The "How is your Dynasty/Association going" Thread

[Lamrock]

Sliders indeed. Simulation sliders are fun, but an Aldridge pick is two guaranteed points. I'll have to check those out next for a test run against some team I know I'll lose to.

I've been using bedwardsroy19's rosters, and I gotta say, I think he's better than Rashidi. You mentioned the overall ratings being a bit off, but they are actually far more indicative of a player's general prestige than Real 2K Insider's (which had Craig Smith rated 72 overall and already has Lin at 78), and seem to play better. Not to mention the fact that he has the real rookies...

[shadowgrin]

You do know that Rashidi's rosters are meant to be played with the sliders at default (unless he indicates to tweak one)?

[The X]

Sliders indeed. Simulation sliders are fun, but an Aldridge pick is two guaranteed points. I'll have to check those out next for a test run against some team I know I'll lose to.

I think that 2K bad game tuning & not patching properly, rather than sliders. It'll make it slightly harder to scorer with LMA, but he'll still be money. 2K12 doesn't double team big men in the post properly & scoring inside is too easy. Use Truegamer's sliders. If you don't like them, try OS_authentic's (or whatever his name is) as they seem pretty challenging.

But yeah, you might have turn inside & close shot slider down a lot to make it tough due to 2K12 sucking in that regard (which is another reason I'm not playing this year's game as much, since 2K11 got that part of game more right).

But yeah, bedwardsroy19's rosters are excellent. He literally looked at every single player on every roster & adjusted every rating, every attribute & tendency, equipment, some jump shots. He also adjusted all team's playbooks. It plays very well. Surprising to see such a good roster on PS3 to tell you the truth. Sounds like he'll do same for 2K13, which will be great. In my Bucks Association, Livingston is rated around mid-50's, which seems a little low, but he still plays well if you play to his strengths.

One important thing for you to note if you didn't already know, you MUST download the draft classes on 2K Share for 2012 & 2013 (real) & 2 other fake ones from the OS guys. They've actually edited them to suit bedwardroy19's rosters so they match as far as player speeds, potentials etc.

[shabba_93]

Well It has been an absolute pain in the arse getting my Wizards Assosiation started. I kept messing up the team balance and making trades I didn't really like, ending up with a too heavy bench or bench warmer calibre players wanting a better role. Finally got it started and played the 1st game some hopefully I should have an update or two up soonish. The roster moves arent the most realistic but after all the effort and time(3 months since i wanted to start it) it has taken to get it going I don't care. Besides its not like I've gutted the team or trade scrap for a star. I'm sure you'll see what i mean soon enough.....that is if anyone actually reads it that is

[Lamrock]

shadowgrin, I am aware of that. That was how I was initially using them, but editing the rosters alone isn't enough. Scoring's way too high on default.

The X, I got pretty money with him in 2K11, but it's really any big man in this one. I'm almost a little embarrassed to post the first game of my association, as LA had 40 points on 17-19 shooting.

I downloaded the 2012 draft class by Chiliad (optimized) that bedwardsroy had on his 2Kshare. Hopefully the NLSC'ers who I have no idea how to make tendencies for don't stick out like a sore thumb. The fictional ones are also intriguing.

The way the game plays really impresses me. The overalls aren't too bad, but players really do play like they do in real life. Felton and Crawford are rated higher than Batum and Matthews, but true to real life, Batum and Matthews are more efficient and playing better. I watch a lot of Blazers games, and he's got it to where it finally feels like the Blazers are playing.

Looking forward to giving those slider sets a try. Could be a tumultuous month for the Blazers.

[hova-]

I've had some success in terms of realistic gameplay by putting down the close and inside shot sliders to 45 and the contact shot slider to 38.

Best slider change I've done in a while was one I read over at OS today:

Put vertical to 0, strength to 90, blocking to 70, steal success to 100 and reach in tendency to 0. Made the game really better in terms of the bigs getting more boards, the shot blockers getting blocks and not everybody and the players who rely on their big body playing better.

Had a game vs the Heat and it was really realistic. My current slider set, a mixture of different sliders I've tried so far, is the best I had in a while. Was great fun to play against the Heat with their stars really playing to their strenghtes.

I also put the ball handling and hands sliders down to zero, it's the only way to get realistic turnovers because the passing slider at 45 already causes stupid ass passes by guys who aren't known to throw away the ball often.

[The X]

hova, the sliders I'm using also have vertical at 0, strength at 99 or 100 (I'd imagine 90 would be better fit), blocking at 70 but the steal success and reach in tendency is different to what you've got. How does it affect it having it at 100 & 0 for those two sliders?

