NBA 2K9 Reverse Fantasy League

by pastapadre
Posted September 24th, 2008 at 8:21 pm

More details are now known on what is being referred to as the Reverse Fantasy League for NBA 2K9. Registration for this doesn’t begin until release day October 7th. Kevin Garnett, Steve Nash, Greg Oden, Chauncey Billups, Carlos Boozer, Andre Iguodala, Monta Ellis, and Derek Rose will select their own fantasy team of NBA 2K9 gamers to compete on their behalf. You can check out the official website here.

Users receive a score based on the stats of each game (required to be five minute quarters against random opponents). It states that each user must play one full game a month to participate. Points, rebounds, and assists will net you one point while a steal and a block will net you two. On the other end committing a foul will subtract a point and each turnover will deduct two. The total is then divided by the minutes played for an average.

At this point I’m wondering if there will be an incentive to playing more and more games. If not then someone could have a great first game then decide to sit out the rest of the month which to me would defeat the purpose. It looks like people who are selected to one of the player’s teams must play 300 minutes worth in order to qualify for participating in the playoffs but that doesn’t necessarily explain whether there is incentive to play a lot as a free agent trying to get selected for a team.

One thing I do like is that it appears this isn’t based on winning the games but rather putting up the stats. Why this could be good is that it does give a reason to not disconnect or quit and to play games through even if on the losing end. Disconnecting after halftime will apparently result in loss of stats which will hurt a user’s average. Even if someone is losing they could produce better stats in the remainder of the game which would benefit them.

What are your thoughts on this? I find the idea of it to be pretty intriguing however my concern is that things of this nature have limitations and don’t include everyone. While that makes it more exciting for people who are really good it can be discouraging for those who are just playing for fun to know that they’ll probably never have that same opportunity to enjoy this aspect of the game. At the very least though this should be something interesting to follow.

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John Doh

I like change and new features… but I’m just not feeling this too much.
John Doh

I like change and new features… but I’m just not feeling this too much.
John Doh

I like change and new features… but I’m just not feeling this too much.
John Doh

I like change and new features… but I’m just not feeling this too much.
pastapadre

[quote comment="38217"]Hey pasta, I know its off subject but I was wondering if you caught any floating news about the upcoming baseball games….is 2K still under contract or what? I really hope not with EA throwing out awsome games I would love to see another MVP like game…..Thanks[/quote]

Well other than MLB 2K moving to Visual Concepts nothing else is known. That is an encouraging thing though. But I doubt we’ll hear much if anything else until possibly early January. Maybe something like the cover athlete before then but I wouldn’t expect much of anything substantial.

Last year it was early-mid December before starting to get details about 2K or The Show.

[quote comment="38204"]CHEESE!

In all seriousness, this is an intersting idea, that will be loved by cheesers young and old. Real sim type players won’t even bother.

It’s going to kill OTP with 2K9 though, because you’re going to have everyone going after their own stats to get “drafted”, not to play and have fun.[/quote]

I don’t believe this applies to their Team-Up mode, just standard games.

Personally I think their Team 2K promotes cheesing more than this does. Regardless some people are going to cheese promotion included or not. I find a positive in that people wouldn’t want to disconnect if it was going to severly hurt their stats.
pastapadre

[quote comment="38217"]Hey pasta, I know its off subject but I was wondering if you caught any floating news about the upcoming baseball games….is 2K still under contract or what? I really hope not with EA throwing out awsome games I would love to see another MVP like game…..Thanks[/quote]

Well other than MLB 2K moving to Visual Concepts nothing else is known. That is an encouraging thing though. But I doubt we’ll hear much if anything else until possibly early January. Maybe something like the cover athlete before then but I wouldn’t expect much of anything substantial.

Last year it was early-mid December before starting to get details about 2K or The Show.

[quote comment="38204"]CHEESE!

In all seriousness, this is an intersting idea, that will be loved by cheesers young and old. Real sim type players won’t even bother.

It’s going to kill OTP with 2K9 though, because you’re going to have everyone going after their own stats to get “drafted”, not to play and have fun.[/quote]

I don’t believe this applies to their Team-Up mode, just standard games.

Personally I think their Team 2K promotes cheesing more than this does. Regardless some people are going to cheese promotion included or not. I find a positive in that people wouldn’t want to disconnect if it was going to severly hurt their stats.
pastapadre

[quote comment="38217"]Hey pasta, I know its off subject but I was wondering if you caught any floating news about the upcoming baseball games….is 2K still under contract or what? I really hope not with EA throwing out awsome games I would love to see another MVP like game…..Thanks[/quote]

Well other than MLB 2K moving to Visual Concepts nothing else is known. That is an encouraging thing though. But I doubt we’ll hear much if anything else until possibly early January. Maybe something like the cover athlete before then but I wouldn’t expect much of anything substantial.

