Drew randomly texted me this lol Designers might actually be cooked. I had no idea AI was this good now for thumbs. If I was making videos, I’d 100% think thumbs like this were good enough to use.

Sad to say, but anyone who actually watched the game knows this was a highly unethical 83-point performance. Stat padding in a 30 point blowout, fouling just to get the ball back, and 43 free throws. Insane.

After 8 years, I’m bringing the DF clan to a close. Thank you for showing me what was possible. Once DF, forever DF. ❤️

Just random thoughts because none of this is easy. But someone asked me the other day how I would ban cheaters if it were my call, so here’s my super detailed idea of what I’d do if I were actually trying to ban cheaters in NBA 2K26. First, we can’t do the obvious solution of just banning people when it shows a Zen or some cheating service connected, because the game can’t see hardware. Only the console can. 2K doesn’t know what device you’re holding, it only sees the inputs being sent. So the real question isn’t who owns a Zen. It’s whose shooting stats and metrics look like they’re cheating. That’s the only angle you actually have to ban. I’d start with a trigger. Something like 20 or 30 makes in a row online. If you hit that, your account gets automatically flagged. Not banned but flagged for deeper review. This doesn’t prove cheating, but it narrows the pool to accounts actually worth reviewing, and it probably catches cheaters at a high rate. Then during review, I’m looking at three things: 1.how hard the shots were 2.timing consistency down to the milliseconds 3.shot selection After that, I’d compare you to similar players. Same position type. Same mode. Same difficulty. If your results are way outside the normal range, that’s probably not skill. For example, hitting three 40% contested shots inside a larger pattern of 20 makes in a row, all with nearly identical millisecond timing, isn’t normal variance. That’s cheating. At that point, ban. Could probably be done by an algorithm if needed. Allow an appeal process for human review but I doubt this gets many wrong. Would it catch everyone? No. But it doesn’t have to. You just need to catch enough people to change behavior. I also wouldn’t announce the exact standard. If people know the line, they’ll miss on purpose to stay under it. Where I would be loud is the enforcement. I’d make a public show of bans. Find the most well-known cheaters, ban them, and make it clear it wasn’t random and it wasn’t a bluff. Create a creator hotline where they can directly give Devs names of people who pull up them on stream and cheat for further review. You won’t get all the cheaters but you will create fear. And fear will stop at least some of these really obvious situations. On top of that, I’d add a regular ban day. You don’t announce names or standards, it just happens. For example, every Friday there could be a noticeable clear-out. People log in, see accounts gone, and the message spreads. That pattern alone would draw attention to enforcement. That said, I don’t think any of this actually happens. The money lost to cheating is probably less than the money they make from cheaters. Skill-based matchmaking already hides most of the cheating from most players anyway. So this is really just a thought exercise.

Trying to attack Kai for wanting to better himself is lame. Those are tough words too 💀 idk why people are laughing like they’d do any better. At least he’s trying.

2025 changed everything for me. 2026, I’m not slowing down. I hope you all use this year to chase what matters to you. The dreams you’ve been putting off, the moves you’ve been waiting to make: stop waiting. The best time to start is always now

The whole point of MyPlayer and video games is to live out a fantasy you can’t live in real life. If you wanted to be exactly who you are in real life, you wouldn’t be on 2K. You’d be outside. But they know that. This is just rage bait for clicks.

Something big happened in the 2K community a few days ago, and almost no one is talking about it. YaBoiTonio, one of the biggest 2K creators with nearly a million subscribers, posted a video saying he’s done posting 2K content. Creators burn out. People fade away. That’s normal. But this wasn’t that. Tonio wasn’t falling off. He didn’t quietly stop uploading. He made a deliberate video saying, “I’m done posting 2K.” That almost never happens at this level. He gave fair reasons. The content felt repetitive. Other content was taking off. He wanted to make space for others. All valid. But the truth is still this: he walked away from thousands in guaranteed income because he no longer wanted to play the game. When even the biggest names can’t bring themselves to keep playing for a paycheck, something is not right. And this didn’t happen in a vacuum. In 2024, the NBA 2K League shut down its competitive play, stripping away the highest aspiration the game had. For years, comp was the north star. Even for players who never really watched, it gave the game direction. Something to strive for. And we’ve seen more of this recently. 1v1Me collapsed. The MyTeam $250,000 tournament was cancelled. Cheating has become normalized. Wagers, rivalries, real stakes, all the things that gave 2K edge and meaning quietly disappeared. What replaced them feels thinner. Even many of the biggest 2K creators follow the same cycle now. Heavy posting at launch. Promises that this year is different. Then silence. Names like Tyceno and Gman aren’t exceptions. They’re patterns. Yet the numbers tell a different story. In Take-Two’s most recent earnings report (reported November 2025), the company posted record-breaking net bookings of $1.96 billion, citing strong performance from NBA 2K. On paper, that looks healthy. Maybe even strong. But sales don’t measure community. They don’t measure longevity. They don’t measure whether people are buying out of love or habit. Sales can rise while community dies. The numbers don’t always capture what’s been lost. Tonio leaving doesn’t feel isolated. It feels connected. So maybe 2K isn’t dying but it sure feels like the 2K we knew is.

Ten years ago, competitive 2K really took off. It started with a $250,000 Pro-Am tournament in 2K16 that showed there was real money in this. A couple years later, the NBA created its own comp 2K league, paying players a salary, putting them on real NBA teams, even housing them. By 2K20, it hit its peak. Hundreds of thousands were watching wager matches, money games were everywhere, and even big names like Bronny were playing. There was another $250,000 MyTEAM tournament. You had to be there but you could actually make a living just off skill and sometimes make more than even creators. Today, one of the last competitive 2K leagues shut down after players were caught fixing matches. That dream is over. You can’t be a competitive 2K player and earn a living from it anymore.

Those are cheaters using Zens to auto green bro 💀💀💀

This made sense like five years ago. Mascots were always going to lose value by now because they’ve been around for a decade. It’s just old now. Even if they made it the Legend reward again, nobody wants the same reward recycled every year. 🤷‍♂️

Hate to say it, but it’s not just this community. The era of fair play in gaming is over imo. There’s more ways to cheat than ever and social media makes it easier to access. We’re never getting another major game without a big wave of cheaters. That’s the new reality.

Back where it started. 10 years later.

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I’m thankful I’ve had the chance to get to know and interact with all of you in this community. Supporters and not so supporters, you’ve challenged me and pushed me to be a better version of myself every day. ❤️🦃

I don’t want to hear cheating complaints after everyone begged for no RNG. This was always the outcome and we knew it. The community chose a system that would boost cheaters so they could shoot better, thinking it wouldn’t affect them, and now they’re getting what they asked for.

Wait someone hit legend 5 already? 😭

7’4 players need a bigger patch. If Wemby can’t do it, why should your 2K player be able to 🤔 (Am I doing this right?)

The 2K community is hilarious. Every year it’s “the worst 2K ever,” every patch “ruined the game,” yet somehow the game still has crazy potential and is always just one fix away from being the best ever. It’s the same cycle every year and I’m not falling for it again.

You win, you’re a tryhard You lose, you’re trash You play a lot, you’re a no life You don’t play enough, you’re a bot You green, you’re a cheater You miss, you’re throwing You break someone, no skill You get broken, got exposed You can never win in this community, just do you💯