| 1 |
[q]The main downside is that what you describe essentially already happened (it was one of the first things tried, maybe over a decade ago now) and it doesn't work. Here is what happens.[/q]
|
1 |
[q]The main downside is that what you describe essentially already happened (it was one of the first things tried, maybe over a decade ago now) and it doesn't work. Here is what happens.[/q]
|
| 2 |
[q] At least one of the rooms becomes sad when they load into the game and find 16 players rather than the expected 32.[/q]
|
2 |
[q] At least one of the rooms becomes sad when they load into the game and find 16 players rather than the expected 32.[/q]
|
| 3 |
My initial reading of the proposal above was that it would be two [i]games[/i] running in [u]one[/u] [i]room[/i].
|
3 |
My initial reading of the proposal above was that it would be two [i]games[/i] running in [u]one[/u] [i]room[/i].
|
| 4 |
\n
|
4 |
\n
|
| 5 |
With the room then essentially being a chat-enabled matchmaker queue, or something.
|
5 |
With the room then essentially being a chat-enabled matchmaker queue, or something.
|
| 6 |
\n
|
6 |
\n
|
| 7 |
So games get split, but the community stays together, and also !exiting to go back to "main" does nothing because you're already there.
|
7 |
So games get split, but the community stays together, and also !exiting to go back to "main" does nothing because you're already there.
|
| 8 |
\n
|
8 |
\n
|
| 9 |
Re-reading i guess it was actually a proposal for a full split with a temporary merged room, which is different, so nevermind. Maybe the room-as-queue could work, maybe not.
|
9 |
Re-reading i guess it was actually a proposal for a full split with a temporary merged room, which is different, so nevermind. Maybe the room-as-queue could work, maybe not.
|
| 10 |
\n
|
10 |
\n
|
|
|
11 |
I think with the wait list addition it could work much better, by not creating a second game until there are enough players in the wait list to make its size pass the threshold of "big enough".
|
|
|
12 |
\n
|
| 11 |
[q]My conclusion I draw from my observations is that while a lot of players like to play small-teams, its not important enough for them to seed their own room. They have 2 choices: Try to organize a small game and potentially fail, or play a clusterfuck now. Since the second option usually wins, it seems that getting a game NOW is more important than the game being the prefered size. [/q]
|
13 |
[q]My conclusion I draw from my observations is that while a lot of players like to play small-teams, its not important enough for them to seed their own room. They have 2 choices: Try to organize a small game and potentially fail, or play a clusterfuck now. Since the second option usually wins, it seems that getting a game NOW is more important than the game being the prefered size. [/q]
|
| 12 |
Aye, that tracks with me. If i am looking for a quick set of robots blowing each other up, then i get a choice between idling with matchmaker 1v1 (~1h wait before game), seeding a micropot (1h+), or jumping into the lob pot (5-10 minutes).
|
14 |
Aye, that tracks with me. If i am looking for a quick set of robots blowing each other up, then i get a choice between idling with matchmaker 1v1 (~1h wait before game), seeding a micropot (1h+), or jumping into the lob pot (5-10 minutes).
|
| 13 |
\n
|
15 |
\n
|
| 14 |
If i only have one hour to waste, then the pot will give me a guaranteed low-quality game while the other options run the risk of giving me no games.
|
16 |
If i only have one hour to waste, then the pot will give me a guaranteed low-quality game while the other options run the risk of giving me no games.
|
Vote to split Teams - All Welcome into 2 smaller teams rooms?