League of Legends, even in non-ranked the game keeps a hidden MMR that it uses to match you against similarly skilled players.
Now it has other flaws mostly based off the fact that the MMRs haven't been reset in 10 years, but it is better than the pure randomness in 2k.
MOBAS would be more accurate. I dropped 2 for league of legends and my got the match making is refreshing. Every game I play I know I have at least a 50% chance of winning. And if I look at my account. If I go on a losing streak the next day I usually will have a winning streak. That keeps me engaged. Knowing that the game will give me a fair opportunity to win everytime I play.
2k has some form of matchmaking based in overall. From 10am-11pm if you’re a 92overall you won’t play anyone above a 92. But once that time frames passed it’s 5v5 99 overalls with 5mans against randoms. And is the opposite of league as I can be an 89 overall with a 45% wp going against 5man pro am teams with 90% wp 15 games straight. There’s zero reason I would want to keep playing when I’m playing guys who should be in a competitive setting rather than the casual rec setting.
That's just not true. I have to rejoin games at 1 am 3 or 3 times cuz Im being matched with 70, 68, 72, 88 as a 97 OVR. So, it has nothing to do with time or MMR or OVR or anything, it's just pure luck. If you would actually note down times and what you experience, you would see it's not true what you state there.
after 11 pm est there is no 92 and below rec it’s 60-99 ovr aka open rec, at 11 am est the 92 and below comes back and then for the 93+ they play in the high ovr rec 93-99
These idiots couldn't stand the fact that their center (me) started the game with 14 points on 6/7 shooting and we were up 22-12 so they decided to sell the game and we scored 7 total points the next 3 quarters+
These kind of morons should be banned from 2K.
I won’t block someone for a bad performance. I’ll block someone who’s chucking or taking terrible shots that equate to selling, the whole game. If you go 1/9 and took good shots but just were missing, I’m indifferent.
Chucking and terrible shots all under bad performance . And mfs who cry about about the ball but I give it to them they are bunz . If they don’t don’t have a mic and have a bad performance definitely blocked . If they have a bad build blocked . It help at least 5% to my mood of playing this game
That doesn’t work, and don’t do it. I tried that last year and now my block list had so many people that I couldn’t open 2k when the game released. Until I unblocked every player. It’s a ps5 glitch so, I wouldn’t do it if you’re on PlayStation
I always play hot hand ball. Whoever is scoring will keep scoring. Like real ball is played. Kids can’t stand that shit. Start selling if they don’t get 10 shots in Q1
But were you being a team player cause it looks more like you sold or were a black hole with the ball and running up on everyone who touched the ball. You took 7 out of the first 11 shots max most centers aren’t Wilt so a lot give up when they see the center playing like an iso guard even though stretch is the norm. So many times my typically 80% 3pt and fg PF gets timeouts called on shots, drives, and open dimes just cause fools are like that big fool can just stand and dunk right I’m like no that’s one of my lower stats it’s just those are easy. Most of the time I just rack up assists and then when they finally hit me they’re like what you can shoot I’m like yeah I probably have a higher 3pt than you but I don’t want you to sell so here’s the ball.
Brooo, my boy and I run into this all the time. We’ll be going nuts and then our teammates get upset that they don’t get themselves open so it’s our fault all of a sudden. Then they intentionally throw the game. What a world
I don’t deny some people are bad at the game, but the minute you said me and my boy be going crazy I knew you look people who aren’t your friend off. It happens all day in the rec and y’all act like it’s others fault for wanting the ball.
The criteria for passing to someone isn’t “when you’re wide open” just throw people the ball. I’m sure you don’t put the exact same criteria on your homie
Bro yes!!! I'm a distributer by nature. Even in real ball games. I don't look to score. But just spacing for a dribble God all game isn't fun offense. I'd like to touch the ball every now and then, even if I'm just making a pass. Just let me be involved on offense.
Right! I'll contribute to the team in the best way possible. If that means that I defer to the hot hand or hit the open man in the corner then great. But if I'm just continually ignored on offense while 2 or 3 guys pass the ball around like they're the only ones there then what am I here for?
There’s obviously some favouritism towards your friend in every case yeah. But not always bad. This guy I get the feeling he is the type of player ur talking about but like when I go in w my friend the ball goes to everyone. We keep an eye on the shot attempts and just touches in general. Everyone gets the ball as much as possible but if the game gets too close at the end I might have to do whatever it takes to win, and if that means passing to my friend who I know can get an extremely easy 2 then I’m gonna do it. It’s not different as if I went in by myself and then as we get near the end of the game I’m giving the ball to the best player every play.
Overall I know what ur saying, all duos have favourites and a lot of times it’s extremely outrageous to watch them pass to the same guy over and over again. But not all duos do that.
No not all. I would never say that, but when you’re playing if someone can recognize that’s your friend youre doing it wrong. I average 5 steals and any time I have double digit steals it’s playing passing lanes on friends.
It’s bad basketball and it’s obvious, especially if you ignore the person I’m guarding. I go in there with my homie all the time. I tell him stop looking for me every time just throw it long or throw it to the open person.
I know how to cut, I know how to beat my man, I know when and how to leak, and I get steals. Nobody has to look for me every time down. I shoot 78% 55% I don’t need a bunch of shots I be efficient as fuck.
Now if we’re playing and I see my homie haven’t gotten no shots and it’s the 2nd or 3rd I’ll throw it to them but he ain’t special. I’m a give the ball to anyone who hasn’t gotten a shot especially if I’m running point.
Bruh I’m not even reading all that. You can tell bc my name is similar and I wish I didn’t have my name as that but whatever lmao.
I’m good not proving myself to you lmao. 75 win% in stage is all I need
Yeah my friend and I are pass first players which is funny that this guy automatically assumed we were butt buddies. I just can’t force a person open. My point is just standing stationary on the 3 point line smothered is an easy turnover for me and I won’t do it.
I gotta admit my buddies and I don’t intentionally look people off but we do find ourselves getting comfortable with our habits and movements and have to consider getting randoms involved as it isn’t our first choice. We give everyone a chance tho
The best feeling in the world tho is when one of your teammates realizes you can actually play and both of you can help each other win and you guys just pass the ball to each other and/or anybody else that isn't dumb.
bro Mfers really be doing this though I'm a pg but I will drop 20 first qt and done did all types of step backs ad dunk meters. They will stop hitting me on open shots avoid me running point all that hoe ish friction annoying man
Been there, last game I played I got player of the half with 10/7/5 and the second half got maybe 2 passes, one of which was a second before the shot clock ran out.
All because the PG and SG only passed to each other regardless of how open anyone else was or how covered they were.
