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by **king edz** on Sat Oct 18, 2003 4:21 pm

After reading through the posts, I can pretty much work out myself what is good and bad in the game, but three questions have not been answered that well. Can someone give me a definate answer on these? We in Oz dont get the game till the 3rd(say some) or the 10th(say others) on console, and so I am relying on these boards to decide whether to switch back to Live after giving ESPN a go last year.

1. If you DONT simulate the free agency signing period, do the star players still get released from their respective teams, and are they therefore available as a min. wage signing? If so, can you change the team you control during this period to try and sign the star players on each team as a way of getting around this?

2. Can you or can you not add nba store purchases to players other than a created one? Can you use retro uniforms during the season?

3. I read something about retiring numbers of players and all time records. Are either of these incorporated into the game? ie.. Do your superstar players get their numbers retired and able to view, and say if Sean Rooks scored 101 points, would that be a new all-time record?

Cheers..

by **EddyMVP** on Sat Oct 18, 2003 6:17 pm

king edz wrote:After reading through the posts, I can pretty much work out myself what is good and bad in the game, but three questions have not been answered that well. Can someone give me a definate answer on these? We in Oz dont get the game till the 3rd(say some) or the 10th(say others) on console, and so I am relying on these boards to decide whether to switch back to Live after giving ESPN a go last year.

1. If you DONT simulate the free agency signing period, do the star players still get released from their respective teams, and are they therefore available as a min. wage signing? If so, can you change the team you control during this period to try and sign the star players on each team as a way of getting around this?

2. Can you or can you not add nba store purchases to players other than a created one? Can you use retro uniforms during the season?

3. I read something about retiring numbers of players and all time records. Are either of these incorporated into the game? ie.. Do your superstar players get their numbers retired and able to view, and say if Sean Rooks scored 101 points, would that be a new all-time record?

Cheers..

2. Yes you can add shoes, gears and socks to any players that you buy from the nba store.

I'm playing a dynastic season with the rocket. I bought a few Nike Aird Jordan. They aren't available for Steve Francis and some other players. I was able to put them on Yao, Rice, Griffien and Mobley.

3. Yes.

by **king edz** on Sat Oct 18, 2003 10:12 pm

Cheers Ed, you have been a fountain of info for everyone here, much appreciated.
Can anyone answer my first Q - Whether or not the free agent bug is an issue when NOT simming FA signings. Also whether or not you can use retro uni's during a game in dynasty...
This game isnt looking as bad as I have been lead to believe.

Thanks fellaz..

by **mdiamond** on Sun Oct 19, 2003 2:03 am

If you can use the gear from the nba store then how do you put the team headbands on players. I've benn trying to figure out a way to put the NBA headband on J-O'Neal but I can't figure it out. But changing the shoes is a pretty sweet option.

by **king edz** on Mon Oct 20, 2003 8:48 am

bump..
anyone who has played the game should find it pretty easy to answer these I would of thought. Come on guys..

by **Ruff Ryder** on Mon Oct 20, 2003 10:36 am

king edz wrote:Cheers Ed, you have been a fountain of info for everyone here, much appreciated.
Can anyone answer my first Q - Whether or not the free agent bug is an issue when NOT simming FA signings. Also whether or not you can use retro uni's during a game in dynasty...
This game isnt looking as bad as I have been lead to believe.

Thanks fellaz..

You can use retros in dynasty.

The free agent bug isnt that bad really. The CPU usually resigns star players. (i only went thru 1 season) If you enter free-agent signing it wont happen.

by **king edz** on Mon Oct 20, 2003 11:25 am

Thanks mate..
This game really doesnt seem that bad to me, ill definately be getting it when it comes out here. Some people seem pissed, but I guess that happens with any game. As long as it is better than 2001, which I dont think would be too hard to do..

by **Full Surface** on Mon Oct 20, 2003 11:26 am

You can only give Nike shoes to Nike-brand players?

by **nublu01** on Mon Oct 20, 2003 1:40 pm

yea... if a player has a shoe contract in real life, then he can only wear his company's shoes

by **Jackal** on Mon Oct 20, 2003 2:36 pm

nublu01 wrote:yea... if a player has a shoe contract in real life, then he can only wear his company's shoes

That's weird imo, 10 years down the road, maybe Francis signs with another shoe company because his current contract expired, anyways it's a small thing, no worries, just thought it was a bit weird.

