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[p00k]

you end up with crap like this from people trying to grind and not wanting to play a big map



and a similar thing happened about 2 matches ago on alpine. on a side note, those dc's on my team at least got a death for their troubles, even though we won the match handily *ahem*

[HRR Insanity]

Any 'tournament' that values quantity of play over quality of play is not a test of skill.

Edited by HRR Insanity, 09 March 2013 - 04:30 PM.

[Vassago Rain]

I just had a game on frozen night. Four lights rushed us and died in seconds, then the rest of their team popped shortly afterwards.

Asssist rounds are silly. Please never have them again. Kills? Fine. Kills and assists? Fine. Assists? NO.

[p00k]

BUT HOW ELSE WILL I EARN 5MILLION CBILLS

ugh

[Vapor Trail]

HRR Insanity, on 09 March 2013 - 04:29 PM, said:

Any 'tournament' that values quantity of play over quality of play is not a test of skill.

Unless "efficiency of alertness enhancement substance intake" and "efficiency of bathroom visitation" are skills factored into the equation.

Honestly, if it's anything like the last one, the front runners are going to be averaging <six minute games and forty to fifty hours of playtime.

Edited by Vapor Trail, 09 March 2013 - 04:34 PM.

[Tickdoff Tank]

Vassago Rain, on 09 March 2013 - 04:30 PM, said:

I just had a game on frozen night. Four lights rushed us and died in seconds, then the rest of their team popped shortly afterwards.

Asssist rounds are silly. Please never have them again. Kills? Fine. Kills and assists? Fine. Assists? NO.

Sounds like they are not very smart. If they all die that fast then they will not be getting any assists.

[Lonestar1771]

PGI doesn't have a clue, obviously.

[Levi Porphyrogenitus]

Even doing it just on kills doesn't really work, if it's a time-limited scoring system rather than match-limited. Make it count the first 25 games played after the start point, and only those 25, and then you will see honest and meaningful results. And never do Assists only, as that is just dumb (people stop shooting nearly dead enemies, hoping some poor sap will finish them off and get them more assists).

[Iphariel]

yes the assits rounds are horrobile.

[Vassago Rain]

Tickdoff Tank, on 09 March 2013 - 04:34 PM, said:

Sounds like they are not very smart. If they all die that fast then they will not be getting any assists.

Everybody gets into commandos and ravens. Rush, rush, through the cave, scratch all the mechs with medium lasers. Poof, all lights dead.

Then they quit, and expect the remaining 4 guys to carry them to victory, which they never, ever do. I hate assist rounds.

[pSPAZz]

So with the top assist scorers getting 1 assist every ~20s, I'm guessing it's a fast mech with some reach (ER-Large?), splash enemy team, dump to mechlab, hope the other 7 people you abandon finish them off and then lather rinse repeat with another fast mover?

[Team Leader]

p00k, on 09 March 2013 - 04:32 PM, said:

BUT HOW ELSE WILL I EARN 5MILLION CBILLS

ugh

The irony is that in the time it would take you to get to the top of the leader boards and get the prizes you've probably earned 2 times that just much from playing hahah

[Vassago Rain]

pSPAZz, on 09 March 2013 - 04:39 PM, said:

So with the top assist scorers getting 1 assist every ~20s, I'm guessing it's a fast mech with some reach (ER-Large?), splash enemy team, dump to mechlab, hope the other 7 people you abandon finish them off and then lather rinse repeat with another fast mover?

I've seen ER large jumpers and really fast lights tapping everybody. While not playing for assists, I got 27. The assist 'winner' has 91.

[pSPAZz]

Vassago Rain, on 09 March 2013 - 04:42 PM, said:

I've seen ER large jumpers and really fast lights tapping everybody. While not playing for assists, I got 27. The assist 'winner' has 91.

I'm usually one of those annoying Jenners running in the thick of things plinking at anything wearing a red triangle, I got 34.

[Cest7]

Oh there's a tournament? Yay let me participate-Nope, going to work.

[ciller]

I changed my playstyle during the assist portion of the second day and skyrocketed up in ranks. I copied the run and die method the leaders were using. I DO NOT feel like a top gun using this method, I actually feel far from a top gun but now I'm on the leaderboard.

I do not like this.

I am sorry to all those who had to drop with me in the assist portion.

Edited by ciller, 09 March 2013 - 04:50 PM.

[MischiefSC]

Vassago Rain, on 09 March 2013 - 04:42 PM, said:

I've seen ER large jumpers and really fast lights tapping everybody. While not playing for assists, I got 27. The assist 'winner' has 91.

I dunno. I sort of like it. My KDR in my atlas goes way up. You wait for the rush, kill the idiots, then mow down their abandoned buddies. Everyone (on your side) wins.

[Exoth3rmic]

Vassago Rain, on 09 March 2013 - 04:42 PM, said:

I've seen ER large jumpers and really fast lights tapping everybody. While not playing for assists, I got 27. The assist 'winner' has 91.

To get an assist your team has to kill the mech. So as you rightly highlight - 91 assists in an hour is weapons grade balonium. You can't possibly be expected to fit in a minimum of 12 straight up games in one hour. And I can tell you now that 91 represents a lot more than 12.

Edited by Exoth3rmic, 09 March 2013 - 04:52 PM.

[Vassago Rain]

MischiefSC, on 09 March 2013 - 04:47 PM, said:

I dunno. I sort of like it. My KDR in my atlas goes way up. You wait for the rush, kill the idiots, then mow down their abandoned buddies. Everyone (on your side) wins.

Yeah, I was telling people to wait outside the cave and near the ruins. Pew pew pew pew, fat l00t. Oh god, the playerbase.

[zverofaust]

Wait wait wait, am I reading this right? First place prize is 500,000 C-Bills?