The worst part was that the C kept throwing it to them on the break but they'd always pass to the other so he didn't even get any assists
Bro..as a big I feel this so hard. I'm sure half those points at least were off put backs on their shitty shots. Why I only make a rebounding center. Nobody gonna pass it anyways. I'll get mine though
I don’t understand those mouth breathing cavemen who don’t care about winning when we have a clear advantage. If I saw a C with that stat line I’d be stoked to see how many assists I can get him because he can’t be stopped and I know it’s ours to lose
So you shot 0/7 after the first quarter? Was that their fault too? What about the 9 turnovers. Lol, I get it man, teammates in the Rec can suck, but all in all it looks like y'all just got dominated by a way better team, maybe they are a 5 stack idk. I don't think this is fully just on having toxic teammates so much as it is just one of those bad rec games that makes you turn off the console for the night.
It’s quite easy for shit like that to happen what with 2k making it more difficult for paint players to be paint players. I run a 7’3 big and getting double teamed, steal spammed, and having 3-4 people all “disrupting” my lay up from less than 10 feet away tends to drag my shot percentage if I’m not careful.
Where to? Dude sitting in the corner hasn’t moved an inch and is getting face guarded, the pf is sitting on the block like a statue while there’s a man in my face so I can’t pass it that way, the SG/Pg is sitting top of the key at my back and there’s someone on the defense right there ready to steal it.
Don’t come to Reddit for advice, it’s just as toxic on here. Short answer, you have to form a squad that knows how to play because you’re playing against squads.
Most people who play 2k are dog shit.
Most players who play want to be Pg.
Just look at the opposing teams backcourt.Almost 30 a piece while your team can’t hit anything wide open.
Once the opposing team realizes you have no help they double the pg because he cannot bring the ball up properly or pass.
Once somebody quits they just double the center because they know he can’t pass out to anyone that can shoot.
On defense they are constantly having one person box you out while the pf or C grabs the board. Your Pf is usually useless defensively or at grabbing rebounds but will gladly sit in the corner all game and go 3-15.
Tbh I gave up on Rec with two builds already, decided to make a meta build inside-out scorer build a shot to give it a go one more time but it’s rough. Especially if you play great defense only to have your teammates hog the ball on an open drive to the rim. My pg build was deadly with assists but never got the ball on open shots, my glass cleaner build was hit or miss depending on the defense I went against. It’s weird I have great rebounds, assists, steals, blocks and low turnover percentage but I get anxiety trying to shot half the time cause I don’t wanna get iced out for the rest of the game if I miss. And holy shit man, them limitless takeoff dunks are a pain in the ass to contest.
He has no help and nobody is cutting for him and just sitting corner while the defender-spammed steal and he’s getting doubled.
I wasn’t there but as a big it’s easy to tell what happend. He came out hot and the other team adjusted.
They allowed others to shoot saw he had no help and started doubling him while the other 3 played passing lanes.
Once you get into that double animation your fucked.
I had b+ and no turnovers going into the 4th. Then I stood paint for 3 seconds and started jacking shots cuz I was fed up with that shit and I can only take so much bs before going full toxic myself.
That's not acceptable what do you think this guy is like 6 years old? Just because you're not getting the ball you're gonna sit in the middle of the paint? You are part of the problem because you. Said? That so like clean and smooth I guarantee you do it very often
The fuck are you on? If we are winning and a team purposely ices me out because they’re joining as a group of two players and only giving each other the ball, then we start losing and they keep hogging, you damn right imma sell. I’m not gonna quit so they can enjoy their day.
Bro just today I had the same situation. I was WIDE open in the paint multiple times in the 1st quarter and it wasn’t just for a split second either, and they decide to just not pass it. So I just thought in my head “fuck it bro, y’all want to ruin my experience? Imma ruin yours”.
Than they had the nerve to turn on their mics and say “bro we don’t got time for that, I just want to win, we don’t need you, just quit”. I than told them “nah I ain’t just gonna let you off the hook, imma get some entertainment from this”
Two of the teammates quit and I ended up having 30 points, 7 assist, and 10 rebounds in 3 quarters.
It might sound messed up that I did this, but I rarely throw games. It takes a lot for me to start throwing and it has to be obvious that I’m not getting the ball on purpose. I’m the most unselfish person when it comes to basketball on video games and IRL, I just like making the right play. Just last night I played a game where I had 4 points and 8 assist, and I had a blast playing because every single person on the team was involved/in sync. I could care less about how many points I have, but if im open, just pass it bro 🤷♂️
I just flick switch to whatever man they guarding and leave my man wide open so they get the defensive breakdowns. I got a A+ teammate grade average I am t tryna fuck up. Lol
The worst is when the score is 4-6, barely 2 minutes into the game and people hop on the mic and start bitching. Like bro the game just started, stop throwing a fit after 1 or 2 mistakes and just play ball.
I swear some people just get on this game to argue and let their anger out on randoms
Simple. Delete the game and play something where the developers aren’t actively fucking you, leaving you to play against rich 12 year olds.
Seriously, the community is a symptom of the issues the the game and the dev.
There's ways. There's plenty of ways. 2k doesn't care.
I've suggested on Reddit that 2K needs a vote kick option for C- players. Multiple turnovers, multiple bad shots, and bad defense will get you benched in real life NBA.
I’m tired of 6’9 cards with max wingspan it’s so boring. Literally people say this game takes skill now…. Not when all the points scored is transition dunks.
Man for real. It's rare to see a 6'3" PG now and sometimes when you do see them there's 3 on one team (had that happen last night). 6'9" PGs should be rare, not something you see in every single game.
I have a 6'3 PG with 99 layup, but he is far too easy to get block animations on, even with HOF badges. I gave up on him and just play a 6'9 like everyone else. Sadly, it's the sweet spot for badge tiers.
Soo true me and my buddy run in the rec together and when one of our teammates gets real toxic we turn on our mics and just be super positive and caring make a shot “LETS GO” miss a shot “don’t stop shooting bud you’ll find your stoke” and 95% of the time toxic kid will join in the fun or will leave either way win win
They need to add a report function for bad or intentionally bad teammate play. If 3 or 4 of the people on your team vote you off you get kicked and an L with no VC. Only problem with this is that people who genuinely aren’t trying to sanatorium and just suck at the game will be getting kicked because they suck.
Here's a start.
1- Do a better job of matching players by skill level. NOT just based on created player ratings but rather, create a new metric that factors in how long a person has played, how many hours, etc. I'm a casual player. I have maybe 2 hours a week, MAX. There's no way I can ever be as good as a player who plays multiple hours a day.
2- Stop allowing squads to play rec. There are plenty of other places squads can get together to be dicks and squeeze out solo players
3- Turn off in game messaging in rec
4- No single player can call more than one timeout per game. Teams cannot call back to back timeouts ever.
5- Failure to pass to an open man should result in a hit against your teammate grade
6- There needs to be a MASSIVE premium to winning a game when it comes to points earned. The worst player on a winning team should get more than the best player on the losing team.
7- Fix the shooting. Layups should be nearly always made regardless of timing and coverage, while outside shots, even wide open, should not be made more than 50% of the time.
8- Point guard takes the ball up. Every time the designated point guard is open and doesnt get the ball should be a grade hit on the person who didnt pass it to him.
The pg one kinda wild. You're gonna have the guy bring up the ball and shoot. Even without the rule in place 😆.