Last year it was early-mid December before starting to get details about 2K or The Show.

[quote comment="38204"]CHEESE!

In all seriousness, this is an intersting idea, that will be loved by cheesers young and old. Real sim type players won’t even bother.

It’s going to kill OTP with 2K9 though, because you’re going to have everyone going after their own stats to get “drafted”, not to play and have fun.[/quote]

I don’t believe this applies to their Team-Up mode, just standard games.

Personally I think their Team 2K promotes cheesing more than this does. Regardless some people are going to cheese promotion included or not. I find a positive in that people wouldn’t want to disconnect if it was going to severly hurt their stats.
Josh

[quote comment="38204"]CHEESE!

In all seriousness, this is an intersting idea, that will be loved by cheesers young and old. Real sim type players won’t even bother.

It’s going to kill OTP with 2K9 though, because you’re going to have everyone going after their own stats to get “drafted”, not to play and have fun.[/quote]

Your 100% right! True sim players like myself don’t care about these gimicky features. If anyone is comparing Live’s OTP feature to this feature & using this as the determining factor in purchasing Live or 2K isn’t a true baller anyway. It’s all about gameplay & franchise with me. Online features are way overrated. No knock to you casual fans though but true sim ballers will understand.
Josh

[quote comment="38204"]CHEESE!

In all seriousness, this is an intersting idea, that will be loved by cheesers young and old. Real sim type players won’t even bother.

It’s going to kill OTP with 2K9 though, because you’re going to have everyone going after their own stats to get “drafted”, not to play and have fun.[/quote]

Your 100% right! True sim players like myself don’t care about these gimicky features. If anyone is comparing Live’s OTP feature to this feature & using this as the determining factor in purchasing Live or 2K isn’t a true baller anyway. It’s all about gameplay & franchise with me. Online features are way overrated. No knock to you casual fans though but true sim ballers will understand.
Josh

[quote comment="38204"]CHEESE!

In all seriousness, this is an intersting idea, that will be loved by cheesers young and old. Real sim type players won’t even bother.

It’s going to kill OTP with 2K9 though, because you’re going to have everyone going after their own stats to get “drafted”, not to play and have fun.[/quote]

Your 100% right! True sim players like myself don’t care about these gimicky features. If anyone is comparing Live’s OTP feature to this feature & using this as the determining factor in purchasing Live or 2K isn’t a true baller anyway. It’s all about gameplay & franchise with me. Online features are way overrated. No knock to you casual fans though but true sim ballers will understand.
sdot

man i shood be in skool but da short bus aint pik me up yall

@2K cum ova here an play wiff my lil homie
sdot

man i shood be in skool but da short bus aint pik me up yall

@2K cum ova here an play wiff my lil homie
sdot

man i shood be in skool but da short bus aint pik me up yall

@2K cum ova here an play wiff my lil homie
PooPooMcGoo

Gross. Any word on the demo?
PooPooMcGoo

Gross. Any word on the demo?
PooPooMcGoo

Gross. Any word on the demo?
PooPooMcGoo

Gross. Any word on the demo?
Josh

[quote comment="38234"]man i shood be in skool but da short bus aint pik me up yall

@2K cum ova here an play wiff my lil homie[/quote]

Wow Sdot…Did you finally get rid of that fruity ass body builder picture? I can finally read your post now! Lol!
Josh

[quote comment="38234"]man i shood be in skool but da short bus aint pik me up yall

@2K cum ova here an play wiff my lil homie[/quote]

Wow Sdot…Did you finally get rid of that fruity ass body builder picture? I can finally read your post now! Lol!
Josh

[quote comment="38234"]man i shood be in skool but da short bus aint pik me up yall

@2K cum ova here an play wiff my lil homie[/quote]

Wow Sdot…Did you finally get rid of that fruity ass body builder picture? I can finally read your post now! Lol!
Josh

[quote comment="38234"]man i shood be in skool but da short bus aint pik me up yall

@2K cum ova here an play wiff my lil homie[/quote]

Wow Sdot…Did you finally get rid of that fruity ass body builder picture? I can finally read your post now! Lol!
doo due

Did you even read his review on facebreaker?… he didnt really like it at all, yes he may be a little bias towards EA but wouldnt you be if they gave you all this information on a game?… he just releases the information provided to him and his impressions of a game if he gets it early (which is usually an EA game cause there the HYPE machine)…[/quote]

How do you know this… that he gets games from EA first, have you looked at this site?

This is a quote that I will never forgive this guy for>
I’ve been more excited in general with gaming over the past days than I have in a long time. First came GTA IV but that was even topped by Boom Blox.

Boom Blox is better and topped GTA 4 one of the highest selling games in the history of gaming that just happens to be a Take two game… Blox is EA (and have you ever played Boom Blox or own it?)

