FF@20 Game Mode idea

EvilMerodach··2 votes·504 views

Ever have like 30 minutes before work and want to play LoL but..don't have time to play LoL? Then FF@20 is for you!

Concept is very simple, a normal SR 5v5 game, but it's always ends at 20 minutes (or sooner). Basically, game starts out normal, plays normal, but at 20 minutes, the game calculates who is 'winning' and forces the other team to /ff yes

Now how does it calculate this? I was thinking a combination of Champion Mastery score, towers destroyed, dragons taken, total team kda, total team gold, and farthest pushed lane. (Heavily favoring a team that has damaged the enemy nexus, or if both have damaged nexi, whoever's nexus is at higher health, not auto-win for hitting nexus, if you're behind 30 kills, you'll still probably lose.)

Some problems with this-

It will heavily warp the META around early game power champions. -- ok? I'm fine with that. It could give some fairly unpopular champs a chance to shine and be more viable (Pantheon DrMundo Renekton Shaco Aatrox), even if it is only in a special queue. If you're not ok with that..then do what 3v3's do- champion specific nerfs. Or buffs, especially to stacking champs like Nasus Veigar

Queue waiting time. -- I'd say have the queue ignore the normal "balanced" ELO matchmaking. Just throw anyone in queue together for the shortest possible queue waiting time. Let it be unbalanced. It'll possibly make for an even quicker game. If it's unbalanced enough, one team or the other may actually win in under 20minutes. The idea is for a quick match for when you don't have time to play a full match, so does it matter too much if you get stomped really hard?

The game may miscalculate who is winning. -- That I don't have much of an answer too. It'd suck if you were clearly ahead, but because 'math', you're forced to /ff and lose. But, again, it's a quick match you didn't invest a lot of time into.

Effecting normal SR queue times. -- This I kind of doubt. Idea is for a quick match for people who wouldn't normally play a match because they knew they didn't have enough time. It may even help with afking in normals, as some people will play a normal game when they didn't have enough time, and just leave when they have to do something irl. Sure there will probably be a flux of people who would play ff@20 just to try it out, but after a week, I'd say most would just play normals again unless they're on a tight time budget, leaving it where it should be, a way to play a quick game when you're unsure if you have enough time for a full game. (An hour+)

Other problems I haven't thought of? Reasons it wouldn't work?

Ideas or suggestions to improve the idea?

7 Comments

LatetotheRace1 votes

Weird, just weird.

EvilMerodach1 votes

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Weird, just weird.

Weird how? Something missing/something that should be removed? Suggestions to make it more normal?

LatetotheRace1 votes

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Weird how? Something missing/something that should be removed? Suggestions to make it more normal?

I mean, maybe? But why? It's 20 minutes. Do something productive?

EvilMerodach1 votes

Sorry, I don't get your point. If I wanted to do something productive...why would I even play League?

In my case I would like it because I have a 45minute, required break, from my job, at 3am. What could I really do that's 'productive' from 3-3:45am?

LatetotheRace1 votes

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Sorry, I don't get your point. If I wanted to do something productive...why would I even play League?

In my case I would like it because I have a 45minute, required break, from my job, at 3am. What could I really do that's 'productive' from 3-3:45am?

The point is, no one really wants this, nor does it make sense.

DrCyanide1 votes

Honestly, this sounds like a great idea. How many times have you been like "I've got time for a short game, so I'll play an ARAM" only to have that ARAM take 50 minutes?

It sounds more satisfying than playing against bots for a game.

EvilMerodach1 votes

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Honestly, this sounds like a great idea. How many times have you been like "I've got time for a short game, so I'll play an ARAM" only to have that ARAM take 50 minutes?

It sounds more satisfying than playing against bots for a game.

Yeh, reason I was thinking about it was because I have a 45minute "lunch" at work every day. Live 3 minutes away from work, so I go home. Usually don't eat much, cause I work 3rd shift and it's 3am. So, I end up with like 30-35minutes to just sit here and browse Boards. 90% of the time I'd rather just play a game. But, like you said, even an ARAM can last 50minutes sometimes. And I can't even be 2minutes late clocking back in. And I refuse to ever afk in a real game. So I'm stuck with a co-op with a champ+build I know I can solo force a 20min win if I really want to play..and I find co-op boring, even for trying out new stuff..which I can't even do that, because new stuff might not pan out and run out of time trying to force a win.

And I'm sure I'm not the only person around in the situation. Or people who just wake up a half hour early for work/school to have their coffee or whatever. Sure, you could wake up like an hour and 20 minutes early to play a game and drink your coffee....but I feel like a lot more people would rather the guaranteed quick-match than miss out on a whole hour of sleep, then end up winning/losing early and have gotten up early for nothing. lol

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