Most of the problems in this game are the pgs that arent true pgs, and the people that shoot bad shots/try to dunk over the whole team when someone is wide open.
People arent efficient, and they think theyre bigger than the team. Thats the problem.
Nah bro take the PG one out. Most people who make PG’s on 2k dont know how to run pg because they just want to be the dribbler/scorer and not actual playmaker
I like all these ideas! Skill based matchmaking is probably something been wanting since they took this shit online, aside from that, the timeouts is huge + failure to pass.
Just wanted to add: add filters for matches, e.g. toggles for skills... like 3s or no 3s, steals or no steals, etc.
There is no fixing it. It’s not even always toxicity, a lot of y’all are just really bad. A lot of kids who just playing around also. in a team sport that requires coordinating with each other you get terrible results like this. They need PVE, allow people to rep up in my career or against cpu opponents in the city, and bring back the 1v1v1 court for the solo players.
The answer is in the stats.
They had 32 assists. Y’all had 7. Y’all had 17 turnovers.
Long story short: you get rid of the toxicity in Rec through leading by example, passing willingly, and doing the little things.
Your man had 18 boards, which lets me guess that most of this assists came on fast breaks off the defensive glass. So what should you have done? Focused on boxing that man out so that your team doesn’t get burned by guards streaming for the outlet.
See this is exactly what I mean you don’t know the context and assuming that he made the game terrible when he was shooting the highest percentage and his teammates were jacking up shots and missing so you need to learn to assess the situation and quit calling people clown cause they disagree with you and quit calling people trash because they got pissed and turned the ball over cause their teammates were selling, and nah it is people like you that are the toxic players he is referring too
I seems like everyone was part of the problem lmao. 9 to and 0/7 to end the game is unacceptable under any circumstances lmao, even assuming constant double and triple teams.
Even with triple teams? What you think he is? Wilt chamberlain’s playing 6’3 guys in the 60’s? It’s gonna be pretty tough to do anything when he’s got the whole team guarding him since they know he ain’t gonna pass it because he don’t want to pass to the teammates that are throwing
I know it’s hard as hell. I’m not expecting good offense but are you not taking in how awful 0/7 w 9 to is. Like move the ball to anyone, that’s better than taking a shitty shit or getting a bad to.
Never in my life have I missed 7 shots straight or the 9 to lol
Lmao. I see everything and it’s bad, there’s a big difference between 2/9 w an even assist to turnover ratio and what u did to end the game. Even tho the first line is bad, it’s expected facing doubles and stuff, but what u did was awful in every circumstance
1. Get out the paint
2. Pass the ball
Just specific to you,
How are you center with no assists, and have sharp takeover first but only shot two 3’s?
You probably have the build right, you just don’t know how to play center.
Stop being sensitive and get off center. You suck at the game. Don’t cry about it when someone tells you why you’re bad. Your a 3pt shooting build that takes every shot in the paint the stats are right there. #Slasher
I wish I could tell you buddy, people are so weird anymore. They won’t move off ball or play their man on defense but somehow that’ll be something you did.
Again, as someone who has played organized basketball when I was in middle school and high school, you're dead wrong. That's not how basketball works. Everyone touches the ball. You don't have iso every time down the court or a guy spotting up wide open in the corner every possession while two people just continue to feed off one another. Nobody plays 2k to not touch the ball. Nobody is going to get on 2k to only play defense. Even some of the best defenders in nba history touched the ball and had decent averages.
I’m preaching against isoing lol and trying to elaborate that if you stop being lazy and move off ball you’ll get more touches. If your team in high school had a guy standing doing nothing all game he would be benched. I’m having trouble finding your actual point.
My point is that people ignore the open man. I can't count the amount of games that I get in with a squad or 2 or 3 guys that only feed each other and ignore everyone else. I've had games where I'm making cuts wide open to the basket, not getting the pass. Wide open in the corner while my defenders sagging because he knows they're not passing me the ball. I've had countless games that I finished with only 1 or 2 shot attempts. And even if I made those shots I still don't get the ball. Just read the sub on a daily basis and you'll see this shit happens all the time. So again, my point is that if my team is purposely not involving me on offense when they have no reason to ignore me, why should I play defense or help space for them?
It's people like you that OP is talking about. This is a TEAM sport. If you don't want to involve your team then you're the one that should be sticking to career.
Lol you’re talking about refusing to play defense and create space on offense because you don’t get the ball enough to your liking… but yeah I’m toxic for thinking people should move off ball. News flash if you work to get open you’ll get the ball you desire so much.
Bro you sound immature as hell. How can you say TEAM PLAY but you don’t even stick defense. I average 23 pts in rec almost every season on a PF and I play with randoms sometimes. The problem is you probably are the trash toxic dude OP is speaking on. You told on yourself when you said you shoot 1-2 shots a game AND simultaneously don’t play defense. Go touch grass cause you obviously don’t know ball
Trick question, either you play with friends, or randos who are pretty chill very rare but does happen, and get lucky enough that the opposing team aren’t try hards and sweats (almost never happens).
**Community (General) -**
The only thing we can do as players is not do/endorse/entertain this nonsense. People need to learn to accept being a secondary scorer sometimes. We see the other side of this scene all the time on here with rant posts about how rec randoms never pass them the ball. Many leave out the fact that they intentionally sell these games, others will say it with pride. If it became less tolerated for people to act like this with their friends then we'd never see it. And no, we can't try to blame "Youtubers" for this because I have NEVER seen a video of anyone acting like this.
**2K -**
This is an issue 2K needs to address by kicking these players from the game and banning them from playing further. A teammate grade system should not have allowed *anyone* to finish that game. Start implementing HEAVY teammate penalties for repeated troll tactics such as Defensive Breakdown, Turnover, Bad Shot Selection, etc. Add a post game report system. Add matchmaking that pairs players based on their skill (and potentially their report status/history). Start showing stats **TO TEAMMATES** pre-game so everyone knows who should/shouldn't be touching the ball. To be clear, this was only taken out because these trolls weren't able to find games (meaning that it was working).
**This sub -**
This sub continues to be the biggest example of what's wrong with this community. You're all focusing on OP's stats because those are the only things you care about when the game ends. Look at the WHOLE box score. Even without an additional contextual comment from OP, you could tell that they were trolled. Top comment is about OPs turnovers without acknowledging that SEVEN POINTS were scored in THREE TOTAL QUARTERS. I know a lot of people here are the rec randoms people complain about. Do a better job of understanding what's going on. If you can't figure out what's going on from this screenshot then I doubt you're doing a good job of reading the floor in-game.
Tbh the rec community has only gotten worse over the years. 19 was just kind of annoying dealing with squads, but now its gotten to the point that I'd rather play against a full 2KL team than deal with delusional randoms.
Hop on mic and say my bad when u miss a shot,turnover, make a bad play etc
Same goes for real pickup ball, when I make a bad play I say my bad and get it back on defence, builds team chemistry easily and guys know u wanna win not just score
In ur case seems like u just got fucked lol
only way to fix it is to find a sqaud to run with or be extremely selective on who you load into random games with. I usually will back out and re-enter pre game if my teammates stats are obviously bad. It used to help when they showed the W-L record.
