![]() ![]() The Mad Ants were chosen because A.I.'s story is all about the climb, said Bishop. Well, besides the Mad Ants having a "cool logo and fun name," said Ben Bishop, senior producer of the game’s development team, the NBA 2K19's CareerMode writer is Indiana native Adam Hoelzel.īut those are just sidenotes, he said. So why did Visual Concepts, the developer of NBA 2K19, choose to feature the Mad Ants? “But, uh, we got other stuff here, like…” the coach says. “We don’t need all that stuff in Fort Wayne, thank you very much.” “They’re so cool because they have, like, more restaurants, a mall, schools,” he tells A.I. The Mad Ants coach goes on to explain to A.I. a little something about Indianapolis. “We understand it’s just a video game,” they tweeted, “but we’re very disappointed in and how they represented our city and our station.” That didn't sit well with Fort Wayne’s ESPN 1380 AM and 100.9 FM stations. “The summers? (He makes a thumbs-down gesture.) The winters? (He makes a thumbs-down gesture.) We don’t have any sports stations here, so we get all our news from the Indianapolis affiliates.” ![]() Here’s what you need to know,” his coach tells him. "We’re not sure how or why the video game chose to describe Fort Wayne in the manner in which they did." That wasn’t reflected in the NBA 2K19 description of our community," said John Perlich, spokesman for the city of Fort Wayne. "Fort Wayne has become recognized as a point of destination city to live, work and play. “It helps validate the legitimacy of the NBA G League.” "We were pleasantly surprised to be the featured team,” said Ryan Stevens, spokesman for the Mad Ants. NASCAR: Looming change will help restore some of Brickyard’s lost lusterĪn Indiana Pacers spokesman and Mad Ants spokesman said Monday they were unaware the Mad Ants would be the key team in the NBA 2K19 M圜areer narrative. Sure, a Mad Ants player is the star of Inside NBA 2K19’s M圜areer mode – the series’ long-running single-player career mode. But some of the gritty details that play out in the game don’t cast such a positive light on Fort Wayne.ĭoyel: Frank Reich's offense is sweet for QB Andrew Luck, Indianapolis Colts That’s quite a coup for the Indiana Pacers’ G League affiliate, to be prominently featured in a game whose last iteration sold 10 million copies worldwide. ![]()
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