Block button unresponsive

[mchakko]

If my defender is at all tangled up with a guy, he won't jump when I hit the button; I can't seem to go up for a block unless I'm so far off I'm not playing tight D; I wish it would just give you a weak attempt at a block or an awkward attempt making a foul more likely, instead of just not doing anything.

It seems like guys never try for the steal either...


That said, I think the game feels a lot better than '05, I never played '06. I seriously doubt that they'll leave the substitution bug unfixed; since that's more a matter of something integral being completely broken than a minor gripe or glitch, I really do think it will be patched.

[BigKaboom2]

Why do you want to jump for a block while the offensive player is trying to dribble past you?

[cyanide]

I don't think he meant dribbling past the player, but tangled under the net where he would try to jump before the other player attempted a layup or a block.

[BigKaboom2]

Tangled under the net? I'm not following this at all.

[cyanide]

Tangled with other players under the net, like there's three or four guys under the net trying to stop someone cutting in and attempting a lay-up or dunk. The guy who's trying to go for the lay-up is having trouble attempting one because of the bumping man defense, and when the offensive player does finally attempt a lay-up, the defense guy can't go up for a block. That's my guess.

[mchakko]

No, I mean when you're playing post defense. Whenever my guy is playing post defense, he can't jump to block; I can only jump to block if my guy is far away, playing help defense.

There is a vague element of realism there (in that it's hard to jump and block if a guy is bodying you up, and gamblers who go for the weakside blocks get more blocks than guys playing straight up d, but still...)