NBA 2K16 Developer Blog - MyLEAGUE, MyLEAGUE Online, MyGM & More

[grundk]

Please add the off-season activity! There's no point in adding a second season without progress or decline in the players attributes, there should be rookies, free agents and training camps.

[JazzCeltics]

I love myleague and MyGM so this news is fantastic. After reading all of it almost all of my wishes have been granted, however, there is still one lingering.

As 2K has guaranteed the Euroleague teams, so I was wondering if we could go to the general manager's of those teams, in MyGM at least, to get players we had previously drafted. As a big Utah Jazz fan, I'd like to do this with Olivier Hanlan. Also with Dario Saric, Alessandro Gentile, etc. Just a suggestion though.

[jfsolo]

Re: NBA 2K16 Developer Blog - MyLEAGUE, MyLEAGUE Online, MyGM & More

543 posts in one day, I'm gonna say SimBaller has put together some sort of almost-record here for a developer blog. Well done, Erick -- long-form features aren't dead yet!

Yeah, it definitely a case of knowing what part of your customer base is still receptive to a little thing called, reading.

[kidmadison32]

Good, Good....

I hope that the next Developer Blog is on Presentation. Hopefully you guys fixed the highlights for us who play more than 6 minute quarters.

[sterfry1994]

Re: NBA 2K16 Developer Blog - MyLEAGUE, MyLEAGUE Online, MyGM & More

Does anybody if the salary cap is adjustable in MyGM year to year as well?

[BluFu]

Re: NBA 2K16 Developer Blog - MyLEAGUE, MyLEAGUE Online, MyGM & More

When I read a preview for an upcoming release and the main thing they have to say about franchise is “we tuned the simulator for better results”, I know what that means. And I’m guessing you do too.

Does this mean simmed BPG weren't fixed this year?

[CyberRudy25]

thank you,

[midwestking100]

Re: NBA 2K16 Developer Blog - MyLEAGUE, MyLEAGUE Online, MyGM & More

So does this mean i can rebrand the chicago stadium for those classic bulls squads?

[JazzCeltics]

Just a quick question, will there be a d-league for MyGM/myleague?

[redsox4evur]

Re: NBA 2K16 Developer Blog - MyLEAGUE, MyLEAGUE Online, MyGM & More

Just a quick question, will there be a d-league for MyGM/myleague?

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[VinnyVegas28]

Re: NBA 2K16 Developer Blog - MyLEAGUE, MyLEAGUE Online, MyGM &amp; More

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.

Just have to say that I am blown away at the level of customization and work that you guys have done. Well done! I have never been more excited to get my hands on the game. For a franchise guy, this is a dream come true. If this is the base moving forward....[emoji41]

[midwestking100]

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For sure! What would be cool is if you could share this stuff too! Maybe that's in maybe it's not but I know there's way more innovative and creative people than me out there that would get the uniforms, courts, etc looking perfect! I hope these can be shared somehow in 2k share?! :-)

That would be awesome if these creations can be shared in 2k share. I really wants to bring back the 1993-94 seattle supersonics.

[jrose57]

Re: NBA 2K16 Developer Blog - MyLEAGUE, MyLEAGUE Online, MyGM &amp; More

Two questions I would like to get an answer from:

Does MYGM in 2016 have shorter season option because playing 29 games, 6 mins per quarter are my preferences, my job doesn’t allow me to play so much 2K unfortunately

Another issue is, I have read in MYLEAGUE 2016 allows us to change team to different city, but does it take out all those create jersey, create arena, and other details, because it will look absolutely stupid if I use the Lakers playing at Vancouver with just a city name change right?

[mostpured]

Re: NBA 2K16 Developer Blog - MyLEAGUE, MyLEAGUE Online, MyGM &amp; More

Two questions I would like to get an answer from:

Does MYGM in 2016 have shorter season option because playing 29 games, 6 mins per quarter are my preferences, my job doesn’t allow me to play so much 2K unfortunately

Another issue is, I have read in MYLEAGUE 2016 allows us to change team to different city, but does it take out all those create jersey, create arena, and other details, because it will look absolutely stupid if I use the Lakers playing at Vancouver with just a city name change right?

Your last question is answered in the blog, you can customize completely and obviously you'll be able to change the quarter time and season length.

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[snocone]

Re: NBA 2K16 Developer Blog - MyLEAGUE, MyLEAGUE Online, MyGM &amp; More

Two questions I would like to get an answer from:

Does MYGM in 2016 have shorter season option because playing 29 games, 6 mins per quarter are my preferences, my job doesn’t allow me to play so much 2K unfortunately

Another issue is, I have read in MYLEAGUE 2016 allows us to change team to different city, but does it take out all those create jersey, create arena, and other details, because it will look absolutely stupid if I use the Lakers playing at Vancouver with just a city name change right?

You can do the customization in MyLeague, but you don't have/get to deal with the negotiating with other owners to let you move