Goal Score
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 6:14 pm
OK, for those of you who haven't noticed, I have increased the goal score on SV to three. At the same time I have also reduced the round time to 10 minutes, so that it would still not take much longer.
Old: 2 points: max 3 rounds X 15=45 (+ for overtimes)
New: 3 points: max 5 rounds X 10=50 (+ for overtime)
So even if you go max rounds, you still aren't talking about THAT much more time.
A lot of you have read my posts regarding this in the past. I'll give you the cliff notes version. Short games=empty server. Like it or not, lousy stalemate maps that drag on forever attract people BECAUSE people are attracted to populated servers, not empty ones running "good" maps.
So now, pick your poison. Do you want short games against bots? Or longer games including some less than thrilling maps, but against real live people?
The only alternative I can see here is per map goalscores, which is entirely doable. But this idea was dismissed as being too confusing for most people.
What are your thoughts?
Rich (TW)
Old: 2 points: max 3 rounds X 15=45 (+ for overtimes)
New: 3 points: max 5 rounds X 10=50 (+ for overtime)
So even if you go max rounds, you still aren't talking about THAT much more time.
A lot of you have read my posts regarding this in the past. I'll give you the cliff notes version. Short games=empty server. Like it or not, lousy stalemate maps that drag on forever attract people BECAUSE people are attracted to populated servers, not empty ones running "good" maps.
So now, pick your poison. Do you want short games against bots? Or longer games including some less than thrilling maps, but against real live people?
The only alternative I can see here is per map goalscores, which is entirely doable. But this idea was dismissed as being too confusing for most people.
What are your thoughts?
Rich (TW)