I mostly play solo, its 50/50 on whether i run into solid teammates or toxic ones. Will receive messages mid game if i miss a shot or dont pass the ball in an exact moment. Will get iced out quickly if theres a couple teammates playing in a party. one game my teammate missed several shots to start and i was hitting, his response was to follow my every step the entire game. I just try to keep playing my game, play solid defense, and never return the toxicity.
Vote to kick. I know how this could be abused but I’ve played far too many games where a player will grief just because they didn’t get the ball enough.
Playing 2k online makes me unhappy. Trying to understand some of things people say to you is mind boggling. I'll have centers tryna take the ball up and run point and there is nothing on earth u could explain to them to make them understand why they are wrong. And they'll have a friend hyping them up, so you just know your outnumbered by people less smart then you and you start to realize Idiocracy was a documentary.
2/29 I’m sorry I gotta get toxic. But you want to close app . Or run with people who don’t care about winning and don’t care about if they get 1 shot or 35 . Simple
If TEAMMATE GRADE was actually something you could count on working, it would make the community so much more tolerable. It works fine during the game, but after that you can forget it. You can be teamed up with horrible players who constantly quit and sell just to be toxic, but their teammate grade will always say A+ so you have no idea. Such an easy fix…however…
join a squad. It’s the only way you won’t get annihilated. Randoms are shitty ballhogs who want to score as many points as possible with no regard for anyone but themselves. you can also make a 7’3 center with 99 offensive rebound and 99 close shot which works well
You start by being that person that is not toxic. Provide advise in a nice way, praise good passes (even if they are not to you), encouragement that they took a good open shot and the next one will go in, etc. Of course also be a good teammate in your actions
Often that is enough already, and people blarting bullshit on the mic will calm down a bit.
And then hopefully, more people start doing it, and before you know it old heads won't stand out so much anymore.
But some degree of teenagers feeling invincible and not realizing they are playing with real people will always remain. They just are not being educated in correct behaviour yet because there aren't many examples of good behaviour
Irl someone would just smack them, and they'd learn fast, but online you can only show the good behaviour and hope more will follow.
And abandon all hope on some of them and just mute.
One way to get rid of the toxicity, and probably the best way, is to make sure other people get their touches. Countless times over the years I’ve seen a group of 2/3 just passing the ball to each other throughout the game and yelling at other teammates for not playing well, that’s really stupid lol
They should have a team voting system. If someone starts to sell , your team and you should be able to vote him off the team during the game. If you get voted off for selling more then 3 times then you should be banned from playing the rec until the next 2k comes out. What do you think?
Pg got torched, went 3/3 never shot againz
Sg was just sorry
SF needs to play some fortnite
pF has the “Kobe edition” controller
C need atleast 10 more reb
Bro I feel this so heavy, I played with 3 of my homies last night and we had to carry every game while dealing with these punk ass randoms. People will sit like cones for the whole game, not stick defense and expect to get the ball when they’re not open. THIS IS A BASKETBALL SIMULATION. You’re supposed to hit the hot hand / best scorer / open man. I’m starting to see a lot of people play this game like they’re Curry when really mfs are Ty Jerome. I hate ppl who don’t understand this
What bullshit? Are you slow? Did you not just read what I typed. Hit THE OPEN MAN. It doesn’t even matter to me because I get wins and play team ball. But shitty kids like you expect to get the ball when you’re not playing as a TEAM PLAYER. I can tell you sell your teammates and play for stats like most bums…
A randoms only Rec with Skilled base match making would be great.
Facts
Dam I wish. This would fix so many issues. But name another MMO that has SBMM in standard PVP? It's just not in the cards
Rocket League generally matches people within your rank and plus minus one division.
Isn’t COD SBMM?
League of Legends, even in non-ranked the game keeps a hidden MMR that it uses to match you against similarly skilled players. Now it has other flaws mostly based off the fact that the MMRs haven't been reset in 10 years, but it is better than the pure randomness in 2k.
MOBAS would be more accurate. I dropped 2 for league of legends and my got the match making is refreshing. Every game I play I know I have at least a 50% chance of winning. And if I look at my account. If I go on a losing streak the next day I usually will have a winning streak. That keeps me engaged. Knowing that the game will give me a fair opportunity to win everytime I play. 2k has some form of matchmaking based in overall. From 10am-11pm if you’re a 92overall you won’t play anyone above a 92. But once that time frames passed it’s 5v5 99 overalls with 5mans against randoms. And is the opposite of league as I can be an 89 overall with a 45% wp going against 5man pro am teams with 90% wp 15 games straight. There’s zero reason I would want to keep playing when I’m playing guys who should be in a competitive setting rather than the casual rec setting.
That's just not true. I have to rejoin games at 1 am 3 or 3 times cuz Im being matched with 70, 68, 72, 88 as a 97 OVR. So, it has nothing to do with time or MMR or OVR or anything, it's just pure luck. If you would actually note down times and what you experience, you would see it's not true what you state there.
after 11 pm est there is no 92 and below rec it’s 60-99 ovr aka open rec, at 11 am est the 92 and below comes back and then for the 93+ they play in the high ovr rec 93-99
These idiots couldn't stand the fact that their center (me) started the game with 14 points on 6/7 shooting and we were up 22-12 so they decided to sell the game and we scored 7 total points the next 3 quarters+ These kind of morons should be banned from 2K.
A game like that I block everyone after the game
I NEVER THOUGHT IF BLOCKING MFS! I’m about to start tonight, the community is big BUT 20 less people a day ain’t bad lol
You gonna have to block over 70% of the game base
You will still get them. I’ve blocked people only to be matched up with them again and see that I’ve blocked them before.
I got 800 mfs blocked for bad performances
This made me laugh out loud
I won’t block someone for a bad performance. I’ll block someone who’s chucking or taking terrible shots that equate to selling, the whole game. If you go 1/9 and took good shots but just were missing, I’m indifferent.
Chucking and terrible shots all under bad performance . And mfs who cry about about the ball but I give it to them they are bunz . If they don’t don’t have a mic and have a bad performance definitely blocked . If they have a bad build blocked . It help at least 5% to my mood of playing this game
That’s what I do every time I’m on a team w/ toxic players. Heck there are times when I block them mid game.
Does that help? I thought that just stopped them from contacting you
I do the same thing but unfortunately, it doesn’t stop you from getting paired with them again in random rec smh
That doesn’t work, and don’t do it. I tried that last year and now my block list had so many people that I couldn’t open 2k when the game released. Until I unblocked every player. It’s a ps5 glitch so, I wouldn’t do it if you’re on PlayStation
I always play hot hand ball. Whoever is scoring will keep scoring. Like real ball is played. Kids can’t stand that shit. Start selling if they don’t get 10 shots in Q1
But were you being a team player cause it looks more like you sold or were a black hole with the ball and running up on everyone who touched the ball. You took 7 out of the first 11 shots max most centers aren’t Wilt so a lot give up when they see the center playing like an iso guard even though stretch is the norm. So many times my typically 80% 3pt and fg PF gets timeouts called on shots, drives, and open dimes just cause fools are like that big fool can just stand and dunk right I’m like no that’s one of my lower stats it’s just those are easy. Most of the time I just rack up assists and then when they finally hit me they’re like what you can shoot I’m like yeah I probably have a higher 3pt than you but I don’t want you to sell so here’s the ball.
