Monday Tip-Off is a weekly feature that comes out - as the name would imply - every Monday. Tip off your week with a column dedicated to opinions, commentary, and other fun stuff related to basketball video games! This is a central discussion thread for the feature, in which I invite you to post any feedback along with your responses to each column's topic. A link to the latest article can always be found here in the first post, along with a link to the complete archive.
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Monday Tip-Off: NBA 2K14 MyCAREER Nicknames
As I've previously discussed, I greatly enjoy generated rookies in franchise and career modes. Obviously it's vital that we have the option of inserting real Draft Classes into our game if we so choose, but fictional prospects have always been more appealing to me. That may sound strange given that I prefer to play with real rosters, but I enjoy how generated rookies encourage us to use our imagination as a fictional NBA takes shape. Even if I could use custom Draft Classes with real prospects in NBA 2K14 MyCAREER, I'd have to pass on that, as it would mean no Terry Hanson!
Although Terry Hanson is my favourite generated player - naturally, since he's my teammate on the Philadelphia 76ers - there are some other fictional players who are adding personality to the league. Some of them are already shaping up to be star players, which makes the matchups fresh and interesting five years in. There are also some fun name combinations, and unique generated appearances. This has led me to give nicknames to some of those fictional players in my NBA 2K14 MyCAREER as I've encountered them in gameplay, or in the roster listings. It's a fun exercise that's added to the immersion, and set some of them up to be Virtual Hardwood Legends.