NBA 2k8 League 2008

[Quo]

I don't know anything about any of that. Gee whiz, that manual is useless.

My players were neither crashing the boards (I was out-rebounded 27 to 12 or something like that) nor dropping back to prevent the fast break. Is there a slider for "bullshit off"?

By lock on defense, if you mean holding down the left trigger, yeah I do that. What I can't figure out is if I'm supposed to continue try to keep up with them or take my finger off the stick at that point...?

Also, is there a way to call a base defense that the team will play in all the time instead of having to call it every time? I.e, say I want to press... right now i have to call it every time down the floor, and my guys are always out of position. Can I set it (in-game) to where that's the default?

And when you say defensive matchups are you talking about playing loose, auto or tight or about something else?

[EnderzGame13]

Yeah...the manual is one of the biggest complaints this year. It explains about 10% of the nuances of the game.

Hold the left trigger and lock on, keep your finger on the trigger and stay with your man. Watch the animation, you can tell if the ballhandler is about to spin off of your defender when you're locked on...at that point as the defender I'd let go of the trigger, reposition, then re-lock. Let it go when someone comes to set the screen, repostion, then re-lock. When they shoot a jumpshot, you really don't even have to jump if you're locked on (have to have decent defensive awareness rating & on ball defense rating too)....your player will run at the shooter with a hand up. Unless they're a crappy defender. Bonzi Wells is an excellent man defender, as is Chandler in the post.

Don't really know about the defense thing...I mainly play man to man (unless the offense is jacking 3's, in which case I run 3-2), and it seems as if the default is man to man. So I don't have too many issues with that.

[Quo]

Thanks Enderz... I'll see if I can't pull up my pants and carry on...

[Snake1399]

uhm yeah, for the first time in my gaming career i am askeered to play someone. My first week matchup is against Enderz, i might challenge Quo for a season low in points judging by Enderz' posts, sheesh i didnt know any of that crap. I use the pass and shoot buttons, thats about it

maybe thats why Woundup smoked my team last night.....maybe that didnt come out right

[Quo]

sounds like we may need to split the league into two leagues after this first one's done... The "We suck and mash buttons" League and the "We know this game well" League.

[Snake1399]

Originally Posted by Quo

sounds like we may need to split the league into two leagues after this first one's done... The "We suck and mash buttons" League and the "We know this game well" League.

you and i might tie Quo 0-15-1 sounds about right. we'll quit after quadruple overtime with the score tied at 40

[schlickabod]

Oh man, did I ever buy a deep grave by:

1. Buying this game
2. Picking the Kevin Durants

Played for the first time last night.

Totally toast.

[D_Litch]

Schlick! I believe you and me play first. Let me know when you want our match up to go down.

[SHIBUMI]

Hmmm.. Maybe I should have gotten in on this league!! I might have had a chance to win a game! (not 2, but at least 1).

Plus I love that 2K website!

I'd still like to give an All Pro Football league a shot too - just to have the 2K league site track everything.

[schlickabod]

DLitch and I just played--mega fun. True to NBA form, the team up by 8 at the start of the 4th is just a laid scratch on the pavement at the end of the game. Yes, that's a 16 point loss. Maybe it's only true to NBA form if you're a Mav fan.

Which I'm not. GO SPURS GO!

Thanks DLitch for an entertaining matchup. I was extemely skeptical about this going in, but I think I could Shibumi this league and still have tons of fun.

[D_Litch]

It was fun Schlick! Win or lose, I had a blast shooting the breeze with ya!

I'm really digging this game. Snake and I played after Schlick and I were done, and it was a blast! I've finally found a sports game I don't totally suck at. Granted, I'm using the Celtics, but still.

[Snake1399]

well that was a pretty frustrating couple of games for me last night. My dudes must have missed about 20 layups. The game with Dlitch was fun and had a ton of scoring, but by the end of my game with Quo i was just laughing at all my missed shots, it was brutal. I know how my Tigers feel now as here i sit 0 and 5 with no light at the end of the tunnel

[Causedawg 83]

Well, I played my game with Mike1886 last night. He's good. I lost by 19, but had a lot of fun anyway. Having been an old 2k employee, he's got a lot of knowledge on the game and provided a lot of tips for me.