2008-03-11, 21:05:07
Stop playing then, or play with a closed circle of pros, in a clan or whatever.
Auto-kicking noobs is out of the question as well, that would effectively end the expansion of the map, who would try to play BT a second time if the map itself kicked him the first time due to his inexperience? That would just lead to pissed off beginners. Moreover, auto-kicking noobs would not solve anything, you would still have games with a lot of inexperienced players (as you can hardly tell how experienced somebody is before the game starts), they would get kicked, and you got a 2vs3 again, same situation. The feature would also have to be able to check for suiciders, and you can basically suicide with any smaller vehicle, exploder, tinker, heli, etc., how is that supposed to work? The same applies to traders, no idea if it's even possible to include these exceptions.
The host should not have the privilege of a veto, but you should not be able to kick him either, as that easily disconnects people, as mentioned before. It's the question of which is the lesser of two evils: the possibility that some or all players get disconnected, or the possibility of a feeding/misbehaving host? I'd say the former is worse, hence the host should not be kickable.
I guess every map like BT, DotA, and many more has a problem with pub games of sometimes poor quality, due to leavers, inexperienced players, and players unable to communicate with their teammates, it's not a problem you can solve with some scripted feature.
Auto-kicking noobs is out of the question as well, that would effectively end the expansion of the map, who would try to play BT a second time if the map itself kicked him the first time due to his inexperience? That would just lead to pissed off beginners. Moreover, auto-kicking noobs would not solve anything, you would still have games with a lot of inexperienced players (as you can hardly tell how experienced somebody is before the game starts), they would get kicked, and you got a 2vs3 again, same situation. The feature would also have to be able to check for suiciders, and you can basically suicide with any smaller vehicle, exploder, tinker, heli, etc., how is that supposed to work? The same applies to traders, no idea if it's even possible to include these exceptions.
The host should not have the privilege of a veto, but you should not be able to kick him either, as that easily disconnects people, as mentioned before. It's the question of which is the lesser of two evils: the possibility that some or all players get disconnected, or the possibility of a feeding/misbehaving host? I'd say the former is worse, hence the host should not be kickable.
I guess every map like BT, DotA, and many more has a problem with pub games of sometimes poor quality, due to leavers, inexperienced players, and players unable to communicate with their teammates, it's not a problem you can solve with some scripted feature.