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

03:00 PM - August 19, 2015 by Steve_OS

NBA 2K16 Senior Producer, Erick Boenisch, a.k.a. SimBaller, has just posted a new NBA 2K16 Developer Blog detailing MyLEAGUE, MyLEAGUE Online, MyGM and much more. Read all about it here and let us know your thoughts!

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# 581 LorenzoDC @ 08/22/15 10:37 AM

Guys, the MyLeague Online discussion was moved to another thread. How about we stick with that rather than take over this thread again as well?

# 582 georgiafan @ 08/22/15 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by No Name


	So how big are the summer league rosters for my gm/league? Do u get to send invites to players same with computer controlled teams

This was said earlier I think it's 13 players with the user getting the first pick and then others being balanced among cpu teams. Also vets trying to make a comeback (2k guy saw oden) will pop up in summer league

# 583 raiderphantom @ 08/22/15 02:48 PM

How many other dev teams actually appear to have their priorities straight and communicate with their fan base like 2K?? Its as if people only look at the results. I respect the process. What other direction would you like 2K to be headed in? I've made my fair share of complaints over the years but this looks like a dream team lineup right now. Some people are just never happy.

# 584 TheBarcaBoy @ 08/22/15 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by georgiafan


	This was said earlier I think it's 13 players with the user getting the first pick and then others being balanced among cpu teams. Also vets trying to make a comeback (2k guy saw oden) will pop up in summer league

I would probably jump out of my Seat if I saw Baron Davis or Gilbert Arenas trying to make a comeback in the Summer League! That would be Brilliant!

# 585 Lakerf57n @ 08/22/15 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Boilerbuzz


	Did you see that write up? You REALLY don't think you would be getting your money's worth with ALL of that? And it wasn't all fluff either. People are getting all caught up on things that aren't there, totally ignoring the INSANE amount that is there. It's like complaining that you didn't get a salad with a 3 pound Kobe steak. It's insane, and frankly quite childish.

If your paying for that salad you got a right to ask where its at.some people play this game for certain modes.It could be a whole demographic that feels how he does about the mode but dont know that they can come to OS and speak to devs about it. That's why he's being asked to give his thoughts in this thread.Props and respect to VC for giving us a great game and making improvements every year, but if people dont ask for better (not necessarily more) then we will end up taking whatever they want to give us. Me personally i got what i wanted (mad customization), but that man didnt, and he shouldn't be knocked for wanting it.

Im not gonna hijack this thread any further, sorry fellas.

# 586 Taer @ 08/22/15 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Bexthelegend


	... Especially when what they're asking for was available In past versions...

The entire architecture is different in 2k16 than in "past versions" and expecting something to work from the past in an entire new architecture without first being reworked and redeployed is ignorant.

If this was a copy-paste of the original league, then the criticism of: "but it was there before" would be valid.

This year's online league is an entirely different mode than anything seen before and it will have its own bugs and issues. Right now a working off-season is not a possibility. The devs have promised to work on getting into this modern-day mode asap.

There should be no more discussion of this until a "working" version of the off-season is deployed and live. It is that simple.

# 587 SPRINGS03 @ 08/22/15 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by cthurt


	Read that auto save feature can be turned off, and a tear slowly trickled down my cheek, love you 2k.

FINALLY! God i was waiting for them to bring back manual saves. I was pretty happy with myleague last year so anything else is just a bonus for me, i'm pretty content with that mode.

# 588 AceDawg5 @ 08/23/15 02:49 AM

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Originally Posted by SimBaller


	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.

I'm an offline guy so this post isn't directed towards me, but I still appreciate the devs stepping up and being pretty transparent with the community. A lot of ppl have jumped to a lot of conclusions and to have them set the record straight is pretty cool to me. Good or bad these guys have tougher skin than I do lol. Cuz I would've been passing out some middle fingers to a lot of these posts. Thanks for all the hard work 2k Team

# 589 Ejt1323 @ 08/23/15 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by swimfunk


	You'd have to do the rosters manually so there isn't much of a change there. Plus without any drafts or free agency I doubt theres contracts and progression/regression. It's basically a better online league with another year added on. Very different that what My League is. I get it thats its a step in the right direction. Just getting tired of being told wait til next year. This is year 3 of 2K on next gen. Should have a working multiseason online league by now.

