I am sick of it

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Cadillac
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Post by Cadillac »

By decree of Cadillac, XT are hereby officially banned from playing any squad games until such time as their rank lowers to the average of the rest of the community. /laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":lol:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" />
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Post by Shizoku »

Most of us don't even play that much, it's only a few like lyko, weed and myself who have a high rank. I think back when stats counted -80% most of the games counted.
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Post by Jormagund »

Caddy makes an excellent point tho. Is it the skilled pilots fault that he deviates from some statistical ideal? Should XT be forced to play against whatever number of opposing pilots it takes to give them a 1:1 win ratio? I figure 3 or 4 squads might do it.


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Post by Ksero »

Jormagund wrote:QUOTE (Jormagund @ Apr 20 2007, 01:25 AM) Caddy makes an excellent point tho. Is it the skilled pilots fault that he deviates from some statistical ideal? Should XT be forced to play against whatever number of opposing pilots it takes to give them a 1:1 win ratio? I figure 3 or 4 squads might do it.
//I originally named 4 until it occurred to me that might be "inflammatory"
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I don't think anyone would argue that auto-balance should apply to squad games. Auto-balance only applies to pickup games.

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From another post:
Jormagund wrote:QUOTE (Jormagund @ Apr 19 2007, 07:13 AM) it is pissing me off that some seem to think we should be forced to fly with more and more clueless noobs until we lose 50% of the time.
Yes. That's precisely what I think. Some might call it a fair game when all sides have an equal chance of winning. Or is it better that all vets gang up on one side and all the clueless noobs take the other side?

If you really don't want to fly with noobs, then perhaps we should consider to have an "adv only" server where we could play balanced games with a higher average skill. If there aren't enough players to have that, then maybe we could arrange "vet nights"... prescheduled pickup games (like the old Allegiance Veteran's League). But I think that deserves its own thread (and it has indeed been discussed several times before).
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Post by Jormagund »

I have no problem with the adv only server. None at all.
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Jormagund wrote:QUOTE (Jormagund @ Apr 20 2007, 05:19 AM) I have no problem with the adv only server. None at all.
Would you have a problem if you weren't allowed on it?
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Post by Ozricosis »

BURN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AB in squad games is basically saying outloud "I suck and my team sucks so let's handicap the good players so we can win"

I hope I misunderstood Ksero. Seriously.
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Post by Dengaroth »

Ozricosis wrote:QUOTE (Ozricosis @ Apr 20 2007, 07:09 AM) AB in squad games is basically saying outloud "I suck and my team sucks so let's handicap the good players so we can win"

I hope I misunderstood Ksero. Seriously.
Advanced version:
Ksero wrote:QUOTE (Ksero @ Apr 20 2007, 02:07 AM) I don't think anyone would argue that auto-balance should apply to squad games.
Basic version:
Ksero wrote:QUOTE (Ksero @ Apr 20 2007, 02:07 AM) Auto-balance only applies to pickup games.
Version for the literacy-challenged:
Ksero (which he did not write, but probably should have) wrote:QUOTE (Ksero (which he did not write, but probably should have) @ Apr 20 2007, 02:07 AM) Autobalance PU yes. Autobalance SG no.
Savvy?
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Post by Pos_21 »

Ksero wrote:QUOTE (Ksero @ Apr 19 2007, 07:07 PM) ...
Yes. That's precisely what I think [that we should be forced to fly with noobs until we lose 50% of the time].
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That's the part that I think Ozzy was refering to (Brackets mine).

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Post by Camaro »

if we all lose 50% of the time, we would all be (15s)

WOO that would be so boring.

might as well ditch the rankings if that was the case
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