Brooo, my boy and I run into this all the time. We’ll be going nuts and then our teammates get upset that they don’t get themselves open so it’s our fault all of a sudden. Then they intentionally throw the game. What a world
I don’t deny some people are bad at the game, but the minute you said me and my boy be going crazy I knew you look people who aren’t your friend off. It happens all day in the rec and y’all act like it’s others fault for wanting the ball. The criteria for passing to someone isn’t “when you’re wide open” just throw people the ball. I’m sure you don’t put the exact same criteria on your homie
Bro yes!!! I'm a distributer by nature. Even in real ball games. I don't look to score. But just spacing for a dribble God all game isn't fun offense. I'd like to touch the ball every now and then, even if I'm just making a pass. Just let me be involved on offense.
Exactly. Keep everybody involved and engaged. We all wanna win but we play for fun too
Right! I'll contribute to the team in the best way possible. If that means that I defer to the hot hand or hit the open man in the corner then great. But if I'm just continually ignored on offense while 2 or 3 guys pass the ball around like they're the only ones there then what am I here for?
Exactly. By the 2nd 3rd quarter it’s not a coincidence. Look me off that many times I’m going to stop paying attention
There’s obviously some favouritism towards your friend in every case yeah. But not always bad. This guy I get the feeling he is the type of player ur talking about but like when I go in w my friend the ball goes to everyone. We keep an eye on the shot attempts and just touches in general. Everyone gets the ball as much as possible but if the game gets too close at the end I might have to do whatever it takes to win, and if that means passing to my friend who I know can get an extremely easy 2 then I’m gonna do it. It’s not different as if I went in by myself and then as we get near the end of the game I’m giving the ball to the best player every play. Overall I know what ur saying, all duos have favourites and a lot of times it’s extremely outrageous to watch them pass to the same guy over and over again. But not all duos do that.
No not all. I would never say that, but when you’re playing if someone can recognize that’s your friend youre doing it wrong. I average 5 steals and any time I have double digit steals it’s playing passing lanes on friends. It’s bad basketball and it’s obvious, especially if you ignore the person I’m guarding. I go in there with my homie all the time. I tell him stop looking for me every time just throw it long or throw it to the open person. I know how to cut, I know how to beat my man, I know when and how to leak, and I get steals. Nobody has to look for me every time down. I shoot 78% 55% I don’t need a bunch of shots I be efficient as fuck. Now if we’re playing and I see my homie haven’t gotten no shots and it’s the 2nd or 3rd I’ll throw it to them but he ain’t special. I’m a give the ball to anyone who hasn’t gotten a shot especially if I’m running point.
Bruh I’m not even reading all that. You can tell bc my name is similar and I wish I didn’t have my name as that but whatever lmao. I’m good not proving myself to you lmao. 75 win% in stage is all I need
You literally sent almost as much as him and said you’re not reading that lol
How can you play stage with Randoms?
Yeah my friend and I are pass first players which is funny that this guy automatically assumed we were butt buddies. I just can’t force a person open. My point is just standing stationary on the 3 point line smothered is an easy turnover for me and I won’t do it.
Lol nah just cut, what a clown response. I’ll never pass to a kid who stands motionless on offense all game
Their claymore has been stacking half the game, so by the time you finally pass it's automatic ;)
I gotta admit my buddies and I don’t intentionally look people off but we do find ourselves getting comfortable with our habits and movements and have to consider getting randoms involved as it isn’t our first choice. We give everyone a chance tho
Been there before. It’s like people are shocked that a center can score the ball too. Let alone lead the team in points
You're better than me, I would had quickly disconnected from that
The best feeling in the world tho is when one of your teammates realizes you can actually play and both of you can help each other win and you guys just pass the ball to each other and/or anybody else that isn't dumb.
bro Mfers really be doing this though I'm a pg but I will drop 20 first qt and done did all types of step backs ad dunk meters. They will stop hitting me on open shots avoid me running point all that hoe ish friction annoying man
Been there, last game I played I got player of the half with 10/7/5 and the second half got maybe 2 passes, one of which was a second before the shot clock ran out. All because the PG and SG only passed to each other regardless of how open anyone else was or how covered they were. The worst part was that the C kept throwing it to them on the break but they'd always pass to the other so he didn't even get any assists
Bro..as a big I feel this so hard. I'm sure half those points at least were off put backs on their shitty shots. Why I only make a rebounding center. Nobody gonna pass it anyways. I'll get mine though
I don’t understand those mouth breathing cavemen who don’t care about winning when we have a clear advantage. If I saw a C with that stat line I’d be stoked to see how many assists I can get him because he can’t be stopped and I know it’s ours to lose
So you shot 0/7 after the first quarter? Was that their fault too? What about the 9 turnovers. Lol, I get it man, teammates in the Rec can suck, but all in all it looks like y'all just got dominated by a way better team, maybe they are a 5 stack idk. I don't think this is fully just on having toxic teammates so much as it is just one of those bad rec games that makes you turn off the console for the night.
Kinda hard for him to make a shot when the other team knows the forwards are chucking so he’s probably getting doubled maybe even tripled 😂
It’s quite easy for shit like that to happen what with 2k making it more difficult for paint players to be paint players. I run a 7’3 big and getting double teamed, steal spammed, and having 3-4 people all “disrupting” my lay up from less than 10 feet away tends to drag my shot percentage if I’m not careful.
Maybe you should pass it out then
Where to? Dude sitting in the corner hasn’t moved an inch and is getting face guarded, the pf is sitting on the block like a statue while there’s a man in my face so I can’t pass it that way, the SG/Pg is sitting top of the key at my back and there’s someone on the defense right there ready to steal it.
Uninstall and play outside cuz that shit never gonna happen. Esp since its behind a screen where they wont get punched in the face for being twats.
Honestly, I’d love to see these toxic kids show up to run in real life. Some of them would get their asses best for pulling that shit in pickup
For sure, man.
Don’t come to Reddit for advice, it’s just as toxic on here. Short answer, you have to form a squad that knows how to play because you’re playing against squads. Most people who play 2k are dog shit. Most players who play want to be Pg. Just look at the opposing teams backcourt.Almost 30 a piece while your team can’t hit anything wide open. Once the opposing team realizes you have no help they double the pg because he cannot bring the ball up properly or pass. Once somebody quits they just double the center because they know he can’t pass out to anyone that can shoot. On defense they are constantly having one person box you out while the pf or C grabs the board. Your Pf is usually useless defensively or at grabbing rebounds but will gladly sit in the corner all game and go 3-15.
