2010-12-09, 08:34:46
First of all, I'd just like to say that I really like how much the league has progressed so far - thanks to the devs and admins for all your hard work. While the quality of play has continued to increased, I've found one consistent problem ruining my games: noobs.
The Situation - Noobs Ruin Games:
In what seems like 1 out of every 2 or 3 games, there are usually 1 or in some cases 2 noobs per team. They feed, they fail to engage in any kind of meaningful teamplay, they don't defend. They are x2 worse than not having a player at all because they enable the other team to be incredibly strong. In short, they completely ruin the game for everyone else, usually causing one team to be far more handicapped than other.
The Solution - Add a 10 game recent K:D criteria to play in league games:
Most of the players I consider to be "noobs" flat out have horrible scores every game they play. They are different than medicore players, who sometimes have positive or negative K:Ds. If we track the K:D over the last 10 games and block anyone with something like <1:2 ratio, it will make the overall quality of league games far better. This also allows noobs to "graduate" to the league once they can demonstrate that they won't feed horribly in qualify.
Given how often league games launch and that noobs account for < 10% of league players, I don't think this will slow down how fast games launch.
Btanks community, your thoughts?
-General Pwn
The Situation - Noobs Ruin Games:
In what seems like 1 out of every 2 or 3 games, there are usually 1 or in some cases 2 noobs per team. They feed, they fail to engage in any kind of meaningful teamplay, they don't defend. They are x2 worse than not having a player at all because they enable the other team to be incredibly strong. In short, they completely ruin the game for everyone else, usually causing one team to be far more handicapped than other.
The Solution - Add a 10 game recent K:D criteria to play in league games:
Most of the players I consider to be "noobs" flat out have horrible scores every game they play. They are different than medicore players, who sometimes have positive or negative K:Ds. If we track the K:D over the last 10 games and block anyone with something like <1:2 ratio, it will make the overall quality of league games far better. This also allows noobs to "graduate" to the league once they can demonstrate that they won't feed horribly in qualify.
Given how often league games launch and that noobs account for < 10% of league players, I don't think this will slow down how fast games launch.
Btanks community, your thoughts?
-General Pwn