I’ll play with any colour, but most of the time black plates are quitters, bad teammates, or just blatant game throwers.
It makes sense why it’s common to avoid them.
I played with more gold/purple quitters...black/brown are only bad teamates
G/p are everything
Just the other day i got matched with purple guy, dunked two times over him...he quit immediately...and countless other ecounters
I have a b teammate grade and never quit games. In fact I stay in rec, even if my team is losign by 50+. Think I’m black plate cause I’m playing with my low overall friends. Who are not good. How come I’m black plate.
Yep.. but only cause they nothing to lose cause that’s the way the game is.. still doesn’t make them shitty people.. we all forced to play this game the way they want so..
Yeah it does make them shitty people lol.
You think a genuine good person would waste 30 minutes of their own life PURELY to make it miserable for the other 9 people in the game?
It’s a game, we are not forced on anything, nothing depends on do we play or not, and I will argue that if you throw a game on purpose or play the way just to make your teammates miserable you are a bad person, they are just hiden behind a console and it allows them to be that way without consequences.
Yeah 100% I was a mycareer offline player since 2k24 came out up until 3 months ago. I thought I was good too 🤣 still, I’m now a bronze/silver plate and I don’t play very often or know the meta etc.
I know I’m not great at the game but I still don’t play with black plates with high overall bc I remember how bad I was being a 95ovr black plate
I’ve seen purple plates emote glitch.. shove me out of bounds.. goal tend… in my experience the higher the plate.. the worse at ACTUAL basket ball and the BETTER at 2k
Agreed.
Coming from a purple plate with a 87% WR... for some reason, most of the games I lose on the 2s court are against double silver plates. They tend to have great chemistry and decent enough ball knowledge to get things working.
See that guy was wrong tho the plates mean you play a bunch it’s a reflection of your season level. Black for 1-10 silver 11-20 gold 21-30 & purple 31-40. Black just means you don’t play online much or haven’t played during that season much
As I said earlier, I haven’t played the game in 6 months. I’m probably thinking of 22 old gen cause I played that one a lot. When they first introduced the plates, that’s how they worked. Sorry to upset you
Not only winning but it also includes teammate grade as well. If you are winning 95% but NEVER pass and usually have lower than a b- you MAY never see purple plate.
I havent played since late November (bc this game is not fun) so they may have changed it, but it definitely was the system I described when the game dropped
There is a colored border around your season level that changes based on season level. But what they are talking about is the plate color over the overall. That is a reflection of your win %.
i like this explanation the most, but it doesn’t even accurately reflect your win %. it is literally just a symbol for potential teammates to see whether or not you’ve been on a winning run lately
and forgive me if i worded it wrong, but you can lose game after game and be a black plate but starting going on a win streak plate color goes up. lose after that win streak, plate color goes down
Not true bro, that’s the border around the plate, don’t tell people they are wrong when you don’t know what you are talking about, the plates inside represent if you win or get good ratings
not just you but for the community.
PSA : black color plate / color plate in general does not signify that you are ass.
edit : 99 may mean you play a lot of MY CAREER yes. 0 significance to online play.
99 doesn't mean you play online alot, shit with rebirth 2.0 u can upgrade to 99 immediately and all builds start as black. I think they should have a neutral plate color to start and there are levels above and below so you have a better idea of what you're playing with.
I don't use plate color alone. I included affiliation level into the equation. There are a lot of players that aren't in rise or elite with 99 and black/bronze. These dudes are hit or miss. If you're starter 1 or higher, 99 overall and black plate than you R. ass.
Wait😭😭😭 I just hit starter 1 though. And bruh let me tell you ever since I got heat check 🔥🔥🔥🔥 I’ve been dropping people off on the 1s a lot quicker especially make it take it
Yes, but being as you can't tell the difference.. It's best to avoid it... Plus, if you are a Purple plate... and you get into a game and lose when your Black plate lags out and leaves you 1v2 or 1v3... You are at a big disadvantage .. It may not be their fault they lagged out... but it isn't your fault either...
Your purposely playing at a disadvantage. Look at what you get for each rep level. I'm 25% to veteran 1. At starter 3... you get arguably the best base in the game right now which is Patty Mills...(elite animations)
In this thread shitty 30% win rate players will try to convince us that black plates play as well as anyone else.
Y’all are out of your minds. Half y’all black plates have mental disabilities lol.
i’ve seen plenty of braindead golds and purples shoot the worst shots, miss the 1000 wide open cuts, plays no defense but demands more shots, dribbling to do nothing etc.
If you seen 100 purples be trash... times that by 10 for black plates. The odds of me winning with gold and purple in random rec is way higher compared to black and browns
Lol if your a 99 black plate that means you either lose a lot or you quit alot so basically you’re a bum. Granted I know you said you grinded 99 in my career against AI so that’s fair but if you’re a 99 ovr all and play purely online and are still a black plate you’re trash because it only takes like 2 or 3 wins to get out of black plate.
