62 replies to this topic

[Inkarnus]

Well would you do that?
looking at all the strange scores?
best regards

Edited by Inkarnus, 28 April 2013 - 05:27 AM.

[Yokaiko]

Pugging in this game makes me want to kick kittens

[Fiona Marshe]

Registered for it and then when to check to leaderboard.

When I saw a known (and reported) aimbot hacker topping one of the leaderboards at the time, I didn't bother putting any time in and went back to group dropping.

[Varnas]

I opt'ed in, but i won't even try to win. It's just a waste of time.

[Solomon Ward]

Opted in but i also realized that i have no chance here

[Coastal0]

*Decided.

Please, spelling, for the love of everything sacred.

[neviu]

Yes though its hard,
you have to be lucky,

have a team thats not full of bunch of idiots,
or a team thats full of skilled players,it has to be in between,

[Belorion]

Even not to win, I just like to see how high I can get my score, and if I can improve on the day before.

[Ghogiel]

What strange scores?

[Koreanese]

OMG HAX!

[Inkarnus]

you have all of your highlite games on fraps do you?
else shut it

Edited by Inkarnus, 28 April 2013 - 11:34 AM.

[neviu]

Inkarnus, on 28 April 2013 - 11:34 AM, said:

you have all of your highlite games on fraps do you?
else shut it

u must be mad

[Zphyr]

Opted in then went on playing with another friend instead. Why? I am 100% sure I won't win anything at all but had a slight hope that they may give out some shinnies... Although it's a lost cause as they did not even give anything to closed beta players.

[Anton Shiningstar]

Sure I will participate. I have no illusions of my chances, but it is interesting to see how I can place in spite of the problems.

[and zero]

The rules still need some work, but are not that bad. The issue is that it is not about skill. It is about whether or not the sad matchmaker hates you. So I voted no. I was between 8th and 12th on the heavy boards for yesterday and the day before. It is not worth the frustration. 15 games yesterday. 4 wins where I did exceedingly well (6+ kills 800+ damage) and most others on my team average. 11 pathetic losses where a majority of the team had like 20 damage.

and zero, on 26 April 2013 - 03:18 PM, said:

Since elo was implemented (poorly) and many of us now frequently get screwed with utterly incompetent teammates way below our skill level for some ungodly reason. If this was call of duty, your damn right I could and would carry my team. But this is not. If I do 900 damage with 5 kills, one other person does 500 damage, and everyone else does less than 100 before committing suicide with no other kills. We lose. And there is not anything I couldve done about it. Since elo, this happens to me a majority of games. I am not sure why, but it is ****.

Further, regardless of this specific factor, the tournament is still not really a measure of individual skill. It's more like 30% skill and 70% luck. Just like all the past ones. Because this game is so heavily team based and the matchmaking is still such crap (both elo/player skill levels and tonnage balance still being largely MIA). Even if they took out the win loss factor, it is hard to get more than one or two kills/assists when 5 people on your team do less than 60 damage before committing suicide one by one.

Edited by and zero, 28 April 2013 - 02:32 PM.

[Sable Dove]

I participate because it costs nothing but the effort to click a link, and who knows, you might get ridiculously lucky.

If there were any sort of entry fee, I wouldn't bother, because the only people who have a chance of winning are the top 1%, and that same 1% will continue to win every tournament.

Now, if they had weekly challenges that could be completed by anyone, who would then get a reward, then there would be a point, because it would get people more interested in playing. Something like, get 50 kills in a week, or destroy 200 components, or even just play x games with this or that class (including trial mechs).

As it is, this is just a way for the few players that play all the time to pat themselves on the back. 99% of us have absolutely no chance to ever win these. And even when you have it stretching over 7 days, the same players are going to win every day. This is not making the game more fun for the vast majority of players, because the vast majority of players have absolutely zero chance of winning anything.

There's no reason not to opt in because it's free. However, there's no reason to actually participate and try to win.
If you'll note: Koreanese has thusfar won 5 times in 2 days, and is set up to win two more times today, and probably two more every other day this week, and probably twice overall.

That's real fun for the rest of us.

You're not really making the game any more fun, PGI. Please redirect your efforts into improving the game for everyone, instead of only the top 1%. Fix bugs; reward players for playing, not for being able to live with two hours of sleep a day; add new content; balance the weapons and equipment.

The tournaments are a huge waste of effort on PGI's part. They think that high "participation" in a free contest means that they're popular.

Put a 1MM C-Bill entry fee on the next tournament like this, and see how popular it is.

[Soy]

Sable Dove, on 28 April 2013 - 08:06 PM, said:

If you'll note: Koreanese has thusfar won 5 times in 2 days, and is set up to win two more times today, and probably two more every other day this week, and probably twice overall.

I TAKE OFFENSE TO THAT

[Juodvarnis]

Sable Dove, on 28 April 2013 - 08:06 PM, said:

You're not really making the game any more fun, PGI. Please redirect your efforts into improving the game for everyone, instead of only the top 1%. Fix bugs; reward players for playing, not for being able to live with two hours of sleep a day; add new content; balance the weapons and equipment.

OCCUPY MECHWARRIOR

[Lucky 7]

Of course I do.
I will not let some cheaters ruin my fun. I like the competition, and cheaters eventually will get sanctioned.

[Koreanese]

omg admin! run!