09-17-2008, 08:46 PM | #1 |
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ATTN Everyone: About teams.
This is a message to all the players who read the forums. Please try to keep the teams as balanced as possible, depending on the game style of the map. This means:
- CTF/RCTF: Same number of players. - AvD: Same number OR the extra player to the Defending team at the moment of joining. - Hunted: This is a bit hard to balance, but somewhere around 1:1.5/2 Assassin/Bodyguard ratio. I know you might have friends ingame and that you want to play with them, but stacking and unbalancing the teams up to a 5v7, for instance, makes the game frustrating for the team with less members and kills the challenge on the team with extra(s), since it will likely steamroll the other team. Wait in spec mode or to the next round to join the same team as your friend, or play on the other team until someone joins and gives your team an extra player, then swap. Likewise, if the enemy team makes you notice that the teams are uneven, or you notice by looking at the Score Board, please, either you or another, even them. Last note: the WORST thing you can do is leaving your own team while it already has one player less or because it's losing. Unevening the teams aggravates even more the problem, and joining the other team because they are winning... Plain and simple, it's lame, unsportsmanlike and may even net you a kick for a Server for doing so. That is all, thanks for reading. |
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09-17-2008, 09:43 PM | #2 | |
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I like being on the lesser numbered team...... gives me more to shoot at.
Generally, I hit "auto-assign" when I join a game.
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09-17-2008, 09:52 PM | #3 | |
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Other than that, I always join either the losing team (even if it's the dreaded blue team) or the team with the least number of players. -Icculus |
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09-17-2008, 10:13 PM | #4 | |
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Also, yeah teams do get stacked, but in my experience they get fixed pretty quickly when someone brings it up. |
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09-18-2008, 12:15 AM | #5 |
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I find it fun to be on the lower end of a team when good players are about. it makes for a more challenging experience.
That said, maintaining a fair gaming atmosphere is always a good idea. |
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09-18-2008, 10:26 AM | #6 |
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I know most people balances them by themselves or even when someone points it out.
But having to play Waterpolo on a 6v9 for around 5 minutes isn't as fun as it could. Or Cornfield with 6 Attackers and 4 Defenders... >_> |
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09-18-2008, 10:45 AM | #7 | |
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09-18-2008, 01:00 PM | #8 | |
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Auto Assigning when teams are even assigns you to the first team in play (so Blue, Red, Yellow and Green). This doesn't matter on CTF/RCTF maps or hunted, since it either doesn't matter which team you join or you join the team that usually needs help (Red on hunted, since BG usually need more Players). However! Most AvD maps use Blue as Offense and Red as Defense, so hitting auto assign would lead you to join the Offense, unevening the game (since usually Offense requires less effort than Defense, since Defense only has a chance to miss, so to speak). Right now, the only map that solves this is Anticitizen, since it features Blue as Defenders and Yellow as Attackers (thus, giving Blue the extra player in an even teams situation). So choose carefully which time to pick Auto Assign! =p |
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09-20-2008, 09:20 PM | #9 | |
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09-20-2008, 10:27 PM | #10 |
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Auto-assign. If teams are even, join team with less points.
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