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Chesti

7 years ago
(edited 7 years ago)

Since we got a very high upkeep since elo is not visible to everyone we can even keep pushing it with

### hiding playernames in game ###

we display them just in background

pros:
less LUA CPU usage
players cannot blame except into void
chatlines will save bandwidth to country XY
noone can be sure about with what and whom he / she is playing (players will put more effort into game)
we can finally use Upvotes / Downvote ratio from forums to display player rank
math-pros like Brackman won't find a quick solution for nothing (lim)

cons:
need a lot of admins to delete comments under battle threads
pro-(social)-developers would need very long to fix new ratings after game to not given player names, probably the biggest challenge

+9 / -0

Senaven

7 years ago

Usernames now is named 'casual usernames' and 'competitive usernames'. 'Casual usernames' is when you using custom room. Casual username didnt show up in game.
Competitive player name will apper only when player using new matchamker.
If player playing matchamer games less then custom room unbalanced games then profile name will not display in profile. This also works if 'casual elo' is larger then 'competitive elo'.

+1 / -0

Firepluk

7 years ago

Need more genious developments and improvements like this one, so we could justify the ripo-k name

+3 / -0

Zenfur

7 years ago

I actually like the idea. It could be fun. Like scramble all nicks during the gameplay so you don't know who is really who. That would lead to delicious confusion.

+4 / -0

Aquanim

7 years ago

stay mad

+2 / -0

ikinz

7 years ago

Yeah that was actually considered at one point as a raider weekend event type of thing.

+1 / -1

Sprung

7 years ago

Ultra-competitive planet wars.

+3 / -0

Anarchid

7 years ago

Nothing like some good old ultracompetition.

+5 / -0

Failer

7 years ago
(edited 7 years ago)

"Hey you ficking blue lobster, help green moron cuz this ficker is dying, he cant beat this yellow lobster"

Then Space + click on commander and browsing online players comanders to see who is who.
Also, how would report work? "Report blue lobster" button?
How would players kick griefers? "!kick magneta for lobster"?
Im not even mentioning communication between players.
Also is supports blind rps (or whatever it was called) and cheese rushes. If i see @Fierpluk, im going to be prepared for Starlight rush or Bantha drop, or flying Warlords. If i see just a blue player Im not going to be prepared. And we all know its impossible to both scout and react against Scallop drop in time.

+4 / -0

Firepluk

7 years ago

yea, would be TK and trolling heaven
pls implement this faster :P

+0 / -0

Sprung

7 years ago

quote:
help green moron cuz this ficker is dying

+7 / -0

gajop

7 years ago

It's actually very nice for FFA and many other games use it there

+3 / -0

malric

7 years ago

Might also be interesting not to know which enemy units are of which player (you could know the list of enemy players though). This way the reporting/communication would be still ok within the team...

+0 / -0