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by **JOHNNYROCKET24** on Sat Nov 14, 2009 1:35 pm

I dont think you can tell which games were assigned from a random map. I run all my tournies with a random map because it shows how crossed map a player is or is not.

by **Bones2484** on Sat Nov 14, 2009 1:38 pm

JOHNNYROCKET24 wrote:I dont think you can tell which games were assigned from a random map.

Dont know where you got that idea from.

Maybe... earlier in the thread?

jpcloet wrote:Right now, you can't go back and find out which games are random. I've suggested that they will need to have their own numbering system or another fix.

by **jarrett155** on Sat Nov 14, 2009 2:41 pm

yeah but it seems faily easy to implement that. you just wouldnt get a medal right away after your first win. cross map isnt the same/ any good player would still be ready to play on the map wether theyve played it before or not.

by **max is gr8** on Sun Nov 22, 2009 12:48 pm

possibly an R before the number of the game. So if the game would have been 111111 it would be R111111.

Simply solution really. Or Have it as an option at the side under Fog of War, random map: yes.

by **Catarah** on Thu Apr 08, 2010 1:36 pm

i completely love this idea.

as i've played lots of 1v1 random games, i was dissapointed to see that random doesnt give a medal.

i wouldn't say cross map achievement covers this. one can only play standard type of maps and probably obtain a silver in that, and figure out the gameplay of a few other maps and get a gold cross map achievement.

random though, means you've got to be able to adapt to new maps on the fly, even if you've never seen it before.

i vote to implant a random medal.

by **JoshyBoy** on Fri Apr 09, 2010 3:50 pm

I fully and wholeheartedly support this idea.

by **Prankcall** on Sat May 01, 2010 3:48 pm

how about 1st identifying a map/game as being created random,imagine how appalled I was in finding you cannot even know how times you have played random maps,bothers me 2 know end.

by **Queen_Herpes** on Sun Jul 25, 2010 10:18 am

*mods, please merge this with the Q&A thread I started on the same topic...I will update my original post there with the following information once it is merged over here since that one is the older post and will show up first...

Concise description:

Register the random games in the database, make them trackable and countable, etc.
Show to all (make visible) that a game was started in random
Eventually implement a random game medal

Specifics/Details:

As stated above

How this will benefit the site and/or other comments:

The random map game option represents a choice by the participant to play any one of the maps on CC
Once the map is selected, the winner of one random game is potentially not that skilled (especially if the map selected is one the winner has played frequently in the past.)
If a player wins frequently in random games, the player is likely skilled at playing the game on any map, this special skill should be recognized in the following ways:
- visible to all the the winner has won other random games
- a medal to recognize considerable achievement with this map option

by **Arama86n** on Sun Jul 25, 2010 10:55 am

This is an important improvement. Every time I've started a random game I've thought about this, that down the road no one will know which of my games were random and which weren't. Hell, I don't remember myself

Also, by improving the site by implementing the first two suggestions it opens up for a Random-Map medal. Along with xmap medal this should be a very important medal when judging how versatile a player is, useful for clan scouting etc.
Also, a random map medal would naturally encourage more people to use the random function, and thus ensure more of CC wonderfull maps see the light of day.

Need I go on? Win win situation imho

by **Woodruff** on Sun Jul 25, 2010 11:09 am

Queen_Herpes wrote:*mods, please merge this with the Q&A thread I started on the same topic...I will update my original post there with the following information once it is merged over here since that one is the older post and will show up first...

Concise description:
Register the random games in the database, make them trackable and countable, etc.
Show to all (make visible) that a game was started in random
Eventually implement a random game medal

Specifics/Details:
As stated above

How this will benefit the site and/or other comments:
The random map game option represents a choice by the participant to play any one of the maps on CC
Once the map is selected, the winner of one random game is potentially not that skilled (especially if the map selected is one the winner has played frequently in the past.)
If a player wins frequently in random games, the player is likely skilled at playing the game on any map, this special skill should be recognized in the following ways:
visible to all the the winner has won other random games
a medal to recognize considerable achievement with this map option

As much as I loathe to agree with Queen_Herpes about anything (you know I'm kidding! <grin>), I agree with her completely. I think this is a improvement suggestion has no downside at all.

by **MichelSableheart** on Sun Jul 25, 2010 2:52 pm

Completely agree.

A player who wins on a map that was selected at random is probably more versatile then a player who wins on that same map after choosing to play on it. There currently is no easy way to make this difference visible. This suggestion definately adds to the functionality of the site.

by **drunkmonkey** on Mon Jul 26, 2010 4:37 pm

One more vote of support. =D>

by **shocked439** on Mon Jul 26, 2010 4:57 pm

I agree! This is a great idea.

by **squishyg** on Mon Jul 26, 2010 9:06 pm

i completely agree with queenie with absolutely no asterisks to her suggestion!! please let us random mappers have the respect we deserve!!

by **AndyDufresne** on Tue Jul 27, 2010 10:16 am

When Random Maps came out, I can't remember if there was a specific technical reason or not why Lack didn't keep track of it. We'll have to see! But I like the idea nonetheless.

--Andy