Amen.. Not saying that 2k work is unappreciated. But my friends and I have been talking about how we can't wait til online leagues comeback since next gen started. And every year it's been absent. It's back now (thank you) but with out the most important feature, carry over and offseason activities. Sure u can have the rosters from season 1 carry over, but where's progression, wheres the new rookies created you can draft, free agency etc.

# 590 SC1211 @ 08/23/15 07:37 PM

This is a mic drop kind of post. Do we know if we can rebrand without relocating? I'd love to give my teams new threads from time to time.

# 591 WaddupCouzin @ 08/23/15 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by SC1211


	This is a mic drop kind of post. Do we know if we can rebrand without relocating? I'd love to give my teams new threads from time to time.

Yes, You can.

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# 592 Trackball @ 08/23/15 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by SC1211


	This is a mic drop kind of post. Do we know if we can rebrand without relocating? I'd love to give my teams new threads from time to time.

Yes you can, thank goodness. It's been confirmed.

# 593 BobbyColtrane @ 08/23/15 07:44 PM

Just the ability to add semi-realistic new uniforms is going to be so cool.

# 594 SC1211 @ 08/23/15 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Trackball


	Yes you can, thank goodness. It's been confirmed.

Amazing. Rockets fan here too, time to get some new uniforms!

Also, LOVE that they are hinting at implementing the rising cap for 2016. An essential feature that could have easily been overlooked.

# 595 Trackball @ 08/23/15 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by SC1211


	Amazing. Rockets fan here too, time to get some new uniforms! Also, LOVE that they are hinting at implementing the rising cap for 2016. An essential feature that could have easily been overlooked.

Also a fan.

Hey, can you get someone to upload THESE designs to 2K so we can download them and use them for the team jerseys and court? I HATE that bare-bones court we have now. http://projectthirtyfour.blog.com/20...uston-rockets/

# 596 TStorm23619 @ 08/23/15 08:17 PM

Dear SimBaller and 2K,

Please read this, I think it would be an amazing little feature to the game.

It Would be awesome to see 2k add a feature of retiring player numbers. Like a player has to be at least a certain overall for certain amount of years throughout their career. Also they need to have certain career stats for their particular position. The player chooses where to retire his number, or maybe he retires his number at the team he spent the longest time at. The cpu of other teams also have numbers retired for players throughout the years. It would just be an awesome feature because in like 2050 players are going to the hall of fame but there are no numbers being retired.

# 597 thagrandson @ 08/23/15 09:34 PM

amazing!!!!

# 598 Junior Moe @ 08/24/15 07:59 AM

Also, I fully expect to see Spike Lee court-side acting a fool when I play the Knicks...

# 599 AceDawg5 @ 08/24/15 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Mparas1432


	Oh really? It must be a mod I have installed. I'd have to test it out on the 360 version just to make sure, but you're probably right. My bad. Thanks for the correction. Well anyway, it'd be nice if there was an option like that then (being able to initiate CPU trades) for 2k16.

Actually u can initiate CPU trades in MyLeague in 2k15 all u have to do is go to your settings and disable "Trade Logic" this tool allows u to swap any player on any team. This is how I kept my roster current without having to restart everytime a trade went down IRL. It seems to be an overlooked part of MyLeague but EXTREMELY valuable.

# 600 Trackball @ 08/24/15 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by BizDevConglomerate


	Why is live even dropping? I'm done.

Maybe to keep 2K honest and out of complacency?

That's, in my opinion, what happened to EA after they got NFL exclusivity...just look at the reviews Madden 06 and 07 got.

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