I'd take a page out of League of Legend's book -- you're basically in stasis until you reconnect for as long as the game runs. Combat Logging would be discouraged under the grounds that for as long as you're not there, your team isn't gaining anything from you NOT being there. If that's still an issue, issue a maximum amount of leaves per game, probably 2 at the most.
You could probably install that on Dominate, too. Definitely not on one-life games. On games like SSM you could probably install this system with the caveat that every x amount of seconds you're gone, y amount of health / lives is drained from you.
Oh, who am I kidding? MAKE A COMPETITIVE GAMEMODE FOR ALL THE GOOD GAMES
I'd gladly respond to an insightful comment that isn't "racist update." I firmly believe in constructive criticism, something you didn't provide in your original response. If you'd like to though, I'd encourage you to do so.
please check the first post on my wall for my proof of the racism the update promotes. also my constructive criticism(which involves the problem AND a solution) is this:
problem: racist update
solution: turn it back to the original system
"the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races."
and to be thorough, we will also determine the definition of race:
I don't believe that "discrimination by geographical location" is racist. Should Mineplex also provide coverage to Antarctica? Wouldn't want to discriminate against penguins.
But, in all seriousness, Mineplex is primarily a US/(EU?) server, and any other areas they host servers in is a privilege, not a requirement.
please learn CONTEXT. no, i was not writing a bloody essay on the topic, and i wasnt saying using language as if im reading the dictionary 24/7. you dont need to act like i was. the term "racist" was just to get my point across as an update that basically eliminated a certain group of players from enjoying the game.
so what if mineplex is a US/EU server? my point stands. just because it is based of US doesnt mean we should make sure AU players need to get lost. mineplex has already given up on a server for us, so surely they need to accomodate for us on the main server?
finally, i have come up with a pretty good solution a few posts below. im not gonna bother arguing this whole racist thing over, because i have better things to do. say you won the argument or whatever, because i dont care about it anymore
actually i think i have a really good solution:
generally people quit and then join another game. make it so people are only punished if after leaving, they join a DIFFERENT game lobby within 5 minutes of them leaving. Therefore people who crashed can simply rejoin the lobby or wait the 5 minutes out, and people who left due to IRL will not join in 5 minutes. And there are probably no trolls that would just join and leave a game every 5 minutes, as that wastes more of their own time than other people's time.
I have three recommendations that may help Mineplex Competitive League, or MCL become even better! Hopefully my suggestions will be taken into consideration, and maybe even be implemented into the game! Anyway, time to get into it.
Firstly, disabling the "AFK Timer". Many players have been talking about how if they need to help their parents quickly, leave their computer for a short amount of time, etc. Well, if you remove the AFK Timer, you will not be kicked from the game, and you simply will not be banned temporarily. If removing the AFK Timer is not possible, maybe tweaking it so it is slightly longer would help out.
Secondly, the ability to rejoin the game. This game is a competitive game, much like Ultra Hardcore, or UHC. UHC has the rejoin ability, for bad internet, being kicked, etc. This would help those who need to go for a short amount of time, or just need to leave the computer to do something in their life. Implementing this feature would help MCL become even greater than it is right now.
Thirdly, for fun mode. This could be a game mode that basically is as it is called, for fun. It would be almost like a practice server. You'd basically join it to practice, or if you're not looking for such a competitive game style. While playing on this game mode, elo would not be added or subtracted, and temporary bans for quitting would not be present.
These are some recommendations I felt would help Mineplex Competitive League become even more fun than it is right now. Hopefully these ideas could be implemented into the new game!
I agree with the second and third ideas, but not really the first. While it would give more time and allow someone to return to playing, I've played with afk's on my team... For the WHOLE game. And even when the game ends, they still haven't been kicked yet, so they somehow end up afk on my team again.
Sometimes I think they just sit there afk, trying to reap any winning rewards/free exp without doing anything :/
True, but any losses will result in an elo lossage. So, competitive players will most likely not want to be AFKing in game. Anyway, thank you for the support, and all support is appreciated!
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