Rankings and Symbols

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Ok so my idea has flaws and it would cause upsets within the community, however although i ike your idea sumpson the lack of a permanent record of who is better than others means i am not encouraged to play public as you gain nothing from it. Id like to see some permanent form of recognition from events such as a statistics website where i can see who has done what in each ships, and it doesnt have to be based around kills and deaths it can have multiple statistics like damamge delt/taken etc.
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[Sumpson]

We are working on a new www.trenchwars.org website, there will be a page called "Top Rankings" as much rankings possible from game will be shown in it.

You gain nothing from playing public so you will not? this seems kind of a stupid reason to me actually. You do play ?go base once in a while what do you gain there? You can show off your skills and earn respect from other players, in a much better way with the new basing system at pub I believe.

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What do you mean rankings from game sumpson, one game such as base? Or all games?. I play base because thats where i improve and where all the good people play. I dont play pub because when i play it i get sloppy and my skill drops and its boring. Theres no coordination between players.
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[Ephemeral]

My fear is about what is going to be 'rewarded' and what is not going to be 'rewarded'. This goes hand-in-hand with 'why do people play'. Truth is people play for many reasons, some of them lame.
Luckily, Moot has worked hard to getting the Zone Objectives in place and the Objectives can be used to what should and should not be 'rewarded'.
The Objectives are basically teamwork, camaraderie, integrity, good sportsmanship and fun with emphasis on teamwork. As such, whatever 'rewards' are put in place they need to go towards teamwork. So how do we promote teamwork? What makes a good team player? Not quitting half way through a game? Running his mouth on the frequency chat and making other people leave prematurely? Being asked to play a certain ship but refusing to only play the ship he wants? How in the world do we generate metrics on these things?

[Sufficient]

I know you mean well End ... but I don't think the amount of work needed to be put into it is worth the effort.

Take a look at TWEL and even ?go tourny ... both have great websites with stats and all ... yet ... they both aren't as popular as you would think they'd be. Also the stats in TW don't mean much compared to the stats in Prem for example or HZ or PB. Ppl don't really care that much about that stuff either (fancy website and stats).

To be honest ... I think TW is spreading itself too thin with all these things ... TWEL ?go tourny TWL Strikeball etc etc. Everyone wants to create a league with a nice website bots map and stats, but nothing is really emphasized or focused on. TW is now just filled with a lot of medicore leagues/arenas etc. Stick with TWL and maybe 1 or 2 side leagues/tounys. Highlight ONE event/league at a time and get the entire TW community involved in that one event.

[Hakaku]

1. NO MVP. Why? You not only ruin the point of basing and encourage camping, sharks will basically be shafted and no one will play them. Then you'll add things in favor of shark, and then you'll shaft other ships, etc. I just think it's too much work balancing this ranking thing.

I'm not trying to discourage the idea, I just don't think it's a good idea. However, if you really have to go through with it, you could have separate ranking systems, such as one for wb/jav/sp/terr/etc.

[Jerome Scuggs]

This would work in a world where we have a huge software development team willing to constantly update, upgrade, and nerf ranking points - I can think of a thousand ways to exploit this, I could skew the system baaaad before anyone caught on or trie to adjust the ranking system.

I mean, how easy would it be for me to get an alias on my brother's computer, to terr in pub and let me TK him over and over?

[Spikester]

Like many people have said, it's too easy to abuse an idea like this.


Also I doubt TW is going to die during the next few years - How long ya'll intend to be playing this silly game?

[Izor]

To be honest ... I think TW is spreading itself too thin with all these things ... TWEL ?go tourny TWL Strikeball etc etc. Everyone wants to create a league with a nice website bots map and stats, but nothing is really emphasized or focused on. TW is now just filled with a lot of medicore leagues/arenas etc.

That says it pretty well. The playerbase cant sustain this many things. If you have arenas like tourny and ?go duel going all the time, you are consequently taking players away from elim and belim, making both arenas have a lower playerbase and then making things more boring in both places. I mean I like tourny and all, but I remember the days of ?go tournament and even though it required a manual host, people tried a lot harder there cause of the zoner and you only get one chance per day.

[AcidBomber]

Good idea! But what can we do about point feeding? I am wondering about that problem of abusing the system...


However, i am all in for ranks. :P

[Izor]

This reminds me too much of TWMC

[Jeenyuss]

fuck reading shit

i think there are better alternatives to improving tw's population out there and the time devoted to all of this could be better spent.