MyPark tips & tricks/guide

[Ankagara]

As the title suggest I'm looking for MyPark tips and tricks that can help players (like myself) new to the NextGen mode speed up the improvement of their online game, since it plays quite differently compared to MyCareer.

If I can find the time I'll also try and compile it into a nice guide.

I think the easiest would be an introduction to MyPark gameplay: how it's different from playing in MyCareer. What you should watch out for as a starter, common mistakes and what not. Maybe splitting up the guide in Basic and Advanced gameplay is a good idea.


Ofcourse I will provide proper accreditation if your tips are useful, clear to understand and well put together. My time is limited and I have no time to pick apart vague, half assed tips that are hard to understand. I hope you understand.

I hope this discussion will provide useful and I'd like to thank anyone who puts in some effort in advance.

[daantje]

Don't try to block untill someone is in dunking motion.
Don't let dunkers get a starting run towards the hoop, block the route.

[Rowie]

Finese the left stick, slow controlled movements and take lag into account, think ahead... Peolple suck so badly on D in myPark especially the big guys that have none and just stay under the rim. The other most annoying thing is I know you think your Rodman but for Gods sake stay on your own man F the help D it almost always leads to a wide open shot or a easy dunk... Half the time i get pissed because there is no mics and i just want to be like BRUH... Did I ask you to fade and leave your man?

[babtong]

don't jump on D trying to block shots from the front, just put your hands up (hold right stick up) with intense-D (left trigger?), especially in the paint. at least that way there is a chance to brick the layup or shot.

there is a good chance to pump fake people into jumping even without actually pumpfaking if you position yourself somewhere open at the perimeter (3pt line) in certain situations. if a teammate is driving to the basket and gets double teamed, run to an open spot behind the perimeter, stay there without moving pretending going for a catch&shoot and call/hope for an outside pass. most of the time the one marking you comes sprinting towards you either prematurely jumping or stopping in front of you, but there is a delay if he tries changing into the opposite direction if he is sprinting towards you, so try to run pass him at the last second with or without crossover. obivously doesn't work if you do it too often.

stop fast breaks by the opponent if you are closer than your teammate even if it's not your mark just by simply holding intense-D left trigger. he gets caught in the animation which slows down the tempo and gives your teammate time to catch up to transition back to D. ONLY do this if opponent's teammate is not running with him in the lane completely open. he'll pass it 98% of the time if he gets caught in the animation in that situation with an open teammate. IF there is another opponent running down the lane at the fastbreak and you are alone, stay between the 2. now it's just a gamble, which one you are gonna put D on, but don't use intense-D until you've made up your mind since it slows you down and it will be already too late to move. most of the time you'll get run over if it's a tank running towards you, but at least you tried.

i don't know the name for it, but at the very beginning of the game or after a foul when you have to pass the ball to start the game, if your team got the ball and you are not the one with the ball, at first move close to your mark and then move slowly towards your teammate and try to lure your mark to follow. cut to the basket by doing a sharp turn with sprint and there is a high chance for an easy layup. blame lag+reaction, most of the time people can't catch up if they take the bait. good D players leave a bit of a distance and don't start following people like glue from the get go, so doesn't work on them.

[AalonBoots]

basically play the game like its not a basketball game, cause it is a lagfest online and off, lol. its more like interpretive dance with a controller. horrible, just horrible

[daantje]

Get a better computer if you "lag" offline...

[Rowie]

Originally posted by daantje:

Get a better computer if you "lag" offline...

Amen!, my computer is a beast I have no idea what he is talking about Lag? offline? that would be called performance lag friend... Not a server issue thats your Computer issue

[Ankagara]

Thanks for the replies so far.

[head man]

1. Get your stats to 99
2. Enter the park
3. Ensure that you "got next"
4. Acquire the ball
5. Run at the hoop and press x
6. Repeat step 5 until you win.

[Mrchill3Quag]

pass the ball on double teams box out.....seriously box out its something that a lot of ppl dont do period and when driving to the basket see if you only going up against one guy in the paint if you have good ratings you should be fine if more than one person drive and kick for your teammate to get the jumper

[Lord Zemo]

Do NOT attempt contested shots when your team mate is free. He has a higher chance of scoring than you. It's okay if you are free and miss the shot, but it is not okay if you attempt to score with everyone's hands in your face. That is simply plain stupidity.

Sometimes retreating with the ball to get a better shot/ passing opportunity is better than trying to press through a tight defense. Fadeaways can be used if none of your team mates are free.

Try cut off a player before he gets the chance to get enough momentum to dunk on you/your team.

