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[GuardDogg]

That "Ready", button. Many do not like it. Some say it is a waste. Some do not care. Some are okay with it. Of all the years it been there. On that top right hand corner. It says a lot about your team. It will show how your team will perform, even before the drop. Those who do not press ready, do not care, waiting for the timer to reach zero, and just do what ever. From those who press the button, are ready to go, and give it all they got. Now, some are away from the keyboard (getting a coffee, phone all of a sudden, or personal (kids, family, or something happened), or that MWO crashed. Do not get to press that "Ready" button. Majority of the time, everyone is at their monitors. If you watch one side that has more "Ready" pressed have more potential, have a better chance of winning the round. More organized. Now, if you have a team, that most do not press "Ready", and a disco. Is a easy lose. This phenomenon happens most of the time. But you will get lucky, if one side that doesn't press ready, wins. Go observe.

Edited by GuardDogg, 26 August 2019 - 01:14 PM.

[Prototelis]

lol wut

[GuardDogg]

Prototelis, on 26 August 2019 - 01:21 PM, said:

lol wut

Oh...Have to write for grade 6 level.

For example: When a team has the most "Ready" lit up before the drop, is going to win. They have more energy mindfully. Other team doesn't care. Just letting people know of this phenomenon. :-)

Edited by GuardDogg, 26 August 2019 - 01:53 PM.

[Sergeant Destroy]

So Auto-Ready to even the odds?

[Gilgamecc]

I firmly believe that the team wot brings the hammer of nudity to teh tables is mostly the wins

[Prototelis]

GuardDogg, on 26 August 2019 - 01:42 PM, said:

Oh...Have to write for grade 6 level.

For example: When a team has the most "Ready" lit up before the drop, is going to win. They have more energy mindfully. Other team doesn't care. Just letting people know of this phenomenon. :-)

Yes, I know, I'm commenting on how absurd that is.

Protip; most people don't bother with the ready button because it doesn't ******* do anything.

[Feral Clown]

When I first started playing the ready button (provided everybody pushed it and was connected) would bring the clock down to 10 seconds.

Now there is no reason to use it at all as counter does it provided everyone connects.

Again your psychoanalysis over people pushing a button is way off and very, very silly.

[Warning incoming Humble Dexterer]

IF 23 players press the ready button...
AND the last player DOES manage to connect...
THEN the counter drops (or raises back to) 10s...
AT WHICH POINT that last player can reduce that last 10s counter by up to 10s !

But usually it takes him more then 10s to press the ready button, at which point the other 23 players wasted their time pressing their own ready button.

So there you have it : Up to 10S reduction !

But more usually 0s reduction, whether the last player does reconnect or not.

HOWEVER : Sometimes works in scout missions, and often works in Solaris, so don't remove it.

In QP and FP : Pressing the ready button reduces your waiting time by about ~1s (meaning the time it takes you to press it).

[LordNothing]

the ready button is a placebo feature. its like the door open button on elevators, which only exists to give control freaks an outlet.

the ready button does do something, but its practically useless because its impossible to get 24 people to click on it, especially with the standard issue dc.

Edited by LordNothing, 26 August 2019 - 04:19 PM.

[GuardDogg]

Prototelis, on 26 August 2019 - 02:46 PM, said:

Yes, I know, I'm commenting on how absurd that is.

Protip; most people don't bother with the ready button because it doesn't ******* do anything.

It is an observation, and I am not the only one who takes notice. Observe, have fun. ;-) Most of the time it is true about a team. In QP only.

Edited by GuardDogg, 26 August 2019 - 05:51 PM.

[PurplePuke]

GuardDogg, on 26 August 2019 - 05:21 PM, said:

It is an observation, and I am not the only one who takes notice. Observe, have fun. ;-) Most of the time it is true about a team.

It has no bearing on anything. You're dreaming.

[GeminiWolf]

GuardDogg, on 26 August 2019 - 01:03 PM, said:

That "Ready", button. Many do not like it. Some say it is a waste. Some do not care. Some are okay with it. Of all the years it been there. On that top right hand corner. It says a lot about your team. It will show how your team will perform, even before the drop. Those who do not press ready, do not care, waiting for the timer to reach zero, and just do what ever. From those who press the button, are ready to go, and give it all they got. Now, some are away from the keyboard (getting a coffee, phone all of a sudden, or personal (kids, family, or something happened), or that MWO crashed. Do not get to press that "Ready" button. Majority of the time, everyone is at their monitors. If you watch one side that has more "Ready" pressed have more potential, have a better chance of winning the round. More organized. Now, if you have a team, that most do not press "Ready", and a disco. Is a easy lose. This phenomenon happens most of the time. But you will get lucky, if one side that doesn't press ready, wins. Go observe.

You do realize they took out the functionality of the Ready button in year 2 I believe if not before. It simply puts a ready mark next to your name now. Its all about when players connect. Most of us older players don't press the button, including myself. Heck half the time I don't even vote for the map or the mode.

[NeirSolon]

I believe tracking the proportion of people who press the button and W/L rate is toxic stats. Please stop toxifying the game.

[Leve198777 Thy Potato Pope]

what is this thread!?!?

[justcallme A S H]

GuardDogg, on 26 August 2019 - 01:42 PM, said:

Oh...Have to write for grade 6 level.

For example: When a team has the most "Ready" lit up before the drop, is going to win. They have more energy mindfully. Other team doesn't care. Just letting people know of this phenomenon. :-)

Lol...

You cannot be serious

[S t P a u l y]

This is a piping hot take - do you have any more?

[Aidan Crenshaw]

I think I remember a thread from about early '18, that stated the exact opposite, saying only noobs press the ready button and therefore the side with the most readies loses.
It's all superstition. Nothing more, nothing less.
Fact is, in Solaris, if all players are ready, it launches the game immediately.
Fact is, in QP, the ready button doesn't do jack to quicken the start of the game. Timer tics down while people are connecting to the lobby. When all are connected, the timer goes down to 10s and then launches the game.

People like patterns. They need patterns. And so they make patterns up to comfort their thoughts. But it's for naught.

[SneekiBreeki]

[GuardDogg]

Take this with a grain of salt. Not to take it seriously. Just an observation I have noticed over the years. Have fun. And most of the time, it happens, not always. Not saying, do not press, or press Ready. Go as normal. Just observe. Can happen in streaks. Enjoy. :-)

[Brizna]

I think OP's point isn't that ready button has any practical function but that clicking it demonstrates interest in the match and that leads to winning.

As long as we don't take it as hard rule but as an statistic guideline I concur it does imply at least a higher win rate.