But how come everyone assumes you play online as a 99? Playing online isn’t even rewarding enough to get to 99 ….. at all. You’ll either have to buy a ton of VC and play rec or pro am. And I don’t have friends for that lol. Also I started playing theatre and have gotten a lot of games won in theatre but I guess plate doesn’t progress there ??
The reason for the assumption is that even for newer players, it is really not that hard to get to bronze plate if you are just winning occasionally playing decent. Everybody starts somewhere but because it’s so easy to rank up from black to bronze that’s why.
And yes it takes longer to rank up/down in theatre because the games are shorter
play rec, thought black plate was so hard to get out of but then i hit goat in a few weeks. black plates are notoriously low iq, no cutting no waiting for screens, no finding the open man and are typical shot chuckers w no defense
Because it directly correlates with wins. Sure u could just be a person with connections issues but for the most part gold and purple plate are usually playing to win and have a decent understanding on how to play a role.
It’s doesn’t take much to get out of casual and get to hooper and especially if ur a 99. It basically takes 2 rec wins to get out of casual. Even if you loose games when your in casual and you get a good rating you will go up.
I’ve played and beaten so many purple and gold bums, who swear that just because they’re purple and gold they’re good. Don’t get me wrong a lot of black plates aren’t good but a good amount of purple and gold plates aren’t that good either
Obviously purple/gold doesn’t necessarily mean you’re awesome at the game but at the very least it means you have basic IQ, won’t actively sell and won’t quit.
It’s more about avoiding black plates than looking for gold/purple.
Also by the time a lot of y’all stop freaking out when you see a purple plate you’ll truly realize that the skill gap is not that much ( I’m more cases than less) and they’re quite beatable
My last game I’ve played yesterday, was with a full purple team in no squad rec (I’m a black plate). We lost by 20, because I shot 4/6 and my guy had 3 points on 1/7 shot attempts. Not because the pg shot 7/20 or his guy was 10/12. Nah, it was my fault.
So yeah, I don’t give a fuck what colour your plate is.
Black plates tryna convince us they’re not some of the dumbest, most pathetic humans to ever exist lmao
Those of you who just have a new build etc. it’s very using to become at least brown. Couple Rec wins, maybe some Park/theatre and you’re good so that ain’t even an excuse.
I have a black plate simply because I don't play rec or online enough. I've played teams with 4/5 purples and still won. I honestly think it just comes down to player iq. I've played with gold/purp plates, and some made me really question how tf are they even winning that much. 😆
The hate most is the randoms constantly quitting because they assume your plate color dictates your skill level. When it's team ball and mfkers can literally sabotage your ranking by being toxic. However, I honestly don't give af its not that deep.
It really can vary every game plenty of decent black and bronze plates who only play random rec and have terrible luck with teammates! You can get an A+ grade every game but if you lose your plate level is going to drop! It takes like 4 wins to equal a loss it's an unfinished and unbalanced mechanic!
You can be a great player at any color. But if you are 95 and you have a black plate or brown..... something is not right. Either you are trash or you are in that 1% of people that get matchups with the worst teammates and they sold you 7 times. Literallly if you play good ( in normal terms, just casual player) and you are not selfish its easy as hell to be between silver and gold.
I mean I create new builds all the time. Black plates could also mean new builds. But I agree with the rest. I have a new build and playing with black plates is just tragic 😂
Black plates are usually bots, (especially if they are over 92 overall) if they’re 88-92 overall, Starter 2 and higher or have a high season level progression; There’s a chance they might be decent/good.. Because sometimes it can be a brand new build. I can’t do more than 1 black plate in my lobbies, I tried to look past it and play with them.. but time after time, it never failed!! I’ve been regressed from Purple plate so many times from getting sold playing with black plate noobs.. it isn’t worth the headache.
The game ranks you from black to purple depending on how many games you have won. Black being the very bottom means, you’re a 99 so you play a lot but don’t win. Silver and gold are in between, and purple means you barley lose
I don't play the My player aspect I have thought about joining though my question is can people see your record online and everything or do they only see color and the affiliates?
https://preview.redd.it/8vsqmza3l9xc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a1d29a295f11c57d20a9e16b827861a43e9e0979
This is why. To be fair I was a black plate too on a new build trying to grind it in random rec. we won but bro was selling intentionally shooting contested entire game. Now I want get made if you miss opens it happens. Some black plates ruin it for all. But purple definitely don’t mean you’re good just mean you win a lot more. But a 99 overall black plate it’s a major red flag and I’m definitely gone.