I skim through this site and shake my head… And that NBA Live Demo I wont even comment on it… Good games are good games no matter the company (I play NCAA 09 religiously) so I like EA but I buy 2k games also. The Reverse Fantasy thingy sounds interesting, im sure he will bash it in order to talk about NBA OTP crap LMAO… That is the most terrible feature in a game period, 5 gunning b ball dudes (10 total), disaster
doo due

Did you even read his review on facebreaker?… he didnt really like it at all, yes he may be a little bias towards EA but wouldnt you be if they gave you all this information on a game?… he just releases the information provided to him and his impressions of a game if he gets it early (which is usually an EA game cause there the HYPE machine)…[/quote]

How do you know this… that he gets games from EA first, have you looked at this site?

This is a quote that I will never forgive this guy for>
I’ve been more excited in general with gaming over the past days than I have in a long time. First came GTA IV but that was even topped by Boom Blox.

Boom Blox is better and topped GTA 4 one of the highest selling games in the history of gaming that just happens to be a Take two game… Blox is EA (and have you ever played Boom Blox or own it?)

I skim through this site and shake my head… And that NBA Live Demo I wont even comment on it… Good games are good games no matter the company (I play NCAA 09 religiously) so I like EA but I buy 2k games also. The Reverse Fantasy thingy sounds interesting, im sure he will bash it in order to talk about NBA OTP crap LMAO… That is the most terrible feature in a game period, 5 gunning b ball dudes (10 total), disaster
doo due

Did you even read his review on facebreaker?… he didnt really like it at all, yes he may be a little bias towards EA but wouldnt you be if they gave you all this information on a game?… he just releases the information provided to him and his impressions of a game if he gets it early (which is usually an EA game cause there the HYPE machine)…[/quote]

How do you know this… that he gets games from EA first, have you looked at this site?

This is a quote that I will never forgive this guy for>
I’ve been more excited in general with gaming over the past days than I have in a long time. First came GTA IV but that was even topped by Boom Blox.

Boom Blox is better and topped GTA 4 one of the highest selling games in the history of gaming that just happens to be a Take two game… Blox is EA (and have you ever played Boom Blox or own it?)

I skim through this site and shake my head… And that NBA Live Demo I wont even comment on it… Good games are good games no matter the company (I play NCAA 09 religiously) so I like EA but I buy 2k games also. The Reverse Fantasy thingy sounds interesting, im sure he will bash it in order to talk about NBA OTP crap LMAO… That is the most terrible feature in a game period, 5 gunning b ball dudes (10 total), disaster
doo due

Did you even read his review on facebreaker?… he didnt really like it at all, yes he may be a little bias towards EA but wouldnt you be if they gave you all this information on a game?… he just releases the information provided to him and his impressions of a game if he gets it early (which is usually an EA game cause there the HYPE machine)…[/quote]

How do you know this… that he gets games from EA first, have you looked at this site?

This is a quote that I will never forgive this guy for>
I’ve been more excited in general with gaming over the past days than I have in a long time. First came GTA IV but that was even topped by Boom Blox.

Boom Blox is better and topped GTA 4 one of the highest selling games in the history of gaming that just happens to be a Take two game… Blox is EA (and have you ever played Boom Blox or own it?)

I skim through this site and shake my head… And that NBA Live Demo I wont even comment on it… Good games are good games no matter the company (I play NCAA 09 religiously) so I like EA but I buy 2k games also. The Reverse Fantasy thingy sounds interesting, im sure he will bash it in order to talk about NBA OTP crap LMAO… That is the most terrible feature in a game period, 5 gunning b ball dudes (10 total), disaster
J-Claw

[quote comment="38235"]Gross. Any word on the demo?[/quote]

Well 2K Ron said it would be out this week which it isn’t going to be. Hes lied about things in the past so no surprise. Anyway now he says that it doesnt matter when the demo comes cause they are so much better than the competition. Oh ok thanks that helps. What a jackass.
J-Claw

[quote comment="38235"]Gross. Any word on the demo?[/quote]

Well 2K Ron said it would be out this week which it isn’t going to be. Hes lied about things in the past so no surprise. Anyway now he says that it doesnt matter when the demo comes cause they are so much better than the competition. Oh ok thanks that helps. What a jackass.
r00tabaga

DOO DUE, if you don’t like his angle then why are you here? Why comment??? If he is given previews and events from EA and absolutely natta from 2K, he should keep it to himself or something? 2K is to blame, not Pasta. 2K hasn’t really fallen off so much (except NBA2K), it’s just that EA has stepped their game up considerably………………
r00tabaga

