Continuing with the My Player mode related announcements for NBA 2K11 this week is the addition of endorsements. So far this week 2K Sports has revealed press conferences and signature shoes and now comes the endorsements. “Become a star in My Player mode and you’ll get sponsorships from iconic brands. What sponsor would you most like to have? Jordan Brand? Gatorade? Sprite? 2K Sports???”

As I alluded to yesterday I think this particular aspect of off-the-court development being brought in can potentially take the mode to the next level. Again though it has to be engaging and dynamic. Other games have had career modes that have attempted these things unsuccessfully. What do you think about the addition of endorsements to My Player?

Quite a bit coming out today for NBA 2K11 and here is another new nugget of info. There really hasn’t been much of anything said about improvements to My Player mode until now, with 2K Sports revealing the addition of post-game press conferences. “In NBA 2K11 you gotta take the podium for your own post-game press conferences. But watch what you say, your answers can earn you admiration or get you run out of town. Will you claim all the glory or will you praise your coaches?”

It remains to be seen what sort of impact press conferences would have on the career trajectory or playing time. In past games attempting something along these lines really didn’t mean much or it turned out to be too limited in scope and options. However it is at least a good sign that the mode is being worked on as it was pretty flat last year. Bringing in anything to spice it up with off the court elements is welcome.

Lately I’ve gotten a few requests to moderate the comment section differently due to arguments that have enveloped discussion threads. So I wanted to get some thoughts on what everyone would like to see done and take those into consideration.

This dilemma seems to be primarily restricted to the NBA Elite and NBA 2K articles which isn’t a surprise. It remains ironic that people clamor for competition yet the one sport that actually has it ends up with everyone taking a side and going at the throats of those supporting the other. The issue isn’t in disagreements or comments towards the games, but in that they get personal and swallow up any decent discussion that might take place. And this isn’t limited to a single poster. While there are certainly a few that get the brunt of the spotlight there are even more that are baiting it to happen.

I’ve always believed the comments should be left wide open (the forum is for more focused discussion) but on rare occasion have had to step in when things crossed the line. To my recollection there have only been two users banned in the 3+ year site history. However in this case it might now require further moderation. Whether that be editing out certain parts of comments or deleting those in question all together. For the time being I’m looking at doing that selectively.

Just to be clear though this won’t represent a change in philosophy. You’ll always have the opportunity to voice your feelings on the games. This goes more to comments that attack a user’s opinion or throw things off the rails. So let me know how what you think could be done to help the comment section!