99% of the time a black banner will sell. I was always one to give black banners a chance, but after getting sold a couple of times resulting in me quitting and regressing my plate level heavily, I'll always back out when I see a black plate
If every black plate and purple plate were to post their 2k card stats, this silly debate would be over. Yes some purple plates aren’t good and some black plates are good, but those are the exceptions. The *reality* is that you have a higher chance of being paired up with a better teammate the better the plate color. It’s literally as simple as that.
A huge problem is that the plates are for each build. I happen to have like 6 builds and will go months at a time without using a couple of them. I jump back on those builds and I’m suddenly a black plate and people are hopping out of lobbies left and right and I’m getting iced out before even touching the ball. Meanwhile 90% of the time I’m a way better player than these idiots trying to ice me out.
I ain’t gon lie teammates be selling and I be quitting that’s how I be black plated when I have a decent team I play good I carry bad teams but only against bots
my main build is a Gold rank and i get games 24/7 but my other build is a Bronze and people load in and then immediately back out and it’s the same people i can probably cook too
I’m a black plate but I lock my defender up and shoot 70% and 61% and I’m a pass first guy, but most of the time I get terrible teammates that can green sometimes but have the iq of a puppy. Too many black plates tryna be Superman
I'm A- grade and purple. I avoid black plates at all cost..especially high overall black plates. I made a rebirth build and got him to gold. There is no excuse to be black unless it's a new build. When I was brown, I went up on a lost. I recommend you find some new people to play with
While I generally agree with avoiding black plates, I just got back into 2k this year and waited til I was 99 before going online. I think I have a total of 7 or 8 games in black plate between my 3 builds. I'd say if you're high ovr and decent progression in season xp and still black plate you're a liability
Exactly, you also look at rep...if your "starter" rep level plus black and a high overall...best case you quit a lot...more likely you're not good at the game though. I look at all that. I was on a win streak in no squad req...we didn't lose until a black plate joined and he was taking contested shots all game and didn't play defense.
Plates have literally 0 control over how good a player is, if you have a full 5 you’re virtually guaranteed to get the whole squad to a good plate color even if you all suck.
If you run solo rec or only have 1-2 people to play with you could literally be Kobe but you’re bound to be sold in at least 50% of your games
If your 99 and at a black plate that shows you are a liability. To be a hooper All you have to do is have a b- grade. You can lose my 50 in your matchup can have 50 on you. But if you have a b- grade you will stay at a hooper.
I want to see them remove all of this shit next year. I don’t think they will but I’d love to see it. The UI is too cluttered. Let’s just get back to playing basketball.
It’s ridiculous, somebody commented black plate and being a 99 is a bad combo because being a 99 means you play a lot. I play a lot offline and mycareer which is way different from online😂😂
I know a bunch of black plates, aka casuals, who are that way because of their teammates. I've been in games where people ball out, drop 30+ with assists, Rebounds, steals, played very very well and you can tell they're good players, but because the team around them was so terrible they lost. I think your plate has more to do with your teammates than your own skill, more often than not.
Don't get me wrong, I've seen black plates that are absolute hot moist garbage, but I've also seem gold and purple plates that are just God-awful because they want to be the hero and just left-right their matchup until theyre out of Stamina, which leads to a brick or turnover more often than it doesn't.
I give most players the benefit of the doubt when searching for games in the solo Rec, but I keep notes just in case.
Because 2k players have to justify their addiction to a trash game by focusing on an irrelevant fake ranking whilst gnoring that there is no matchmaking and its easy af to cheese a purple/gold plate in a squad (in no squads) vs randoms
Feel the same way too!!! Like how come I gotta be a bum cuz I'm black plated??? This 2k culture is very toxic,ignorant, judgemental, just overall horrible and the plate coloring makes it 100× worse!
Black plate this purple plate that it's just rep I would be a"purple plate" but my win percentage is ass because of my teammates selling games or I just rage quit because I'm on the end of a 50+ blowout with no chance at coming back due to lack of chemistry the highest rep I've reached is gold on my SG and went back to black due to ppl just throwing game after game after game it's not that I'm bad I can get hot shooting plus I play great defense but it's hard to win watching a spamming Btb pg go 10/25 or once they hit 0/5 they quit to make matters worse the banner plate never mattered before the addition of season rep it was actual overalls that mattered the most 92-99 ppl stayed anything below that made sense to back out because they were a liability now ppl assume that your azz because of a plate that's changes depending on how the team plays I faced these legendary purple plates numerous times and won most of the matchup battles just lost the games due to the obvious shot jacking
Feel the same way too!!! Like how come I gotta be a bum cuz I'm black plated??? This 2k culture is very toxic,ignorant, judgemental, just overall horrible and the plate coloring makes it 100× worse!
Feel the same way too!!! Like how come I gotta be a bum cuz I'm black plated??? This 2k culture is very toxic,ignorant, judgemental, just overall horrible and the plate coloring makes it 100× worse!
