NBA Live 09 Secret Feature Revealed

by pastapadre
Posted July 14th, 2008 at 9:57 am

The San Jose Mercury News has leaked the first details on the secret feature for NBA Live 09 that will be officially announced at the EA press conference this afternoon. I will wait until after that announcement is made before posting more specifics on what it is all about along with my personal thoughts. As stated in my hands-on the feature was presented for literally two hours so it is much more in-depth than just a single paragraph can describe. Until then you can take in the following information.

EA plans to announce today that the latest version of its “NBA Live” game will include a constantly updated artificial intelligence.

Whenever users log on to the game, the title will connect to the Internet to download data from the latest NBA games, including such details as whether a player like Kobe Bryant is taking more shots from the left or the right side of the floor and his relative success from each spot. The game will use such information to affect how the virtual Kobe Bryant plays in “NBA Live” and how he is guarded.

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Dantecamp

I’m somewhat disapointed but I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt. Hopefully it will keep the experience fresh enough during the course of the season.
Dantecamp

I’m somewhat disapointed but I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt. Hopefully it will keep the experience fresh enough during the course of the season.
pastapadre

[quote comment="28603"]Thanks for the update Pasta keep up the good work Bro.. So it can be used for online play?[/quote]

Yes it is incorporated throughout the game including online play and what you start your dynasty with.

[quote comment="28604"]Yo are soooo right my man! This feature is of no use to me. I only play on XBL or with a friend over. What a croc!![/quote]

It will be a factor in online play, explanation coming later.
leglockfan

Billy is XBL no longer considered ONLINE PLAY?

Learn to read
david

sorry, but thats not the “BIG” announcement i was looking for. any of the live basketball games suck. if i had to buy a basketball game it would be the 2k. i really liked last years with the exception of the shoe glitch, missing rookies, and really delayed updates.
pastapadre

[quote comment="28603"]Thanks for the update Pasta keep up the good work Bro.. So it can be used for online play?[/quote]

Yes it is incorporated throughout the game including online play and what you start your dynasty with.

[quote comment="28604"]Yo are soooo right my man! This feature is of no use to me. I only play on XBL or with a friend over. What a croc!![/quote]

It will be a factor in online play, explanation coming later.
leglockfan

Billy is XBL no longer considered ONLINE PLAY?

Learn to read
david

sorry, but thats not the “BIG” announcement i was looking for. any of the live basketball games suck. if i had to buy a basketball game it would be the 2k. i really liked last years with the exception of the shoe glitch, missing rookies, and really delayed updates.
nhiverson

might be a cool feature but if live plays like it did last few years count me out havent been a fan of live since 2000.
nhiverson

might be a cool feature but if live plays like it did last few years count me out havent been a fan of live since 2000.
Kmart2180

I thought it was going to be bigger then what it is. Its not making me say wow or anything but I really dont know much about it so I will hold off until then. But from what it sounds like is that players will play more like themselves. (Wait isnt that what player tendencies are for? lol)

This will not even matter much if the rebound/pass issue’s remain the same. The gameplay still needs a big upgrade from what Ive read so far but we will see.
Kmart2180

I thought it was going to be bigger then what it is. Its not making me say wow or anything but I really dont know much about it so I will hold off until then. But from what it sounds like is that players will play more like themselves. (Wait isnt that what player tendencies are for? lol)

This will not even matter much if the rebound/pass issue’s remain the same. The gameplay still needs a big upgrade from what Ive read so far but we will see.
gunner

Pasta, what happened with the NCAA roster file? We are your loyal fan base who frequent your site, but yet you are ignoring us after telling us to download the NCAA Rosters from your gamertag.

How can we trust you, if you know that this NCAA roster file is causing our 360′s to freeze (confirmed by Fairdale and NCAAStragies to be your file which is causing the error) but you are not responding to anyone about this subject.

Come on man, just tell us how to fix our NCAA game? Dont go into hiding, it doesnt make you look very credible.
gunner

Pasta, what happened with the NCAA roster file? We are your loyal fan base who frequent your site, but yet you are ignoring us after telling us to download the NCAA Rosters from your gamertag.

