EPTGames autostart when they are full, why?! - Page 3
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Chairman Ray
United States11903 Posts
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Whyzguy
Canada263 Posts
- When full, 30sec to play around with settings/teams etc. - After those 30sec, Auto-start in 5sec - The 30sec is skippable by host at any time - The 5sec is not skippable - Never locked into the game Edit: added "by host". Wouldnt want non-hosts to have power now would we? =p | ||
Myles
United States5162 Posts
On July 31 2010 02:13 Disastorm wrote: This fixes basically absolutely nothing. Just makes it more annoying. People can still afk host and then when the game starts they will just be afk in the game thereby having the same problem as if they were an afk host. When people misclick and the game autostarts they have no choice but to leave after the game already started and that makes it more annoying for both the host and the player. This. Autostart doesn't fix anything. It just makes it so you can go from a lobby with an afk host to a game with an afk host. | ||
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sjschmidt93
United States2518 Posts
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Dizmaul
United States831 Posts
I did however hate afk hosts just staying in the lobby ruining that map for hours and hours which cant happen anymore. Is this a perfect solution ... no ...... does it fix things.... yes also for those saying omg then game starts with afk host omg!!!!..... wow so 5 min was wasted insted of you not being able to play the map for hours cause every single time you join its the same afk host..... | ||
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ExoCorsair
United States48 Posts
On July 30 2010 21:32 57005 wrote: Solving this issue would be so easy, as it has been done with WC3 Host Bots: 1. Autostart Countdown if map is full 2. Stop Countdown if a player leaves AFK Hosts wouldn't be a problem anymore, locking into games you don't want to play would be no problem either, and countdown leaver (actually they have to leave the complete game as of now not only your map) wouldn't be a problem either. i don't understand how blizzard can be so short sighted Yeah, really, I don't get it. Blizzard had a perfectly well-designed system essentially given to them, and they don't use it. :| | ||
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Kolvacs
Canada1203 Posts
On July 31 2010 02:55 Whyzguy wrote: How about this? - When full, 30sec to play around with settings/teams etc. - After those 30sec, Auto-start in 5sec - The 30sec is skippable by host at any time - The 5sec is not skippable - Never locked into the game Edit: added "by host". Wouldnt want non-hosts to have power now would we? =p This. | ||
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a176
Canada6688 Posts
How about blizzard just fix their completely broken custom game system instead already? | ||
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Bluerain
United States348 Posts
On July 30 2010 14:29 Winks wrote: I love the autostart. Before there was autostart, I ended up in games with afk hosts CONSTANTLY and then you couldn't just choose to join another game on that map because you would end up right back in the same game with the moron who became "host" and then left. If you're not ready to start, then I'd say just don't go into the lobby yet... umm... whats the point of starting the game if the host if afk...then the game wont even load cus he needs to press the any key and even if it somehow loads a player is afk during the game which ruins the game...autostart is stupid. if they want autostart they need a popup confirmation to confirm every1 is there and rdy to go and then once every1 presses THAT then it auto starts iwth a 5 second countdown. | ||
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dhe95
United States1213 Posts
Then if everybody is ready and host doesn't start for say 10 seconds, host gets kicked and random person assigned host. Then a regular 5-10 second countdown. | ||
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Squallcloud
France466 Posts
On July 31 2010 04:29 a176 wrote: Why would you want autostart at all? How about blizzard just fix their completely broken custom game system instead already? Totally agree, with an AFK host the game start with a player afk still. It resolve nothing. Simply make it so we can choose to join and create the game we want. | ||
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RageOverdose
United States690 Posts
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SichuanPanda
Canada1542 Posts
On July 31 2010 06:01 Squallcloud wrote: Totally agree, with an AFK host the game start with a player afk still. It resolve nothing. Simply make it so we can choose to join and create the game we want. Actually it solves the problem perfectly, it gets the AFK lobby out of the games list, and if the host remains AFK in game the players can simply leave and rejoin without being forcibly placed in the same AFK lobby again. | ||
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TheAngelofDeath
United States2033 Posts
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Tazza
Korea (South)1678 Posts
On July 30 2010 17:09 paralleluniverse wrote: The auto start is badly designed. It shouldn't lock people in a full game, unable to leave once the countdown starts. It should be change to allow people to leave, but aborts when someone leaves. Well I think the point of this was to stop people from leaving in a full game so that one team wouldn't be at a disadvantage. I think they should lock people in once the game starts, not when its just full | ||
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TheYango
United States47024 Posts
On July 31 2010 02:40 a176 wrote: How the hell does autostart fix anything? If the host is afk in lobby, they'll still be afk in game. Because if being AFK actually affects what's going to happen in-game, then they won't AFK while hosting a game. | ||
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Kal_rA
United States2925 Posts
purtey please? | ||
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Mastermind
Canada7096 Posts
On July 31 2010 06:07 SichuanPanda wrote: I think its essential given that you cannot give games specific names or choose from a list of games you want to play. As other people have already mentioned the previous system if it put players in with an AFK host and that player left the game and rejoins on the same map, they end up right back in the same game with the AFK host. I like the change. Actually it solves the problem perfectly, it gets the AFK lobby out of the games list, and if the host remains AFK in game the players can simply leave and rejoin without being forcibly placed in the same AFK lobby again. How is having to leave the game and join a new one a 'perfect' fix? Blizzard's entire custom games setup is terrible. sc and wc3 had a far better system. They should of just taken the old system and fixed the obvious flaws in it. | ||
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Yttrasil
Sweden651 Posts
This is good, if they so refuse to take off the autostart! =) But would also like to see another system on top of this on the side where you can do real custom games where you can put game name and special maps and host your own game give you control so you actually can get players into new cool maps. How does this sound? | ||
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Xapti
Canada2473 Posts
The countdown timer is also long. There should be a host-override to both be able to cancel the countdown (or at least delay it more), and start the game with a 5 second countdown. That way the game can be started when everyone is ready, without wasting time, and still helping to cope with AFK hosts. | ||
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