Barkley on live

by **Jurglins** on Fri Aug 22, 2003 2:14 pm

whats good yall...im new here...

just wondering, why isnt charled barkley on/going to be on live. i remember he was on 98 with the rockets, for like one time, and hasnt been on since. and i know he'd probably make the 90's allstars...anyone know the exact reason? same with abdul jabbar.

by **Metsis** on Fri Aug 22, 2003 2:55 pm

They have some dumb ass contracts signed somewhere that does exclude them from the NBPA's list of usable players that they can give to each game creator. Jordan was missing until his second retirement from Live games too, and David Robinson didn't appear on the first versions either...

I don't exactly know why this is, but it just is... NBPA doesn't have the rights to all their former or current players. And EA won't use resources to go around the globe getting permissions to use every players name and face in the game.

YouTube · by **Andrew** on Fri Aug 22, 2003 5:51 pm

Barkley was an active player up until NBA Live 2000, and a Legend in Live 2000 and 2001. Perhaps he's asking for too much too appear as a Legend in NBA Live, so EA did not obtain his rights. Ditto for Kareem.

by **Tony** on Sun Aug 24, 2003 11:07 pm

it's not as if it's hard to put him in ourselves

or kareem

YouTube · by **Andrew** on Mon Aug 25, 2003 10:52 am

Yes, as long as the game is patcher-friendly and there are talented patchmakers, there's a way.

Those previews... :shock:

by **Jurglins** on Tue Aug 26, 2003 6:09 pm

i really no nothing about patching, so bear with me...

is patching only for the pc version? or can it be implemented in the ps2 version somehow...maybe like downloading it someway?

by **Metsis** on Tue Aug 26, 2003 6:28 pm

Jurglins wrote:i really no nothing about patching, so bear with me...

is patching only for the pc version? or can it be implemented in the ps2 version somehow...maybe like downloading it someway?

It's basically for PC only... The problem is that there are no hard drives on the consoles (or did the new ones have them already???), but accessing them and applying them to a game is hard cause most of the game information comes from the CD and is on the CD too.

Pc only, for now atleast.

YouTube · by **Andrew** on Tue Aug 26, 2003 6:31 pm

Patching is pretty much PC only. There are downloadable roster updates for the PS2, but you need additional hardware (a Sharkport) to use them.

by **ailive2005** on Sun Aug 31, 2003 1:01 pm

but barkley is said to be in shootout 2004, and thats not fair cause live 2004 is gonna be a way better game. (although I have to admit shootout 2003 showed major improvment)

YouTube · by **Andrew** on Sun Aug 31, 2003 1:58 pm

It may not be fair, but if legal issues prevent someone appearing in a video game, there's not much that can be done.

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