Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 1:02 am
Yeah. So if "newbie" is in game title and people don't notice it before starting game then we get a lot of banned players...
I don't really see the logic in this as we already have dedicated newbie servers and a game setting option for novice only, but since it is a rule that I find somewhat entertaining I'm not too concerned. But I'm still left with a few questions on how the auto-ban system actually works:
a) It never seems to ban every non-novice who plays in the game. From the few times I've seen it enforced it's always banned 7 of at least 10 (usually more) non-novice players.
b) It always bans everyone at once (or very close together) after a seemingly random amount of time. This is troublesome because it has the potential to completely unbalance teams if the soon-to-be-banned tend to favor one side of the next game in main.
c) The amount of time each ban is supposed to last seems random, but not really. It hasn't been a problem since usually someone else complains and the bans are removed anyways, but I've noticed that the ban is consistently longer for me. Like I said, they get removed, but sometimes I am amazed to see everyone walking away with 1 or 2 hour bans and getting a solid 100 myself.
Anyways if we are set on keeping this somewhat unknown rule then maybe it would be a good idea that the word 'main' in game title counteracts its auto-ban potential.
I don't really see the logic in this as we already have dedicated newbie servers and a game setting option for novice only, but since it is a rule that I find somewhat entertaining I'm not too concerned. But I'm still left with a few questions on how the auto-ban system actually works:
a) It never seems to ban every non-novice who plays in the game. From the few times I've seen it enforced it's always banned 7 of at least 10 (usually more) non-novice players.
b) It always bans everyone at once (or very close together) after a seemingly random amount of time. This is troublesome because it has the potential to completely unbalance teams if the soon-to-be-banned tend to favor one side of the next game in main.
c) The amount of time each ban is supposed to last seems random, but not really. It hasn't been a problem since usually someone else complains and the bans are removed anyways, but I've noticed that the ban is consistently longer for me. Like I said, they get removed, but sometimes I am amazed to see everyone walking away with 1 or 2 hour bans and getting a solid 100 myself.
Anyways if we are set on keeping this somewhat unknown rule then maybe it would be a good idea that the word 'main' in game title counteracts its auto-ban potential.