Disallow newbies from joining team games until X number of completed games

[Spazm]

Team games right now are a crapshoot due to AWOL teammates. I think those just joining the site should not be allowed to join team games until they have completed X number of games without going AWOL (Say 5? 10?).

 

[Badorties]

Yes, something along these lines would be good. In the meantime I suggest you passing the join link to a friend.

If the game is 2559 and you are slot 3 (doubles) the following link will put them on your team. (just add &slot=4)

http://www.majorcommand.com/Games/Game.php?action=join&gameid=2559&slot=4

 

[Chilly]

Unless it is a private game. I've invited five college friends to the site and we are currently trying our first team game.

 

[Badorties]

Unless it is a private game. I've invited five college friends to the site and we are currently trying our first team game.

good call.

 

[mastef]

AWOL filter

When the game was in public beta mode, there were a lot of AWOLers running around ruining games ( unfortunately )

How about defining a game filter at game creation time like "Must have finished 5 games to join this game", which might make team games more enjoyable during such times.

 

[Badorties]

When the game was in public beta mode, there were a lot of AWOLers running around ruining games ( unfortunately )

How about defining a game filter at game creation time like "Must have finished 5 games to join this game", which might make team games more enjoyable during such times.

that is a good idea, however, it might lead to overuse, as everyone uses that feature and then noobs have very few games they can join. it needs some tweaks.

 

[coolname]

I do like the feature on team games. Prove first that you can finish five singles games before you move on to team games. AWOL in singles mainly harms yourself (exception: Assassin, you become an easier target). In team games it ruins your partner(s).

 

[mapguy]

You could tweak it, so as to make only noob games visible and available to those that have fewer than 4 finished games. This way the AWOL'ers will already have deserted before they are allowed to join games with players that have stuck around long enough, to finish 4 games.

This may also help to retain noob players, as they will have a greater number of wins than they would have had during this "Boot Camp" period.