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NBA 2K13 'MY CAREER MODE' Discussion
Here you can discuss the My Career mode from NBA 2K13.
Talk about your player's abilities. Are you a scrub? Are you a solid role-player, or are you a superstar? Talk about what team you were drafted to, how your season is going. Maybe you're going to demand a trade?
This is most certainly the most popular mode in the NBA 2K series, so hopefully we'll hear some interesting stuff from you guys.
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Did my Scoring PG first. Got 15/10/4 in the showcase, drafted 11th to the Blazers. Not sure if I want to play with this, but I might re-do it once or twice to see what's up. Would love to be 10th for the Hornets. It seems like almost every team in the league has a great franchise PG or a developing one that's still got potential. Ehh we'll see.
Is scoring the best play type? You basically get an 80 midrange and 3 point rating right off the bat. Speed at 81 isn't bad either.
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My first character is a 6'9" 3-point shooting SF named Ricky "Rain Man" Raynes. Got drafted to my Warriors at #7. Played about 10 games so far off the bench. Used all my VC on Dead-Eye Skill and Offensive Awareness so far.
Tip; When you first start MyPlayer, adjust the game duration to 12 min play and simulation. This makes it easier to achieve your goals and get lots of VC despite only playing limited minutes off the bench. As soon as I get upgraded to 6th man or starter, I reduce the game duration to 9 min, and once I'm a full time starter I bring it down to 6 minutes.
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Okay last year I loved making dominant centers. This year it sucks. Teammates feed you the ball less and you get penalized for everything. My biggest complaint about this mode though is the lack of minutes/opportunity. After 3 seasons I'm still a 12 minute bench player on my SG despite the fact that whenever I play the key games I absolutely DOMINATE.
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[QUOTE=EnoughSaid]Did my Scoring PG first. Got 15/10/4 in the showcase, drafted 11th to the Blazers. Not sure if I want to play with this, but I might re-do it once or twice to see what's up. Would love to be 10th for the Hornets. It seems like almost every team in the league has a great franchise PG or a developing one that's still got potential. Ehh we'll see.
Is scoring the best play type? You basically get an 80 midrange and 3 point rating right off the bat. Speed at 81 isn't bad either.[/QUOTE]
Hmmm.. Scoring and Athletic are the best starters. Athletic has improved this year due to physics scoring at the rim but still it's hard to finish a lot of times. Scoring has been the best for me because as you said you can dominate just by hitting 3's and midrange jumpers.
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[QUOTE=Clippersfan86]Okay last year I loved making dominant centers. This year it sucks. Teammates feed you the ball less and you get penalized for everything. My biggest complaint about this mode though is the lack of minutes/opportunity. After 3 seasons I'm still a 12 minute bench player on my SG despite the fact that whenever I play the key games I absolutely DOMINATE.[/QUOTE]
stop simming
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3 seasons? :wtf:
I like athletic on all of them. Mostly because it costs more points to upgrade those attributes (I think). Saves me some money.
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[QUOTE=IGotACoolStory]3 seasons? :wtf:
I like athletic on all of them. Mostly because it costs more points to upgrade those attributes (I think). Saves me some money.[/QUOTE]
Speed difference between Scoring and Athletic PGs is 7 points I think. Ehh I'd rather be able to be effective right away and develop my speed as I go along. Not having a solid jumper to start sucks.
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[QUOTE=stallionaire]stop simming[/QUOTE]
Man it's too many damn games otherwise! I play 6 minute quarters too so not easy for me to build points. Wonder if I do just a few games with 12 minute quarters in a row to get starter, then sim rest?
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[QUOTE=Clippersfan86]Hmmm.. Scoring and Athletic are the best starters. Athletic has improved this year due to physics scoring at the rim but still it's hard to finish a lot of times. Scoring has been the best for me because as you said you can dominate just by hitting 3's and midrange jumpers.[/QUOTE]
I've heard from many of the YouTube commentators to not sim games as you'll miss out on a lot of things.
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[QUOTE=Clippersfan86]Man it's too many damn games otherwise! I play 6 minute quarters too so not easy for me to build points. Wonder if I do just a few games with 12 minute quarters in a row to get starter, then sim rest?[/QUOTE]
sim only 20 games a season if u want realistic coach decisions
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****. I wish it would ask a confirmation if that's what you want to do when you choose stuff on this mode. They ****ing put the sim to next key game on top of the menus (god knows why) and I clicked on it without thinking. I have auto save running and it saved after the simulation.
Just started this damn career too. :facepalm Would like to play the first few games, you know? It simmed 11 games. God damn it.
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[QUOTE=Mr. I'm So Rad]Do you still get bumped/pushed around constantly when trying to navigate around the court?
Does the computer still have magnetic box outs that you can't escape from?
Do little guys still jump over big guys for rebounds?[/QUOTE]
Um that kind of stuff is a lot better in the 36 hours I've had it.
