me the resources to provide a fully featured online franchise mode, which later came to be known as The Association: Online. Ambitious, and by-and-large, it worked. Sure, there were some quirks or design decisions that people didn't like (e.g. the moving window of advancement). Once that project was complete, my team and I moved on to other areas of the game. Having watched Online Leagues in NBA 2K14 and NBA 2K15 falter (for lack of a better word), I went back to management very early this year and told them I would be taking over the online league experience once again. This wasn't up for debate. To be fair, the people at VC that worked on this mode the last two years did a very admirable job, they just didn't have the experienced resources needed to deliver the proper experience you guys were craving. Those guys were hungry this year to right the ship. I loved seeing it.

For NBA 2K16, we combined our resource pools, which gave us the opportunity for me to allocate some of my more specialized and experienced engineers on this project. One such engineer, Brad, spent the majority of his year coming up with a completely new server-based architecture that is the heart and soul of NBA 2K16's MyLEAGUE Online feature.

This brings me to my main point for writing this. I've seen a few mentions (and about 12 of the same post from ataman (oh snap!)) and assumptions of this being the same mode as last year with potentially x and y feature added. This really couldn't be further from the truth. This is a completely new experience built with an all-new backend driving it. Gosh knows it won't be 100% perfect (though we certainly hope it is), but you do have my word that we will give you 110% until it is. We'll work through anything that comes up. Heck, Leftos won't sleep until issues are resolved. Brad is the same way. You guys got the 'A' team supporting you at this point; these are some of the brightest guys in the industry.

I played last year's Online Leagues pretty heavily. MyLEAGUE Online isn't last year's leagues. It may not have the offseason you covet, but it does contain the features that make MyLEAGUE such a special experience. You will be able to (and I can't believe some of these weren't there last year, sorry):

Make Rotational adjustments
Implement Gameplans (and everything that comes with that)
Utilize custom playbooks
Adjust gameplay sliders (at the admin level)
Adjust MyLEAGUE-specific sliders like Trade Negotiation Difficulty (at the admin level)
Custom Roster support
Control everything as an admin (trade approval, force winners, force losers, reset games, etc. etc. etc.)

I see people mention things like, "did they fix the bug about being able to rejoin the league once you leave?" To that, I say no. No, we didn't because this an entirely new experience. That bug never existed in this experience. Unfortunately, time IS a factor when you release an annual title. It's not an excuse I use, because it is my problem, not yours. You want (and deserve) the universe. That being said, I'm tremendously proud of the people who managed to create an all-new online league foundation (that will serve us well as new features are added) while simultaneously making what I think is probably the biggest single year jump in our franchise in a long time.

Lastly, I truly appreciate the discussion taking place within this thread regarding MyLEAGUE Online. I'm not one to shy away from a solid discussion or get my feelings hurt because someone doesn't like the way something isn't done. While this is business, this is my passion. This is the same for Leftos, Dave Z, Brad, and everyone else that played a major part in these modes. We WANT to hear your thoughts on what we're adding (or not adding if the case may be).

At the end of the day, if it's not abundantly clear even after reading the "Little Things" section of my blog post...We've got your best interests at heart. Enjoy the mode(s) this year.
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MrScum said:
Who dafuq had that much commitment for an online myLeague :what:

Offline MyLeague >>>>
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These dudes don't think...you can't put everything in a game during a developing budget...it's that simple. This isnt some fantasy island where you just develop everything you think about. You gotta make sacrifices. My Leauge was a great addition last year but they went full fledge with it this year. Offline dudes like myself are more than pleased..it's the online dudes that constantly complain about shyt..They are a company at the end of the day. They aren't about to purely cater to online dudes..sorry
 
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Dwight Howard said:
These dudes don't think...you can't put everything in a game during a developing budget...it's that simple. This isnt some fantasy island where you just develop everything you think about. You gotta make sacrifices. My Leauge was a great addition last year but they went full fledge with it this year. Offline dudes like myself are more than pleased..it's the online dudes that constantly complain about shyt..They are a company at the end of the day. They aren't about to purely cater to online dudes..sorry
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Explain how these features are in The Show and Madden, especially MLB which probably has a smaller budget than NBA 2k.
 
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Dwight Howard said:
These dudes don't think...you can't put everything in a game during a developing budget...it's that simple. This isnt some fantasy island where you just develop everything you think about. You gotta make sacrifices. My Leauge was a great addition last year but they went full fledge with it this year. Offline dudes like myself are more than pleased..it's the online dudes that constantly complain about shyt..They are a company at the end of the day. They aren't about to purely cater to online dudes..sorry
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Eat this neg nikka:camby:
 
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Dwight Howard said:
These dudes don't think...you can't put everything in a game during a developing budget...it's that simple. This isnt some fantasy island where you just develop everything you think about. You gotta make sacrifices. My Leauge was a great addition last year but they went full fledge with it this year. Offline dudes like myself are more than pleased..it's the online dudes that constantly complain about shyt..They are a company at the end of the day. They aren't about to purely cater to online dudes..sorry
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Shut your goddamn ass up. You re sounding like these bytch ass dudes who post on OS.

We are not asking for something out of the extraordinary. Just a complete mode when you can at least have some type of progression. They made the mistake of callin it MyLeague Online. If they had called it MySeason Online, nobody would complain.
Not everybody play the game the way you do.
 
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Todd McPiff said:
Shut your goddamn ass up. You re sounding like these bytch ass dudes who post on OS.

We are not asking for something out of the extraordinary. Just a complete mode when you can at least have some type of progression. They made the mistake of callin it MyLeague Online. If they had called it MySeason Online, nobody would complain.
Not everybody play the game the way you do.
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Not everybody play the game the way you do...offline myleague was more played than any online mode last year which is why they invested heavy in it. That simple
 
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