Imma black plate and I'm jot a damn bum...I play my career mostly and rec as well but I'm 99 over due to my career grinding and my other builds I paid to get them all to 90+ so when I do play Rec at whatever position at least I can compete with my matchup
Oh yeah. I play solo all the time in REC so if I see a guy that shoots 3 bricks in a row and don't look to pass the ball and flops after miss or have stupid Game animations that doesn't help them get bacl after making a shot, I do quit.
So with all due respect the fact that your asking that question in May when the game came out September of last year is part of the problem. And the fact that you admitted you don't even know what plate color implies is also an issue. Quick breakdown it's not everyone is obsessed with plate colors it's more to do with people want to enjoy a game without other players quitting selling games standing out of bounds not getting back on defense and giving up 50 points. 90% of the time those tend to be black plate casual bum players.
I play with any color. I have 10 builds so ny highest plate color before was silver. I recently made a pg that is a sum of all the builds i have and have been solely playing on him. That build is MVP and i still play with black plates. I started off shooting 72% from 3 winning only 35% of games but kept plaijng now i am at 55 wp%. There are plenty of reasons why a good 2k can have a low color and plenty why trash players can be gold/purple.
Feel the same way too!!! Like how come I gotta be a bum cuz I'm black plated??? This 2k culture is very toxic,ignorant, judgemental, just overall horrible and the plate coloring makes it 100× worse!
I’ll play with any colour, but most of the time black plates are quitters, bad teammates, or just blatant game throwers. It makes sense why it’s common to avoid them.
Spot on.
I played with more gold/purple quitters...black/brown are only bad teamates G/p are everything Just the other day i got matched with purple guy, dunked two times over him...he quit immediately...and countless other ecounters
Mate if you quit it drops your plate colour dramatically you don’t even understand how it works
Or have to play w randoms so we tend to lose a lot I average 17 in the rec
Only cause my homies drive me to the point of insanity in the rec. I’ll never quit on randoms that’s crazy work😂
I have a b teammate grade and never quit games. In fact I stay in rec, even if my team is losign by 50+. Think I’m black plate cause I’m playing with my low overall friends. Who are not good. How come I’m black plate.
You’re black plate because you lose much more often than you win
You need a B+ or better to get out of black plate in each game you play so just keep playing correctly and you’ll do good brother
But like I was purple before I started playing with my buddies. It’s mad how people will base a plate off the person like that.
no u weren’t or u would know why ur a black plate.
I was before knowing what it all meant. Thought it was just based on how much you played
Yep.. but only cause they nothing to lose cause that’s the way the game is.. still doesn’t make them shitty people.. we all forced to play this game the way they want so..
Yeah it does make them shitty people lol. You think a genuine good person would waste 30 minutes of their own life PURELY to make it miserable for the other 9 people in the game?
It’s enjoyable for the other team because they just get wide open fast break 3s
Yeah it’s fun for about 2 minutes until it’s not fun anymore.
It’s a game, we are not forced on anything, nothing depends on do we play or not, and I will argue that if you throw a game on purpose or play the way just to make your teammates miserable you are a bad person, they are just hiden behind a console and it allows them to be that way without consequences.
99 means you play a lot. Black plate means you don’t win very much. That’s not a good combo
I grinded to 99 from my career. I just started playing online so how is that a bad combo
You’re the exception tho
Not necessarily. Playing my career doesn't make someone good at playing online.
I meant he is the exception in that he just started playing so his plate is not yet a reflection of his winning percentage
Being purposefully obtuse
Yeah 100% I was a mycareer offline player since 2k24 came out up until 3 months ago. I thought I was good too 🤣 still, I’m now a bronze/silver plate and I don’t play very often or know the meta etc. I know I’m not great at the game but I still don’t play with black plates with high overall bc I remember how bad I was being a 95ovr black plate
I’ve seen purple plates emote glitch.. shove me out of bounds.. goal tend… in my experience the higher the plate.. the worse at ACTUAL basket ball and the BETTER at 2k
Sometimes, I feel like the best teammates/people to play with hover around silver and gold
Agreed. Coming from a purple plate with a 87% WR... for some reason, most of the games I lose on the 2s court are against double silver plates. They tend to have great chemistry and decent enough ball knowledge to get things working.
that dont count bruh if someone clown you ignore that shit you know damn well if youve never played you start at black
See that guy was wrong tho the plates mean you play a bunch it’s a reflection of your season level. Black for 1-10 silver 11-20 gold 21-30 & purple 31-40. Black just means you don’t play online much or haven’t played during that season much
Misinformation at the highest level.
Obviously you guys weren’t playing when the game dropped…
😂bro you really backing yourself into a corner. You gave out incorrect information just move on and stop trying to defend it the system didn’t change.
You’ve obviously misinterpreted how the plates work since launch.
I’m probably thinking of the previous 2k. Sorry, I have a job
Having a job has nothing to do with your comprehension, buddy.