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[QUOTE=ukballer]I've heard from many of the YouTube commentators to not sim games as you'll miss out on a lot of things.[/QUOTE]
What do I miss out on??? :(
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[QUOTE=Clippersfan86]What do I miss out on??? :([/QUOTE]
I'm a sucker for a good 2K My Player/Career story, so I'm subbed to a lot of the 2K commentators on Youtube. I think it's IpodKingCarter who mentioned it on his Twitter somewhere.
EDIT: #Mr2K #NBA2K13 YERP! @IpodKingCarter
NBA 2K13 MyCAREER Note #4: Gamers, play every game in your first season, DON'T KEY GAME IT! ur gonna need that VC for everything u touch!
So the Virtual Currency is your key. Sim games, you're not gonna get shit for it. No way to improve your player without it.
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Ugh... 82 games is a shit ton. Other alternative is to play for a team like the Lakers with tons of rivals so I get at least 20 key games.
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[QUOTE=Clippersfan86]Ugh... 82 games is a shit ton. Other alternative is to play for a team like the Lakers with tons of rivals so I get at least 20 key games.[/QUOTE]
dude, with how quickly you are blowing through seasons and shit you will eventually play 82 games regardless
why not take your time and play every game ? its so ****ing fun.
i don't sim shit.
i play a game of mycareer, one game of online vs. mode, and then maybe some local multiplayer against a roommate.
don't get stressed. it's just a videogame. take it 1 game at a time to sharpen your skills.
it'll be more fun b/c you'll be getting the true experience
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I'm still stacking up on VC so I could buy a suit for my real MyCareer and still have money to improve my abilities and buy accessories.
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made a shotjacking small forward. im not reallllllyyy sure if im going to keep it considering i shot 20% at the combine and was drafted by the mavs.
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My 3 point specialist PG never misses a jumpshot(unless its off the dribble). Had 26/8 in the showcase, got drafted by the Warriors and getting 20+ points every time in about 12 minutes worth of PT. The handles are also sick on here, made Austin Rivers fall in the showcase game, too nasty. The Raptors wanted me, but I told them YOLO and I wanted to win games,
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SG 3 Point Specialist got drafted at 12 by the Rockets. Got asked if I was comfortable playing at SF because Kevin Martin is their guy, and I thought I answered that I wasn't comfortable with it, but then my player said he'd adjust to it so he could play for the Rockets. Not what I wanted at all.
Nothing wrong with Houston, but I played for them a lot with some of my 2K12 players, wanted something new and fresh.
This isn't the player I'll continue with though seeing as the rosters will be updated on the weekend, this is just a trying the mode out kinda thing.
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[QUOTE=MasterDurant24]The Raptors wanted me, but I told them YOLO and I wanted to win games,[/QUOTE]
haha I told the Raptors YOLO too... poor Raptors.
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[QUOTE=d.bball.guy]I'm still stacking up on VC so I could buy a suit for my real MyCareer and still have money to improve my abilities and buy accessories.[/QUOTE]
What's the best way to rack up VC outside of My Career? Does it have to be online games and My Team games or can you get them by playing Association an Quick Play, too?
Just went ahead and started one with a 3PT specialists SG. Thought this was interesting...in the Rookie Showcase I'm on the Elite Team and which is all UNC guys. I'm at SG, Marshall at PG, Barnes at SF, Henson at PF, and Zeller at C.
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You can switch the controls to 2K12 setup.
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[QUOTE=Clippersfan86]Ugh... 82 games is a shit ton. Other alternative is to play for a team like the Lakers with tons of rivals so I get at least 20 key games.[/QUOTE]
Look at it this way. Even if you play 12 minute quarters the first 10-15 games or so you won't be getting a lot of minutes if it's anything like 2K12 and 2K11. It usually takes me 15-20 games just to get to where I'm playing 25 minutes a game. By the time you're playing 30+ minutes per game, you've "only" got 60ish games or so left in the season.
I don't know. Anyway, I'm just a few minutes into the Rookie Showcase game and you get +2 VC for things like a made bucket, assists, rebounds, etc. which I'm guessing you don't get if you sim the game, so it's definitely worth playing the games.
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[QUOTE=KG215]Look at it this way. Even if you play 12 minute quarters the first 10-15 games or so you won't be getting a lot of minutes if it's anything like 2K12 and 2K11. It usually takes me 15-20 games just to get to where I'm playing 25 minutes a game. By the time you're playing 30+ minutes per game, you've "only" got 60ish games or so left in the season.
I don't know. Anyway, I'm just a few minutes into the Rookie Showcase game and you get +2 VC for things like a made bucket, assists, rebounds, etc. which I'm guessing you don't get if you sim the game, so it's definitely worth playing the games.[/QUOTE]
Well.... I did up it to 8 minute quarters and the payoff has been great. I end up averaging 10-15 minutes actually played compared to 5 or 6 before. So I've been dropping some much better games. My last game for example was 23 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 blocks and 2 steals vs the Lakers as a 6'4 scoring PG.
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Just went for 28-6-5-1 on 12/18 FG and 4/6 3P in the Rookie Showcase game and we won by 20 points, and my teammate grade was still only a 'C'. Won my position battle by a comfortable margin, too.
