Hopscotcher wrote:chephren wrote:Thank you Timminz for replying to Hopscotch ...I deliberately didn't reply earlier as he hasn't read a single word I've written and is getting his knickers in a twist about nothing. You stayed a lot calmer than I would have done. To suggest that the players in favour of this are only in favour because they can't find decent team mates is just ridiculous and disrespectful. Look at my games (and Ahunda's games) and see the quality of team mates we attract, Hopscotcher, before you labour this way-off-the-mark point, yet again.
Just to re-iterate: 1v1 option - great idea. Can one player join 3 spots in a game where Team 1 is 3 different players? NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT. It's only an option where both Team 1 and Team 2 are 1 player.
I really don't see the problem with giving people options.
I am not suggesting you can't find decent team mates. I am simply stating what should be obvious: This is a bad bad bad bad bad idea. This is only going to serve to divide an already divided community even farther. No longer, do you have to search for team mates!!!!!!!! Come on, be your own friend!!!!!!!!
Hell make your own clan and play every single turn of every single game!!!!!!!!!! why not???????????
As far as your quality of team mates, I'm not going to look. I trust that you have a decent crew. I just don't understand why people want this option unless it is to farm people even more with Freestyle "team" games.
The
Problem is not giving the Option.
The
Problem is using this as any basis for any kind of skill.
I can tell I'm in the minority here. I don't have a hat or a star next to my name. I don't belong to IA or THOTA or whoever. But I know that this reeks of elitism.
Well, maybe it even does reek of elitism...but mentioning clans in a suggestion reeks of jealousy, and shortsightedness.
The
actual reason many good team players like this idea, and the reason you seem to not be able to grasp why it is so wanted, is because it will be a great way to test team playing skills against another player's team playing skills directly. It does remove the team aspect, which is very important to team play, but it still includes the dynamics of game play in team games, which means those without partners can practice in them, learn them, and get better at them. It also allows newer players, or freemiums who might not know as many people, and might not want to spend the time it takes in a quads game, the opportunity to play one, without the burden of having 3 deadbeats as partners. It will also make the games go much faster, only having to wait for one player as opposed to 7 to play.
It also reduces the luck factor in a normal 1v1 game greatly, because instead of going first and having a massive drop bonus and first attack priveledges, the drop is much smaller, which results in a more even first turn, ie, a better game. Not always, but more often without a doubt.
Now, if you dont understand the game well enough to see these opportunities at first glance, thats fine...but dont go complaining about elitism, or conspiracy theories...call Jesse Ventura instead. Or, maybe just think about it with a less closed mind.
You also seem to miss the very important fact that if you are in THOTA or IA, you dont need this option. I myself can send out a few pms and have a top team in a heartbeat, but not all are so fortunate. Some have to rely on public games, and have to hope they get a good teammate. This is who the option will really benefit, and that fact couldnt be more obvious really, with even a moments thought. This suggestion is actually better for players NOT in top clans or clans of any type. It means they can go up against a top team member, and not pay a penalty for simply not having their own team. It actually reduces the advantage of top clans, because the reason top clans are so successful is because they have so many players that are successful. Again, its obvious, with a moments thought.
That being said, it will be theoretically possible to farm on these settings, and no doubt it will happen, but at the same time, the reason it is farmable is the same reason its a great idea. The least farmable maps are those that are luck based...ie: a coin toss. The most happen to be the most skilled games. Now, arguing that you should not allow an option because it requires a lot of skill is just a silly thing to do, when we simply crave new ways and new opportunities to use skill in the game.
Though you may be happy with the little heads tails games, some crave some new competition, and not all are as popular as you with great teammates to draw on whenever they need a team game.
It would have to be only a 1v1 option though, because without it, it really would be the biggest farming field ever sewn on CC I think. But it would be more fun without a doubt to play all four guys against 4 other players...unfortunately though, the abuse potential is so great, I cant imagine how it would ever work, unless of course players like you worried less about farming, and more about how to make the game fun.
