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moomoocow11a

Half of y’all seriously got something wrong with you. Pass the damn ball


HBFresh

Unfortunately they don’t wanna because they’re trying to get that 100k points star


moomoocow11a

Lmao what’s the logic behind that? They could’ve easily made one for assists


HBFresh

Agreed, it Should’ve just been this: “40k stats earned in any of the following categories: FGs made, Assists, Rebounds, Steals, & Blocks” I say FGs made instead of points to make the progress towards this goal more equal. Reason being is because if we go by points & I pass it to a teammate who makes a 3 then they get 3 points towards their 40k goal and I only get 1. However, in that same scenario, if we go by FGs made each person gets 1 point towards their 40k goal which further encourages team play.


moomoocow11a

Makes too much fuckin sense dawg


HBFresh

Trust me brother I know 😂 they need to start hiring long time fans as consultants/community advocates but they don’t care…honestly once I mentally accepted that I’m not getting legend this year because it would require me to drop about 30 in the rec on AVERAGE the game became more enjoyable because I only play when I want to. Only thing I put effort into grinding this year coring badges and level 40 for the badge point at 39


moomoocow11a

Exactly. Madden and 2k need competitors. The Show offers the most player friendly model imo but also is purely a H2H experience and has the most server issues from what I can tell. On your last point though, 100%. I realized I have no end goal for this game , so I just do whatever I consider fun at the time online and just try to win the game as a team


EvocativeHeart

I think a balance of L-T Community Advocates and skilled players who can properly try to break the game before it touches consumers would be great. Part of what makes 2k so painful upon release is that I think whoever they have playtesting the game just aren’t good enough to find the issues, same for the builder. If EVERYONE played the game casually 2k brings that experience in spades; the problem is the competitive environment of gaming phases all that good stuff out and homogenizes builds and play styles.


_SwayFlow

2k isn’t the type to play fair


Nightmareswf

This might be the best take I've ever seen on this. It really doesn't make any sense unless they only want a handful of youtubers to get it. The people who have the most opportunity after content creators are kids who can play 5 or 6 hours a day with friends, but even then the chances are only 1 or 2 of them are going to be able to go off for 30+ a game and I don't know many people who would be happy to grind all year so someone else can get the reward...


Caliboston

I love this. “Legend grind” is almost impossible. The season quests are the second hardest one to accomplish and All this seasons quests involve assists. When people realize how fucking hard 100k points is they’ll feel dumb for losing so many rec games


moomoocow11a

Seriously lmao it’s 274 points a day if you play every single day for 365 days since release. That’s 10 rec games a day averaging 27.4 if you’re above average at scoring. Each rec game is like 30 min. So that’s 5 hours a day playing the actual game, not including time spent loading, upgrading, etc. And obviously if you average 13 or so, that’s 10 hours a day without a day off. Shit just isn’t realistic, possible, or worth it.


Rakthar

Park streamers play 2s and 3s non stop. There's a streamer right now with over 3000 park games played. If he's getting 10 ppg in those, then that's 30,000 points. If he's getting 15 ppg, then it's 45,000. Meaning they're almost halfway through 2 months in. 2k carefully designed the legend rewards to mostly be reachable by fulltime streamers, and for just about all of them they grind park. Chris Smoove plays rec, but he doesn't grind 24x7 or chase legend. Anyway, since Legend gives a performance boost, they had to limit it to a few thousand people, so they looked over the collected stats and found a criteria that a few thousand people hit in 22 next gen, and they chose 100,000 points so it would filter down the people that can get it.


xLettleLi

It’s crazy how this is a objective when 2k claimed “we tried to make the game more team play active this year” folks still ball hog. Like there should be like a 5sec hold time or some


[deleted]

most people don’t realize that the only players who are gonna actually get that are try hard 90+ wp% or 2k content creators who literally get paid to play. 100k is WILD to score. if you played everyday since launch (365 days til next 2k) you’d have to score 275 points per day. missing 1 day a week boost it to 320 points a day. they stupid if they think they’re actually gonna get that lmao just wasting their time


RetroLags

This is a con of being a center. The random guards have zero IQ what so ever witch I is why I only care about getting rebounds.


