NOTHING WAS THE SAME: The Return of Derek Baldwin | MyLeague (2023- )
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This guy will not give me any rest. His 2K14 MyCareer was one of the most fun that I’ve had playing and writing in a long time. It was the longest running and most in depth story I’d ever done (first post was October 2013). So last summer I was trying to dream up ways of having this go on, do I try and transfer the MyCareer and play it out another 3 or 4 seasons using MyLeague? Do we just have this guy ride off into the sunset with his championships and let a new superstar emerge? Do I just keep playing it on the PS3? I decided it would be cool to have him take on a different role. So I’ve been shaping this up since September 2015, but I didn’t want to just stop writing Been Around the World, so I decided to finish the last season that I started. I definitely didn’t expect it to take another year (stupid job) to finish the season. But it gave me time to move things into the future 7 years with this chise. I was able to play (more than) a few games and had to actually stop myself from playing more because I didn’t want to get too far ahead.
This will be set in the year 2023, 10 years after Derek was drafted into the NBA. I will give a recap of his final season in the league (not the last season that I wrote). It’ll be a minute before we get to the games as I have a few articles to post (be patient djp!). But once I get it going, it’s going. Writing will be much of the same as the MyCareer. Game updates, “cut scenes”, and social media. Although the story is somewhat character driven, it still centers around a team, so I plan to include some draft watch updates and of course any major things happening in the league as well. Since there will be quite a few new faces (generated players) dominating the NBA, I’ll try to spotlight some of the League’s brightest stars.
Hope everybody enjoys this next chapter in the life of your favorite player’s favorite player.
Note:
Anything referencing NBA seasons’ before Derek’s retirement (2013-2020) will be taken from Been Around the World chise. The only thing that will be here that wasn’t in the original MyCareer will be the inclusion of real rookies (Andrew Wiggins, Jahlil Okafor) as you can’t import draft classes into MyCareer. That’s really the only thing that’s going to be a new wrinkle in this story.
So if you guys aren’t tired of Derek Baldwin yet….ENJOY!
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