Modding NBA 2K11 - NLSC's Andrew still a MOFO ;)

     Hi everybody! I just finished the best DLC ever done for NBA 2K11 which is the best game ever made. It's the 1995-96 NBA season. We are in October now so basically this DLC took me pretty much the whole 2018 of course including the breaks I worked on the other DLCs I posted this year. More details about the 1995-96 DLC will follow in a future post.

     After reading MOFO Andrew's latest post about modding 2K11 on HIS NLSC forum, I suddenly felt good about myself. In case you slept under a rock in the last 5 years, you should know that most of the game modders and patchers left NLSC because of the unfair treatment they've got from Australian 'asshole extraordinaire' Andrew...Bagley I think it's his last name. Yes, everybody knows that Australians are the biggest assholes in the world; I personally experienced that with countless Australians I've met when I worked in Vietnam where Aussies go to live a gangster lifestyle because drugs, tobacco, alcohol and women are very cheap (and in case you wondered I don't use any of those!). Andrew banned me for being honest in my opinions and straightforward about charging money for my work although I never asked for money on NLSC(!) and I donated all my work to their forum in 2014 and 2015 and they are still using my patches today without my consent after I got kicked out.

     Anyway, Andrew was complaining this week about how difficult it is to create Roster packages for NBA 2K11 compared to the NBA Live series. Well, doh!! This is why my Roster packages are gold especially for me working 2-3 years until I found my formula to make the gameplay and the players skills and tendencies realistic and on top of that historically accurate!

     Andrew said: "One of the reasons that it’s taking so long to finish the roster update is that I greatly underestimated the time it takes to create players. Back when I was making the roster updates for NBA Live, creating new players didn’t take nearly as much time. Players only had around twenty ratings that could be assigned in-game, plus a few attributes and elements of bio data that needed to be added externally via DBF editing. In NBA 2K11, there is a much more detailed set of ratings to add and balance, not to mention tendencies and signature animations. As such, creating a player takes longer than I’m used to, and that’s not even counting external editing with REDitor II." Welcome to my world, you little old fart haha!...

    And now the reason ALL mods you ever played outside of those made by me play weird in an arcade style is because people like Andrew and those who created the old 2K11 mods don't pay much attention to the specifics of each real player taken historically. In his own words, "I've changed up my approach again and am now just creating players with their basic bio data, accessories, and a few signature animations, with the intention of going back and fixing up ratings, tendencies, and so forth once all the players are in the roster". Let me tell you one thing: they never go back to fix those issues, never! And that's why you get those free, unfinished and thus unplayable mods since NBA 2K9.

     Contrary to those patchers like Andrew, I watched a lot of NBA from different eras. I started watching NBA in 1991 and played pickup and amateur basketball for more than 10 years. I have the same symptoms now as Steve Nash (very bad back) and Charles Barkley (busted knees). But I know one thing: I understand how players should move on the court, the way they play both offensively and defensively. The beauty of 2K11 is all these tendencies can be adjusted if you can find the right formula to apply to guards differently than to forwards or centers. I remind you that the famous 1991-92 and the less famous 1996-97 mods had lousy player ratings although graphically were outstanding. I don't know about you but I don't care how good Shaq looks if he moves and scores like a guard. Do yourself a favor: if you do something in your life, do it properly! Welcome to my game. ;) The 1995-96 DLC is next! :)

Levy's 2010-11/2011-12 Seasons DLC

                 Can you remember the day NBA2K11 came out and you tried to play it but it got you all frustrated because of the lame default settings? What about all those weeks and months you tried to change the game sliders to avoid all the bugs the game has?

                  Long story short, to me the original NBA2K11 wasn't playable at all. But now I managed to make the proper adjustments to the gameplay, added a few dozen of players with all their attributes made realistic so there you have it: a brand new realistic game. And not just one season but two: 2010-2011 and 2011-2012! Which comes to the payment. Unlike before, you will get two DLCs for the price of one. :) The Roster files which are 100% my work and basically load the mods are available in exchange for a $10 fee (lunch price in Europe) via PayPal.

                  Place your order ASAP as I plan on moving to another continent (again). I can still process PayPal payments not later than this month (May 2018). Thanks!

Levy's 1997-98 DLC is launched (as a tribute to STEVE NASH)

Hello gamers from all around the world! The 1997-98 Season DLC is now launched and available for all my paying fans. Check the page with the mod at top, read the description and feel free to contact me. :)

This represents the biggest contribution I ever done for NBA 2K11 from both graphical and database perspective. It also emphasizes the appreciation I always had for STEVE NASH who is one of the greatest players as the best free throw shooter, one of the best shooters and the 3rd best passer in the history of NBA. Therefore the 1997-98 Season DLC is my tribute to my hero Steve Nash who in 1997 was in his 2nd season and still with my favorite team - Phoenix Suns - that drafted him in 1996. 

There were very few people who gave Nash a chance as a rookie (most of the Suns fans were actually booing him in 1996!) but I remember seeing him for the first time on TV and telling to my friends that a player with such unbelievable court vision and unorthodox moves will reach stardom one day. Now, after almost 20 years, some of my friends call me and tell me that if I was an NBA agent at that time I would be probably rich. :))

Steve Nash recently announced his retirement after several years of back pain (coincidentally I played basketball for 13 years as a hobby with the same symptoms!). Nash always played for fun instead of fame - something that players nowadays rarely do - but when pain overcomes joy, you have to make your final choice. Thank you Steve from the bottom of my heart for all those memorable moments, you will always be present in my game! :)

An Open Letter to NLSC

If you were watching my activity on NLSC recently you have probably seen I just got banned. This happened to other great patchers in the past (not that I am one of them!). The reason seems to be...asking for money on their forum which is obviously against the rules because - not many of you know but could have guessed - NLSC have been lobbying for years for companies whose products it is promoting. Now the truth is I NEVER asked for money on that forum! I did "charity" work to make patches available just like everybody else does so people can use them in their game and patch it themselves. And, if people were willing to use my mod they were invited to come over on this blog and get in touch with me so I can provide them with a working Roster file in exchange for a fee. It is my way and at least 1/2 mod patchers out there do the same when they ask for a donation! Anyway, it is a matter of choice how we contribute to the gaming community. I will let you read my open letter that I sent to Andrew, the admin on NLSC, and let you judge the situation yourselves. Here it is!

Andrew,

You know this is bullshit! I never asked for money on YOUR forum! My blog is my own business, who asked you to check on me?! 

And yes, NLSC is YOUR forum because if you cared about the gaming community you would have left the links with the files (btw, all legal!) so everybody can use them, even if they are assholes and never thank for anything. 

I'm afraid you are the biggest loser because you don't respect any rules, not even your own. You just take money from companies to sell an unfinished product like most of the games are nowadays. Now I understand why the best patchers left YOUR forum and all you have left is that ego-maniac skoadam who can't take any criticism.

Btw, I live the life and I am happy to not own anything and have no frustration. My gaming and patching is a very long time hobby, perhaps even before you started because there were no Windows games out there - and I thought I can help others while promoting myself. But you are just too dumb to accept that other people are different from you: seating in a company owned chair and selling lies to people.

I do not want to hear your excuses and please stop telling me about the rules if you are above them! There was the Pope, then we had some dictatorship; now it's a "free" world with BP and people like you trying desperately to own everything just to make them forget they will leave this world exactly the same way as everybody else does: through the backdoor. 

I hope you'll find love and happiness someday 'cause you need it! :)

L.

*NOTE: And to prove my point, Andrew also banned my IP permanently from NLSC after getting this message and seeing it published here so everybody can read it. :))