Metsfanmax wrote:stahrgazer wrote:
It has NEVER been illegal to refuse a game, and CC should not start a precedent of making it 'illegal' or "impossible" to refuse a game.
Implementing this feature has nothing to do with whether players can refuse games or not.Teams that are doing this "invite one opponent" thing are either 1) being cleverly proactive about refusing to play existing teams by limiting the ability in advance; 2) hoping some experienced players show a less experienced player the ropes; 3) trying to encourage more activity; or 4) letting the person they do invite go through the legwork of inviting whoever he/she wants to team with.
None of the above are what is being discussed here. Clearly there is a fifth possibility, that is the cause for this suggestion: they are taking advantage of naive or stupid players (i.e. the ones who would join a random game with an unknown teammate). Whether you call it farming or not, it's qualitatively the same.
Sorry, you can't prove that it's not: Teams that are doing this "invite one opponent" thing are 1) being cleverly proactive about refusing to play existing teams by limiting the ability in advance;
But even if you could? Again, per CC prior rulings: It's only a problem if it's done to ? (new recruits). Otherwise, it's all perfectly fine parts of the game, that nothing needs to be done to correct... Nothing should be done to correct something that's perfectly legal ESPECIALLY when what would be done legitimate uses of invite, which this would.
Now, when CC starts ruling that any taking advantage of naivety on an ongoing basis against individuals (even if they are no longer 'new recruits') DOES constitute "farming or other abuse of the game system" and starts disciplining or other programming to fix that - then I would agree that something should be done about potential taking advantage of naivety in team games. But between the two, taking advantage on a 1-on-1 basis is worse, because at least with teams, the naive individual has a chance to get teammates who DO know what they're doing.