I agree passing slider at 45 is stupid & results in crappy passes that wouldn't happen in social competition, let alone the NBA. I called out the reputable slider maker on this at OS & he just ignored my post so I just moved onto somebody else's sliders. I think that's why I ended up with truegamer's sliders (although I need to adjust to make it harder for big guys, so maybe the contact shot slider down to 38 might help since I've already got inside shot at 45) as I didn't want a set of sliders that just gave you a good looking boxscore with the right amount of turnovers but cheesed you to do it.

[hova-]

Having the reach in at zero is based on some guy over at OS who said that NBA players rarely reach like they do in 2k12, meaning dumb reach-in calls while the player just stands in front of you.

About steal at 100, to me it feels like it is easier to catch anticipated passes which I find realistic because often players aren't able to catch passes the opponent throws right at them. I had two games with these sliders and there were no unrealistic steal / steal numbers, so I approve this change.

Contact shots go in way too often. Guys like Acie Law were hitting layups in traffic all the time, but also Jason Maxiell for me was able to get offensive boards and put them in with great contact, just unrealistic. I suggest any number below 40 definitely.

[mpac]

The X - tried doing your previous comments on making Association more challenging as well the post on the operationsports. So far, It is more fun and exciting. Thanks for sharing those Though there are few i did not follow (selecting that bottom 5 as I would like to use twolves for my Rebuilding experiment), but still i tried to do the most parts. hehe

Here are my transactions so far:
- Signed Prizbilla for 1 yr deal
- Beasley, Barea, for Paul George
- Brad Miller, Millicic, 2013 1st pick for NO Kaman, 2012 NO 2012 1st pick, Vasquez (yes i failed to follow the rule of sending picks but I like the expiring salary for Kaman)
- Webster, 2012 1st pick MIN for BOS Ray Allen, boston 2013 1st pick. (another expiring contract c/0 rayray)

Here is my lineup:
C Kaman (NEW)
PF Love
SF George (NEW)
SG Allen (NEW)
PG Rubio

Role Players:
C Prizbilla (NEW)
PF Randalph
SF Derrick Will
SG W Johnson
PG Ridnour
M Lee
Vasquez (NEW)

Reserve:
Tolliver
Ellington
Petrovic

Though we have 5 new players, I will try to use this lineup until the end of the season unless there will have some nice trade offer or injuries.

[The X]

Nice work. I don't mind the Minnesota pick, but shame you swapped 1st round picks in both those last 2 trades.

[mpac]

yup i must admit got wrong with that. I just cant take away the chance to get a decent center rather than the slow and inefficient Millicic and no inside brad miller.

[Martti.]

Hadn't used 2K12 since my B-Scal CAL glitched, so gave it a run.

Updated the rosters and went with Linsanity and the Knicks. Since they have 5 PGs (Lin, Shumpert, Davis, Bibby, Douglas), traded Davis and Douglas for Big Ben and Faried respectively.

First game - HEAT. Quickly fell behind by 20 and played like catch-up the whole game. Got within 5 and had possession with a minute or so to go, but Fields missed an open three and Wade had an and-1 on the other end. Still getting used to the 2K12 player movements and stuff, Lin had just 7 points and 7 assists with 6 turnovers, going 3-14 from the field. Melo did have 41.

Next game was the Bucks, won it in blow-out fashion. Lin with 18 and 11, Melo was just unstoppable and had 44, going 20-29 from the field. Faried had a double-double off the bench. JR also chipped in 29 off the bench, STAT had 8.

Right now it's Chandler-Amar'e-Melo-Fields-Lin with Smith, Faried and Shumpert as the key rotation. Wallace and Walker also get minutes while Novak and Bibby fill out the 12.

Decided to sim and fell to 5-15.

[kibaxx7]

Narrowed the list for my next story down to three teams:

- Indiana
As you know, one of my fav teams. IMO, with a few trades and additions, they can be in contention for the title. Paul George and Lance Stephenson will be deadly.

- Philadelphia
One of the best defensive teams in the league, they can make some noise. Plus, Iggy is a monster and I like the idea of developing Turner and Holiday.

- Detroit
The rebuilder... there are some players I completely dislike, which I would deal away, and to be in contention again, we would need a lot of seasons. A nice challenge.

[shadowgrin]

Deja vu right there.