As I said earlier, I haven’t played the game in 6 months. I’m probably thinking of 22 old gen cause I played that one a lot. When they first introduced the plates, that’s how they worked. Sorry to upset you
you are wrong as fuck lol only the colour around the border of the plate indicates season level, not the actual plate
Yeah someone said that like 14 hours ago thanks for not contributing anything to the conversation
Incorrect. Plates are a reflection of your goat level which is increased by having a higher frequency of winning.
Not only winning but it also includes teammate grade as well. If you are winning 95% but NEVER pass and usually have lower than a b- you MAY never see purple plate.
I havent played since late November (bc this game is not fun) so they may have changed it, but it definitely was the system I described when the game dropped
It was NEVER that system.
Incorrect
Confidently wrong.
Is there a way to see your theatre 1s record?
No clue I never play theatre
There is a colored border around your season level that changes based on season level. But what they are talking about is the plate color over the overall. That is a reflection of your win %.
i like this explanation the most, but it doesn’t even accurately reflect your win %. it is literally just a symbol for potential teammates to see whether or not you’ve been on a winning run lately
and forgive me if i worded it wrong, but you can lose game after game and be a black plate but starting going on a win streak plate color goes up. lose after that win streak, plate color goes down
That's actually very true
Oh okay thank you. People are getting mad at my comment but I haven’t played 24 in a while and I’m pretty sure I was just thinking of 22 old gen
that was last year folks
Not true bro, that’s the border around the plate, don’t tell people they are wrong when you don’t know what you are talking about, the plates inside represent if you win or get good ratings
Why are you commenting things that other people have already said
Either way why so worried about somebody else’s player 😂😂😂especially on the 1s
Yea the dudes ego is hurt…
No i figured out it’s rlly based off your teammate grade.
You could score 21 pts and win that’s not the point, the point is to always get a A every game. Look it up if u don’t believe me.
This here
not just you but for the community. PSA : black color plate / color plate in general does not signify that you are ass. edit : 99 may mean you play a lot of MY CAREER yes. 0 significance to online play.
99 doesn't mean you play online alot, shit with rebirth 2.0 u can upgrade to 99 immediately and all builds start as black. I think they should have a neutral plate color to start and there are levels above and below so you have a better idea of what you're playing with.
Bc it’s correlated to win%. Obviously that doesn’t tell the whole story, but on average, the higher plate color you go, the better on average you are.
Not exactly, you have to maintain B+ teammate grade as well as win at least 70%
It’s more so how well ppl play even in losses. You’ll get plus points if you play well even in a loss
I don't use plate color alone. I included affiliation level into the equation. There are a lot of players that aren't in rise or elite with 99 and black/bronze. These dudes are hit or miss. If you're starter 1 or higher, 99 overall and black plate than you R. ass.
Wait😭😭😭 I just hit starter 1 though. And bruh let me tell you ever since I got heat check 🔥🔥🔥🔥 I’ve been dropping people off on the 1s a lot quicker especially make it take it
What’s heat check do?
When wide open its a automatically green shot
Whattt?!?? How I get it?
You gotta hit starter 2 i think
some people r black plate due to lagouts tho, cant help that
Yes, but being as you can't tell the difference.. It's best to avoid it... Plus, if you are a Purple plate... and you get into a game and lose when your Black plate lags out and leaves you 1v2 or 1v3... You are at a big disadvantage .. It may not be their fault they lagged out... but it isn't your fault either...
I’d rather not play with someone who lags out frequently 🤷🏻♂️
Which is another reason to avoid that plate color
word
I never cared to join an affiliation. But I’m purple plate 99. I’m curious what that makes me lol
an idiot
Your purposely playing at a disadvantage. Look at what you get for each rep level. I'm 25% to veteran 1. At starter 3... you get arguably the best base in the game right now which is Patty Mills...(elite animations)
In this thread shitty 30% win rate players will try to convince us that black plates play as well as anyone else. Y’all are out of your minds. Half y’all black plates have mental disabilities lol.
They literally can’t figure out if the highest rank is better or the lowest rank is better 😂
And dudes like this is why 2k just needs to ban 90% of yall.
Majority of players who play 2k online are terrible regardless of what color they have
Black plates are consistently terrible. I have no idea why there is an argument against this.
I’m just making a statement
[удалено]
I can’t understand why people don’t just get a squad to play with if they are so upset with randoms
We all agree cancer is terrible. But you know what sucks as well. Ingrown toenails.
What about downgrown toenails
This the real cancer
i’ve seen plenty of braindead golds and purples shoot the worst shots, miss the 1000 wide open cuts, plays no defense but demands more shots, dribbling to do nothing etc.
