Thoughts on programmatic ways to fix queues

Nailsin·7/20/2016, 3:16:42 AM·1 votes·255 views

Problems:

A) People dodge games way too often, especially ranked. B) Draft picking takes way too long. C) Teammates fight over positions in Blind pick.

Solutions:

  1. Have only two queues one for Ranked one for Not Ranked.
  2. Have players choose 1-5 positions they are willing to play (remember this setting for each queue).
  3. Let players pre-pick 3? champions they would like to play for each position in order of preference (remember these settings).
  4. Let players pre-pick a ban for each position or each champion (remember these settings).
  5. Optional: have players vote for visible or blind picks, see 8.
  6. AFK check
  7. Confirms bans simultaneously (all 10 players at once, it is one reason we love 7 Wonders, Simultaneous Catan, etc...) warn if they are banning a teammates primary or backup picks, maybe show champs not picked. Have short timeouts since they made choices beforehand. Do not flush the game down the toilet for inaction.
  8. Confirm picks simultaneously. Conflict resolution in Ranked: if both teams choose the same champion option 1: flip, option 2: ban, option 3: ask them if they want to ban or flip an ancient coin for it if they don't agree ban, flip, or randomly ban or flip. If you really want picks/counterpicks simply make the other teams' current selections visible while picking.
  9. Anyone dodging a queue should carry the same or near the same penalty as a loss.

My two cents, thanks for the fun.

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