1 (edited by Zargon 2012-11-18 10:39:29)

Topic: Red team vs blue team

Many servers make the players who just joined go to spectators, so that he can choose what team to join, assuming that the members of both teams are even. While this is much appreciated, most servers (I'm talking about the public ones) make you directly join the game. Either the team with less members or the RED one.

Can't we change that? Assuming that both teams have x players, who have y skill level, a new tee would make the red side stronger than the blue one!

In real games that's not sure, but it's more likely to happen than else. I know clever tees would try to balance the game by changing side, but often it takes time -as a new tee could have joined the blue team.
Indeed, it's just unfair how the red team gets the "+1 player", I suggest to make the automatically chosen team a random thing, so that even the blue team, for once, could have that +1 tee. At the moment # blue tees > # red tees ONLY IF 2 (or 1, it depends) red tees leave. Just see it for yourself!

Randomizing, or even making the so called '+1 tee' join both teams in turns, would add more balance to games in public servers. Hope you like the idea!

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Re: Red team vs blue team

Whats about a vote which shuffles the teams?(not that it already exists)

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Re: Red team vs blue team

Public ctfs are all random skill levels so I don't see a difference between the red or blue team, BUT someone could stay in the red team knowing it always gets the new extra player.

For that reason I think your idea makes sense.

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Re: Red team vs blue team

How about instead of automatically joining the red team, the player automatically joins the loosing team if the teams are balanced? It makes a lot more sense.

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Re: Red team vs blue team

knel wrote:

How about instead of automatically joining the red team, the player automatically joins the loosing team if the teams are balanced? It makes a lot more sense.

that does make sense ^^

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Re: Red team vs blue team

knel wrote:

How about instead of automatically joining the red team, the player automatically joins the loosing team if the teams are balanced? It makes a lot more sense.

Thats a pretty good idea

Teeworlds!!!!

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Re: Red team vs blue team

Not sure,  if  a "newbi" join the losing team, this team  will not be more skilled. Then a skilled player come, for balance the game he have to join the winning team. -> teams are more uneven than before.

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Re: Red team vs blue team

More efficient would be a better teambalancing algorithm.
Should take care about: teamscores, last captures (even if it is like 700:700, if the red team scored the last 7 times it is atm stronger), playerscores etc.

But, sadly, its nothing more than theory. You can't balance teams with any algorithm, the players intelligence has to do it.


Zargon wrote:

Randomizing, or even making the so called '+1 tee' join both teams in turns, would add more balance to games in public servers. Hope you like the idea!

Like!