[Ryan. M]

The X - tried doing your previous comments on making Association more challenging as well the post on the operationsports. So far, It is more fun and exciting. Thanks for sharing those Though there are few i did not follow (selecting that bottom 5 as I would like to use twolves for my Rebuilding experiment), but still i tried to do the most parts. hehe

Here are my transactions so far:
- Signed Prizbilla for 1 yr deal
- Beasley, Barea, for Paul George
- Brad Miller, Millicic, 2013 1st pick for NO Kaman, 2012 NO 2012 1st pick, Vasquez (yes i failed to follow the rule of sending picks but I like the expiring salary for Kaman)
- Webster, 2012 1st pick MIN for BOS Ray Allen, boston 2013 1st pick. (another expiring contract c/0 rayray)

Here is my lineup:
C Kaman (NEW)
PF Love
SF George (NEW)
SG Allen (NEW)
PG Rubio

Role Players:
C Prizbilla (NEW)
PF Randalph
SF Derrick Will
SG W Johnson
PG Ridnour
M Lee
Vasquez (NEW)

Reserve:
Tolliver
Ellington
Petrovic

Though we have 5 new players, I will try to use this lineup until the end of the season unless there will have some nice trade offer or injuries.

Just did exactly this, and man am I impressed. Kaman seems to block every shot that comes his way and also hits every layup and dunk, and man is Ridnour bloody accurate

EDIT: Just checked the stats at the end of Q1, Kaman 5/5 FG with 3 blocks, Ridnour 1/1 in the field (mind you, was double covered by 2 big men at the time) and 2/2 from the line.

[mpac]

hope you will have fun there. Kaman is a beast and in case you end up not liking him, he has only 1 year contract with 12m, and you can let him walk in the offseason and have more salary cap...

I tried a few games but managed to restart my association as I like to get the latest roster with a stronger knicks as opponent. I cant manage to be patient on always losing so I just instead select the celtics and try to rebuild it

Standing: 9-3

Trades:
- jermaine oneil for varejao (salary dump for cavs i think),
- jajuan johnson, 2013 1st and 2nd pick for utah 2012 1st pick, Jeremy Evans (hoping to get austin rivers or drummond in the draft)

Current Lineup:
Varejao (NEW)
KG
Pierce
Ray
Rondo

Bench:
Stiesma
Bass
Pietrus
Moore
Dooling

Bradley
Wilcox

Reserved:
evans (NEW)
pavlovic
daniels

Picks:
2012 1st pick UTA
2012 1st pick BOS
2012 2nd pick BOS

[MomirCeltics]

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I play dynasty with Boston Celtics in NBA Live 08(with 2011/12 rosters i've made),on all star difficulty on 12mins. I'm 6 games into my 6th season.
First 2 seasons were total mess,i couldn't make it to playoff.After two seasons i've lost two of my best players,R.Allen and K.G.,they refused to re-sing with me,so team was doing really bad.In 3th season i got first draft pick S.Martin with really good grades,so i've put him and M.Duncan(also draft pick) in my starting 5.That season i've made to playoff,and lost in conference final against Bulls,but i was happy because Pierce was "Defensive player of the year" and S.Martin was "rookie of the year".As the next (4th) season starts most of my team players were all rookies,or some traded low stats players (beside J.O'Neal,P.Pierce and R.Rondo),so my starting five was really good:
C: J. O'Neal (86 overall then now 81)
SF: P.Pierce (82 overall then now 89)
PG: R.Rondo (88 overall then now 91)
PF: M.Duncan (78 overall then now 72)
SG: S.Martin ( 80 overall then now 95)
it was good season,but and again no playoff..So i decided to make it,at least,to the conference final next year.But then i got big problem,O'Neal didn't want to re-sign(and went to free agents) so i started season with J.Fernandez(a center with 55ovr that i picked from draft that year). Team was doing very good job,and after 10 games,i re-singed with O'Neal to 2 years contract.And with my "original" starting five i won playoff against Portland Trail Blazers(champions 3 years in a row). I started new (6th) season,i've played 6 games so far,and my record is 5-1(lost that one 99-98 against Clippers Pierce missed dunk in last second). Only change in the team in this season was J.Green(overall 92) in starting 5 instead Duncan.

My current team stats are:
Team GP Pts Rebs Ast Blk Stl TO Fouls FG/Att FG% 3P/Att 3P% FT/Att FT%
Boston 6 556 160 147 9 26 36 69 207/368 .562 77/144 .535 65/77 .844

And i need some good center,because this is O'Neal's last season before retirement,and without him i will fail xD any suggestions?

[Radioman]

Narrowed the list for my next story down to three teams:

- Indiana
As you know, one of my fav teams. IMO, with a few trades and additions, they can be in contention for the title. Paul George and Lance Stephenson will be deadly.

- Philadelphia
One of the best defensive teams in the league, they can make some noise. Plus, Iggy is a monster and I like the idea of developing Turner and Holiday.

