2010-08-05, 16:44:09
Ok so the old problem was that people were "abusing" the vote kick. In order to address that, we need to be more specific about what abuse is. I'll cite some examples I've seen:
1. Two teammates are fighting, and one or both of them repeatedly tries to kick the other. So basically they initiate the -kick command a couple dozen times until we kick them or they succeed. Solution: Each player can only initiate a vote once per game. Whether or not the victim gets kicked, the player that requested it is no longer able to initiate a vote kick.
2. One team kicks a feeder, say 0-8 early game, and then the other team kicks someone for balance that isn't doing so badly, like a 1-4 record. Solution: Have a kill/death ratio requirement to kick someone. This came up in a different thread. Maybe something like >5 deaths, or >1 death per 2 minutes, or < 1/4 kill/death ratio.
There are many ways to ruin a game without feeding, such as TP'ing out of a CP defense, or wasting gold buying and selling things and just not helping. Some players don't feed, but just flame and QQ in all chat in a way that makes everyone miserable. Maybe we could have it so that if they are feeding, then a majority vote will kick them. If they are not feeding (but maybe ruining in some other way), then a unanimous vote is needed by all players in the game.
See? A solution-oriented post!
1. Two teammates are fighting, and one or both of them repeatedly tries to kick the other. So basically they initiate the -kick command a couple dozen times until we kick them or they succeed. Solution: Each player can only initiate a vote once per game. Whether or not the victim gets kicked, the player that requested it is no longer able to initiate a vote kick.
2. One team kicks a feeder, say 0-8 early game, and then the other team kicks someone for balance that isn't doing so badly, like a 1-4 record. Solution: Have a kill/death ratio requirement to kick someone. This came up in a different thread. Maybe something like >5 deaths, or >1 death per 2 minutes, or < 1/4 kill/death ratio.
There are many ways to ruin a game without feeding, such as TP'ing out of a CP defense, or wasting gold buying and selling things and just not helping. Some players don't feed, but just flame and QQ in all chat in a way that makes everyone miserable. Maybe we could have it so that if they are feeding, then a majority vote will kick them. If they are not feeding (but maybe ruining in some other way), then a unanimous vote is needed by all players in the game.
See? A solution-oriented post!