How can we trust you, if you know that this NCAA roster file is causing our 360′s to freeze (confirmed by Fairdale and NCAAStragies to be your file which is causing the error) but you are not responding to anyone about this subject.

Come on man, just tell us how to fix our NCAA game? Dont go into hiding, it doesnt make you look very credible.
Shomari

Dude don’t be ignorant, Pasta doesn’t owe you anything. He didn’t make the game, he just used a feature. It’s happening to EVERYBODY, not just him. It’s not his responsibility to explain anything.
Shomari

Dude don’t be ignorant, Pasta doesn’t owe you anything. He didn’t make the game, he just used a feature. It’s happening to EVERYBODY, not just him. It’s not his responsibility to explain anything.
gunner

[quote comment="28619"]Dude don’t be ignorant, Pasta doesn’t owe you anything. He didn’t make the game, he just used a feature. It’s happening to EVERYBODY, not just him. It’s not his responsibility to explain anything.[/quote]

OK you load his rosters and make a edit change and then have teams disappear from your game and come back and tell me that he doesnt owe me an explaination as to how to get these disappearing teams back after he told us to download his roster. IT’s happening to EVERYBODY because EVERYBODY downloaded his roster.

Do some research before you try to defend someone
gunner

[quote comment="28619"]Dude don’t be ignorant, Pasta doesn’t owe you anything. He didn’t make the game, he just used a feature. It’s happening to EVERYBODY, not just him. It’s not his responsibility to explain anything.[/quote]

OK you load his rosters and make a edit change and then have teams disappear from your game and come back and tell me that he doesnt owe me an explaination as to how to get these disappearing teams back after he told us to download his roster. IT’s happening to EVERYBODY because EVERYBODY downloaded his roster.

Do some research before you try to defend someone
QB Eagles

agree with gunner – i mean come on pasta.
Credibility is a big thing, I think at least.
To act like it never happened isn’t the coolest thing…
Especially when Fairdale is finger pointing.
QB Eagles

agree with gunner – i mean come on pasta.
Credibility is a big thing, I think at least.
To act like it never happened isn’t the coolest thing…
Especially when Fairdale is finger pointing.
sam1234

I agree with gunner also. Pasta we need help to fix our stuff. Fairdale is making you look bad..
sam1234

I agree with gunner also. Pasta we need help to fix our stuff. Fairdale is making you look bad..
gunner

It looks like Pasta has taken down his rosters from his gamertag and EA World. Hopefully he is working on removing the incorrect code and republish his rosters for tonight big rush (midnight game release night).

Thanks Pasta for finding and hopefully correcting the problem!!
gunner

It looks like Pasta has taken down his rosters from his gamertag and EA World. Hopefully he is working on removing the incorrect code and republish his rosters for tonight big rush (midnight game release night).

Thanks Pasta for finding and hopefully correcting the problem!!
Kmart2180

I will say this to all you pastapadre basher’s. The guy was trying to help us all by getting the earliest rosters, where he got them might cause a problem with the NCAA and will kill the future possibilities of editing players. So let me sum this up for you’s, he tried to help us out but there ended up being a bug in the code. Its not his fault 1 and 2 if theres a problem delete them simply enough.

Why must you’s continue to harass him? There is nothing that him telling you’s will be able to fix the problem so get over it already.
Kmart2180

I will say this to all you pastapadre basher’s. The guy was trying to help us all by getting the earliest rosters, where he got them might cause a problem with the NCAA and will kill the future possibilities of editing players. So let me sum this up for you’s, he tried to help us out but there ended up being a bug in the code. Its not his fault 1 and 2 if theres a problem delete them simply enough.

Why must you’s continue to harass him? There is nothing that him telling you’s will be able to fix the problem so get over it already.
Kmart2180

Fairdale is making himself look bad cause he once stated he tried to do his rosters himself and it crashed , when Adam the ncaa producer already has confirmed that if you edit your own rosters the crash will not happen. The crash is only happening with Pasta’s original file.

So I take it as Fairdale was gonna base his rosters of of Pasta’s original file but when teams started dissappearing and stuff he learned that he couldnt use Pasta’s file.

