NBA LIVE Mobile Courtside - August 5th

What's up everyone? It's your boy Cornell Gunter kicking here for another edition of Courtside. How about the week we just had? New Legends, a career tribute, new Big Moments Live Event and a new Throwback Thursday player. Additionally, we watched some really creative YouTube videos that we're excited to feature. Keep creating and sending our way! Lastly,we sat down with Ryan Norby for an interview in Post-Game Interview. Alright, well let's stop all the talkin' and get to it.

• New Legends, Kevin McHale and John Starks, a career tribute to Amar'e Stoudemire new Big Moments live event, new Throwback Thursday live event that will be covered in Instant Replay.
• Another community “sleeper” in Player of The Game.
• We have a Motivator Bundle opening and gameplay videos from the community in Spotlight.
• An interview with Software Engineer  Ryan Norby in the Post-Game Interview.
• We received questions and we will answer some in Overtime

• Kevin McHale is finally here in NBA LIVE Mobile, he was drafted #3 overall by the Boston Celtics where  he averaged 17 points and 7 rebounds for during his career in Boston. He has a 90 OVR. 93 inside shooting, 90 shot block, and 82 shooting.
• John “The Dunk”  Starks is known for going baseline vs the Chicago Bulls then dunking on Horace Grant and Michael Jordan. Starks also had a very intense rivalry with the Indiana Pacers who were led by Reggie Miller. Starks averaged 12 points and 3 assists in his career. 89 OVR. 88 steal, 87 speed, and 82 shooting.

First off, hats off to Amar'e Stoudemire on a fantastic career. During his first couple years in the NBA Amar'e shook up the Western Conference with the Phoenix Suns. He had a Hall Of Fame worthy Point Guard named Steve Nash, together they caused a bunch of chaos on the court. He would later move on to the Knicks where injuries go the best of him. To celebrate his career, we have 3 versions of Amar'e in NBA LIVE Mobile that go along with a career tribute Live Event.

• 2004-2005 Amar'e Stoudemire OVR 90 Small-Ball lineup
• 2007-2008 Amar'e Stoudemire OVR 89 Shooting lineup
• 2010-2011 Amar'e Stoudemire OVR 87 Two-Way lineup

We released a new Big Moment Live Event featuring “The Beard” James Harden who scored 35 points and made the game winning shot vs the Golden State Warriors. Big Moments James Harden is also available in packs. 

Monta Ellis is the latest player to join the Throwback Thursday group of players, Ellis put up numerous of 50 point games while playing for the Warriors and showed the world he was a scoring machine from anywhere on the court.

As players hunt for the top players in NBA LIVE Mobile, sometimes, you'll come across a player who can provide your team an instant spark.These players might not be valuable to other due to numerous reasons but for those who appreciate these players they soon realize they have a sleeper on their  hands. This week's sleeper is C.J. McCollum!

C.J. has a 88 3-point rating that's very strong considering he's a 79 OVR player. McCollum can really get going from behind the 3-point line. if you're low on coins, head to Auction House and see if you can find him and some sleeper firepower to your team.

You guys already know this is my favorite section by far and  it's an honor to showcase the talent from our community! We spend a lot of time watching videos and posts that you create. Thank you guys for creating amazing videos and we look forward to sharing more.

Playing while on the toilet Kspade

Kyle Korver is unstoppable MaddenMobileGods

Allen Iverson is a CHEAT CODE!!!! AntoDaBoss 

This photo was posted on NBALIVE.gg by Mgoblue03

Welcome back to another session of Post-Game Interview, this time we are joined by NBA LIVE Team Member Ryan Norby. Some of you may have seen his cameo on our first stream for NBA LIVE Mobile. Let's get started. 

CG: First off, thank you for taking the time out of your day to do this. So what exactly do you do for NBA LIVE Mobile and  how long have you been doing?

RN: I am one of the software engineers for NBA LIVE Mobile! I was one of the first engineers from our Tiburon studio (in Orlando, Florida) to work on NBA LIVE Mobile back in January, so I spent a lot of time developing the game with our talented PEI Red Crow studio (based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island). It truly is a cross-studio effort, and it's amazing to see the results of everyone's hard work and dedication. The Tiburon development team for NBA LIVE Mobile is small at its core, so I get to work on everything from the server to the 3D gameplay, user interface, tools, and more. The areas I've spent most of my time on are the user interface and tools. Since Hoff & Sterling are well known in the NBA LIVE Mobile community, I should point out that working on the tools allowed me to develop close friendships with them (they use tools I wrote to make that awesome content for you guys)!

CG: Wow! That's pretty impressive. Have you worked on any projects before NBA LIVE Mobile?

RN:Before working on NBA LIVE Mobile, I started out as a software engineer intern for Madden Mobile two summers ago. From June 2015 to January 2016, I continued working on the Madden Mobile team as a full time engineer. Although the games are separate projects, our teams work together quite closely, sharing ideas and feedback to make both games the best they can be. I’m excited to see how both games grow and evolve going forward!

CG: That's whats up! What's your favorite thing about NBA LIVE Mobile so far?

RN: That’s an easy one – the community (that’s right – all of YOU J)! After seeing your excitement and passion for our game, it really does make it all worth it. When I’m not coding, I regularly browse the nbalive.gg forums to read through your suggestions/concerns. We do take all your feedback seriously and use it to improve our game. In game development, there are a ton of things that happen behind the scenes to make it all work, so although we can’t address everyone’s concerns each release, I want to let you know that we’re working as hard as we can to continue improving all aspects of the game.

CG: We heart you NBA LIVE Mobile community! But alright my brother one last question,  Do you have any advice for anyone in the community who dreams of doing your job?

RN: I would say one of the most important things is passion. If you’re truly passionate about what you do, whether it’s game programming or otherwise, you will always want to be learning and improving. I was 11 years old when I discovered my passion for videogame development, and I’ve felt that way ever since. For programming in particular, technical problem solving and communication skills are extremely important. Every day, our programmers tackle new challenges, whether it’s fixing elusive bugs or implementing large features. Game development has a steep learning curve, but if you have the passion for videogames and the motivation to overcome difficult challenges, it’s a very rewarding profession to pursue.

CG: Well that's a wrap for this interview this week! It was an honor to interview you Norby, we will certainly catch up with you soon! 

Welcome to another edition of Overtime! You guys have more questions and we have more answers so let's get to it.

Q: “Why are players not able to be put out of positon like during the soft launch?”- Riceman12 on NBALIVE.gg

A: We wanted to add more depth to the players in our game. Some players play different positions depending on lineups they're in just like real life basketball.  

Q: “What's the max level we can reach?”- NBA LIVE.gg 

A: The max level is 50.

Alright, well it was fun hanging with you guys Courtside this week. Don't forget every Friday at 1pm EST we are streaming on Twitch.tv/EASPORTS 

We can't end this without saying the usual, you guys haven't seen nothing yet. 

Peace,

NBA LIVE Mobile Community Manager, Cornell Gunter