Dynasty stories

[MikeK.]

Hi all.

This is my first post here, however I've checked the topics every now and then for the last few years, not felt like I had anything constructive to say though. Anyways, I recently picked up a copy of Live 2005, which I hadn't played before. To my surprise I instantly liked it much more than any other Lives I've played, including the FSS dunkfest 06. Now I'm not much of a writer, especially in a language I don't feel too comfortable with, but I quite like the idea of my own 2005 dynasty story. But as you quite clearly can see, the 2005 section of the forum is pretty much dead and I guess the 06 one will die soon as well. Having played both 06 and 2005 I can't really see any major differences between the two dynasty modes and as much as I have heard it's pretty much the same in 07. Which brings me to the point.

Why not have a single Dynasty Stories section instead of one for each game? You could still have the links in every section, but they would all lead to that one topic group. People doing their stories could just mention the version in the topic (i.e Live 07 Bulls dynasty) and I think it would work out well enough. Especially because the number of stories has dropped recently comparing to previous years.

I apologize if this has been suggested before, but finding relevant stuff via search function is quite a struggle for common phrases, such as 'dynasty stories' or the like. I just feel that the using the newest version of the game isn't really important to write a good story and thus it's unfair for good ones to go by unnoticed because they're buried somewhere deep in the sections no-one really bothers to take a look at. And it would probably motivate those still playing the older versions doing their own stories.

So what do you guys think?

[Donatello]

This really isn't such a bad idea.

But to be completely honest, the few dynasties still going on older versions of the game get just as much attention as the newer ones. There just isn't very many dynasties on the old games.

Also, I think that some people browse the dynasty stories of the most recent NBA Live release just to see the presentation of the game and the newest graphics, especially those that utilize mods/patches made by NLSC members. Lumping the older games with the new ones into one dynasty story section might kind of get tricky in that respect.

[Chris_23]

I completely agree. Dynasty has nothing to do with game mechanics directly and one Dynasty forum would be great. I'd definetly read older Live's dynasties instead of Live 07's but since I play Live 07 I -really- do not visit older Lives forums.

Amazing idea.

[MikeK.]

This really isn't such a bad idea.

But to be completely honest, the few dynasties still going on older versions of the game get just as much attention as the newer ones. There just isn't very many dynasties on the old games.

I don't think that's completely accurate. The older dynasties do get hits, but if you check it out, it's mostly the few people who are actively playing the respective game themselves and thus check out the section on a daily or weekly basis. Whereas Live 07 stories get replys from much much wider audience. As for the lack of these stories, I think it's partly down to the fact that the reason people do dynasty stories is to get recognition. And you won't get much of that in these deep-lying forums.

Also, I think that some people browse the dynasty stories of the most recent NBA Live release just to see the presentation of the game and the newest graphics, especially those that utilize mods/patches made by NLSC members. Lumping the older games with the new ones into one dynasty story section might kind of get tricky in that respect.

True, but as I suggested, couldn't it be sorted if people mentioned the version in their topics, such as Mike's Live 06 Bulls Dynasty?

Amazing idea.

Thanks.

[Donatello]

True, but as I suggested, couldn't it be sorted if people mentioned the version in their topics, such as Mike's Live 06 Bulls Dynasty?

Yes, but that would nearly eliminate the ability to change the title of your thread to let folks know that you've updated, and what point in the dynasty you're at. For example "Bob's Sonics Dynasty 2008 season.:.15-4, Loss vs. The Blazers!" would have to become "Bob's Live 05 Sonics Dynasty 2008 Season 15-4, Loss to Blazers".

<shrug> Just a speedbump, anyway. I still think it's a pretty nice idea, though a bit troubling that people who admit that they'd read dynasties from older versions of NBA Live can't just click on another section. It's not like we're walking to school in the snow naked, uphill both ways.

[MikeK.]

True, but as I suggested, couldn't it be sorted if people mentioned the version in their topics, such as Mike's Live 06 Bulls Dynasty?

Yes, but that would nearly eliminate the ability to change the title of your thread to let folks know that you've updated (like "Bob's Sonics Dynasty.:.15-4, Loss vs. The Blazers!")

Why's that? How about 'Bob's Live 06 Sonics dynasty.:. 15-4, Loss vs. the Blazers'? or Live 06: Bob's Sonics dynasty etc. It's just short two-word tags that should be added. Even Bob's 06 dynasty... would make it clear enough.

<shrug> Just a speedbump, anyway. I still think it's a pretty nice idea, though a bit troubling that people who admit that they'd read dynasties from older versions of NBA Live can't just click on another section. It's not like we're walking to school in the snow naked, uphill both ways.

Well yeah, but then again it's quite a few links to click and people don't come here specifically to read the stories. The main idea of it all would just be to let the best of the stories to be properly recognised while the poor ones would sink quickly no matter what section they're in. I read a great 2001 dynasty a few days ago, in which there was about 1 reply per 5 posts by the author. But the quality of the writing beats about 75% of the current live 07 stories hands down. And while it may or may not trouble the authors themselves it's still a shame that so many folks won't even know such dynasties exist.

[Donatello]

I'm well aware that it would make it clear enough. My point is the length would get excessive, because people DO use the title of the thread to announce what's going on in the dynasty, so you know when it's updated, what year it's in, etc.

Once again, stressing that I'm not saying it's a bad idea. Just have too much free time today so I'm poking and prodding about.

[Andrew]

I usually like to preserve the organisation of the forums for archive purposes but that's certainly an interesting idea. We'll definitely give it consideration.