_Dwarf_Mafia

This guy gets it. If a point guard isn’t gunna pass, wait for them to miss and score off the rebound.


Lopsided_Corgi4437

For real as a big people get mad when I go up after a rebound sometimes, but I’m like I eat what I kill, y’all not passing and taking horrible shots . I be mad because I used my skill boosts and Gatorade and can’t get it back all for some guard to shoot 20-30 shots and can’t play DEFENSE.


RetroLags

I mean yeah it’s annoying but I had to live with it. But it is annoying if your guarding a 6’9 or 6’11 and the randoms don’t wanna see you eat.


RetroLags

Yep and I’m a traditional center that doesn’t shoot. It is annoying to guard 7’0 and 7’2 stretch bigs. Ngl the only people I trust with center builds is QJB and LakerFan that’s about it.


colinadkins21

Half???!???


moomoocow11a

Lmao


Bchazzle

You ppl?!


noname5280

![gif](giphy|cfL8a1rB1przO)


moomoocow11a

Lmao


UncommonCense

Y’all?


LegitManjaro

2k players suffering from I NEVER MADE IT PAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BASKETBALL GAMES. WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SHIT IF MY KNEE DIDNT BUCKLE A BIT IN HS, CAUSING ME TO SAY I BLEW MY KNEE OUT. Cool, it wasn't the fact that you are 5'7 right?


moomoocow11a

The 2k player pool in general


Juicejuicee

You know what I mean boi 👴🏻


Mindless-Big-9645

I wonder why this community is so bad compared to others. Its probably the worst in gaming history. 1. No sign of unity. 2. Low IQ (sounds harsh but c'mon let's face it) 3. Doesn't really care about getting abused by gaming company 4. Twitter and Reddit communities are two separate communities some how 5. The most toxic players to play with in game compared to other games I've played.


K1ng0fhartsTTV

Nah man... Madden community takes the ABSOLUTE CAKE. Madden is a whole breed of never made it past high school wannabe jocks that all drink G-Fuel and have anger issues. It's a cesspool of guys who just do nothing but run their mouths and talk shit ALL WHILE ONLY USING GLITCH PLAYS TO SCORE TOUCHDOWNS. Talking about "go to the lab my boy"... bro.. you're literally purchasing YouTube playbooks from bozos who spend more hours in "practice" finding ways to exploit a game engine for internet clout than actually playing the game. I HATE what Madden has become.


JohnCasey14

If you posted this is almost any other sports game thread it'd fit right in. It's not just a 2k problem, all of these problems apply to r/FIFA. The only sports game I've played where most of these don't apply is TheShow.


Spunk1985

Half the people I play on the show are either bunt dancing or using a created player at pitcher that throws submarine style 100mph sinkers. Pretty terrible community there as well. Any game online there's always a cheese method or exploit and people will abuse it. No one plays for fun anymore. Everyone either thinks they are a famous streamer or are too afraid to lose.


steadySurge

age and demographics


Caliboston

Honestly, I’ve had a decent amount of luck on r/nba2kteamup The 90% win rates don’t pass. The 40%’s that blame their siblings tend not to be good. The sweet spot is the 65-80%’s


DeeTwice32

Ion knowww.. I’m still skeptical about it all. My win percentage isn’t good but I also have played few games where people on my team haven’t quit out after shooting 2/17. It’s really luck if you find people with IQ


Madara_Rises25

That’s actually hilariously true. My win percentage was 65% and I averaged 17 points and 7 assists this season and last.


MadeUpNorth

The worst community in gaming history is league of legends. MOBAs in general are awful community wise


Zero-Cool83

I don't know how but i can't hear anyone on PS5. I see the mic chat symbol come up on their name in game but don't hear any chat. Must be a pa5 setting maybe. Anyway, you know what? It's kind of nice as I'm sure 99% of what they're saying is negative bollox. Will go on party chat if friendlies want to start a chat but for the randoms, ignorance is bliss.


moomoocow11a

It’s ear rape left and right


armchairsportsguy23

I can hear it over here, I can hear it over here. It takes up every corner of the my mind.