I dont see why anyone would have anything negative to say about Pasta. He tried to help us and unfortunetly the plan got derailed in the sloppyness in the EA coding. Again not being Pasta’s Fault.
Kmart2180

Fairdale is making himself look bad cause he once stated he tried to do his rosters himself and it crashed , when Adam the ncaa producer already has confirmed that if you edit your own rosters the crash will not happen. The crash is only happening with Pasta’s original file.

So I take it as Fairdale was gonna base his rosters of of Pasta’s original file but when teams started dissappearing and stuff he learned that he couldnt use Pasta’s file.

I dont see why anyone would have anything negative to say about Pasta. He tried to help us and unfortunetly the plan got derailed in the sloppyness in the EA coding. Again not being Pasta’s Fault.
Josh

It’s EA’s own fault for the overwhelming disappointment in this feature. When they chose to adverise this feature so prematurely & deem it as a “groundbreaking feature”, then they had to have expected people to be disappointed. They got everyone’s hopes up so high that you can only be let down by the announcement. Although this may be a significant feature, I think people are more frustrated with EA as a whole rather than the feature itself. EA still has a lot of making up to do to us loyal fans that stil give them a chance after all the disappointing efforts of the past few years. We know what EA use to be & that’s why we hold on to the hope that maybe this year they’ll get it right. We’ll have to wait and see how this turns out.
Josh

It’s EA’s own fault for the overwhelming disappointment in this feature. When they chose to adverise this feature so prematurely & deem it as a “groundbreaking feature”, then they had to have expected people to be disappointed. They got everyone’s hopes up so high that you can only be let down by the announcement. Although this may be a significant feature, I think people are more frustrated with EA as a whole rather than the feature itself. EA still has a lot of making up to do to us loyal fans that stil give them a chance after all the disappointing efforts of the past few years. We know what EA use to be & that’s why we hold on to the hope that maybe this year they’ll get it right. We’ll have to wait and see how this turns out.
Anthony

What part of “theres a lot more to it than that” do you people not understand?
Anthony

What part of “theres a lot more to it than that” do you people not understand?
gunner

[quote comment="28629"]Fairdale is making himself look bad cause he once stated he tried to do his rosters himself and it crashed , when Adam the ncaa producer already has confirmed that if you edit your own rosters the crash will not happen. The crash is only happening with Pasta’s original file.

So I take it as Fairdale was gonna base his rosters of of Pasta’s original file but when teams started dissappearing and stuff he learned that he couldnt use Pasta’s file.

I dont see why anyone would have anything negative to say about Pasta. He tried to help us and unfortunetly the plan got derailed in the sloppyness in the EA coding. Again not being Pasta’s Fault.[/quote]

You’re right. It’s not Pasta fault. Could you ever imagined that the “sloppy” coding wasnt tested yet before Pasta released it?But yet it’s EA fault for “sloppy” coding even though they made not only this game, but hundered others sports games throughout the years with their “sloppy” coding.

Dang I wish I could code that “sloppy” as EA does I would be a multi-millionaire.
gunner

[quote comment="28629"]Fairdale is making himself look bad cause he once stated he tried to do his rosters himself and it crashed , when Adam the ncaa producer already has confirmed that if you edit your own rosters the crash will not happen. The crash is only happening with Pasta’s original file.

So I take it as Fairdale was gonna base his rosters of of Pasta’s original file but when teams started dissappearing and stuff he learned that he couldnt use Pasta’s file.

I dont see why anyone would have anything negative to say about Pasta. He tried to help us and unfortunetly the plan got derailed in the sloppyness in the EA coding. Again not being Pasta’s Fault.[/quote]

You’re right. It’s not Pasta fault. Could you ever imagined that the “sloppy” coding wasnt tested yet before Pasta released it?But yet it’s EA fault for “sloppy” coding even though they made not only this game, but hundered others sports games throughout the years with their “sloppy” coding.

