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Queued room - needs spectate

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9 years ago
cant spectate queued rooms without joining after match start is silly.

People like to sit aside, take a break or wait for games, but stay in the loop.

I think this is a biggie
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9 years ago
Should queued rooms be the "offical matchmaker" system where you have to queue to gain elo?

Kinda like ranked and non ranked servers because it gives us the option to choose small teams and it can start more then one game.
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9 years ago
Dunno about spectating queue...
AUrankAdminGoogleFrog specifically demanded that there is no spectate option..

There is also a question where to put spectators. Many games can spawn at the same moment so how to distribute them? :)

Final consideration is imo what should happen when battle ends.
Should people be moved back to queue? Or should host just quit (current state). If they are moved back should they be spectators?
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9 years ago
Next poll:
If u cannot spectate zk games...
x I would do my own ZK (fork)
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9 years ago
You can spectate those games perfectly well..
Even when they are locked clicking on them joins you as spectator.
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9 years ago
yes a spectate queue, they simply launch into the next game.

And yes, dont remove them out of queue\room when game ends, puts the rooms to empty and encourages people to call it a day.

tbh the whole idea is only for nubs, like many commecrial games, have quickmatch in multiplayer, i never use it. random peeps random map random game types, etc.. i like to choose my games\server\maps.
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9 years ago
AUrank4hundred: It is definitely going to help new players get into the game, as it will make it easier to just press a button and go, no need to worry about how many are in the room already. So long as the maplist is good, the competitive people should be fine with it. If they want to play series against specific opponents, those rooms are available as well, so that's perfectly possible.

I also think a spectator queue is a good idea. However, because the infrastructure currently doesn't hide who is in what room, it's hard to support the idea of only having spectating of some random game (within a type, perhaps) as opposed to choosing a game to spectate based on the players.
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9 years ago
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tbh the whole idea is only for nubs, like many commecrial games, have quickmatch in multiplayer

Exactly. New players are what make the playerbase grow and stay alive.

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i never use it. random peeps random map random game types, etc.. i like to choose my games\server\maps.

You're a veteran player, so that is expected, and why custom game rooms exist.
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