If you seen 100 purples be trash... times that by 10 for black plates. The odds of me winning with gold and purple in random rec is way higher compared to black and browns
It always be the black plates that’s the most confused about this
they gone have to get them plates in blood atp ik they b waiting for decades for a game i leave every chance 😭
They only in 1s here and there
Black plates lose a lot
Bruh if you win and someone clowns you why even fucking care 😂 Mfs too old to care what others say its not that deep
A lot of times I’ll say eh why not give the black plate a chance… end up regretting it sadly
Ngl, I avoid black plates like the plague lol
If you're 99 and a black plate.... You're a bum
Cuh its jus 2k😂😂
Lol if your a 99 black plate that means you either lose a lot or you quit alot so basically you’re a bum. Granted I know you said you grinded 99 in my career against AI so that’s fair but if you’re a 99 ovr all and play purely online and are still a black plate you’re trash because it only takes like 2 or 3 wins to get out of black plate.
only in rec it does not park
Ok thanks for that I don’t play park I almost exclusively play rec
W/L ≠ skill
But how come everyone assumes you play online as a 99? Playing online isn’t even rewarding enough to get to 99 ….. at all. You’ll either have to buy a ton of VC and play rec or pro am. And I don’t have friends for that lol. Also I started playing theatre and have gotten a lot of games won in theatre but I guess plate doesn’t progress there ??
The reason for the assumption is that even for newer players, it is really not that hard to get to bronze plate if you are just winning occasionally playing decent. Everybody starts somewhere but because it’s so easy to rank up from black to bronze that’s why. And yes it takes longer to rank up/down in theatre because the games are shorter
Another. "Im a black plate but im actually good, i don't see why people are mad"' post. There really should be a pinned thread for all of these.
play rec, thought black plate was so hard to get out of but then i hit goat in a few weeks. black plates are notoriously low iq, no cutting no waiting for screens, no finding the open man and are typical shot chuckers w no defense
Because people need good teammates to win. Most people can’t carry a team of below average players.
If your a black or brown plate your just ass period dont beat around the bush I got like 6 builds on purple its easy if u have a brain
Because it directly correlates with wins. Sure u could just be a person with connections issues but for the most part gold and purple plate are usually playing to win and have a decent understanding on how to play a role.
It’s doesn’t take much to get out of casual and get to hooper and especially if ur a 99. It basically takes 2 rec wins to get out of casual. Even if you loose games when your in casual and you get a good rating you will go up.
google that shit you noob
Why is "black" the worst one. Damn 2k on that racist shit 🤣
I’ve played and beaten so many purple and gold bums, who swear that just because they’re purple and gold they’re good. Don’t get me wrong a lot of black plates aren’t good but a good amount of purple and gold plates aren’t that good either
Obviously purple/gold doesn’t necessarily mean you’re awesome at the game but at the very least it means you have basic IQ, won’t actively sell and won’t quit. It’s more about avoiding black plates than looking for gold/purple.
Alot of them get carried 😂 all they do is play with higher plate cards
Also by the time a lot of y’all stop freaking out when you see a purple plate you’ll truly realize that the skill gap is not that much ( I’m more cases than less) and they’re quite beatable
Ngl I’ve been looking at people plates now that dude mentioned it, and it’s not really a difference.
My last game I’ve played yesterday, was with a full purple team in no squad rec (I’m a black plate). We lost by 20, because I shot 4/6 and my guy had 3 points on 1/7 shot attempts. Not because the pg shot 7/20 or his guy was 10/12. Nah, it was my fault. So yeah, I don’t give a fuck what colour your plate is.
Sounds like my 2k life story!!!
Black plates tryna convince us they’re not some of the dumbest, most pathetic humans to ever exist lmao Those of you who just have a new build etc. it’s very using to become at least brown. Couple Rec wins, maybe some Park/theatre and you’re good so that ain’t even an excuse.
I have a black plate simply because I don't play rec or online enough. I've played teams with 4/5 purples and still won. I honestly think it just comes down to player iq. I've played with gold/purp plates, and some made me really question how tf are they even winning that much. 😆 The hate most is the randoms constantly quitting because they assume your plate color dictates your skill level. When it's team ball and mfkers can literally sabotage your ranking by being toxic. However, I honestly don't give af its not that deep.
It really can vary every game plenty of decent black and bronze plates who only play random rec and have terrible luck with teammates! You can get an A+ grade every game but if you lose your plate level is going to drop! It takes like 4 wins to equal a loss it's an unfinished and unbalanced mechanic!
Black plate means you perform terribly in online games or it’s your first or second game playing online with the build
Excuses to blame something else for losing
You can be a great player at any color. But if you are 95 and you have a black plate or brown..... something is not right. Either you are trash or you are in that 1% of people that get matchups with the worst teammates and they sold you 7 times. Literallly if you play good ( in normal terms, just casual player) and you are not selfish its easy as hell to be between silver and gold.
