More tips and hints.

Long vacation, disillusioned with the game of Freestyle going to the dogs (the idiot who made the suggestion to change the level limit from 16-30 to 16-25 should be beaten by a lynch mob, hanged, and shot repeatedly for good measure, that dumb idea created irreparable damage in the community) - but that doesn't mean I'm done with the game.

Far from it.

Anyway, personal post notwithstanding, here are a few more tips for you:

1. Guards (and Small Forwards) should learn how to block the Cheap Dream Shake 2 skill. Most Small Forwards (especially the idiots who made it to level 45 without learning kukgi) will whore this skill out on you.

2. If you're gonna set a screen without the skill, don't just shove the defender away (that's not only illegal but also unethical). Go to where your teammate will be and stand there. Try not to get into contact with the defender until you get to the spot and stand still.

Just stand still. The best way to use the moving screen is with a lot of subtlety and deception. You don't need to knock your teammate's defender down. All you need to do is divert the defender's movement and thus give your teammate a half-second window to shoot. Roll if you see help coming then slam it or pop up for the jumper.

3. Small Forwards and Shooting Guards tend to not use kukgi. Sucks to be them. Kukgi is probably the most reliable means for scoring for these two.

4. Guards aren't shoe horned three point shooters. I've seen lots of G's who with an open lane spam A and go for the three. This is not only a waste of time, but also really stupid. Nobody in real life wastes an easy two-pointer from point-blank range just to show off your 1337 dr1bbl1ng sk1llz.

5. Point Guards are fun to use as scorers, but when the game's on the line, go to your teammates and try to get them (and you) open. You're a playmaker. Stop spamming the A button when the game's in crunch time.

6. Power Forwards are far more versatile than their stat screen suggests, and Small Forwards also. Once you understand this you'll see a lot more use of your PF than just rebounding and dunks.

7. Go watch a few 90's era NBA games on youtube or something to see how the pros (not in-game pros, as those people probably won't help contribute to the game of basketball IRL, nyahaha) play.

More to come in the future.