DOO DUE, if you don’t like his angle then why are you here? Why comment??? If he is given previews and events from EA and absolutely natta from 2K, he should keep it to himself or something? 2K is to blame, not Pasta. 2K hasn’t really fallen off so much (except NBA2K), it’s just that EA has stepped their game up considerably………………
r00tabaga

DOO DUE, if you don’t like his angle then why are you here? Why comment??? If he is given previews and events from EA and absolutely natta from 2K, he should keep it to himself or something? 2K is to blame, not Pasta. 2K hasn’t really fallen off so much (except NBA2K), it’s just that EA has stepped their game up considerably………………
r00tabaga

DOO DUE, if you don’t like his angle then why are you here? Why comment??? If he is given previews and events from EA and absolutely natta from 2K, he should keep it to himself or something? 2K is to blame, not Pasta. 2K hasn’t really fallen off so much (except NBA2K), it’s just that EA has stepped their game up considerably………………
Skihawks

This is stupid.
Skihawks

This is stupid.
Skihawks

This is stupid.
Skihawks

This is stupid.
r00tabaga

OXM gave Live09 an 8/10…………

NHL 09 9/10
NHL 2k9 7/10
Silent Hill Homecoming 6.5/10
Viva Pinata:TiP 6.5/10
NBA Live 09 8/10
Baja: Edge of Control 8/10
Rock Band 2 9/10
Duke Nukem 3D 8.5/10
Infinite Undiscovery 8/10
Mercenaries 2 7.5/10
Guilty Gear 2: Overture 6/10
TNA Impact 7/10
Warriors Orochi 2 5.5/10
FaceBreaker 7/10
Zoids Assault 4/10
Fable 2 Pub Games 5/10
r00tabaga

OXM gave Live09 an 8/10…………

NHL 09 9/10
NHL 2k9 7/10
Silent Hill Homecoming 6.5/10
Viva Pinata:TiP 6.5/10
NBA Live 09 8/10
Baja: Edge of Control 8/10
Rock Band 2 9/10
Duke Nukem 3D 8.5/10
Infinite Undiscovery 8/10
Mercenaries 2 7.5/10
Guilty Gear 2: Overture 6/10
TNA Impact 7/10
Warriors Orochi 2 5.5/10
FaceBreaker 7/10
Zoids Assault 4/10
Fable 2 Pub Games 5/10
r00tabaga

OXM gave Live09 an 8/10…………

NHL 09 9/10
NHL 2k9 7/10
Silent Hill Homecoming 6.5/10
Viva Pinata:TiP 6.5/10
NBA Live 09 8/10
Baja: Edge of Control 8/10
Rock Band 2 9/10
Duke Nukem 3D 8.5/10
Infinite Undiscovery 8/10
Mercenaries 2 7.5/10
Guilty Gear 2: Overture 6/10
TNA Impact 7/10
Warriors Orochi 2 5.5/10
FaceBreaker 7/10
Zoids Assault 4/10
Fable 2 Pub Games 5/10
slamfan4life

PS3 demo for nba live is out

also nba 09 for PS3
slamfan4life

PS3 demo for nba live is out

also nba 09 for PS3
slamfan4life

PS3 demo for nba live is out

also nba 09 for PS3
sdot

@Josh yea i got rid of dat lookin fo a new pic 2 sho muh luv fo dat supa hawt brady quinn yo

witch 1 of U doods wants 2 C muh lil homie?
sdot

@Josh yea i got rid of dat lookin fo a new pic 2 sho muh luv fo dat supa hawt brady quinn yo

witch 1 of U doods wants 2 C muh lil homie?
sdot

@Josh yea i got rid of dat lookin fo a new pic 2 sho muh luv fo dat supa hawt brady quinn yo

witch 1 of U doods wants 2 C muh lil homie?
http://pastapadre.com/ sdot

DAMN see I try & chill & H0M0′s

I guess MYA AIN’T da only 1 RIDIN 2night

dey want my attention

sdot where ya @ where ya ta where ya @
http://pastapadre.com/ sdot

DAMN see I try & chill & H0M0′s

I guess MYA AIN’T da only 1 RIDIN 2night

dey want my attention

sdot where ya @ where ya ta where ya @
http://pastapadre.com sdot

DAMN see I try & chill & H0M0′s

I guess MYA AIN’T da only 1 RIDIN 2night

dey want my attention

sdot where ya @ where ya ta where ya @
http://pastapadre.com/ sdot

edit & H0M0′s wanna use my NAME lil homie

itz ONLY 1 sdot U CAN’T B # 2
http://pastapadre.com/ sdot

edit & H0M0′s wanna use my NAME lil homie

itz ONLY 1 sdot U CAN’T B # 2
http://pastapadre.com sdot

edit & H0M0′s wanna use my NAME lil homie

itz ONLY 1 sdot U CAN’T B # 2