- Detroit
The rebuilder... there are some players I completely dislike, which I would deal away, and to be in contention again, we would need a lot of seasons. A nice challenge.

All teams i also would like to play in 2k

I think the Pistons are the toughest if you want to keep it realistic.

[shabba_93]

Well after all that I've decided not to bother doing the Wizards Association. After all the mess around getting the game file sorted and due to the fact I've been enjoying it so much that tbh I've lost interest in keeping track with it. I'm just going to play it through offline for my own enjoyment and perhaps keep a track of whats going on in this thread. I've got four potential teams I'm thinking of using instead but can't quite decide:

New York- The most championship callibre team of the bunch, some real talent to help bring a championship back to the big apple. A little off put with the whole Linsanity at the minute, however having been a fan since his college days and being a big STAT fan since his phoenix days NY is still an option.

LA Clippers- Alot more appetising this season perhaps, but it would be nice to try and get that other LA team their first championship. Getting to play as Lob City would certainly be a fun experience

Phoenix- My favourite team and the middling team of the four. It would be nice to attempt to get my all-time favourite PG Steve Nash his first ring and presents a good opportunity for a rebuild.

Charlotte- The rebuilder, I like the young talent the Bobcats have, some big players there to build around in the future.

[mpac]

MomirCeltics not sure on the centers are still available in your game, but i guess choose a young big man whom you can grow into a dominating center.

now, 16-5 with the Celtics 2nd seed in the east behind Miami (damn i cant beat the heat using Celts). I am thinking of possibly trading away rondo as I am getting quite impatient of his inability to make jumpers I found two possible players that i could get along with some other chips to pull off the trade.
OPTION 1: Rubio plus expiring webster
OPTION 2: Deron Williams

Still thinking of this and im planning to make the trade before the dec 25 against the knicks Currently Im playing on Dec 11. Thoughts?

[The X]

You should get Deron Williams. Rubio won't make jumpers with regularity so D-Will is a better fit for you.

[mpac]

yup thanks! I will just make it dramatic and wait til xmas for his debut. Hope he doesnt get injured or traded to another team.

[mpac]

Narrowed the list for my next story down to three teams:

- Indiana
As you know, one of my fav teams. IMO, with a few trades and additions, they can be in contention for the title. Paul George and Lance Stephenson will be deadly.

- Philadelphia
One of the best defensive teams in the league, they can make some noise. Plus, Iggy is a monster and I like the idea of developing Turner and Holiday.

- Detroit
The rebuilder... there are some players I completely dislike, which I would deal away, and to be in contention again, we would need a lot of seasons. A nice challenge.

Go for Indiana. You will love paul george! such an all around player

[kibaxx7]

I think the Pistons are the toughest if you want to keep it realistic.

If you guys want me to keep it realistic, then I can't pick Detroit, because you know that I can't get past two seasons. But it's a nice team.

Go for Indiana. You will love paul george! such an all around player

Yeah it will most likely come down to the Pacers

Well after all that I've decided not to bother doing the Wizards Association. After all the mess around getting the game file sorted and due to the fact I've been enjoying it so much that tbh I've lost interest in keeping track with it. I'm just going to play it through offline for my own enjoyment and perhaps keep a track of whats going on in this thread. I've got four potential teams I'm thinking of using instead but can't quite decide:

Knicks if you want an instant playoff team (IMO, they could beat almost anyone with all the options they have), but if you want a real challenge, pick Charlotte, they are just horrible right now in real life.

[mpac]

Thierry go pacers! good luck!

Finally pulled off trade as I got paranoid dwill might resign with the nets. Below is trade details:
Boston gets:
PG D Will (16m 1 yr)
C Shelden Williams (expiring slow but with A- Reb)
PF Jordan Williams (expiring rating 56 but with B- Potential, and B+ Reb)

Nets gets:
PG Rondo
PF Bass (hard to let this go but its the only way)
SF pavlovic

Now, we got a scorer in D Will. So far averaging almost 20 pts, 4reb 8 asst and 4 steals and so far 4-2 since the trade. I got stronger backcourt but weak frontline.

Current Lineup:
Varejao (NEW)
KG
Pierce
Ray
D Will (NEW)

Bench: Stiesma, Wilcox, Pietrus, Moore, Dooling, Jor Williams (NEW), Bradley

Reserved: daniels, shelden williams (NEW), boykins (NEW) - most stupid move ive done in my entire 2k life but due to his 73 rating, hopefully i could trade him for future picks or solid frontline after his 30 day no trade upon sign.

Dleague: evans (NEW)

Picks: 2012 1st pick UTA, 2012 1st pick BOS, 2012 2nd pick BOS