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This is a good debate that I am glad we are having it.
As a New Guy, I apologize for possibly speaking out of turn but here it goes:
My personal experiences on our locker only server have been fantastic if I happen to spawn into the "stacked" team, and incredibly frustrating if on the losing side. I lost 7 matches out of 8 played last night, and about the same the night before...that is not random chance, even for an average / mediocre player such as myself.
What I note is that after about the 4th monkey-stomping in a row, tempers are pretty high on the "noob" side, and taunting/ "play better 'advice' " / smack talk from the L33T DUDZ in reply on the other also rises, and then half the server rage quits...I guess the good news is that this, by default, splits up the stacked team and the games and fun and even for 2 or 3 rounds until they migrate over to one side again and the cycle repeats.
I personally lose about 30-50 "skill points" a night every time I have the bad luck to spawn on the noob side of a game...I wish I had the skill to personally turn the tide of one of these massacres, but I don't...losing is part of the game and learning process, (and I learn plenty every time I play) but I don't feel it my 'duty' to be cannon fodder / stat padding for the L33T players either.
I don't have a good solution, (I realize that some folks have a group of friends that actually play well together as a squad) but I guess if the teams were actually randomly scrambled at the start of each round, that would seem to be the most even handed solution...otherwise, we just seem to rely on rage-quitting to regulate "our" server.
Thanks for listening.
My $.02
-BH6
As a New Guy, I apologize for possibly speaking out of turn but here it goes:
My personal experiences on our locker only server have been fantastic if I happen to spawn into the "stacked" team, and incredibly frustrating if on the losing side. I lost 7 matches out of 8 played last night, and about the same the night before...that is not random chance, even for an average / mediocre player such as myself.
What I note is that after about the 4th monkey-stomping in a row, tempers are pretty high on the "noob" side, and taunting/ "play better 'advice' " / smack talk from the L33T DUDZ in reply on the other also rises, and then half the server rage quits...I guess the good news is that this, by default, splits up the stacked team and the games and fun and even for 2 or 3 rounds until they migrate over to one side again and the cycle repeats.
I personally lose about 30-50 "skill points" a night every time I have the bad luck to spawn on the noob side of a game...I wish I had the skill to personally turn the tide of one of these massacres, but I don't...losing is part of the game and learning process, (and I learn plenty every time I play) but I don't feel it my 'duty' to be cannon fodder / stat padding for the L33T players either.
I don't have a good solution, (I realize that some folks have a group of friends that actually play well together as a squad) but I guess if the teams were actually randomly scrambled at the start of each round, that would seem to be the most even handed solution...otherwise, we just seem to rely on rage-quitting to regulate "our" server.
Thanks for listening.
My $.02
-BH6
