Old Duelling Leagues idea

[Noah]

This is an idea that I've seen discussed several times, and it just might be a good one.

For the next season, would it be nice to have a collective death limit of 50 instead of an individual limit of 10?

Why/why not?

Post your thoughts on this.

[PolluX]

Can the bots do this?

[Vihta]

It would be a totally different league then, player elimination is pretty much the whole idea currently.

[Hero*]

this will cause 1 or 2 people on a squad to just run show..its a team game so id say no to this idea

[Izor]

I'm all for it. The game is straight retarded when people die out early..but it will never happen so I wont bother posting anymore afk bye

edit: you'd see a big change in how the game is played because people like me who die out real fast with a lot of kills would dominate even more

edit 2: garbage players like last standing and geisha who hide until their team dies out and have recs of 9-3 would be horrible because their teammates would continue to die

[R1pp3r]

I like how it is now, but I think there would be more action with the collective death limit. It would be cool to test this in twdd for fun.

[Epinephrine]

Would be fun to try out. This would probably end up increasing the gap between the best and the worst squads though, because the worst squads usually have 1-2 chokers at all times.

[paska]

oh yes great idea!! more suiciders is just what the game needs now

[Edify]

I think it would be nice to try, but not for permanence.

[Noah]

Instead of the focus being on eliminating the other teams weakest players, the focus would be on teaming.

Hero*, the ownage players of a team will always run show, no matter how the rules are. Besides, with the focus on teaming, and 5 players working well together to preserve their number of deaths.

[death row]

sounds fun, but i don't think it's a good idea to replace what is already in place. just like the saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."

[pascone]

Instead of the focus being on eliminating the other teams weakest players, the focus would be on teaming.

Hero*, the ownage players of a team will always run show, no matter how the rules are. Besides, with the focus on teaming, and 5 players working well together to preserve their number of deaths.

instead of the other 4 trying to protect the person on higher deaths?

[Singularity]

I'm not sure why, but I can't imagine it will do much to improve gameplay. How often does a squad lead in kills by a fair margin, yet loses because one of their players goes out?
If a squad leads they usually end up winning in most cases anyway, unless there are 2 severy choking players in it.

At least the 10 deaths-out principle makes protecting teammates important instead of just saying "ah well, costs us one life" when a teammate gets chased, and adds to strategies.

In spiders the shared death principle actually works, as it is easier to get spawned in a spider without having a chance to find your own team again.

[Jerome Scuggs]

I think it would make gameplay more fast-paced, and spawns would become half as useful - you still get a kill, but it won't screw the guy getting killed.

At worst we should at least try it. Perhaps try it as an event, deathmatch type thing, and maybe a *duel bot/arena for it... if reception is positive, it could move on from there.

The thing is, it can't be like TWSD where people found a novel idea intruiging but then interest died out - if you gradually introduce it to TW, we can find if it's feasible before we devote an entire league or division to it.

[D1st0rt]

Can the bots do this?

wait wait, you guys mean TWSD?