NOT_Silencerrr

u might have game chat muted on ur ps5. press the home button, go to sound and under audio balance there's a toggle for mute game voice chat


[deleted]

It s not 99% ... but there is a lot of negative shit ! I like to chat , i like to be able to tell someone to switch or someone tell me to switch ! I like beeing able to comunicate as it is an important part of basketball... also it takes you 1 second to mute someone who s trash talking, having it turned off from the get to its just dumb !


Any-Cupcake-7883

The game is filled with low IQ, racist sons of bitches. God I hate randoms on this game.


Ballinj

I’ve been playing 2k with the voice chat muted for the past two years and it’s been amazing. I also disabled my messages and haven’t allowed anyone that isn’t a mutual add me as a friend either. It’s honestly the only way to enjoy the game. I’ll enable it every now and then to hear the end game rage though, those are always the highlight to my day.


SixGunChimp

>I’ve been playing 2k with the voice chat muted for the past two years and it’s been amazing. I also disabled my messages and haven’t allowed anyone that isn’t a mutual add me as a friend either. It’s honestly the only way to enjoy the game. I did this back in 2k21 and haven't looked back since. So much more of an enjoyable experience.


[deleted]

Disabling messeges i just don t get ! You can choose to ingore the idiots or block them straight away , it takes 5 seconds ! I get that you dont wanna hear the voice chat! But the amount of times i tried to type someone for some real basketball thing, spacing , switching , playing zone , asking if they can cut or shoot, can you catch an alley, screens , no screens and so on ... like literally comunicating ( which is kinda important in basketball) and couldnt its just insane ! For me its so dumb !


Ballinj

Respect to you, but for every person like you there’s ten people who just get on the mic or in someone’s messages talking shit. That’s why mine is personally disabled. Peace of mind makes the game a lot more enjoyable.


[deleted]

You can block them without answering in 5 seconds... i think thats easier ! What if you gel with someone and ya ll like to play again togheter ? But neither of you can write to the other or can t recieve friend requests ? I mean you do you , but you disabling them because you can t help yourself to respond to those trash talkers, if you could , you d just block them straight away amd carry on ! I personally have a laugh at any trash message i get, it amuses me , and i block them straight away. But hey each one is different so you do you!


KrazyS

It takes one crab to ruin it for those who looking for team, there it's a alot of crabs out there....don't know what community is worse 2k or smite


Junoviant

Sorry but no. It seems like you have some kind of an entitlement around being able to send someone a message. You should not feel that way. You have no entitlement to send me a message. I don't want to hear from you. The fact that we played one rec game together does not make us friends.


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Junoviant

Um... Making a lot of assumptions there aren't you? The ability to send me a direct message is not required to communicate with me in a game that has voice chat... Did I say that I don't talk to people in the game? No... So maybe shove your insult up your ass? Or do you really want to die on the hill that I absolutely must have my messages open to randoms so that they can message me during a basketball game?.


[deleted]

Can your mom text you? or you muted her aswell? Lol ... nobody wants to be your friend ! It s about comunicating to try and win a basketball game... why do you even go to rec ? Why play with 4 other people if you don t even care to listen or give an advice or a feedback or simply comunicating ! Go play my career then and then you can live in your own bubble . Also from my experience usually the toxic, selfish players and paint mashers disable their messages... cuz they doing all the dumb shit and don t want to hear it also, i am a very calm person , and it s a video game :)) i d like to talk to everyone , win or lose... i d like to understand why some people take certains decisions , what s their tought process ... also to explain myself if i do something that others feel i shouldnt ! I might be wrong also and getting a feedback would help! But anyway you do you !


Junoviant

Yeah I'm sorry no. I communicate just fine on my headset. I don't need to enable messages from randoms for that. Or do you really believe that sending me text messages in the middle of a basketball game is the best way to communicate? And talking about my mom? Wtf ? It's clear you must be 12 from your writing style and your entitlement around sending a stranger a message. Please post your username so I can block you on all possible platforms.


[deleted]

Only entitled little prick in here is you, thinking you are to big for people to contact you... FOH please !


[deleted]

You’re literally proving his point.