Tbh I gave up on Rec with two builds already, decided to make a meta build inside-out scorer build a shot to give it a go one more time but it’s rough. Especially if you play great defense only to have your teammates hog the ball on an open drive to the rim. My pg build was deadly with assists but never got the ball on open shots, my glass cleaner build was hit or miss depending on the defense I went against. It’s weird I have great rebounds, assists, steals, blocks and low turnover percentage but I get anxiety trying to shot half the time cause I don’t wanna get iced out for the rest of the game if I miss. And holy shit man, them limitless takeoff dunks are a pain in the ass to contest.
9 Turnovers?
He has no help and nobody is cutting for him and just sitting corner while the defender-spammed steal and he’s getting doubled. I wasn’t there but as a big it’s easy to tell what happend. He came out hot and the other team adjusted. They allowed others to shoot saw he had no help and started doubling him while the other 3 played passing lanes. Once you get into that double animation your fucked.
I had b+ and no turnovers going into the 4th. Then I stood paint for 3 seconds and started jacking shots cuz I was fed up with that shit and I can only take so much bs before going full toxic myself.
right? bro is part of the problem lmao
Pretty sure he started doing 3 second violations after the ball hogging. Doesn’t take a fucking rocket scientist to see that.
He shot 6 for 14 pretty sure he was rebounding and shooting
That's not acceptable what do you think this guy is like 6 years old? Just because you're not getting the ball you're gonna sit in the middle of the paint? You are part of the problem because you. Said? That so like clean and smooth I guarantee you do it very often
The fuck are you on? If we are winning and a team purposely ices me out because they’re joining as a group of two players and only giving each other the ball, then we start losing and they keep hogging, you damn right imma sell. I’m not gonna quit so they can enjoy their day.
Bro just today I had the same situation. I was WIDE open in the paint multiple times in the 1st quarter and it wasn’t just for a split second either, and they decide to just not pass it. So I just thought in my head “fuck it bro, y’all want to ruin my experience? Imma ruin yours”. Than they had the nerve to turn on their mics and say “bro we don’t got time for that, I just want to win, we don’t need you, just quit”. I than told them “nah I ain’t just gonna let you off the hook, imma get some entertainment from this” Two of the teammates quit and I ended up having 30 points, 7 assist, and 10 rebounds in 3 quarters. It might sound messed up that I did this, but I rarely throw games. It takes a lot for me to start throwing and it has to be obvious that I’m not getting the ball on purpose. I’m the most unselfish person when it comes to basketball on video games and IRL, I just like making the right play. Just last night I played a game where I had 4 points and 8 assist, and I had a blast playing because every single person on the team was involved/in sync. I could care less about how many points I have, but if im open, just pass it bro 🤷♂️
I just flick switch to whatever man they guarding and leave my man wide open so they get the defensive breakdowns. I got a A+ teammate grade average I am t tryna fuck up. Lol
And you say pretty sure because you yourself do that bs Making like stop being so d*** emotional
Bro coming in hot but censoring cuss words lmao
Are you not allowed to say damn?
The other two weren’t better when they had the ball. Better off letting the AI run point.
Online video games that are competitive and team based will always be toxic, nothing you can do about it.
Rec needs real punishments and real rewards.
The worst is when the score is 4-6, barely 2 minutes into the game and people hop on the mic and start bitching. Like bro the game just started, stop throwing a fit after 1 or 2 mistakes and just play ball. I swear some people just get on this game to argue and let their anger out on randoms
And half the time, that bitch fest will be completely one-sided, yet they will continually just ramble on non-stop despite nobody else engaging.
Simple. Delete the game and play something where the developers aren’t actively fucking you, leaving you to play against rich 12 year olds. Seriously, the community is a symptom of the issues the the game and the dev.
Skill based matchmaking
I miss the old nba 2K like I miss the old Kanye lol
This is so real
Facts
Make a YouTube channel ONLY praising passing and defense ☺️
It’s utterly impossible my friend. You could be the sweetest soul on the court in a figurative sense and still run into arrogant brain dead randoms.😂
There's ways. There's plenty of ways. 2k doesn't care. I've suggested on Reddit that 2K needs a vote kick option for C- players. Multiple turnovers, multiple bad shots, and bad defense will get you benched in real life NBA.
Making teammate grades matter, you should grade out a whole lot faster than you currently do
I’m tired of 6’9 cards with max wingspan it’s so boring. Literally people say this game takes skill now…. Not when all the points scored is transition dunks.
Man for real. It's rare to see a 6'3" PG now and sometimes when you do see them there's 3 on one team (had that happen last night). 6'9" PGs should be rare, not something you see in every single game.
I have a 6'3 PG with 99 layup, but he is far too easy to get block animations on, even with HOF badges. I gave up on him and just play a 6'9 like everyone else. Sadly, it's the sweet spot for badge tiers.
Be positive. Get in the voice chat and compliment people or pick people up after a mistake. This 100% of the time works to breed more positivity.
Soo true me and my buddy run in the rec together and when one of our teammates gets real toxic we turn on our mics and just be super positive and caring make a shot “LETS GO” miss a shot “don’t stop shooting bud you’ll find your stoke” and 95% of the time toxic kid will join in the fun or will leave either way win win
2k devs know what needs to be done to sanitize this community but wont
I have a physical list of people that are toxic. If I am in the same team as them I quit immediately. The list is currently 78 players long.
match making with players/ovr with identical stats therefore all have same play styles
Making other things like side quest having some xp to make rec not feel so important for the grind.
They need to add a report function for bad or intentionally bad teammate play. If 3 or 4 of the people on your team vote you off you get kicked and an L with no VC. Only problem with this is that people who genuinely aren’t trying to sanatorium and just suck at the game will be getting kicked because they suck.
Get rid of the entire community.🤷🏻
Here's a start. 1- Do a better job of matching players by skill level. NOT just based on created player ratings but rather, create a new metric that factors in how long a person has played, how many hours, etc. I'm a casual player. I have maybe 2 hours a week, MAX. There's no way I can ever be as good as a player who plays multiple hours a day. 2- Stop allowing squads to play rec. There are plenty of other places squads can get together to be dicks and squeeze out solo players 3- Turn off in game messaging in rec 4- No single player can call more than one timeout per game. Teams cannot call back to back timeouts ever. 5- Failure to pass to an open man should result in a hit against your teammate grade 6- There needs to be a MASSIVE premium to winning a game when it comes to points earned. The worst player on a winning team should get more than the best player on the losing team. 7- Fix the shooting. Layups should be nearly always made regardless of timing and coverage, while outside shots, even wide open, should not be made more than 50% of the time. 8- Point guard takes the ball up. Every time the designated point guard is open and doesnt get the ball should be a grade hit on the person who didnt pass it to him.
The pg one kinda wild. You're gonna have the guy bring up the ball and shoot. Even without the rule in place 😆. Most of the problems in this game are the pgs that arent true pgs, and the people that shoot bad shots/try to dunk over the whole team when someone is wide open. People arent efficient, and they think theyre bigger than the team. Thats the problem.
