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I actually did the math and thinking of doing a video on optimal strategy around the event. But if my calculation is right: Shaquille O'Neak = 20 Dark Matter Snowmwn which is: 2400 Showdown wins or... 3600 Domination wins or... 7200 breakout wins In other words it's virtually impossible for NMS and you'd have to buy packs, unless 2K has more challenges planned to get the event cards. I started playing in the middle of Dia De Los Muertos, so I'm not even sure what the historical precedent is here.

Thank you, was a bit worried about the length but sometimes the tradeoff is worth it to get a bit deeper into it and there's been a couple sets now where there's a lot to discuss.

I think so, I'm actually about to hit the level reward for Love, so I'll know for sure but the defense, speed, post, and dunking on top of having 31 badges I think makes him pretty clearly better. I am a fan of the build and release of Diaw as well.

I totally agree with you about it being too long, there was a lot to get through this one but I generally want to keep it between 12-15 minutes without it feeling too rushed. I love advanced sports analytics and the need for a true rating system was very clear to me. I really appreciate the feedback!

Thank you 🙏

Thank you! Little longer than I would have liked but there was a lot to talk about in this one.

Of course, wanted to get this out to the community for a while now. More features will definitely be coming, thanks for the support as always!

Bricking the game like this is so crazy! Almost makes me wonder how much they test on non-PC platforms. I know they're already stretched as thing as possible for a massive launch like this.

It's actually the music =D

I explain it a bit in the new Swish video that I just dropped a few minutes ago. I wrote a Python model that runs a regression across all the card stats, badges, positional flexibility, etc. against all other cards in the content drop to give you a "true rating" to get a much better idea of what the card's true value is. I should have these published in the next week or so, so keep an eye out for that!

Arenas has a Meta Score in the high 50's, IMHO would place these PG's ahead of him or slightly ahead Rajon Rondo Sidney Moncrief Derrick Rose Chauncey Billups Jalen Brunson Ja Morant Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Gilbert Arenas

He’s light years ahead of those guys, one of the best PG’s in the game in the same tier as Donovan Mitchell and Sidney Moncrief IMHO.

A+ strategy, the last two set drops just seem...lazy? Not sure if that's even the right word, but like I said if we get a 200k budget Pink Diamond Rondo out of it I'm cool with it.

Best way is to reset the board and play on Rookie difficulty, I was actually able to do it in Full Lineup. Run plays from a playbook to get a shooter open if you have to. Foul the opposing team to maximize possessions if you have to. Best of luck!

Thank you! Insane that it was the card I was targeting in the first pack front and center, not even an opportunity for a shake!

@ Thats so awesome! enjoy the card!

Definitely some sick sigs! Let me know if you end up getting the card would love to hear how he plays-covered him in a previous video and it seems like he would be an absolute demon getting to the rack.

@synthbangers Will do, I saw he had a really high score on your list which gives me confidence that he will be good for a long time. Also I think the MT Festival Opals are more rare so he might hold his value at least until S3 super packs.

@@synthbangers Got him for 730k, this card is a monster! IMO the best PG in the game, I'm surprised he's not getting more attention. That speed and agility goes crazy on both ends of the floor. The one drawback ,aside from his height, is that they only gave him the pro dribble style.

@@royazoulay3371 Amazing! The speed and attack to the rim is probably about as good as it gets right now. 730k is still a lot for most of us but props to you getting him. I imagine he'll be in your rotation for A WHILE.

Thank you 🙏

@@synthbangersNo probs at all! Good luck with the grind🎉🎉🎉

@ No probs at all!

Those are all top tier, love that you got the Artest. Would be curious to know if you’re running Draymond at the 3 or 4. You can run a lot of shooting plays through him since they gave him a high enough three ball.

Definitely can see Caruso flying under the radar, there's just too many quality point guards ahead of him right now at reasonable prices. We'll have to agree to disagree about him or Bronny being better than Sidney Moncrief though. Moncrief is still amongst the best point guards of the game and it's not particularly close in the meta rankings, really only the Donovan Mitchell Storylines card is ahead of him in that regard. Having played Sidney at close to a hundred games now, I have no complaints 😁.

Those are solid points, one thing about my model is that it does take positional flexibility into account so where they are matters to the model a lot, their relation to others at the same position/archetype relative to their skillset. I'm less concerned about his inability to dunk with driving layups (I can attest already) and I run him along Moncrief who dunks and does it all. You definitely zero'd in on the weak areas that could be better, so don't disagree there -- I would love for the draw fouls to be higher.

I've contacted 2K about publishing these and currently working on some things related to that, so stay tuned hopefully another week or two.

Haven't seen the stats yet but I have a feeling that the promo pass Bronny is going to be a bad card, but you're right I'm waiting to see what the Season 3 content brings. You're not far off on Mashburn because there is a saturation of combo forwards around his skillset, but still a W for a free card. I really think that one and the Billups cards are the best here.