Dang I wish I could code that “sloppy” as EA does I would be a multi-millionaire.
tristate killa

Pasta does this mean constantly updated ratings?
tristate killa

Pasta does this mean constantly updated ratings?
huddy187

good job EA i guess im getting live this year i was bored with 2k anyway
huddy187

good job EA i guess im getting live this year i was bored with 2k anyway
Josh

I wonder what 2K has up their sleeve to combat this feature. I’m really looking forward to what 2K has to offer this year. If they just improved the overall graphics then I would be satisfied. That’s how far ahead they are in gameplay.
Josh

I wonder what 2K has up their sleeve to combat this feature. I’m really looking forward to what 2K has to offer this year. If they just improved the overall graphics then I would be satisfied. That’s how far ahead they are in gameplay.
bux

I am still wondering why you pump this game up LOL… I will even give you the benefit of the doubt on your “virus” fiasco with NCAA 09 but this bro… this NBA live mess has got to stop, this game has not been good for like 5 years and running and this is the “Ground Breaking feature”. Stick to Football, this and that Facebreaker news has got to stop… other sport games are out.

But what can I expect from a dude who said Blox was more anticipated than GTA4. You are being bashed on the reg now, keep it real with your true feelings on these sports games (not just EA). Dont be the EA puppet

BUX
bux

I am still wondering why you pump this game up LOL… I will even give you the benefit of the doubt on your “virus” fiasco with NCAA 09 but this bro… this NBA live mess has got to stop, this game has not been good for like 5 years and running and this is the “Ground Breaking feature”. Stick to Football, this and that Facebreaker news has got to stop… other sport games are out.

But what can I expect from a dude who said Blox was more anticipated than GTA4. You are being bashed on the reg now, keep it real with your true feelings on these sports games (not just EA). Dont be the EA puppet

BUX
Jason tuck

This will be a great feature if EA fixes there gameplay and dunk animations.

this feature will blow 2k9 out of the water
Jason tuck

This will be a great feature if EA fixes there gameplay and dunk animations.

this feature will blow 2k9 out of the water
Tully

Get off his back. Where he got the roster from is irrelevant. If you don’t like the roster, don’t use it. Its simple. What difference does it make if you knew who gave it to him?
Tully

Get off his back. Where he got the roster from is irrelevant. If you don’t like the roster, don’t use it. Its simple. What difference does it make if you knew who gave it to him?
Eric

The roster thing is an issue with everyone. It isn’t just from people that tried to use Pasta’s file and make a new one. People that made new ones from scratch had the same issue. People that made rosters on the PS3 had the same issue. The issue is with creating the rosters themselves.

It is pretty obvious where Pasta got his rosters from since it has special characters in it that you can’t enter from within the game, but so be it. It was a nice thing that he tried to do for the community. It is a shame that he had to take it down, but that is EA’s fault not Pasta’s. If EA wasn’t doing a shitty job with their games, this wouldn’t be an problem at all.

EA really should spend more than 5 minutes testing their games before they release them. It is a shame when the people that buy your game can find a HUGE bug within a day of getting the game, yet it goes undetected at EA for months on end.

Next year, maybe EA will have someone input rosters by hand to test that part of the game. Might be a good idea to test a feature that people will actually use in your game to mkae sure it works before you release the game.

I hope everyone that bought NCAA already takes it back to the store, since it is defective or sends it back to EA based on a warranty claim. That would show EA that we aren’t going to take this crap anymore.

Look for more of the same when Madden drops…..
Eric

The roster thing is an issue with everyone. It isn’t just from people that tried to use Pasta’s file and make a new one. People that made new ones from scratch had the same issue. People that made rosters on the PS3 had the same issue. The issue is with creating the rosters themselves.

It is pretty obvious where Pasta got his rosters from since it has special characters in it that you can’t enter from within the game, but so be it. It was a nice thing that he tried to do for the community. It is a shame that he had to take it down, but that is EA’s fault not Pasta’s. If EA wasn’t doing a shitty job with their games, this wouldn’t be an problem at all.

EA really should spend more than 5 minutes testing their games before they release them. It is a shame when the people that buy your game can find a HUGE bug within a day of getting the game, yet it goes undetected at EA for months on end.

Next year, maybe EA will have someone input rosters by hand to test that part of the game. Might be a good idea to test a feature that people will actually use in your game to mkae sure it works before you release the game.

I hope everyone that bought NCAA already takes it back to the store, since it is defective or sends it back to EA based on a warranty claim. That would show EA that we aren’t going to take this crap anymore.

Look for more of the same when Madden drops…..
patrick

when will you post more information about this feature
patrick

when will you post more information about this feature