PUB IDEA: Shuffle teams

[Mobey]

Hi TrenchWars players, so the overall idea here is to create fresh teams whenever the public wants. I've noticed that Freq 0 seems to ALWAYS have more/better players on it than Freq 1 ALSO more frustratingly theres been a couple of times where Freq 0 will have 17 players (almost all of them basing) while Freq 1 will have 9 or so players and only a few will be attempting to base due to the lack of support most of these will end up quitting and either start playing around spawn or even worse.. LEAVING continuum completely to go do something else which is also contributing to the lack of population.

• Players will be able to vote to shuffle at the END of each round - !shufflevote
• ERs and upper staff will be able to force shuffle at the END of each game (2 or more rounds) - !forceshuffle
• Poll will be controlled through the Pub Bot
• Shuffling will only effect public frequencies

Heres how it might look;

END OF ROUND 1: Freq 0 wins after 3:14 Score: 1 - 0 (Bonus: +$180)
Achievements:
- Basing King : Mobey <ER> (+$300)
- Most Veteran Like : Mobey <ER> (+$150)
- Flag Savior : Mobey <ER> (+$150)
- Best Terrier : Mobey <ER> (+$150)
- Most Terrier Kills : Mobey <ER> (+$50)
Round 2 begins in 1:30. (Score: 1 - 0) Type !warp to set warp status, or send !help.
To start a team-shuffle poll type !shufflevote within 30 seconds.

:TW-Pub1:!shufflevote

- 30 seconds later -

[TEAM SHUFFLE POLL] You have 1 minute to Vote to shuffle teams!
1- Yes
2- No
PM Your answers to TW-Pub1 ( :TW-Pub1:<number> )

- 1 min later -

[TEAM SHUFFLE POLL] Results!
1- 23 (100%)
2- 0 (0%)

The populace has decided to shuffle the public frequencies - Teams shuffled.

Would like to see staff sharing this idea with the public and try and gain as much feedback on it as possible, also any input is appreciated, thanks for reading.

[vaped]

At least you can win pub awards in your own thread, Mobey!!


Seriously though -- I like this idea. There is already that 90 seconds of downtime between rounds so this is a neat thing to fill the void. Just one, simple thing to vote for and make the next round more interesting.

[vaped]

Was just asking Pub about this -- got some decent feedback so far.

Most people are down with the idea

Spacely mentioned that once it shuffles -- people should be locked to that freq unless they go to a private freq. And to possibly keep it limited to after each MATCH instead of after each individual round.

[WingZero]

Shuffling will be fine but I don't think we should lock people to a freq.

[Mobey]

And to possibly keep it limited to after each MATCH instead of after each individual round.

This is what the poll system will be for, if more than 3 players type !shufflevote to the bot before the 30 seconds end then a poll will be created to shuffle, by allowing players to vote to shuffle between rounds will keep the basing game more balanced and interesting. Only testing this idea will show us whats better for the game.

P.S Locking players after shuffle won't be needed as teams will be balanced (you can't freq hop if teams are uneven).

[MaGi kOz]

I like the idea. It wouldn't hurt to test the idea at least, either. But of course if our coders aren't already busy with current projects. Get enough support for this and you might set a high priority for this idea.

[WingZero]

A ticket for this idea has been created! In other words, it is in the making; it's priority, however, is still questionable.

Have an idea? Submit a ticket! http://twcore.org/newticket

[Mobey]

Thanks WZ, I'm sure most of the core public players will appreciate this development even if it isn't at the top of the 'to-do' list.

[Vatican Assassin]

wingzero good to see you time to help zone while busy deleting logs of diakka prizing himself greens go fuck yourself your squad has too many members

[Saver1]

If theres freqs with 20 and 10 players, how would the vote go? instead of everyone voting, let the losing freq vote if they want more equal teams.

[Dezmond]

wingzero good to see you time to help zone while busy deleting logs of diakka prizing himself greens go fuck yourself your squad has too many members

Vati, If you have proof, I'll be interested to see it. I take it you don't so I suggest you keep the comments to yourself.

Regarding this idea, I like it.

[Vatican Assassin]

can't stop won't stop since staff is unwilling to handle this I assume relentless public accusations without proof is the best way to go, i'm Donald trump, diakka is obama, wingzero is kenyan ambassador, and dezmond, your squad has too many players

[Maverick X+]

I can see this working but only if its between matches when 1 freq dominates the other freq 2 matches in a row. I wonder how hard that would be to code

[Ephemeral]

can't stop won't stop since staff is unwilling to handle this I assume relentless public accusations without proof is the best way to go, i'm Donald trump, diakka is obama, wingzero is kenyan ambassador, and dezmond, your squad has too many players

Might be possible to prove statistically, showing that he/his team gets more greens per game on average than others teams.
eph

[stark]

Now the purepub bot used to tell you when teams were uneven, or when the other teams could use a shark, terr, etc. That was nice, perhaps the bot should offer money for someone to switch from a teams with multiple terrs that are pwning the flagroom because it's 16v5 to the other freq which don't has terrier.

Or just make the forced even teams actually work via bot, where it won't go past +2/3 a freq.