Foul when there is no other chance to stop them.

Stay on your man as much as possible.

Don't use the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ "fall" animation on court. It's stupid and often costs on the other end of the court.

If you know your character is a worse shooter than your team-mate, try to play him free and pass to him on the perimater instead of doing it yourself. He may even repay you with a pass for an easy score if the opportunity arises.

[Ankagara]

Any tips on stealing the ball in various situations? I've seen people stealing them when trying to dunk and such. And I notice some players make it look easy. Also any tips on stopping certain plays such as alley oops?

[KING GEEDORAH]

Be honest with your self and teammates. If your the lowest rated player on your squad don't try to be a hero its a team game. Get back on defense don't try to full court press especially if your a tall pf/c type you almost alway leave everyone to go after a freight train. make the game easy if you cant shake your man in 3 or 4 dribbles pass the ball. don't force passes. when the ball is being checked wait til your team mate makes a hard decisive move to get seperation to avoid stolen passes. set picks and play without the ball. DO NOT TRY TO DOUBLE TEAM it sucks but you hurt your team more by trying to help then them getting aboused man on man

[babtong]

Originally posted by Enka:

Any tips on stealing the ball in various situations?... Also any tips on stopping certain plays such as alley oops?

Originally posted by TETRAGRAMMATON:

DO NOT TRY TO DOUBLE TEAM it sucks but you hurt your team more by trying to help then them getting aboused man on man

it goes against what Tetragrammaton says and i highly agree with him on double teaming, but at very rare occasions double teaming can be effective.

requirements:
- opponent has to be a big man (good chance of low ball control)
- !not your mark!
- has to be in post-up position coming from either side of the corner
- your mark should to be in the corner or at least close by, so you can reach him quick just in case
- and well... good enough defense attribute

when your teammate is in intense-D pushing the bigman, approach him from the side or behind to sandwich the bigman and to be close the dribbling ball. also to note, you are staying in the line between the bigman and your own mark.
instead of attempting a steal the conventional way by pressing X, which leaves your mark open when failing due to you being caught in the animation and then him passing the ball, simply put intense-D and hands up. if he's passing the ball, you can still move back to your mark with ease. anyway, there is a chance that he'll drop the ball like a hot potato and you magically having the ball in your hands. there is no steal animation or anything and should lead to a fairly easy fastbreak because everyone's gonna be baffled for a very short moment which is enough to create a 2vs1 situation in the offensive transition. works against cpu in mycareer aswell minus the fastbreak.

and to stop alley oops, staying close enough to your man blocking the lane is suffice, be it the one passing or dunking. the passer will probably toss it out of bounds. you don't have to stick like a glue, but by simply being close but inbetween those 2's line of sight should prevent it, unless high playmaking attributes i assume.
but it's easier said than done if the gap in attributes are too big.

i also wish more people would be able to read when to switch at very obvious situations, like when being caught in a screen with the animation and alike.

[Amiga500]

My Park is all about dribble speed, fast penetration, and flashy finishes who just kill any opponent who does not anticipate your moves immediately.
You have to decide, will you play insinde or outside?

1.) To play inside, build a 6'9 Forward with wide wing span, push Athletic and Inside Scorer Stats, get Posterizer Badge and dunk NBA JAM Style on anything. The Posterizer badge is just stupid broken in my opinion, these players are only stopped if their lane is blocked early enough and/or you pull off a perfect timed steal/block. I watch Small Forwards dunks 8 or 9 times in a game over defenders who have position, it is just lame arcade basketball.

2.) To play outside, build a Guard and put your points and focus in/on 3PT shots, which means you wanna invest in Jump Shooter, Playmaker and some points in Athlete. With Badges like Volume Shooter, Microwave, Corner Specialist, Deadeye and Limitless Range you just can SPAM Outside shots like there is no tommorow. I had a guy hitting back to back contested outside shots and all were "swishhhh"....nothing but net.

The first days I thought that teamplay would dominate everything, but the 90+ rated NBA JAM Style Small Forwards and Three-Point-Spam-Guards just showed me again that you can hero ball with high rating and the overpowered badges. You will miss here and there, but myPark ist more about Arcade Streetball than Simulation.

[Amiga500]

Oh, I forgot the ALLEY OOPS. Spamming Alley Oops after fast breaks is just...I don't have any words. I don't know why it was designed like this, but allowing the the spam of nearly unstoppable alley-oop-dunkings kills a lot of fun for me.


After all that rants I have to add I play a 7'3" Center who has many advantages but also many disadvantages. Maybe you would disagree with my rants when you play a guard. It were just my two cents.