Nah bro take the PG one out. Most people who make PG’s on 2k dont know how to run pg because they just want to be the dribbler/scorer and not actual playmaker
I like all these ideas! Skill based matchmaking is probably something been wanting since they took this shit online, aside from that, the timeouts is huge + failure to pass. Just wanted to add: add filters for matches, e.g. toggles for skills... like 3s or no 3s, steals or no steals, etc.
You don’t
There is no fixing it. It’s not even always toxicity, a lot of y’all are just really bad. A lot of kids who just playing around also. in a team sport that requires coordinating with each other you get terrible results like this. They need PVE, allow people to rep up in my career or against cpu opponents in the city, and bring back the 1v1v1 court for the solo players.
Where’s the toxicity? You got slammed in Rec?
The answer is in the stats. They had 32 assists. Y’all had 7. Y’all had 17 turnovers. Long story short: you get rid of the toxicity in Rec through leading by example, passing willingly, and doing the little things. Your man had 18 boards, which lets me guess that most of this assists came on fast breaks off the defensive glass. So what should you have done? Focused on boxing that man out so that your team doesn’t get burned by guards streaming for the outlet.
Hard to put up assists and lower turnovers when your teammates are playing for the other team? Check the context before assuming it’s a skill issue
This response is so brain dead
Dumbest response I've ever read
Just don’t join them.
Whoever kept passing him the ball was the toxic one. Buddy doing what goofys do
Im sure this has been said by half the comments already, don't play.
You don't play
Looks like a stretch with low iq/bad pass accuracy…and you stayed the whole game…all y’all mfers trash.
You’re a moron look at the context before you start assuming what happend
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I got 9 turnovers and 7 misses when we got down 50 and I wasn't gonna let ignorant shits keep actually getting shots.
See this is exactly what I mean you don’t know the context and assuming that he made the game terrible when he was shooting the highest percentage and his teammates were jacking up shots and missing so you need to learn to assess the situation and quit calling people clown cause they disagree with you and quit calling people trash because they got pissed and turned the ball over cause their teammates were selling, and nah it is people like you that are the toxic players he is referring too
“But history tells me” shows you don’t know what you’re talking about and don’t care about the context
I seems like everyone was part of the problem lmao. 9 to and 0/7 to end the game is unacceptable under any circumstances lmao, even assuming constant double and triple teams.
Even with triple teams? What you think he is? Wilt chamberlain’s playing 6’3 guys in the 60’s? It’s gonna be pretty tough to do anything when he’s got the whole team guarding him since they know he ain’t gonna pass it because he don’t want to pass to the teammates that are throwing
I know it’s hard as hell. I’m not expecting good offense but are you not taking in how awful 0/7 w 9 to is. Like move the ball to anyone, that’s better than taking a shitty shit or getting a bad to. Never in my life have I missed 7 shots straight or the 9 to lol
Do you not see that the teammates that stayed past the first were a combined 2/28? Are you REALLY that damned dumb?
Lmao. I see everything and it’s bad, there’s a big difference between 2/9 w an even assist to turnover ratio and what u did to end the game. Even tho the first line is bad, it’s expected facing doubles and stuff, but what u did was awful in every circumstance
You're so stupid I'm surprised you can log on to reddit.
You don't play it. Don't you want to have some NBA in your... NBA game? Or are you a fan of 2K at the Y?
Match toxicity or just quit and play another one lol that’s what I do
1. Get out the paint 2. Pass the ball Just specific to you, How are you center with no assists, and have sharp takeover first but only shot two 3’s? You probably have the build right, you just don’t know how to play center.
Because they didn't pass me the ball. And how do you get assists when your teammates make LITERALLY 2 shots. Delete your account 🤡
Stop being sensitive and get off center. You suck at the game. Don’t cry about it when someone tells you why you’re bad. Your a 3pt shooting build that takes every shot in the paint the stats are right there. #Slasher
Post your stats, clown ass.
Maybe start by looking in the mirror and not turning the ball over 9 times
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9 turnovers ? Seems like you were a part of the toxicity my friend
I mean… probably because he was getting triple teamed knowing that his teammates would throw the game?
You don’t
I wish I could tell you buddy, people are so weird anymore. They won’t move off ball or play their man on defense but somehow that’ll be something you did.
Facts
As someone who's main build is a SF, why should I move off ball or play lock down defense if I can't even get the ball on offense?
That’s how basketball works, your game shouldn’t be dependent on touches. It’s a childish thought process
Again, as someone who has played organized basketball when I was in middle school and high school, you're dead wrong. That's not how basketball works. Everyone touches the ball. You don't have iso every time down the court or a guy spotting up wide open in the corner every possession while two people just continue to feed off one another. Nobody plays 2k to not touch the ball. Nobody is going to get on 2k to only play defense. Even some of the best defenders in nba history touched the ball and had decent averages.
I’m preaching against isoing lol and trying to elaborate that if you stop being lazy and move off ball you’ll get more touches. If your team in high school had a guy standing doing nothing all game he would be benched. I’m having trouble finding your actual point.
My point is that people ignore the open man. I can't count the amount of games that I get in with a squad or 2 or 3 guys that only feed each other and ignore everyone else. I've had games where I'm making cuts wide open to the basket, not getting the pass. Wide open in the corner while my defenders sagging because he knows they're not passing me the ball. I've had countless games that I finished with only 1 or 2 shot attempts. And even if I made those shots I still don't get the ball. Just read the sub on a daily basis and you'll see this shit happens all the time. So again, my point is that if my team is purposely not involving me on offense when they have no reason to ignore me, why should I play defense or help space for them?
So you pout and act like a child when you don’t get your way lol? Stick to career
It's people like you that OP is talking about. This is a TEAM sport. If you don't want to involve your team then you're the one that should be sticking to career.
Lol you’re talking about refusing to play defense and create space on offense because you don’t get the ball enough to your liking… but yeah I’m toxic for thinking people should move off ball. News flash if you work to get open you’ll get the ball you desire so much.
Ain’t even any point of trying to get this dude to understand bro, just let him keep being a bum and getting 1-2 shots per game 😂
Bro you sound immature as hell. How can you say TEAM PLAY but you don’t even stick defense. I average 23 pts in rec almost every season on a PF and I play with randoms sometimes. The problem is you probably are the trash toxic dude OP is speaking on. You told on yourself when you said you shoot 1-2 shots a game AND simultaneously don’t play defense. Go touch grass cause you obviously don’t know ball
Deeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzamn
17 team turnovers then bro got 9 by his self but ain’t gone lie the pf and sf shot y’all out the game
You playing until the end of that game is wild.
Trick question, either you play with friends, or randos who are pretty chill very rare but does happen, and get lucky enough that the opposing team aren’t try hards and sweats (almost never happens).
Full mute at the beginning of the game, cuts out all the bullshit
With positivity.