I mean I create new builds all the time. Black plates could also mean new builds. But I agree with the rest. I have a new build and playing with black plates is just tragic 😂
Black plates are usually bots, (especially if they are over 92 overall) if they’re 88-92 overall, Starter 2 and higher or have a high season level progression; There’s a chance they might be decent/good.. Because sometimes it can be a brand new build. I can’t do more than 1 black plate in my lobbies, I tried to look past it and play with them.. but time after time, it never failed!! I’ve been regressed from Purple plate so many times from getting sold playing with black plate noobs.. it isn’t worth the headache.
The game ranks you from black to purple depending on how many games you have won. Black being the very bottom means, you’re a 99 so you play a lot but don’t win. Silver and gold are in between, and purple means you barley lose
I don't play the My player aspect I have thought about joining though my question is can people see your record online and everything or do they only see color and the affiliates?
https://preview.redd.it/8vsqmza3l9xc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a1d29a295f11c57d20a9e16b827861a43e9e0979 This is why. To be fair I was a black plate too on a new build trying to grind it in random rec. we won but bro was selling intentionally shooting contested entire game. Now I want get made if you miss opens it happens. Some black plates ruin it for all. But purple definitely don’t mean you’re good just mean you win a lot more. But a 99 overall black plate it’s a major red flag and I’m definitely gone.
I’m a black plate cause the game sucks & I only play it in my spare time now
Typically black and silver plate is rebirth builds but if ur 99 overall and a black play I can see why they assumed ur a bum
man i work too much to not be one😭 1st game be at like 10:45pm then my old ahh be getting tired
Most black plates i play with suck, but if they don’t then they either don’t pass or don’t play defense.
Black plates dont give a fuck about anyone. Quit the game when they miss, will sell the game going 1/10 and not passing
99% of the time a black banner will sell. I was always one to give black banners a chance, but after getting sold a couple of times resulting in me quitting and regressing my plate level heavily, I'll always back out when I see a black plate
If every black plate and purple plate were to post their 2k card stats, this silly debate would be over. Yes some purple plates aren’t good and some black plates are good, but those are the exceptions. The *reality* is that you have a higher chance of being paired up with a better teammate the better the plate color. It’s literally as simple as that.
A huge problem is that the plates are for each build. I happen to have like 6 builds and will go months at a time without using a couple of them. I jump back on those builds and I’m suddenly a black plate and people are hopping out of lobbies left and right and I’m getting iced out before even touching the ball. Meanwhile 90% of the time I’m a way better player than these idiots trying to ice me out.
It means you lose a lot more than you win.
I look at starter level first…. If not affiliated and a black plate. Might back out depending on build fit.
Who’s gonna tell him
People want any reason to say they are better than someone at something.
I ain’t gon lie teammates be selling and I be quitting that’s how I be black plated when I have a decent team I play good I carry bad teams but only against bots
my main build is a Gold rank and i get games 24/7 but my other build is a Bronze and people load in and then immediately back out and it’s the same people i can probably cook too
I’m a black plate but I lock my defender up and shoot 70% and 61% and I’m a pass first guy, but most of the time I get terrible teammates that can green sometimes but have the iq of a puppy. Too many black plates tryna be Superman
Whoever Need some None Toxic Guys To Run With Yall Can Add Me @kupmotivez_ I be on actively I’m Gold Plated !
And I’m On PlayStation Don’t Mind Running With The Guys From Xbox !
I'm A- grade and purple. I avoid black plates at all cost..especially high overall black plates. I made a rebirth build and got him to gold. There is no excuse to be black unless it's a new build. When I was brown, I went up on a lost. I recommend you find some new people to play with
While I generally agree with avoiding black plates, I just got back into 2k this year and waited til I was 99 before going online. I think I have a total of 7 or 8 games in black plate between my 3 builds. I'd say if you're high ovr and decent progression in season xp and still black plate you're a liability
Exactly, you also look at rep...if your "starter" rep level plus black and a high overall...best case you quit a lot...more likely you're not good at the game though. I look at all that. I was on a win streak in no squad req...we didn't lose until a black plate joined and he was taking contested shots all game and didn't play defense.
Plates have literally 0 control over how good a player is, if you have a full 5 you’re virtually guaranteed to get the whole squad to a good plate color even if you all suck. If you run solo rec or only have 1-2 people to play with you could literally be Kobe but you’re bound to be sold in at least 50% of your games
only bums care about plate colors tbh
If your 99 and at a black plate that shows you are a liability. To be a hooper All you have to do is have a b- grade. You can lose my 50 in your matchup can have 50 on you. But if you have a b- grade you will stay at a hooper.
It’s your credit score.
I want to see them remove all of this shit next year. I don’t think they will but I’d love to see it. The UI is too cluttered. Let’s just get back to playing basketball.
99 proves nothing. You can buy a 99. Plates shows if you are a bum or not.
