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LimeNade
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States2125 Posts
July 23 2011 20:05 GMT
#101
On July 22 2011 21:42 T.O.P. wrote:
Nice to know. But there are very good reasons on why people don't want to play with pubs.


yea but hes not saying play with pubs. Like once you are ready to go just close slots u dont want people joining randomly and go instantly once you are ready to go
JD, need I say more? :D
Diamond
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States10796 Posts
July 23 2011 20:06 GMT
#102
Awesome popularity system you have there Blizzard.....
Ballistix Gaming Global Gaming/Esports Marketing Manager - twitter.com/esvdiamond
Rodrigo(scdebates)
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada154 Posts
July 24 2011 00:04 GMT
#103
On July 24 2011 04:49 Frozenhelfire wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 23 2011 16:23 XenoX101 wrote:
Hang on a minute..

If I'm trying to join a game through the public games list, yet nobody is truly playing public games, then I'm not going to have much luck am I?

The whole point of the public games list is to show games that I can join, if everyone is playing it privately then it shouldn't appear high on this list, that would just be deceiving to the player by making him think there are games he can join.


It helps people find maps. You may have a map you like playing privately with friends that you or a friend found by chance. Helping it get to the top of the list will naturally make more public games available. Part of the reason some games are only played privately is because trying to wait for a public one to fill is a waste of time. If enough people do this hopefully said map would get high enough on the list to start filling public games, so that you can play it even if your friends aren't around. If you would only play it with friends then it wouldn't change much from your perspective. However, it gives the map maker more incentive to improve and make the game better for you and your friends.


+1

User was warned for this post
Just made a new game! www.CHATROOMCONTEST.com
Chicane
Profile Joined November 2010
United States7875 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-24 00:12:00
July 24 2011 00:10 GMT
#104
Pathetic design... but thanks for the information. They should fix it.

Edit: It takes so much energy to not rage in every thread related to Bnet 2.0. How... was it designed... by people who would consider themselves professionals. Surely professionals would use common sense (not only referring to this topic).
decaf
Profile Joined October 2010
Austria1797 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-24 00:17:27
July 24 2011 00:17 GMT
#105
Good to know.
Rodrigo(scdebates)
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada154 Posts
July 24 2011 01:53 GMT
#106
On July 24 2011 09:10 Chicane wrote:
Pathetic design... but thanks for the information. They should fix it.


They might eventually. However, there's been a year and it wasn't fixed yet. Meanwhile, we keep pressing the "open to public" button.

However, I know that not all the SC2 players will read this thread. If there was a way to talk to everyone...
Just made a new game! www.CHATROOMCONTEST.com
Eluadyl
Profile Joined May 2010
Turkey364 Posts
July 24 2011 08:25 GMT
#107
Good to know, I'll start informing friends.
Not enough energy
Hypatio
Profile Joined September 2010
549 Posts
July 24 2011 08:34 GMT
#108
The popularity system has already destroyed the map making community. Clicking the make public box will not fix it.
Fishgle
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States2174 Posts
July 24 2011 08:38 GMT
#109
This is also a main reason why sc2:bw is not on the popular list, i believe; though many people play it, creating it in private is necessary in order to set it to hardcore mode. thanks for the info OP, and good luck with your new map!
aka ChillyGonzalo / GnozL
Eldrythan
Profile Joined December 2010
18 Posts
July 24 2011 09:42 GMT
#110
This needs to be known to more people.
Skaya
Profile Joined August 2010
United States126 Posts
July 24 2011 09:44 GMT
#111
thanks never even thought of this before. keep this thread alive!
han_han
Profile Joined October 2010
United States205 Posts
July 24 2011 10:45 GMT
#112
I had no idea, OP. I will do this from now on. Thank you for informing us, I had no idea! I swear, if I knew, I would have been doing this from the start.

Sorry =(
Kokujin
Profile Joined July 2010
United States456 Posts
July 24 2011 10:53 GMT
#113
All hail Rodrigo, lord of the custom games.
check out his incarnations:
Nexus Word Wars! (recommended)
ICJug maps!
Banana Cheaters!
Nexus Hindrance Wars!
Rodrigo(scdebates)
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada154 Posts
July 25 2011 01:21 GMT
#114
On July 24 2011 19:53 Kokujin wrote:
All hail Rodrigo, lord of the custom games.
check out his incarnations:
Nexus Word Wars! (recommended)
ICJug maps!
Banana Cheaters!
Nexus Hindrance Wars!


Don't make me shy. lol.
I added this message on icjug asking people to open to public, but it's not going to help much. Some people are still thinking that "open to public" = let strangers come in.

Some other mappers are also warning people on the loading screen, too.
Just made a new game! www.CHATROOMCONTEST.com
Thrax
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada1755 Posts
July 25 2011 01:24 GMT
#115
Very interesting - this should almost be considered a bug IMO. Why would it not count because it was private? The map was still used. Hopefully Blizzard does the smart thing and fixes this. I bet it wouldn't even require a client-side patch.
Baeras
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States140 Posts
July 25 2011 01:40 GMT
#116
great post good idea
Bet on it!
Najda
Profile Joined June 2010
United States3765 Posts
July 25 2011 03:29 GMT
#117
I was always wondering why icjug maps were less popular then the crappy 1v1 obs maps. I guess this explains it haha.
Rodrigo(scdebates)
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada154 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-27 19:53:39
July 27 2011 19:52 GMT
#118
On July 25 2011 12:29 Najda wrote:
I was always wondering why icjug maps were less popular then the crappy 1v1 obs maps. I guess this explains it haha.


Not only that, but also the fact that people would rather play a lower quality map that fills the lobby fast than stay hours waiting to find people to play a better map. Once iCJug gets popular, it will never leave the top.
Just made a new game! www.CHATROOMCONTEST.com
Bluerain
Profile Joined April 2010
United States348 Posts
July 27 2011 20:05 GMT
#119
wow no wonder.....
fds
Profile Joined February 2011
Slovenia258 Posts
July 27 2011 20:32 GMT
#120
As it seems majority doesn't understand the current system.

Blizzard marks maps popular if you have a high chance to join into random public custom map.

Many posters here think that map is popular if there are many matches on that map.


Popularity is clearly defined different for Blizzard than "community". I guess Blizzard's remark "popularity" is not the best one.
Marking map public and then launching map is just destroying Blizzard's system.

I guess there should be 2 tabs instead of "popularity": 1=chance to join & 2=most played.
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