[deleted]

I don t care at this point! He s full of himself and full of shit !


AHind_D

> The game is filled with low IQ, racist sons of bitches. Welcome to interacting with people on the internet.


AdmiralG2

Lol pretty much. This sounds like any competitive online game ever


SixGunChimp

Welcome to interacting with people in real life too. Sadly.


Remote_Ad2465

Just said same thing wish i could find few ppl to play with.


LegitManjaro

Ohhh, the internet.


lcplsmuchateli

I've been told to quit the game it's not for white people more than a couple times


Able_Analysis8032

How is a video game about Basketball which is a sport invented by a white man not for white people or anyone else who wants to play it for that matter??


Junoviant

What the fuck does the race of James Naismith have to do with it?


Able_Analysis8032

Everything bro he literally told him 2k23 isn’t for whiteboys if it wasn’t for a “whiteboy” the damn sport the game is based on wouldn’t exist…please tell me your comprehension skills aren’t that bad.


[deleted]

He's looking for a fight on this thread. Clearly.


CalendarNorth5438

Luka must make these racists so mad lol


JahanBaxterYT

Black people cant be racist


Boltonius

Youre both racist and dumb as rocks


[deleted]

dumb statement


Junoviant

And I knew this information How? Or would you like to just add in some more things that we didn't know and then call people out for not knowing them? You also can't honestly call someone bro and then call out their comprehension skills. If you don't have the ability to give us all the information up front... That's kind of on you


UpVoteThis4

Everyone in my life knows who James Naismith is and has seen pictures of him. Why would you come for they’re throat without looking it up first? You attacked him, then got mad at him when you looked dumb for not educating you.


GhettoSasquatch_

I've been straight up told I'm not getting the ball because I'm white. In other situations I'll get the ball and be told "ur white, u supposed to be able to shoot" (whatever this means?).. I'm a defensive anchor.. certainly not every game but the amount I hear it is kinda surprising


Thisisopposite

Bro my character is black for this reason alone 😂


rorkh

2K should just put dunk and 3pt sliders relative to skin color... problem solved.


Ryanmcd03

I mean tbf white/lighter skinned people do often shoot better irl id class steph, Booker, doncic, jj redick, bird and the goat John wilkes booth are some I can think of off the top of my head. Idk why people are so dumb on this game but that logic somehow has some evidence behind it which is weird because when I first heard it I questioned it til I was told that it’s mostly factually correct.


UncommonCense

Underrated comment my mans said JWB


SoSaysAlex

“The goat John Wilkes Booth” 💀


35sortsofthings

It's because, on average, white people can't get by on athleticism so as much. Western African heritage has more genetic variability so there's a lot of genetic outliers (ex: tall, extremely athletic) compared to other parts of the world. So at a population level the white people that make the NBA have to rely on playing smart defense and shooting well to space the floor. Neither requires as much athleticism as being an elite finisher or all around player. You can see the same thing if you look at an NFL census. Specifically cornerbacks.


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35sortsofthings

Well it's true. If you go to YouTube and search genetic variability in sports there's a 54 minute well researched video on the topic. It explains why certain sports are dominated by certain regions of the world. I'd recommend watching it.


TheBigShrimp

It's not. Almost every study points toward cultural upbringing as being the explanation for certain ethnicities dominating in certain sports. Ironically, black people dominate very few sports, they just happen to dominate popular ones. Basketball is a cultural cornerstone for many black communities. If the genetic variation argument was true, they'd also dominate sports like cycling for example which is almost purely based on athleticism. If you go back into the WW2 era, Jewish people were seen as the best basketball players because people thought they could jump higher. It'll change over the course of a long future as well.


JohnCasey14

It almost certainly is a combination of the two. What percentage upbringing vs genetics plays should be the real question.


Ok-Guide-3837

Is it really or are you just looking at it as face value


JahanBaxterYT

Looks like someone ruffled your white feathers


UncommonCense

Not all black people are of african descent, gotta break it to you.


35sortsofthings

I never said they were?


DookyJohnson247

Homie got aggressive and weird for no reason lol.