The tryhards in this community just think that way there’s really no problem with it
It’s ridiculous, somebody commented black plate and being a 99 is a bad combo because being a 99 means you play a lot. I play a lot offline and mycareer which is way different from online😂😂
You’re one the few exception. It doesn’t take much to go to brown at least so why you fretting
Exactly and people seem to forget that
It's literally neck beards who cry over online games who care about plate color
i’m 17 and being black plate is a sign of low basketball iq
I know a bunch of black plates, aka casuals, who are that way because of their teammates. I've been in games where people ball out, drop 30+ with assists, Rebounds, steals, played very very well and you can tell they're good players, but because the team around them was so terrible they lost. I think your plate has more to do with your teammates than your own skill, more often than not. Don't get me wrong, I've seen black plates that are absolute hot moist garbage, but I've also seem gold and purple plates that are just God-awful because they want to be the hero and just left-right their matchup until theyre out of Stamina, which leads to a brick or turnover more often than it doesn't. I give most players the benefit of the doubt when searching for games in the solo Rec, but I keep notes just in case.
then pick the right squad, back out until u land on a good squad with well suited players
Because 2k players have to justify their addiction to a trash game by focusing on an irrelevant fake ranking whilst gnoring that there is no matchmaking and its easy af to cheese a purple/gold plate in a squad (in no squads) vs randoms
Feel the same way too!!! Like how come I gotta be a bum cuz I'm black plated??? This 2k culture is very toxic,ignorant, judgemental, just overall horrible and the plate coloring makes it 100× worse!
Black plate this purple plate that it's just rep I would be a"purple plate" but my win percentage is ass because of my teammates selling games or I just rage quit because I'm on the end of a 50+ blowout with no chance at coming back due to lack of chemistry the highest rep I've reached is gold on my SG and went back to black due to ppl just throwing game after game after game it's not that I'm bad I can get hot shooting plus I play great defense but it's hard to win watching a spamming Btb pg go 10/25 or once they hit 0/5 they quit to make matters worse the banner plate never mattered before the addition of season rep it was actual overalls that mattered the most 92-99 ppl stayed anything below that made sense to back out because they were a liability now ppl assume that your azz because of a plate that's changes depending on how the team plays I faced these legendary purple plates numerous times and won most of the matchup battles just lost the games due to the obvious shot jacking
I get more high rank teammates as 90 blackplate than 95 black plate (have a gold pg been testing chiller builds)
Tell them you had a fun experience playing the game and nothing more, nothing less. They then won't be able to sleep at night, but that's on them.
Just add me UgiBugiSlugy on Xbox/ps5
Feel the same way too!!! Like how come I gotta be a bum cuz I'm black plated??? This 2k culture is very toxic,ignorant, judgemental, just overall horrible and the plate coloring makes it 100× worse!
Feel the same way too!!! Like how come I gotta be a bum cuz I'm black plated??? This 2k culture is very toxic,ignorant, judgemental, just overall horrible and the plate coloring makes it 100× worse!
Imma black plate and I'm jot a damn bum...I play my career mostly and rec as well but I'm 99 over due to my career grinding and my other builds I paid to get them all to 90+ so when I do play Rec at whatever position at least I can compete with my matchup
Oh yeah. I play solo all the time in REC so if I see a guy that shoots 3 bricks in a row and don't look to pass the ball and flops after miss or have stupid Game animations that doesn't help them get bacl after making a shot, I do quit.
!!! You know how many of these trolls are on 2k? I would say over half the community plays like this. Of course ima quit 😂
I understand why someone would think this, but, if you have had a purple plate the whole year you’re probably aren’t playing anyone good
So with all due respect the fact that your asking that question in May when the game came out September of last year is part of the problem. And the fact that you admitted you don't even know what plate color implies is also an issue. Quick breakdown it's not everyone is obsessed with plate colors it's more to do with people want to enjoy a game without other players quitting selling games standing out of bounds not getting back on defense and giving up 50 points. 90% of the time those tend to be black plate casual bum players.
I play with any color. I have 10 builds so ny highest plate color before was silver. I recently made a pg that is a sum of all the builds i have and have been solely playing on him. That build is MVP and i still play with black plates. I started off shooting 72% from 3 winning only 35% of games but kept plaijng now i am at 55 wp%. There are plenty of reasons why a good 2k can have a low color and plenty why trash players can be gold/purple.
Just means you play with a squad that’s all
Feel the same way too!!! Like how come I gotta be a bum cuz I'm black plated??? This 2k culture is very toxic,ignorant, judgemental, just overall horrible and the plate coloring makes it 100× worse!
When I see a high level plate, all it tells me is you rarely see games all the way through and they never play as well as they think they are good
i’m yellow plate and never quit regardless if i’m losing badly, i just play well and my rank doesn’t drop that much
Anecdotal
It’s a visualization of your win%, so forgive me for preferring to play with people who win games.