@ yeah he is prob best pick ngl, but ah there goes bronny n caruso being = or better (bronny is clearly missing badges but they each close enough to billups with a 90 dd caruso just better hopefully he's free

@@chau-psncubehead1489 Gonna run my stuff on the new MT Festival and Season 3 cards later today, should know more soon on Bronny.

I grind out all of the MT and haven't bought any VC since 2K23. No shade at all to those that do, and might even do it this year -- but that's really the only way I see getting to 2.4M MT is buying VC/flipping cards and getting the MT back. It takes hours and hours to get to 100K MT, and unfortunately that involves a lot Domination in most cases.

He is the clear choice, super happy to hear you made the right decision! We don't get many locker codes so I feel it's important to make the choice when rare opportunities like this arrive. Hopefully we get more codes with the holidays coming up soon and in the near future.

It was definitely a big one at 47 cards, wonder what tomorrow has in store with us for S3.

Thank you! Actually there's a few things to be optimistic about with MyTeam, despite the at times inhuman grinds and challenges that come down our way. I think the challenge boxes that they drop on a weekly basis are huge. There is already a crash in the Auction House because of the release of Super Packs driving up the supply of the more elite cards, so some of the more unattainable cards are now gettable. There's a lot hinging on how Season 3 hits Friday, so I'd say definitely hang in there. Lastly, I've contacted 2K about publishing the meta rankings and just waiting on some things there. Should have an update very soon. Appreciate all of the feedback!

Thank you! Huge for NMS 🙏

Awesome, I'm glad to hear it! I'm working on it making it more accessible to 2K community as a whole just need to navigate a couple of things first since I'm doing this all in my spare time. In the meantime, I'll make sure to upload videos discussing the meta ratings for each releases.

Wingspan and height are very important weights in the regression model so it’s definitely factored in, and funny you mention Magic I bring that exact example up in my new video on the Lightning Strike set. Can you give a clear simple example of which attributes you would weigh/quantify over another one specifically?

Yeah I've been seeing people paying tens of millions of gold for the Eom rune!

Rod Of Kepeleke has been a key item, lucky to have the 2xGA on it.

Thank You!

Oh wow, see I didn't even know that! I grinded so many tormented boss runs in Season 5 to get at least 1 GA and I only got one I think on Tyrael's Might.

There's definitely some guys that have logged 60-70+ hours already which is pretty insane, guess I fall into the denigrated "couch dad" category 😄

I find that the experience of Skills Trees from POE or the D4 Paragon board is so much more fun when you're figuring things out on your own. Where's the joy in looking at the back of the book for solutions when you're trying to figure out a puzzle? Some argue that the POE tree is impossible to get right without a build guide, but I think that argument is malformed. Also I appreciate the sub, thank you!

@@synthbangers you nailed it!

A big part of the social gaming is experiencing something together for the first time and even if you're sitting by yourself in your mancave/nerdhaven, it's amazing to know that almost everyone is going through that experience at that moment. Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree felt like that, and From Software didn't need to do something lame to squeeze out more marketing for it because they walk the walk of uncompromising legends. I hit on it a little bit in this video, but the crummy thing about the Web2 era over the last 20 years is that there are a small number of winners, and most of everyone else falls outside of that category. Blizzard's strategy of minimizing marketing spend with a handpicked set of creators to blast through the game two weeks before it's released is a huge misstep with their fanbase. I 100% feel what you're saying. Having put in about 30 hours under my belt since release, I feel confident in saying with the introduction of the Spiritborn skills, mercenaries, and additional systems is creating a larger combinatorial map of things that may be possible. That's exciting to me and makes me double down on not following external build guides, which is my own decision.

I think it's going to be important to keep an eye on how Microsoft's influence trickles down to some of the high level decisions executed by Blizzard, especially when it comes to monetization, long term vision for D4, and marketing because that stuff does impact gaming and gamers in a very unique way than in other industries. I haven't really liked the S6 leveling experience early on, especially in the campaign, but once you hit the paragon the experience feels like it gets better. I also think it's kind of pointless to hit level 60 and then use a completely different integer system to designate the paragon. Just make one integer representing your level and have the paragon unlock at 60, I don't understand why there has to be a delineation. You're right though, I feel like they hit a sweet spot in S4 which to me symbolized a real turnaround for D4 and that leveling/gear experience was really optimized in S5. VOH feels a little awkward, but it's exactly the kind of thing I expect them to course correct in patches even before S7.

7 months later and I already need a trailer for Dune 3 lol.

yeah same thing happened to me as well, it's actually a bug: us.forums.blizzard.com/en/d4/t/seasonal-bug-quest-kulles-heart/146848