Hey, from here I want to thank you for all your support. The love you give me from different parts of the world is a great motivation for me. It's really amazing how my community has grown since I started 3 years ago in the NBA2K modding.
As many of you may already know, PCBasket 2K20 is a very ambitious project. Since the main goal is to recreate the NBA and international basketball in great detail in a single roster. It is important to say that this includes
NBA, WNBA, Euroleague, Eurocup, ACB (Spanish League) and 40 FIBA teams. The options offered by this roster are very wide. From being able to face NBA teams against Euroleague teams, playing a season with European teams, a Spanish league or even enjoying the experience of a World Cup.
This would not be possible without the work of my teammates: Uspar, SarumanACB, ErMapale, iviliki, Arnau13, Xemita99 and me. But like everything in this life, not everything is positivity. The reason for this post is to respond to those negative comments about this project and inform about the big update 2.0 that we will include very soon (We hope to release it in August). I will start talking about the negative part: Users who write comments like this, here is a good example:
Well, this does not mean that we do not accept negative comments. Feedback is really valuable and helps us to keep improving. But I think we should make a distinction between feedback and comments made from ignorance of what it means to create a project like this. And all of you who participate in some way in modding will agree with me that these are not correct ways.
We are not a multi-million dollar company, we do not sell a product. We are seven guys who dedicate part of their time to a hobby. Simple like that.
We do not have a deadline, we work when we can. If still, in July there is someone who does not know. We are living in a pandemic, these are difficult times and our free time is limited. We have our lives behind this virtual world. There are days when you can be highly motivated and other days when you are not feeling well emotionally. And every day is different.
On that basis, I must say that we are very committed to finalizing it. And we continue to advance our goals. You must understand that any area of this work requires a lot of time, an arena, a jersey, a player's DNA, a cyberface, custom shoes, everything means time. I do not ask that you are appreciating this to me every day, but I hope that you value the effort that we are doing. I think comments like "It's late" "Now that doesn't make sense" "NBA 2K21 is going to be released soon, your work isn't worth it now" is not really necessary.
Especially since all this that we have created from scratch you will not find in 2K21.
With that said, I'll start talking about Update 2.0 for PCBasket 2K20. Last February we released an initial version with NBA and Euroleague. Well, with Update 2.0 you will find a very significant improvement in Euroleague and the new addition of Eurocup teams, the entire Spanish league (ACB).
This will allow you to play a fully personalized season with 30 or 36 teams from Europe. We will also include 40 FIBA teams giving you the possibility of being able to play a World Cup in very precise detail. We are currently talking about a database with 125 teams, 3,220 players and more than 450 new cyberfaces. We are 3 guys working very hard on every aspect, tendencies, signatures, custom shoes, ratings for each player to create a realistic experience.
I am going to expose a list of frequently asked questions that I have been receiving in the last days:
FAQQ1. I can't play a MyLeague with European teams, I don't want to add NBA teams. What can I do?A1. MyLeague mode needs 30 or more teams. With the Update 2.0 you will have 22 new european teams from ACB and Eurocup. So you will be able to configure your MyLeague with 40 european teams in total at your disposal.
Q2. Will you update the rosters with the new euroleague transfers for the Season 20-21 in Update 2.0?A2. Not yet, we have been working on ACB, Eurocup and now we are focused on FIBA rosters. Update 2.0 will be based on 19-20 season. Right now there are too many movements in the teams and it is difficult to adjust rosters because the teams are still formalizing them. After Update 2.0 release we will start in a new one for 2020-2021 Season. We will update this project to the next season with Update 3.0. Now it´s time to enjoy with this last season and FIBA.
Q3. Will PCBasket be compatible with NBA 2K21? Are you planning to move to the new game?A3. We will continue to support this project in NBA 2K20. We cannot start from scratch again. We will update the roster to the 2020-2021 season and we will add 12 new teams, 137 in total. A stable and definitive version. 2K21 on PC will be current gen and it is not worth it unless there is some tool capable of converting everything from one game to another.
Thank you
Shuajota