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[QUOTE=LamarOdom]What difficulty will you play on?[/QUOTE]
Guess I'll start on Pro or All-Star on Simulation game style/sliders. Forgot to change it before I started so the Rookie Showcase was on Pro Default. Been playing quick play games on Pro/Sim and they've been fairly competitive, so I'll go with that to start.
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Started a 6'10" back to the basket PF. Didn't have a great showcase (6 pts 9 rebounds?) but got drafted 14 to the Bucks. Not the worst case scenario but trying to beat out Ilysova won't be ideal.
Also, I seem to be using Skill Points, not VC? Anyone know why?
EDIT: Ah, apparently it doesn't count if you're not online. I'm on wired internet so I have to split the time using the cable on my laptop and 360.
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So since I started playing every game not much has changed besides what commentators say. I just got traded to the Heat because I was on the Pistons loving it until they started playing me a lot with another scoring PG (Kemba Walker) who was a ballhog dickhead.
I went to GM and told them Kemba is in my way and needs to be traded and the GM said "That's not in the teams best interest, not going to happen". I said fine trade me.. and ended up on the Heat which isn't bad considering I'm a 6'4 PG who can bomb 3's and do a little of everything. Win titles as the 3rd option and future of the next Heat era.
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Going to make an athletic SF. See if I can be the white LeBron. :lol
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A friend might get it today. Will do a midget score first PG, because that was my last project in '12 and didn't "finish" it.
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[QUOTE=ukballer]Going to make an athletic SF. See if I can be the white LeBron. :lol[/QUOTE]
Made my new player. 6'8, 240 lbs athletic small forward.
Played horribly in Rookie Showcase. Not by design, but it was real tough with this player. I'm used to playing with 3 point shooters, or scorers. Guy was slow, could just about hit midrange, struggled to keep with Kidd-Gilchrist when I had to guard him. It'll be easier when I get used to this kind of player and improve stats etc, but I was ass, plain and simple. Finished 3/3/4 I think, brutal.
Pre-draft interviews were with Indiana, Memphis and OKC. Snubbed all three, none of them are good fits for me. Too much talent already. About to do the draft, who knows where I'll end up. Think I might slip into 2nd round it went that badly. :lol
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I find the new monetary system entirely strange. Why was I forced to sign a two year rookie contract for 500 pirate coins?
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6'9 260 pound Athletic SF
Drafted 16th to Dallas
Lets do this
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one thing that bothered me
started my career mode with a 6'3 athletic pg
had a 20-10-2 4stls line in the stars-elites rookie game
had interviews with pistons, blazers... i told em to f*ck off :lol but i told the hornets good shiet
hornets draft me at 10 (me and AD, the future!)
but then when the season starts.... i see austin rivers on my team, wuddaf*ck??? :wtf:
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[QUOTE=jaydacris]one thing that bothered me
started my career mode with a 6'3 athletic pg
had a 20-10-2 4stls line in the stars-elites rookie game
had interviews with pistons, blazers... i told em to f*ck off :lol but i told the hornets good shiet
hornets draft me at 10 (me and AD, the future!)
but then when the season starts.... i see austin rivers on my team, wuddaf*ck??? :wtf:[/QUOTE]
teams will always have all of their picks. so if you get drafted first, you get yourself, davis, and rivers.
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made a 3pt shooting small forward.
the dumb asses at 2k must have spent all their time doing stupid cosmetic shit for too long because this mode is still extraordinarily broken.
the grade system is entirely flawed. i just won the showcase, i scored 28 point on over 60% 3 point and 50% shooting. considering i was the leading scorer in the game on ridiculous efficiency i feel as though this should instantly bump my grade up at the end of the game. how have they not thought of something like this? in the end my teammate grade was a C+ because you get no credit for doing things properly throughout an entire game yet tiny mistakes screw you over.
oh, i was also player of the game. that could improve my grade alongside the fact i led scoring and my eff. was beyond amazing. every time you go on a hot streak or score, lets say, 3 straight 3's, your grade should massively boost up. every time you transition on defense and contest a shot, your grade should show up. detection for shot contention has been broken since the inception of my player and it seems as though this is unfixable.
every possession the person you're guarding doesn't score, you should get a small point increase. if you're constantly active on offense for a possession, even if you don't get a pass, you should get a point increase.
i have to go but i'd like to ramble more later.
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Eh, I find it the opposite. My typical game 6 points, 3 rebounds, and 7 assists off the bench right now.
All I do is set picks every time, throw it up the floor to a wing (seriously, CPU Bradley makes DWade looks like Jerryd Bayless) after the inbounds, make easy passes in the halfcourt, and attempt to play some defense. I end up with at least a B every game, depending on how I do on defense. The only time I ever attempt to score is if the defender sags off my guy in that 18 foot area or if I have a fast break dunk.
I think the most points I've scored in a My Player game right now is like 12.
Although my PT still sucks. And Rondo is injured too...
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i think that you should get boosts in rating for wins, total points, percentage by game/quarter, things of that nature.
like unless i was literally never trying at all on defense i can understand why my rating would be low but im the player of the game in a win and my 3pt is almost 70. i think i hit somewhere between six and eight threes, three of which were back to back to back in the first possessions.