The Curious Case of Charles Barkley, and NBA 2K12

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Quote: Originally Posted by LM1213

Man it's crazy. For years and years people wanted MJ in the game. last year they had him..it was crazy. We never thought MJ would be in a game ever again. on top of that they signed him to a multi-year deal. Now everyone is wondering about barkley. it's like MJ got thrown to the side. People forgot how lucky we are to even have him. much less the others. not dissing anyone, but it seems like no matter what we get, people are never content.

I'm one of the fans who want Barkley, aside from Jordan. It's not that I'm discontented with having only MJ...MJ is my guy but it's always been a dream to play him against Chuck in a 2K game. Man they're two of my all-time biggest idols in the sport. I'm very thankful (and I still am) to Michael for putting himself in a 2K game finally after all those years of absence. What I mean is, it would be awesome to have Barkley too, but why is the latter acting "hard-to-get"? It's only a video game dammit and besides that, it would help young kids to know more about him on how he 'plays' the game as the former superstar. Many young kids of today don't know who Barkley is as a player. 2K can educate these gamers just like how they presented Michael Jordan in 2K11.

Before 2K11, these kids only thought about KOBE or LeBron being the best there is. Now they "know" who the Greatest really is. It would be great if 2K could also do that to Barkley but the thing is...Barkley's being an *** acting like a prima donna, wants a VIP treatment like he's the GOAT. IMO, he just wants to "Be like Mike". Kinda 'put-me-in-the-game-and-pay-me-like-how-much-you-pay-Mike' stuff. It sucks.

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Quote: Originally Posted by LM1213

Man it's crazy. For years and years people wanted MJ in the game. last year they had him..it was crazy. We never thought MJ would be in a game ever again. on top of that they signed him to a multi-year deal. Now everyone is wondering about barkley. it's like MJ got thrown to the side. People forgot how lucky we are to even have him. much less the others. not dissing anyone, but it seems like no matter what we get, people are never content.

This entirely

[tredayray84]

I understand that we are very lucky to have Michael Jordan in the game...but why would 2ksports have us list the players we wanted included in the game...and at the end of the day we did not get them..barkley and miller left there own stamp nba history

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Quote: Originally Posted by tredayray84

I understand that we are very lucky to have Michael Jordan in the game...but why would 2ksports have us list the players we wanted included in the game...and at the end of the day we did not get them..barkley and miller left there own stamp nba history

Exactly. They were talking about the poll/community involvement as if it really mattered. If they were aware that there were certain players they could not/would not get, they should have not included them on the poll in the first place. Three guys in that top ten were excluded... Barkley, Miller and AI.

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Quote: Originally Posted by tredayray84

I understand that we are very lucky to have Michael Jordan in the game...but why would 2ksports have us list the players we wanted included in the game...and at the end of the day we did not get them..barkley and miller left there own stamp nba history

At least, you have some of the best!

Take NHL in comparison. One of the best player to ever play the game, Bobby Orr isn't there. The first guy to ever record 50 goals in a season isn't there. We have guys like Roenick and Salming as legends. On top of that, 9 legends so you can't even have a full team of one.

At least, 2K is making a great effort to put legends in the game. I'm sure that it's not 2K fault if Sir Charles and Reggie aren't in the game. I found people pretty harsh about what 2K is doing when there's other game "legends" are in but irrelevant!

[RICH72601]

Of course I'm no millionaire, but when things like this happens, I always think about the fans. As a huge fan of the history and game of NBA basketball, I wish we didn't have these kind of issues, but I guess it is what it is. If I was ever fortunate enough to play in the NBA and have a big impact on history and be successful, I would let an NBA video game developer create and use my likeness virtually for free, but everyone's different and have their own reasons for doing/not doing things. I would be thinking about a fan racing my chubby behind down the court and beasting cats at the Spectrum. Lol

Regardless, his rolly-polly self will be in my game along with other missing players. As I said in another thread, for anyone that has a pretty fair PC, please take advantage and get this game because it looks and runs great even on medium settings and you're truly missing out.

[tredayray84]

Quote: Originally Posted by RICH72601

Of course I'm no millionaire, but when things like this happens, I always think about the fans. As a huge fan of the history and game of NBA basketball, I wish we didn't have these kind of issues, but I guess it is what it is. If I was ever fortunate enough to play in the NBA and have a big impact on history and be successful, I would let an NBA video game developer create and use my likeness virtually for free, but everyone's different and have their own reasons for doing/not doing things. I would be thinking about a fan racing my chubby behind down the court and beasting cats at the Spectrum. Lol Regardless, his rolly-polly self will be in my game along with other missing players. As I said in another thread, for anyone that has a pretty fair PC, please take advantage and get this game because it looks and runs great even on medium settings and you're truly missing out.

i agree really the fans make these celebs what they are...we buy a they shoes,jeserys,etc....and when its time for them to give back,money always is an isuue

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Quote: Originally Posted by eko718

Exactly. They were talking about the poll/community involvement as if it really mattered. If they were aware that there were certain players they could not/would not get, they should have not included them on the poll in the first place. Three guys in that top ten were excluded... Barkley, Miller and AI.

Ever think they did it as proof to show to the player that their fans actually want them in the game? That if they don't sign, they are disappointing their fans?

You think they care? Why do you think Lebron hasn't been on a cover of a video game as of yet?