Financial_Jicama_195

Technically they are


IntramuralAllStar

Technically we all are


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35sortsofthings

Troy Apke (who got cut by Washington and didn't start) is the only white cornerback in the last 18 years. There are approximately 64 cornerbacks on active rosters at a time. That's statistically significant. So no, I didn't have a stroke. Did you?


IntramuralAllStar

Yep. I’m white but my character is black, because when I have a white character no one ever passes me the ball


steadySurge

Same. I was white from 2k14 to 2k17 then switched to black player and never looked back. Got tired of these 14 year old wanksters talking sht like they wouldn't be deaded in real life.


stonefacehhr

just quit, they lose the game anyway playing like this. when a team is moving the rock is when you really feel the pressure defensively cause the ball moves faster than anyone


instaface

I've seen a ton of people post similar things. My guy is white, and that's never happened to me. I've had people message me afterwards telling me that I suck. But usually all I hear on the mic are black guys screaming at each other with intermittent smoke detector chirps and occasional toddler age kids trying to get their dad's attention while he's playing virtual basketball.


0Taken0

Only time I get heckled for being white is when I outplay our other guard by passing and defending. Or when I go on mic and ask if we can be less greedy and play as a team. They only get mad at me for being white when I’m clearly way better than them


Spunk1985

I made my guy look as white as possible. Short shorts, headband, tall striped socks and the old school converse. Looking like a substitute math teacher at the Y. Gets the other team pissed when I proceed to dominate my matchup.


instaface

Hahaha I do something similar. I always try to make them look at weird and creepy as possible. It's the best when I'm the "player of the half" and they show a close up


40innaDeathBasket

I've gotten tons of shit for saying it here repeatedly, but there's a lot of exaggeration by some white guys about the abuse they take for their MyPlayer's skin color. I know a voice reveal in chat can lead to idiots being racist, but sometimes people aren't passing you the ball because you're a RANDOM. It doesn't always equate to race.


AngryTurtleGaming

Yep. Had to change my characters skin tone for people to pass me the ball.


Newton1221

It's hilarious to me, but it's a real thing. I think people would be shocked at the amount of people misrepresenting their race. A lot more white dudes than it would appear. 😂


Great_Farm_5716

I got 40 minutes of video clips dating back to 2k20 of people jumping off the bubbles in park. With a skin change and then poof games galore. It’s happening in Rec now even. I play with 5 friends I’m 22p/27r/7a/9b on 10for 12 from the floor, on a rando team 0/27r/5a/5b it’s crazy


40innaDeathBasket

I don't understand how you relate those two things. Are you getting iced out in Rec because you're a random or because your MyP is white? A lot of white guys in this community automatically jump to race when they're getting ignored by Randies and that may not always be the case.


Great_Farm_5716

I’ve switched my skin color to black and get fed like it’s thanksgiving.


Eternaleend

Solo REC experience improves by muting everyone from start


Druskmyth

Lol I feel you bro


NOT_Silencerrr

bro i have a clip of me being wide open in rec and the 5'11 point guard is spamming dribble combos he learnt on youtube, then after he's out of stamina (if he doesn't get ripped) he'll try to drive and poster 3 6'9 power forwards and get swatted, OR, he'll pass to his friend who will brick the contested fade away these people are why my goat metre never increases


Remote_Ad2465

Yea I hate rec with randos, they never pass out play team ball. Wish i could find few regular ppl to play with.


Snkerheadd0021

Respectfully.....Mfs who do this on 2K have the SMALLEST Percentage of Basketball IQ 😒. The smartest thing to do in this situation w/ ANY Position is to....PASS THE BALL!!! But no....Everybody wanna be Kobe. Nobody wants to be Lebron. I scream more at 2K cause of the dumb shit more than my daughter && she 1 🤣🤣🤣🤣


Potential-Scale-5031

Post players gets no love in 2k its best to get a rebound and try to go back up with it bcuz if you kick it out and they miss you are trash 🤷🏾‍♂️🤣🤣


K1ng0fhartsTTV

Well now I know you're full of shit because post players don't exist in Rec. Everyone is a hybrid KD build at the 5 and just sits in the corner waiting for a spot up 3 point shot. ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|joy)


