{"id":6647,"date":"2023-01-11T20:55:44","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T20:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/nba-2k23-players-call-on-developers-to-ban-racist-player-models\/"},"modified":"2023-01-11T20:55:44","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T20:55:44","slug":"nba-2k23-players-call-on-developers-to-ban-racist-player-models","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/nba-2k23-players-call-on-developers-to-ban-racist-player-models\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA 2K23 Players Call on Developers to Ban &#8216;Racist&#8217; Player Models"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"AuthorTag\"><button class=\"w-fit border-b border-transparent hover:border-primary-yellow\">Lawrence Scotty<\/button><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden md:inline\">    \u2758   <\/span>Published<!-- -->: <!-- -->2023-01-11T20:47:18<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden md:inline\">    \u2758   <\/span>Has been updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->2023-01-11T20:47:26<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"text-link-3 text-neutral-grey-70\">\n<p>NBA 2K 23&#8217;s MyPlayer mode has been criticized for having a weak story.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-1\">\n<p data-cy=\"Paragraph\" class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-1 font-body\"><strong>NBA 2K23 players are asking developers to ban players who use racist imagery on their MyPlayer characters used in online matches.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"Paragraph\" class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-1 font-body\">2K fans have asked for many changes to the latest version of the popular basketball sim.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"Paragraph\" class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-1 font-body\">One of the latest features our community has been asking for a lot is the ability to transfer MyPlayer builds between games. This alleviates the huge sums of money required to compete online.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"Paragraph\" class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-1 font-body\">Players are now asking developers for another change regarding harassment in online lobbies as Visual Concepts.<\/p>\n<h2 data-cy=\"Heading\" id=\"h-nba-2k23-players-want-change-to-curtail-racist-idiots\" class=\"text-neutral-grey font-display font-bold mb-5 text-title-2\">NBA 2K23 players want changes to make it less &#8216;racist&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p data-cy=\"Paragraph\" class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-1 font-body\">An NBA 2K Reddit post went viral after finding another player online who painted his body with racist images and symbols.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex flex-col items-center w-full md:mx-0 lg:mt-4\">\n<p>Ad followed by article<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-cy=\"Paragraph\" class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-1 font-body\">In the post, they said, &#8220;How can you report an idiot with a racist tattoo?&#8221; <\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"NewsletterSignup\" class=\"flex-col w-full py-[14.5px] px-5 bg-neutral-grey-4 md:py-5 md:flex-row md:items-center md:justify-between md:gap-x-5 col-span-full lg:col-span-7 my-8 flex\">\n<p class=\"mb-5 font-body text-link-1 text-neutral-grey md:flex-1 md:mb-0\">Subscribe to our newsletter to stay up to date on esports, gaming and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-cy=\"Paragraph\" class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-1 font-body\">In the comments section, a fellow NBA 2K player was completely appalled that the person was allowed to bring this MyPlayer character online and was not immediately banned for the behavior.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-[10px]\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" data-nosnippet=\"true\" class=\"overflow-auto resize\" id=\"reddit-embed\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redditmedia.com\/r\/NBA2k\/comments\/108xueh\/how_can_you_report_some_idiot_with_racist_tattoos\/?ref_source=embed&amp;amp;ref=share&amp;amp;embed=true\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe> <!-- -->\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p data-cy=\"Paragraph\" class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-1 font-body\">One player said, &#8220;We can report as much as we want. 2K will not take any action on these accounts, but they will take our money immediately.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"Paragraph\" class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-1 font-body\">Another added, &#8220;Smfh, it&#8217;s just sick of them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"Paragraph\" class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-1 font-body\">One 2K fan said the developers should focus on reducing this rather than other actions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex flex-col items-center w-full md:mx-0 lg:mt-4\">\n<p>Ad followed by article<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-cy=\"Paragraph\" class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-1 font-body\">Hopefully, for 2K23 players who play online frequently, the developers can start reducing this kind of behavior by banning players who engage in targeted harassment via MyPlayer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMiXWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmRleGVydG8uY29tL25iYS0yay9uYmEtMmsyMy1wbGF5ZXJzLWRlbWFuZC1kZXZzLWJhbi1yYWNpc3QtcGxheWVyLW1vZGVscy0yMDMwMjkwL9IBAA?oc=5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Lawrence Scotty \u2758 Published: 2023-01-11T20:47:18 \u2758 Has been updated: 2023-01-11T20:47:26 NBA 2K 23&#8217;s MyPlayer mode has been criticized for having a weak story. 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