maznaz
Joined: Jan 26, 2004
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Oct 20, 2021 - 17:10 |
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Catalyst32 wrote: | maznaz wrote: | MattDakka wrote: | PurpleChest wrote: | i would always counter that my 'utopia' is somewhere everyone derives equal and maximum enjoyment from gaming the way they wish, without feeling the need to impose their personal choices upon others. |
Automatic scheduling is the right and fair compromise between two coaches' personal and selfish choices.
It removes the picking problem and saves lot of time, thus increasing the number of fair games played.
If people want to pick they can still do it in League.
No problem with that, as long as you don't get CR Gamefinder is ok.
It's not the way I prefer, it's just the most logical and efficient way to arrange matches.
The way I'd prefer, to be accurate, is Cyanide MM, where you spin and find a game within 2-3 minutes, but, since here the number of coaches is lower, I accept to wait for a draw every 15 minutes.
Staring at the GF for hours is really a massive waste of time, also, sometimes I have to do RL stuff and miss the offers or the search stops after a while. |
I agree with your thoughts on a scheduler. The idea of a competitive division where you choose your opponents has always been hilarious to me. You could speed up your time to find matches though by not avoiding my dwarfs for hours at a time ![Smile](./modules/PNphpBB2/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif) |
AND CHECK.
Another coach from a European Time Zone who thinks forcing everyone into a format that only RELIABLY WORKS during the primary European Time Zones.
This site has coaches that are from Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Canada, America, and other places who CANNOT get games through the Scheduler because there are not enough other Coaches to play against.
Just because in Europe everyone is AFRAID to play against other Coaches in games they might both enjoy doesn't mean the rest of the world does that exclusively.
You are FREE to have that unrealistic opinion because you do not have to spend hours looking for ANYONE to play. You can put your preferred teams in the scheduler and play right away.
The rest of us CANNOT use the damn thing most of the time. |
An automated scheduler makes it easier to get games not harder. |
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koadah
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Joined: Mar 30, 2005
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JanMattys
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Joined: Feb 29, 2004
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Oct 20, 2021 - 18:54 |
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koadah wrote: | tussock wrote: | ...we're just waiting for our teams back, eh. |
And cut them to 1350? Why bother? |
Because I know the Hellfish ID number by heart and I'm to lazy to learn a new one ![Very Happy](./modules/PNphpBB2/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif) |
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JanMattys
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Joined: Feb 29, 2004
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Oct 20, 2021 - 19:13 |
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MattDakka wrote: |
It removes the picking problem
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No it does not, it just shifts the picking part from the "accepting the game" phase to the "Choosing what race I want to play, what meta I want to run and what shenanigan I can conceive to min-max" one.
This quote of yours particularly irks me because it sounds so true yet it is so, SO false. It just removes variety, and it imposes the "efficiency" standard on everything. I know you love it, but it is not the only way to play and it is not the only way to play competitively.
And the picking will NOT stop, it'll just change face. Case in point: in competitive you currently run Dark Elves, Chaos Dwarfs, Wood Elves and Orcs. I am sure you picked those four races at random, and not at all because they are among the best teams to minmax... That's picking, my friend, don't lie to yourself about it.
The fact that you don't want "fake high CRs" in your playroom is laughable, and frankly you should come to terms with the fact that pretty much nobody cares except you.
And again:
Let's say I want to run an all-orc-linos teams, and I want to roll only randoms, and I want to keep all of them and create a weird and fun team.
Why should I play using a tv matchup that will only pair me with teams that are objectively going to destroy me? (also, why should I feed you my fun project so you can grow your ego and boast about your CR?) Why shouldn't I be able to determine what I consider a fair game under my self-imposed circumstances and still get a rank out of it if I manage to perform? Stop telling people what's competitive and what is not, and stop presenting it as a fact ffs.
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and saves lot of time
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Which is not necessarily a primary concern for many people here.
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thus increasing the number of fair games played.
