EPTPersonally I think you should stay away from Auto-Matchmaking. Without the AMM feature it forces people into the channel to find games. Suddenly we have active chat channels. When I played this last night I was hanging out in the channel talking about games... joining other games to watch people play. Doing re-matches. It feels like BW. I worry that AMM would take away the personality of a system where you have to find someone you want to play with.
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Centorian
United States95 Posts
Personally I think you should stay away from Auto-Matchmaking. Without the AMM feature it forces people into the channel to find games. Suddenly we have active chat channels. When I played this last night I was hanging out in the channel talking about games... joining other games to watch people play. Doing re-matches. It feels like BW. I worry that AMM would take away the personality of a system where you have to find someone you want to play with. | ||
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Clbull
United Kingdom1439 Posts
On June 23 2011 13:20 PariahDrake wrote: I created an account here just to post in this thread. I was totally burnt out on Blizzard's ladder. I just couldn't take it anymore.] Now I have hope. Me and a friend who had pretty much quit playing competitively, only playing customs, are now looking forward to this. Excellent! Things I'd love to see: 1) Matchmaking. Yeah, I realize it may be awhile, and this whole thing is in development, but an automated matchmaker would be so awesome. 2) Larger map pool. Or at least, rotate maps frequently. I think that 20 maps is a good pool, but if it has to be smaller, than at least change it up frequently so things don't get stale. 3) No Blizzard maps at all. Hate those. Use player created maps exclusively. 4) Change the name. I know, I'm kinda pissed at Blizz too for their ineptitude, but let's be diplomatic. Make a real name, instead of an insult towards Blizzard (even though they deserve it!) and let's see how popular it can get, and how serious people will take it. Thank you so much for doing this, and good luck. On the note of 3. Are you kidding me? A few of the Blizzard maps like The Shattered Temple and Metalopolis are actually quite well designed but are spoiled by how different each match can be through the randomness of positioning. I say only use the TOURNAMENT versions of certain Blizzard maps i.e. MLG Metalopolis where only cross positions are enabled. I think it's safe to say that none of these maps will be used in their current format, for reasons mentioned below. 1v1test1:
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vincom2
Singapore1775 Posts
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bakesale
United States187 Posts
On June 23 2011 13:20 PariahDrake wrote: 4) Change the name. I know, I'm kinda pissed at Blizz too for their ineptitude, but let's be diplomatic. Make a real name, instead of an insult towards Blizzard (even though they deserve it!) and let's see how popular it can get, and how serious people will take it. Thank you so much for doing this, and good luck. Agreed, this is a great idea and I'd hate to see the wrath of the almighty ruin it. | ||
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dudecrush
Canada418 Posts
On June 24 2011 02:55 bakesale wrote: Agreed, this is a great idea and I'd hate to see the wrath of the almighty ruin it. Seconded... As much as I agree with the name, it's inflammatory nature might hurt this in the long run. | ||
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Khao
Canada58 Posts
On June 24 2011 03:28 dudecrush wrote: Seconded... As much as I agree with the name, it's inflammatory nature might hurt this in the long run. I also agree that a name change could certainly benefit the league in the long run. Does anyone have any creative ideas for one though? I'm sure a brainstorm could give Angrybacon some ideas. | ||
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SaltyDog
Uganda73 Posts
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Clbull
United Kingdom1439 Posts
On June 24 2011 05:03 Khao wrote: I also agree that a name change could certainly benefit the league in the long run. Does anyone have any creative ideas for one though? I'm sure a brainstorm could give Angrybacon some ideas. I say stick with NTBL for the time being, at least until Blizzard attempts to take their map development and ladder improvement more seriously. If it turns quite big and Blizzard does improve then by all means change the name to something more professional. On June 24 2011 05:34 SaltyDog wrote: Please publish it on the EU server, until then I am withholding my complements and words of encouragement. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Seconded. EU release please. | ||
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dudecrush
Canada418 Posts
Even though I live in NA I think an EU release would be great for popularity. | ||
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`Winter
United Kingdom19 Posts
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Azide
Canada566 Posts
On June 24 2011 09:28 `Winter wrote: So how popular is this on NA already? Are there many people in the chat channel playing? Consistently ~50 people always in the channel with people up for games | ||
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Golgotha
Korea (South)8418 Posts
this has so much potential. We finally get to play more maps and the devs within this program seem very ATTUNED to the pro scene and will accommodate us fairly quickly compared to blizz. AWESOME. but yeah we need some kind of soft matchmaking to get games going a bit faster. At least the option to. Finding players faster and getting games rolling quicker will help with the growth. | ||
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angrybacon
United States98 Posts
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Nazeron
Canada1046 Posts
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XXXSmOke
United States1333 Posts
I noticed you siad that you were going to have your own match making thing, how do you plan to do that? | ||
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Golgotha
Korea (South)8418 Posts
On June 24 2011 10:25 angrybacon wrote: Updates to the website! Online ranking alpha test! Check it out! i dont see any changes ok i see it! it is just very hard to see | ||
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gslavik
United States72 Posts
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Spacedude
Denmark161 Posts
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angrybacon
United States98 Posts
On June 24 2011 10:52 gslavik wrote: does the A+/- cover a rating range or is it separated like the blizzard ladder (1k broze is weaker than 1k diamond)? No separation, just like iCCup. | ||
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NemesysTV
United States1088 Posts
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