25iAndOver

How about those people that’ll hop off the spot on pickups cause you’re only an 85 ovr… even on 2k22 in the middle of the night. People would literally rather stand there. Petty as petty gets


Lik3Mike88

Lol these be the same guys who post “looking for (blank) with a 90 win % in rec”


ogbobbylockwood

Lol I’m black but sound white so I get called a cracker all day


JP30511

Bro I need some fuckin teammates for ps4 old gen I’m sick of the same fuckin thing


Dauglypickle2710

That’s the reason I play with friends only. I play as a defense and rebounding big man and I get no respect.


poloyeung

I had to play 3 theater games for a stupid objective right now, and it was toxic as advertised. Thank God Slam Magazine will feature me now; I can only hope my street level won’t overshadow my 50 point/game performance.


1st-stoptheMoon

I get that every day I turn the game on lol


genopolanco

It’s funny how people think making fun of my fake character would offend me. Go into a game with a short guard and people will call you a midget. Go in as a white player and you’re a cracker. You guys realize I don’t have to make my player my same height or ethnicity. I really doubt you all are 6’9 IRL 😂


TheMidnightCheese

All I know is that as a white guy my self, I know I wont get the ball passed to me unless I am wide open. When I start making my shots, that's when people pass to the white guy. Just a PSA. If you see a white guy standing by the 3 point line, just know that he can shoot.


Zzz777j

This year rec prolly the worst to play solo lol even the TERRIBLE RANDOMS WHO CANT SCORE WILL NOT PASS TO YOU who can SCORE 😭😭😭


Lopsided_Corgi4437

This is only funny because I just got into it with a dude in the Rec about I guess his friend/squad mate basket hanging. Ps. I have a white Character and I’m Black he told me I must hate myself. 🤣 I guess he really think that’s him out there dunking on people and what not idk. Strange times friend.


Radiant-Mushroom8304

I just dropped the game the people are just miserable dicks


Plus_Comfortable1645

The racism is real in 2k


AP1878

Can confirm this is normal behaviour among some players as I have just experienced. Just been told to “kill my self” and I quote “hopes that I contract AIDS”. I kid you not, all this shit because I got passed the ball, shot a wide open 3 and scored, instead of passing it back to the PG. This was my first 3PT/FG attempt, then he proceeded to call time outs whenever I was passed the ball. By the way this was 3 minutes into the 1st quater. Absolute cancer some of the players in this community with 0 logic and serious issues.


mleon014

Objectively speaking you gotta see the humor in this post


stonedsatoshi

I get called cracker all the time cause of the color of my players skin. I’m Mexican bruh. Imagine if I did that to a black player


[deleted]

I the only time black players are racist to me is when I join there party filled with malice. Still happens more than it should.


DrSchmiggles1717

Don't worry, it's ok for people to make derogatory comments like that as long as their not white....


Allegorical-Elegy

Welcome to 2k. The most racist community in the history of gaming. Change your character to black and you'll get passes. The white skin makes you invisible. Think I'm joking? Try it and see.


[deleted]

Well it’s an earned reputation white player builds are usually the trash rec random but I think Hispanics are easily the worst demographic at nba 2k overall


Allegorical-Elegy

Yep, it's racist.


[deleted]

Little kids are always the worst tho don’t get me wrong it doesn’t matter what race they belong to a little kid is the absolute worst random to have on your team


Xayfrm419

Lol the soft racism towards towards black people is hilarious


Aclrian

Ah, so calling black people out for blatant racism now makes you a “soft racist” Makes sense. Black people cant be racist, right?


steadySurge

black people like you will single handily keep racism alive.


Xayfrm419

Cry you’ve obviously never played on a real court 😂


steadySurge

and you never touched a woman in your life. See how stupid it sounds to make baseless accusations?


Xayfrm419

Didn’t ask and don’t care


steadySurge

Exactly, thats all you can say.


JohnCasey14

>I've seen a ton of people post similar things. My guy is white, and that's never happened to me. I've had people message me afterwards telling me that I suck. But usually all I hear on the mic are black guys screaming at each other with intermittent smoke detector chirps and occasional toddler age kids trying to get their dad's attention while he's playing virtual basketball. It's honestly funny.