by **[Q]** on Tue Oct 21, 2003 6:24 am

Actually king edz, the free agent bug is still bad. I signed Kobe (overall 98) after Year 1, and it seems that his team didn't think he was important enough to resign... At Year 3, I have pretty much all the superstars in the league due to the bug and constant trading (which I love to do).
Year 3 roster:
Yao, Duncan, Garnett, Kobe, B Davis, Dirk, Pierce, Iverson, Ricky Davis, Gary Payton, Tony Parker, C Webb, Pau Gasol, LeBron James, Slava Medvedenko. (I had to switch James off of the the IR with Tony parker just to play Lebron)
It seems like another bug that I don't win all of my games, too.

by **king edz** on Tue Oct 21, 2003 9:05 am

But does the bug still come into play when you dont sim through free agent signing?

by **Bang** on Tue Oct 21, 2003 11:01 am

It seems as though if you don't sim it, most of the top players are signed.
Because Duncan, Kobe and Garnett got signed. Only Iverson was a top player that didn't get signed.

by **AznBBoyX** on Tue Oct 21, 2003 11:54 am

Haha, is it because Iverson never showed up for training camp practice? hahhaha That'll be funny as hell if its in the game.

by **CHHAMP** on Tue Oct 21, 2003 11:55 am

qballer wrote:Actually king edz, the free agent bug is still bad. I signed Kobe (overall 98) after Year 1, and it seems that his team didn't think he was important enough to resign... At Year 3, I have pretty much all the superstars in the league due to the bug and constant trading (which I love to do).
Year 3 roster:
Yao, Duncan, Garnett, Kobe, B Davis, Dirk, Pierce, Iverson, Ricky Davis, Gary Payton, Tony Parker, C Webb, Pau Gasol, LeBron James, Slava Medvedenko. (I had to switch James off of the the IR with Tony parker just to play Lebron)
It seems like another bug that I don't win all of my games, too.

Kobe is 98?!

I think thats waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too high. I mean, if Kobe is 98, that means Jordan could only be one point higher. And I'd like to see what they put for Kobe's fg rating compared to MJ's. I mean Kobe only shoots 45% while MJ shot 53% in his prime. Even when you account for era changes you still know there is a big difference.

by **sixerfan03** on Wed Oct 22, 2003 7:37 am

CHHAMP wrote:
qballer wrote:Actually king edz, the free agent bug is still bad. I signed Kobe (overall 98) after Year 1, and it seems that his team didn't think he was important enough to resign... At Year 3, I have pretty much all the superstars in the league due to the bug and constant trading (which I love to do).
Year 3 roster:
Yao, Duncan, Garnett, Kobe, B Davis, Dirk, Pierce, Iverson, Ricky Davis, Gary Payton, Tony Parker, C Webb, Pau Gasol, LeBron James, Slava Medvedenko. (I had to switch James off of the the IR with Tony parker just to play Lebron)
It seems like another bug that I don't win all of my games, too.

Kobe is 98?!

I think thats waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too high. I mean, if Kobe is 98, that means Jordan could only be one point higher. And I'd like to see what they put for Kobe's fg rating compared to MJ's. I mean Kobe only shoots 45% while MJ shot 53% in his prime. Even when you account for era changes you still know there is a big difference.

Jordan is the only player 97+? What's Wilt Chamberlain's ratings?

by **Ruff Ryder** on Wed Oct 22, 2003 9:07 am

refuze wrote:You can only give Nike shoes to Nike-brand players?

Yes, but you can give them to anyone that has a contract with anyother company but adidas,nike, and reebok.

The thing about kobe and jordan being 97: Kobe has his ratings higher in some categories than jordan, same as jordan.

by **Bang** on Thu Oct 23, 2003 12:52 pm

bangyounh wrote:It seems as though if you don't sim it, most of the top players are signed.
Because Duncan, Kobe and Garnett got signed. Only Iverson was a top player that didn't get signed.

I think if the computers and the user were given more points, the problem would be solved.
so maybe editing salary.ini will solve it? (when the PC version comes out)

by **[Q]** on Sun Oct 26, 2003 6:55 am

Kobe is 98?!

He was 98 at the beginning of year 2 when he was a free agent, I sorted the overall rating column and he was the top with 98.

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