?go autosb

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Please, fewer/no engine shutdown greens?

Also...I would limit the number of decoys that can be used...it would probably be better to have more bricks than decoys.

One last note....there is and has been a chat for Strikeball called "Strikeball", as well as the old speedball chat called "Speedball". not sure which one was a more efficient chat due to the Mr.Mike name problem uisng the term Speedball on TW.

Oddly enough...there is usulally never anyone on these chats.

[Divine Rides]

let's use SPEEDBALL for chat, that guy can't do anything about us using the name and it sounds cooler than strikeball...

I'm fine with the setting in TrenchWars autosb, I would agree with trying to limit decoys, but really i think the map is ready to go if we can just get players

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had a nice amount of ppl in the arena this afternoon.

Problem is having it an on the arena list so it attratcs more players.

I will sit when I can when at work....may as well...I got one system on the forum already.

[Volcs]

The reason I asked for an ad tonight was so that the newbs could learn how to play, maybe start liking it, and learn the basics so they wouldn't be so fucking annoying.
People aren't going to start liking the game if it gets hosted and all of the regular people play, and if they only get to play in an empty arena, why would they ever want to even bother coming out?
I think there need to be ads for it, but not necessarily capped events, just an ad to promote the arena.

I'm a hypocrite in that I want the newbs to learn how to play to gain popularity, but I don't have the patience for them ball hogging, blocking shots and feeding the other team. Where is my perfect world?

[AnidaLife]

i've said this many times and i'll say it again, we need a bot that balances teams in SB. Way too many times do we have lopsided teams of 2-1, 3-1, 4-2. this completely takes away the fun of SB. Are the bots programmed in java or C? it wouldn't be very hard and i could help if needed. Many zones have these kind of bots, and it makes games much more balanced. I try balancing teams as much as i can when i'm there, including speccing at any time, but it is not enough.

[Divine Rides]

more thoughts from the current sb all-star

i don't know, ?go elim and ?go base seem to do okay, ?go base definitely has/had it's regulars but it got new players into the game and provided a relatively/occasionally competitive game. autosb will be a little tougher if it's 5 on 5 because it's only 10 players involved, but i think doing more than 5 on 5 at this point is foolish as it's hard to maintain a full game (plus it gets chaotic and laggy with all the players and decoys, i really think the game is made for 5 on 5 as is). I guess I'm not really worried about new people at this point, the best thing we can do for the game right now is have a competitive competent bunch in there, that can only aid in it's growth. (keep in mind ?go base used to be in a private arena and we'd just invite the basing squads to come in)

I liked the hosted game earlier, Pure_luck said he'd put someone to work on a bot that would run organized games... my thoughts on that:

1. if it's possible for the bot to automatically add someone who wants to play in spec when someone leaves, that would be tits, otherwise i think ?go base style captaining is in order so it doesn't constantly end up 5 on 4 etc. Basically something has to account for people leaving... I guess that's what made the sort of meritocracy of ?go base work so well.

2. i think the best way to keep it going at first is to have elim style ads when games start and finish, don't know if that's possible, at the very least use ?go wbduel style reminders

3. i'm not sure how full the arena will be but maybe games to 5 is more in order so it's not a ridiculous wait between games, also i think a shorter game is best for our predominantly ADD contingent.

[Pure_Luck]

Hey,

I think this will be a good event to keep running. What do you guys think of taking off the auto game eventually and have it run with a bot choosing captains and starting. Sort of like go base but with ads. IE. 5 vs 5 game about to start in ?go wherever. The name of the arena can be changed and settings updated by me if we can sort through the mess of the speedball arena/map situation we can move forward on that front too. Any other ideas and suggestions are welcome. I will make sure you have staff support on this issue. Need anything else you can email me directly at pureluck@trenchwars.org

[Stabwound]

I don't want to make any promises, but I could try making an automated 5v5 bot module for this, unless someone else with more experience wants to make one. I honestly don't think it would be very difficult at all.

[Divine Rides]

i encourage you both, you could keep autosb as is with it's automatic restart, but you should definitely get a bot going for at least one other arena, because the games are smaller you might want to do a ?go speedball and ?go speedball2 --- pending it's popularity.

yeah, i think 5 on 5 is the way. games to 5 probably for the sake of moving it along. I loved the old speedball map but I guess I think we should just roll with the autosb map for now. If you can arrange so players can only have one decoy at a time that would be nice.

[Richard Creager]

Maybe tone down energy depletions, but then again I do enjoy screaming, literally.

[Abatis]

Just a general points bulletin that I'm still active and would be interested in participating in organized Strikeball. And the chat has always been =speedball. I didn't know anyone used =strikeball, because I used to type that in by accident when redoing my chats.

[moltenrock]

Jacky, I have the correct settings for Strikeball. Just one thing wrong with them, games dont end at 10. But I'm sure someone could fix that.

[Subjugation]

I'm sure this is probably either unfixable, or will be fixed if a bot is made but I'll bring it up just in case. Any way we can change the no fixed damage issue? It's really annoying how many duds there are.

[iKillburger]

I'm sure this is probably either unfixable, or will be fixed if a bot is made but I'll bring it up just in case. Any way we can change the no fixed damage issue? It's really annoying how many duds there are.

I've grown rather fond of random damage. It adds an extra bit of variety/excitement to the game

[moltenrock]

Yes, yes it does...=D