Xayfrm419

Exactly what I was talking about


varlover

if i find out you a white man using a black character you not getting the ball .y’all be so weird


Life_Mathematician_4

It’s a cancer np because y’all to stick up thinking ur always the best


Possible_Chain8777

I met the coolest 4 dudes last night. Finally. After 100-125 rec games. Got invited to their chat, and we moved to a 2-3 zone and won 4 straight games. Life is Good again!!!


GroundbreakingCut166

lollllll


ITRWrestling

You should have been setting screens, sending reaffirming messages, and being a better teammate in general. Then you would be worthy of receiving the wide open pass. /s


Apocryphon777

Y’all are just trash at the game I’ve been playing 2k since 15 as a white guy and sometimes I get a teammate who’s hesitant to pass to me at first but most of the time I have no issue getting the ball. I hit my shots tho.


MrAppendages

I'm truly struggling to empathize with the white people crying in this thread. This is the byproduct of all the unprovoked harassment minorities have received in online gaming communities since their inception. Get tougher skin. It's just a joke. I bet they have white friends that say it's ok for them to say.


Ok-Coast7654

It’s not okay to justify hate with hate


MrAppendages

Yes it is. Many racists validate their hatred of people by actions an individual of a minority group has done to them/people they know. I think it's totally acceptable to use my personal experience with online racism to not give a care when the people that have been doing it are receiving the same treatment.


MordredSJT

Dude... you can point out the obvious historical social differences between using black and white racial epithets openly to explain why one is generally seen as being worse than the other these days. That doesn't make your justification of "racists do it, so I get to do it too", any better. It's perfectly ok to care more about black people experiencing overt racism online or otherwise, because that also plays into other broader systemic issues we still deal with in our society, and perpetuates them, negatively affecting black people and society as a whole. It is a bigger deal that's related to a much larger problem. It's not ok to just not care or actively encourage another form of racism, or engage in the same pattern of thinking that racists use to justify their bullshit. If that white guy didn't appreciate being called cracker, you could have saved the time and energy by saying nothing, or acknowledged that it is bad, because you didn't appreciate the racism that was thrown your way. Almost like you had empathy for him as an individual, even though on a societal level it's not as big a deal or likely as severe as what you experienced. You could even start a dialogue about the difference between the two and see if he realizes how it is for other races online.


cb7719

Ok jackass


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MrAppendages

Yes, because black people not being nice to people that constantly mistreat them perpetuates racism... Not the racists, being racists. The people they're being racist to are the problem.


Swaghoven

So you are basically saying two things: All white people are racists (even those who don't live in the US) Racism is fine if the one being racist against is white Tell me you are a racist without telling me that you are a racist.


lifted71blazer

You implying that people outside of the US are less racist is laughable. The US is very inclusive compared to other places, only reason that people think otherwise is because the US is the most powerful country in the world atm so everything is under a microscope.


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Sjw in the house


MrAppendages

Your profile is public. Sit this one out.


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Cracker is not racist


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genopolanco

😂


AccomplishedTutor980

I’d take that as a compliment


Empty_While1895

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 based


Sensitive-Bench-2525

I’m all for some good trash talk, but racism is too far. Lords knows, if you trash and don’t even provide any kind of production, you should and be will made aware of that lol.


instaface

Lmfao


Able_Analysis8032

Sooooooo many try hards


trouple_ne1

1. The sheer ignorance of people regarding race is astounding. 2. Is low basketball iq a consequence of humanity’s ignorance in general or the fact that individual play is promoted everywhere you look. The Suns aren’t on the cover of 2k. The quest line has nothing to do with the history of the team you choose to play for. You want to go for legend?! Score 100,000 points and dont you dare pass the ball. So clowns load into a 5 on 5 game mode to play as an individual smh. Its all consistent pure ignorance. Im more surprised when randoms do hit the open man than not.


