usage for base

[RabbitRapist]

It's clear that some of you dont even know what basing is.

Maybe it would be good to listen to the basers ?

Well I agree with Condit, a good 40 hours should suffice. (+1 week since registering?)

-RR

[The Designer]

Originally posted by wadi
It'd be nice if there was a rather high usage limit to Cap, Terr or Jav.

1000 hours sounds good to me.

[Mantra-Slider]

this is all bs no fucking usage plz, base is suppose to be open for everyone. If there are bad caps whine at the people who made them caps instead...


I dont play ?go base cos I want to play w/o "newbies in pub". I play base cos i wanna enjoy basing w/o levis.

and yes, there is a difference.

[NaiLed]

Originally posted by Spybreak!


Remember private basing? That CREATED ?go base

Aye, where the caps were always the terrs. That always seemed to work, makes the cap pick a more sensible team that would work well together because the terr would have to put up with the team they picked instead of javing themselves and only caring for rec/MVP.

[PolluX]

Originally posted by Fit of Rage
Fifty hours sound good to anyone?

high usage = less players.

But there should be a +100h usage match every now and then.

High usage also means new kids on the block will have a slower learning process.

[warportal]

i vote no on that usage limit

How bout we stop giving botpowers to morons?

[Eeks]

Originally posted by warportal
i vote no on that usage limit

How bout we stop giving botpowers to morons?

agreed

[PolluX]

Originally posted by warportal
How bout we stop giving botpowers to morons?

Originally posted by NaiLed
[...] instead of javing themselves and only caring for rec/MVP.

[Mythrandir]

Originally posted by warportal
i vote no on that usage limit

How bout we stop giving botpowers to morons?

problem is that most experienced caps refuse to cap anymore

[Dabram]

Originally posted by warportal
i vote no on that usage limit

How bout we stop giving botpowers to morons?

i think it's usually ignorant ERs / mods that start up the bot and say in green:
first to message me become cap

and then there's of course zerzera... (:P)

[Jeansi]

Everyone who knows how to change arenas either has over 40 h usage or is a player using a new nick. To be honest, I'd like to see more "newbs" playing in base (having one newb and 7 good players on a team is the best way to teach new players how to base), but capping on the other hand.. that should definately be left to ppl who knows what to do. Asking who wants to be cap is ok as long as the one who started the game picks someone who might be able to do the picking ( =not the first one to say //me!)

[Stabwound]

Nah, don't put a usage limit on it. There's no point; just read the reasons that the other people posted.

Anyways, what's so bad about capping and making yourself a jav/terr/shark, if you are decent enough at it?

[Fit of Rage]

Originally posted by Troll King
This is why I like pubbing better than ?go base. It's getting too much like elim, only actually MORE elitist.

At least everybody can get in elim if you have the time. There's no guarantee in base. If you have fucking first-day-in-TW newbies, and somehow they get set as captain, your whole game gets fucked up and even people with a great knack for basing might get left out. I really liked #mythrandir, #bleen, and #adman matches just fine, where, as mentioned, the terrs were always cap and the teams usually balanced pretty well. Now that its semi-public, anyone scanning their ?arena list can sit in spec and try to get in.

P.S. I'm sure there are already basing chats, anyone care to pass it on? I wanna play more matches, but I always seem to stop in right after they start.

[Pearl Jam]

First off, it's a two-way street. For those who tend to play pub all the time, ?go base seems too restricted and elitist. For those who tend to only base within the realms of ?go base and TWLB/TWDB, pub is mildly irritating because we go from basing games to where almost everyone knows their position to complete chaos. Any "good" basing game in pub can be ruined by about 2 leviathan bombs. I opt for the safety of basing without leviathans.

Secondly, when I captain in ?go base games, I'll usually pick a few people who are new to the arena. I feel that by doing this, we're introducing new blood into the arena (I know I'm not the only person that does this). At the same time, the only way that works is if I pick them in a safe ship such as a spider or shark. 8 times out of 10 the newer players to this arena would just constantly say "i hate this ship!" or "change me to jav!". The other 2 end up learning their ship through playing and watching. They then get picked more often.

Which brings me to my last point: people have to prove themselves in ?go base if they want to play on a regular basis. I know I'm not the only person that gives these people chances to do so. Call it elitist, but that's what insures good, fun base games.

[Pearl Jam]

In response to the usage limit for ?go base - I don't think that it's necessary. Like a few others have said, it all comes down to picking decent captains.