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[Ultrabeast]

LogicSol, on 06 November 2012 - 04:39 PM, said:

You get some god damned patience and wait till the 20th when the game will match 8 man teams with each other.

Right so we can wait for 30 mins to find an 8 man match in the que? Get used to the "Failed to find match" popping up. Only way to play will be to drop with 4 mans.

[LogicSol]

Ultrabeast, on 06 November 2012 - 04:42 PM, said:

Right so we can wait for 30 mins to find an 8 man match in the que? Get used to the "Failed to find match" popping up. Only way to play will be to drop with 4 mans.

Ok Nostradamus. You know it will match an 8 man with a 7,6,5,4, 4+4,4+3,6+2,5+3 etc if it can't find another 8 man right?

[RG Notch]

LogicSol, on 06 November 2012 - 04:44 PM, said:

Ok Nostradamus. You know it will match an 8 man with a 7,6,5,4, 4+4,4+3,6+2,5+3 etc if it can't find another 8 man right?

Relax, you can't reason with folks who just lost their ability to PUG stomp. They're worried they'll actually fight other teams on a regular basis and they get testy when they might lose.

[LKHERO]

lol thread title

[Broceratops]

LKHERO, on 06 November 2012 - 04:54 PM, said:

lol thread title

i know right? its like he's proud somehow.

its like saying "I beat a game and I only had to cheat three times"

[Unfamed]

20 games in a row where 4 ppl in your team didn't load seems a bit odd to me.

[Desecrator]

lol 2 thoughts

1 - teams are really really scared to fight other teams, they need pugstomps to feel skilled

2 - None of it really matters, if the game maker cannot make matches fun for everyone, then the game is dead

[Kraven Kor]

It is fitting this is happening on election day.

Not the nerf to teams or whatever, just this conversation.

Perfect representation of our two party system here in the US - two opposing sides, screaming at each other, and absolutely refusing to hear what the other side is saying. This escalates until the "other guy" is the bad guy.

All the while, ******** abound on both sides of the fence, and absolutely nobody is happy.

Edited by Kraven Kor, 06 November 2012 - 05:01 PM.

[DraigUK]

Well I've run 7 games so far in a 4 man.

8-0, 8-0, 8-1, 8-0, 8-3, 8-0, 8-2, 8-1.

One of those games at least we confirmed the other 4 guys on our team was another 4 man. It *seemed* we were up against 8 pugs. But who knows.

So far all this patch seems to have done is annoy premades by breaking them up into smaller groups for zero gain to pugs. So it would seem from my end anyway.

[LogicSol]

RG Notch, on 06 November 2012 - 04:47 PM, said:

Relax, you can't reason with folks who just lost their ability to PUG stomp. They're worried they'll actually fight other teams on a regular basis and they get testy when they might lose.

I may sound angry, but I have a giant grin. Schadenfreude is a wonderful thing.

[NikitaCrocuta]

I'd have to agree with RG Notch on this, this looks like somebody throwing a tantrum because they're worried about other organized teams, instead of butchering trial mechs. And if that is not the case, Mr. Ultrabeast, calm yourself down, 8v8 matches will be out shortly, and considering the amount of teams I ran into pre- this patch, you wont have to wait long at all for a match.

[LogicSol]

DraigUK, on 06 November 2012 - 05:01 PM, said:

Well I've run 7 games so far in a 4 man.

8-0, 8-0, 8-1, 8-0, 8-3, 8-0, 8-2, 8-1.

One of those games at least we confirmed the other 4 guys on our team was another 4 man. It *seemed* we were up against 8 pugs. But who knows.

So far all this patch seems to have done is annoy premades by breaking them up into smaller groups for zero gain to pugs. So it would seem from my end anyway.

What about the 4 pug players that ended up on your team each drop?
Do you think the game changed for them any?
I'll bet it was an eye opener.

[Broceratops]

DraigUK, on 06 November 2012 - 05:01 PM, said:

Well I've run 7 games so far in a 4 man.

8-0, 8-0, 8-1, 8-0, 8-3, 8-0, 8-2, 8-1.

One of those games at least we confirmed the other 4 guys on our team was another 4 man. It *seemed* we were up against 8 pugs. But who knows.

So far all this patch seems to have done is annoy premades by breaking them up into smaller groups for zero gain to pugs. So it would seem from my end anyway.

wrong, 7 * 4 means 28 pugs won when they otherwise would probably have lost. your 'annoyance' is too bad but its for the greater good.

[xxx WreckinBallRaj xxx]

LogicSol, on 06 November 2012 - 04:39 PM, said:

You get some god damned patience and wait till the 20th when the game will match 8 man teams with each other.

Yes they need to fix it so that any team bigger than 4 only fights other premade teams. I think 8 should only match vs 8 while 5-7 get mixed teams of premades with pug filler slots.(ie 6pre+2pug vs 4pre+4pug) 1-4s could be left to random chances.

[LKHERO]

Is there a way to even track if 4-man teams are being matched against other 4-man teams without checking of player names?

[Desecrator]

Broceratops, on 06 November 2012 - 05:03 PM, said:

wrong, 7 * 4 means 28 pugs won when they otherwise would probably have lost. your 'annoyance' is too bad but its for the greater good.

Lol dont use common sense,it will explode me head

[LogicSol]

Bluten, on 06 November 2012 - 05:05 PM, said:

Yes they need to fix it so that any team bigger than 4 only fights other premade teams. I think 8 should only match vs 8 while 5-7 get mixed teams of premades with pug filler slots.(ie 6pre+2pug vs 4pre+4pug) 1-4s could be left to random chances.

This is almost exactly what phase 2 will be on the 20th. The only differences are they won't have 8v8 only matching working yet, and it will stack smaller teams if possible(ie 4+4, 6+2)

[Sandpit]

I'm just glad now the premie boogeyman is gone. Can't blame getting stomped on premies now

[Ultrabeast]

DraigUK, on 06 November 2012 - 05:01 PM, said:

So far all this patch seems to have done is annoy premades by breaking them up into smaller groups for zero gain to pugs. So it would seem from my end anyway.

Exactly. It is very annoying and accomplishes nothing.

[NikitaCrocuta]

Ultrabeast, on 06 November 2012 - 05:15 PM, said:

Exactly. It is very annoying and accomplishes nothing.

Actually it accomplishes a whole lot, it gives people like me hope that they are working on the matchmaking system, I nearly quit on my first day, because I was alone, being stomped by teams and feeling like a total failure. I understand you are frustrated with the choice they made, and cant play with all eight of your friends at once, but be patient, because in the end this will be better than it was, and that's what we all want. This gives newbies, like me, a chance to experience the team-play winning aspect of this game, even if its just through the eyes of veterans after I die.