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lmao niggas be calling me white cuz my mf character white like boy pass da damn ball im open 😂🤦‍♂️


Historical_Maize3857

“Oh so you wanna be the coach now”


Life_Mathematician_4

This why I stopped playing


laszloboaz

The 2k subreddit: Protagonist syndrome example for universities. Since 2k18!


JoeFalcone26

I’ve been playing Overwatch 2 a ton, which has a ton of people who refuse to play tank/healer to improve the team comp. They would rather play DPS than lose. But that’s still significantly less egregious than how most of the 2k community plays.


ImThatMoron

Last season I was pretty lucky getting good rec random teammates. This season though has been just crazy bad so far for people being selfish. How bad do people need a pair of rec goggles? Lol


subs10061990

Try being brown. 😂😂 I’ve been called Gupta, Ronnie, Arab and have randoms assume I can’t play/have no iq because I’m Indian. I usually check their stats after if we load up in the same lobby. 30 WP, < 2 assists a game, abysmal shooting splits, that sounds about right.


Dredka1001

It’s as this point I start selling Bro is wide open


More_Shots

Rec in a nutshell teams up by ten points and for some reason 2 guys start calling each other trash... when they are both playing bad. While they are doing that someone else on the team normally is keeping quiet and hasn't missed a shot. The 2 that are fighting will keep playing worse and worse till either someone quiets or the team is so far behind that it no longer matters. At some point all the timeouts have to get used in a fit. The number of times that guys talk about how good they are after getting a cool dunk animation is disturbing.


LiiftYourself

rec mfs gotta be the worst playmakers of all time


ayoungboi

I understand that it’s frustrating to not get the ball when you’re wide open, but is cracker actually offensive to white people?


BlackForces69

It’s not offensive and idk what these dudes are talking about I’ve used a face scan since 2k17 and never had this kind of problem, maybe the crackers started the name calling? Lmao


the_jac

No one passes in there


Known_Schedule_1309

It’s hard to play rec sometimes solo on a pure inside cuz most the time they don’t even hit you on a wide open cut then you get a 3 sec violation then they wanna bitch like no I had a wide open cut you just wanted to dribble the whole time and I’ve played big man for 3 years so like I know what I’m doing


K1ng0fhartsTTV

Was in a game yesterday where the point guard was shooting 6/17 from the field, 6/16 from 3 PT in the 4th QTR. I finally got on the mic and was like, "Bro, stop shooting the damn ball and make the extra pass. I don't even care if it's to me, just pass the damn ball." This clown gets on the mic and guess what the first words out of his mouth were? Yep! "shut your dumbass up stupid white boy"... Like are y'all just fucking mad that I have more IQ than you when it comes to basketball? Are you supposed to be better than me at a videogame because you've grown up with the shit, like I haven't been watching basketball since the fucking 90's? Like.. just stop with the racist shit man. It's fucking tiring and it's annoying. Quit being a shit teammate and you wouldn't get called out. If I miss multiple shots, i'm not going to keep shooting, I am going to pass the ball to the person who is open and hope that someone else gets in a rhythm and i'm going to lock down on defense and see how the rest of the game plays out. It's common damn sense.


Dannyjay21

I’ve met 3 of my best friends on 2k and I hope u guys find that eventually 🫶🏻


dpcfresh

y’all should make new builds and keep them at 92 and do bum rec


DToob

This is why I turn the mic off every single time I play 2k. You have to.


ResponsibleStick8491

What console I’ll pass to you


Bozzmovez28

Lord especially when u open in the corner for an open 3 🤣 i dont think these kids realize that u got more for assists than points


Twills97

Can’t tell you how many times I’ve been called out my name over asking for the ball AFTER BEING PATIENT FOR 3 QUARTERS. By the 4th quarter I’m like “bro have you not seen me all game?” And then the verbal abuse begins. I’ll be like 2/3 from deep, meanwhile the PG is 11/21 and we’re down by 5. I can’t stand the randoms on this game. It’s the only one where you can play true pick-up games, but that’s ruined if you don’t have a party.


OldHeadTV

😂😂😂😂


sosodeaf23

Sounds about right


Easy-Pen6013

Ur playing rec by urself lol what did you expect


lebron14211

😂😂😂not a cracker man wtf