2013-09-02, 18:50:11
@Bennie:
Thx for saying your mind, not everyone does unfortunately. Thx. And no, I don't think I ever requested to be unbanned, but I apologized for the one I kicked in that game and posted that I now think it wasn't the right thing to do. But while I'm happy about the statement which supposedly came from eSVau, I won't ask for an unban, as I still think it wasn't okay to just insta-ban without posting it.
And I totally agree that the only problem with the whole thing in practice is missing a post in the ban-request thread. Most probably all (or mostly all) would be fine if they just made a post there (in theory it would be better if someone else decided the ban then, but in practice I think it doesn't really matter). So I'm with you on that as well.
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I would even agree with a required stay percentage of 98%, I don'T think I ever went below that (maybe once or twice in 5 years because of network problems, but having to play some qualify games in that case wouldn't have hurt, really).
I mean, 85% means if a game takes 1h 40mins (= 100 mins) that someone can leave at 1:25 every time and be fine. Doesn't sound bad? Well, the same person can also stay till the end in 2 of 3 games and then leave at 55mins and still play ranked.
I would even go farther than raptor, not in regards to the percentage, but also add the same to the qualify bot. It might not help much, as people could just create new accounts, but making it even a bit more work to do that is already a win for the community. So, for example, as soon as one hase more than 5 games on the bot, you could start counting stay percentage (as they may leave very early in their first games, because they are confused or whatever), and then require 89% stay percentage for the last 10 games. That way they could still have a network problem or something like that every 10th game and continue playing. (90% would be a problem, as I think you nearly never get 100% stay even if you stay till the end)
Thx for saying your mind, not everyone does unfortunately. Thx. And no, I don't think I ever requested to be unbanned, but I apologized for the one I kicked in that game and posted that I now think it wasn't the right thing to do. But while I'm happy about the statement which supposedly came from eSVau, I won't ask for an unban, as I still think it wasn't okay to just insta-ban without posting it.
And I totally agree that the only problem with the whole thing in practice is missing a post in the ban-request thread. Most probably all (or mostly all) would be fine if they just made a post there (in theory it would be better if someone else decided the ban then, but in practice I think it doesn't really matter). So I'm with you on that as well.
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I would even agree with a required stay percentage of 98%, I don'T think I ever went below that (maybe once or twice in 5 years because of network problems, but having to play some qualify games in that case wouldn't have hurt, really).
I mean, 85% means if a game takes 1h 40mins (= 100 mins) that someone can leave at 1:25 every time and be fine. Doesn't sound bad? Well, the same person can also stay till the end in 2 of 3 games and then leave at 55mins and still play ranked.
I would even go farther than raptor, not in regards to the percentage, but also add the same to the qualify bot. It might not help much, as people could just create new accounts, but making it even a bit more work to do that is already a win for the community. So, for example, as soon as one hase more than 5 games on the bot, you could start counting stay percentage (as they may leave very early in their first games, because they are confused or whatever), and then require 89% stay percentage for the last 10 games. That way they could still have a network problem or something like that every 10th game and continue playing. (90% would be a problem, as I think you nearly never get 100% stay even if you stay till the end)
Getting used to the Sand everywhere. At least it brings us map updates.