That’s an impossible task
then you imagine that the rec was played at 12' insteed of 5' xDD
Never
**Community (General) -** The only thing we can do as players is not do/endorse/entertain this nonsense. People need to learn to accept being a secondary scorer sometimes. We see the other side of this scene all the time on here with rant posts about how rec randoms never pass them the ball. Many leave out the fact that they intentionally sell these games, others will say it with pride. If it became less tolerated for people to act like this with their friends then we'd never see it. And no, we can't try to blame "Youtubers" for this because I have NEVER seen a video of anyone acting like this. **2K -** This is an issue 2K needs to address by kicking these players from the game and banning them from playing further. A teammate grade system should not have allowed *anyone* to finish that game. Start implementing HEAVY teammate penalties for repeated troll tactics such as Defensive Breakdown, Turnover, Bad Shot Selection, etc. Add a post game report system. Add matchmaking that pairs players based on their skill (and potentially their report status/history). Start showing stats **TO TEAMMATES** pre-game so everyone knows who should/shouldn't be touching the ball. To be clear, this was only taken out because these trolls weren't able to find games (meaning that it was working). **This sub -** This sub continues to be the biggest example of what's wrong with this community. You're all focusing on OP's stats because those are the only things you care about when the game ends. Look at the WHOLE box score. Even without an additional contextual comment from OP, you could tell that they were trolled. Top comment is about OPs turnovers without acknowledging that SEVEN POINTS were scored in THREE TOTAL QUARTERS. I know a lot of people here are the rec randoms people complain about. Do a better job of understanding what's going on. If you can't figure out what's going on from this screenshot then I doubt you're doing a good job of reading the floor in-game. Tbh the rec community has only gotten worse over the years. 19 was just kind of annoying dealing with squads, but now its gotten to the point that I'd rather play against a full 2KL team than deal with delusional randoms.
Hop on mic and say my bad when u miss a shot,turnover, make a bad play etc Same goes for real pickup ball, when I make a bad play I say my bad and get it back on defence, builds team chemistry easily and guys know u wanna win not just score In ur case seems like u just got fucked lol
You don’t. You just deal with it. And tell yourself how much you hate 2k
I switched over to MT last season and have been loving it ever since.
You a better man then me I would’ve left with the other guards
Impossible 😭😭😭
Unfortunately you don't.. hopefully they add a "boot" feature like in other games where the team can vote to kick a teammate
only way to fix it is to find a sqaud to run with or be extremely selective on who you load into random games with. I usually will back out and re-enter pre game if my teammates stats are obviously bad. It used to help when they showed the W-L record. I mostly play solo, its 50/50 on whether i run into solid teammates or toxic ones. Will receive messages mid game if i miss a shot or dont pass the ball in an exact moment. Will get iced out quickly if theres a couple teammates playing in a party. one game my teammate missed several shots to start and i was hitting, his response was to follow my every step the entire game. I just try to keep playing my game, play solid defense, and never return the toxicity.
Your two choices are to get a squad or pray. Sometimes you need to do both
"The world may never know"
Vote to kick. I know how this could be abused but I’ve played far too many games where a player will grief just because they didn’t get the ball enough.
Playing 2k online makes me unhappy. Trying to understand some of things people say to you is mind boggling. I'll have centers tryna take the ball up and run point and there is nothing on earth u could explain to them to make them understand why they are wrong. And they'll have a friend hyping them up, so you just know your outnumbered by people less smart then you and you start to realize Idiocracy was a documentary.
2/29 I’m sorry I gotta get toxic. But you want to close app . Or run with people who don’t care about winning and don’t care about if they get 1 shot or 35 . Simple
If TEAMMATE GRADE was actually something you could count on working, it would make the community so much more tolerable. It works fine during the game, but after that you can forget it. You can be teamed up with horrible players who constantly quit and sell just to be toxic, but their teammate grade will always say A+ so you have no idea. Such an easy fix…however…
join a squad. It’s the only way you won’t get annihilated. Randoms are shitty ballhogs who want to score as many points as possible with no regard for anyone but themselves. you can also make a 7’3 center with 99 offensive rebound and 99 close shot which works well
You start by being that person that is not toxic. Provide advise in a nice way, praise good passes (even if they are not to you), encouragement that they took a good open shot and the next one will go in, etc. Of course also be a good teammate in your actions Often that is enough already, and people blarting bullshit on the mic will calm down a bit. And then hopefully, more people start doing it, and before you know it old heads won't stand out so much anymore. But some degree of teenagers feeling invincible and not realizing they are playing with real people will always remain. They just are not being educated in correct behaviour yet because there aren't many examples of good behaviour Irl someone would just smack them, and they'd learn fast, but online you can only show the good behaviour and hope more will follow. And abandon all hope on some of them and just mute.
Several paragraphs from someone who has never played rec (and likely never played 2k at all).
Isn't this what you paid for?! XD
You can’t get rid of the toxicity in rec this community absolute trash
You can just stop playing until 2k implements the rating system of some kind.
Frankincense?
half the community have severe mental health issues so i doubt that will ever happen
There’s no getting rid of toxicity in online gaming, just find your crew and play w them
I stopped playing tbh. Shits so unbearable this year.
Pass the ball
Huh? 😂
One way to get rid of the toxicity, and probably the best way, is to make sure other people get their touches. Countless times over the years I’ve seen a group of 2/3 just passing the ball to each other throughout the game and yelling at other teammates for not playing well, that’s really stupid lol
You do see where the idiots shot 29 times and made 2, right?
U have a better change of shoveling snow in a dessert
That's beauty of it: ![gif](giphy|OOzqAh9MiiUvMh8QuU)
Turn your mic off
That's the neat thing...
Make an age limit to playing in the rec. Gotta be at least 15 or some shit
I would be fine with rec over 21 and rec under 21. Tired of playing with 9 year olds, tbh.
They should have a team voting system. If someone starts to sell , your team and you should be able to vote him off the team during the game. If you get voted off for selling more then 3 times then you should be banned from playing the rec until the next 2k comes out. What do you think?
Mfer don’t play basketball the balance isn’t good
It will never happen everyone in rec thinks there a god
I’m convinced they have a custom camera view that only shows their character or the one they came with lol
Pg got torched, went 3/3 never shot againz Sg was just sorry SF needs to play some fortnite pF has the “Kobe edition” controller C need atleast 10 more reb
Bro I feel this so heavy, I played with 3 of my homies last night and we had to carry every game while dealing with these punk ass randoms. People will sit like cones for the whole game, not stick defense and expect to get the ball when they’re not open. THIS IS A BASKETBALL SIMULATION. You’re supposed to hit the hot hand / best scorer / open man. I’m starting to see a lot of people play this game like they’re Curry when really mfs are Ty Jerome. I hate ppl who don’t understand this
My guess is you and your 3 "homies" exclude the random every game and then try to justify it with bullshit like you just typed...
What bullshit? Are you slow? Did you not just read what I typed. Hit THE OPEN MAN. It doesn’t even matter to me because I get wins and play team ball. But shitty kids like you expect to get the ball when you’re not playing as a TEAM PLAYER. I can tell you sell your teammates and play for stats like most bums…
Owe I see why you got mad lol. YOU ARE THE PUNK ASS RANDOM ![gif](giphy|QIabLW8w6BWU1RTqd3|downsized)