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Again, not necessarily true. Like Christer himself tried to explain, fairness is not an universal truth. The ability to gauge what is a fair game and what is an unbalanced one is part of what constitutes a good coach. Also, there's a recent thread about the fact that blackbox matchmaking is far from being the be all and end all of the pairing solutions, especially under bb2020, so maybe it's better to leave fairness out of this.
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If people want to pick they can still do it in League. No problem with that, as long as you don't get CR.
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How kind of you to let others play the way they want, provided they do it out of your sight (and reach).
MattDakka wrote: |
It's not the way I prefer, it's just the most logical and efficient way to arrange matches.
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For the love of God, and for the n-th time, stop stating personal views as facts. |
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Verminardo
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Joined: Sep 27, 2006
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Oct 20, 2021 - 20:12 |
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How about some radio discipline. Do we really have to repeat the same boring arguments on every. Single. Thread? Well at least this time there was bacon.
My personal utopia is a forum where people just don't jump over every stick held out to them. ![Wink](./modules/PNphpBB2/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif) |
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Java
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Joined: Jan 27, 2018
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Oct 20, 2021 - 20:16 |
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hands up if you can go on gamefinder and get offered a decent, fun, winnable match within minutes
o/
bonus points if in the meantime you also get pinged to death by tier 1 hardliners (but only on your lower tier teams ) |
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Verminardo
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Joined: Sep 27, 2006
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Oct 20, 2021 - 20:18 |
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On topic: I certainly won't be needing Ranked in the future so I am quite dispassionate about it. A league transfer option seems sensible but let's be honest, we still remember the fate of LRB4. And that was a much much better rules set than BB16. |
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koadah
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Joined: Mar 30, 2005
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Oct 20, 2021 - 21:09 |
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Verminardo wrote: | On topic: I certainly won't be needing Ranked in the future so I am quite dispassionate about it. A league transfer option seems sensible but let's be honest, we still remember the fate of LRB4. And that was a much much better rules set than BB16. |
In those days we didn't have custom rulesets & leagues.
I don't recall LRB4 being better than 2016. I do think that CRP was much better than 2020. Even with CPOMB.
I don't think that LRB4 lasted as long as Ranked already has after the new ruleset became live.
Edit: What I meant was, let it die naturally rather than killing it while some (few) people are still playing it. |
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Medon
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Joined: Jan 28, 2015
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Oct 20, 2021 - 22:43 |
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Did you guys ever try vegan bacon substitutes? |
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koadah
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Joined: Mar 30, 2005
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Oct 20, 2021 - 22:57 |
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MiBasse
Joined: Dec 04, 2004
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Oct 20, 2021 - 23:24 |
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Medon wrote: | Did you guys ever try vegan bacon substitutes? |
Today, actually. It's fine? Like, you're getting some umami out of it. My wife might prefer it to real bacon. |
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mekutata
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Joined: May 03, 2015
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Oct 20, 2021 - 23:50 |
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koadah wrote: | .
I don't recall LRB4 being better than 2016. I do think that CRP was much better than 2020. Even with CPOMB.
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You played 0 games in 2020 ruleset. Maybe you should try it for once before you form an opinion? |
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Verminardo
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Joined: Sep 27, 2006
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Oct 20, 2021 - 23:58 |
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Hahahaha koadah has been opinionated about the Box for about a hundred years without ever playing a single match in it. |
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MiBasse
Joined: Dec 04, 2004
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Oct 21, 2021 - 00:02 |
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Verminardo wrote: | Hahahaha koadah has been opinionated about the Box for about a hundred years without ever playing a single match in it. |
A quick look at his profile which seems to feature 100+ blackbox matches shows this to be untrue. Why say it? |
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lemf
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Joined: Jul 17, 2005
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Oct 21, 2021 - 00:14 |
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I am looking forward to the transfer of teams from ranked. Having been working on gridfilling for absolutely years now and with 1 more win required to have completed a winning grid with all the same teams in LRB4 then done the grid twice more with the same teams in crp It would be great to do it again in the new rule set.
And yes I wait on gamefinder in ranked for almost 3 hours every night waiting for that last match.
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