NBA Live Series Center

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The NBA Live Series Center (also known as the NLSC, nba-live.com and less commonly the NBALSC and Series Center) is an NBA Live website located at www.nba-live.com. It was established by Tim Tschirner, Lutz van Hasselt and Brien Smith as a means of sharing their unofficial patches and tools for the NBA Live series with other gamers. It is the largest and longest running NBA Live website on the Internet. It is currently maintained by Andrew Begley and several contributing team members.


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History

The NBA Live Series Center
The NBA Live Series Center
The NBA Live Series Center was founded by Tim, Lutz and Brien in 1996 as a means of sharing their unofficial patches and editors for the NBA Live series. It was originally hosted on TASsoft.com, owned and operated by Tim as a hub for his various projects. The site quickly gained popularity with NBA Live fans who sought to update their games and work around the limitations of the in-game Create-a-Player mode. Roster patches were also hits with NBA Live fans who could instantly update their game to reflect the current NBA. It wouldn't be long before the site moved to its own domain name, www.nba-live.com, hosted by the GA Sports network. The site caught the attention of the game's producers, who would subsequently take part in several interviews and at times provide news and information on upcoming releases. Tim would eventually join EA Sports as a member of the production team.

In 2001, the GA Sports network began phasing out their hosting of video game websites forcing the NLSC to find a new home. From 2001-2004, the site was a member of the IGN/GameSpy network. During this time Andrew Begley became the site's new webmaster and administrator, taking over from Lutz who had run the site on an interim basis after Tim's departure. Over the next few years the site would undergo several design changes and many new members joined the NLSC team. Due to technical difficulties and limitations, the site moved from the IGN/GameSpy network in late 2004 and was hosted by the Sports Gaming Network until October 2008, when it became a member of the A Game Network. The latest design is chiefly the work of team member Andreas Dahl and was implemented June 2007.

Over the years, the NLSC has established a relationship with the NBA Live production team and has been invited to attend various Community Events (see Community Day below). Although it remains an unofficial fansite and as such not involved in the actual production of the game, the tradition of submitting an annual Wishlist to the production team detailing the suggestions of site staff and members of the online NBA Live community. The first Wishlist was submitted prior to NBA Live 98 and along with the current roster updates has become a fixture on the NLSC.

Downloads

One of the site's most popular features throughout the year has been the Downloads section, which has provided visitors with unofficial patches and tools made by members of the NLSC team and contributing members of the NBA Live community. Due to the limited amount of unofficial updates that can be developed for the console versions of NBA Live, the PC has mainly provided downloads for the PC version and as such has gained a reputation for mostly catering to PC players, however the site also covers the console versions and has occasionally featured downloads for them.

Anyone may submit a file for inclusion in the NLSC's Downloads section so long as they are the original author or have the original author's permission to do so. The NLSC can also provide hosting for patchmakers if arranged with the webmaster.

Forum

The NLSC also a discussion Forum which is currently located at forums.nba-live.com and utilises phpBB3 software. The current Forum has been open since November 2002 and features sections for every game in the NBA Live series, Take Two's NBA 2K series and a variety of offtopic sections covering topics such as the real National Basketball Association, television, movies and music, other video games and general chit chat/socialising.

Prior to November 2002, the NLSC utilised Discus discussion forum software. The original Forum, also known as the "old black boards" due to the colour scheme at the time, saw some lively and memorable topics including the infamous I cannot BELIEVE my starting five thread. The original Forum closed upon the launch of the new phpBB2 Forum.

Community Events

The NBA Live Series Center has had a presence at each of EA Sports' NBA Live Community Events. Longtime member of the community and occasional contributor Shane Hefty represented the site at the first Community Event in 2004 while current webmaster Andrew Begley has attended the event in 2006, 2007 and 2008. No event was held in 2005.

NBA 2K Content

Although the NBA Live Series Center remains an NBA Live-centric website, beginning in 2009 the site has also sought to cater to fans of 2K Sports' NBA 2K Series as well. Additional sections for NBA 2K were added to the NLSC Forum, the Downloads database was expanded to include files for the PC releases of NBA 2K9 and NBA 2K10 and selected NBA 2K related bulletins appear on the main page along with NBA news items.

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