Well, i think the reason everything seems worse is quite obvious.. the connection issues. It's as simple as: there are connection issues > games is not fun > am not motivated to play that much (or at all) > incapable of finding games (at least high rank games).
There are a bunch of complaints regarding this change or that change (which do have an impact), but i still firmly believe that the main issue is that i can't just start a game and know it will be a good game (connection wise).
This post? Fantastic. Clearly addresses each of our concerns, points out problems our solution has, and describes where our communication has failed.
The situation is: mod team comes out with a (ridiculous) change. Now WE have to take the time to formulaten an article on why this is bad. You are saying it is not acceptable to just write "bad change, reverse". You want an entire article with pro, cons, examples and whatever.
How about YOU (mod team) post a 'proposal' and not a change that might be reversed if enough people complain (obviously this is not appicable to every change, but it clearly is here).
I don't even know how to say how ridiculous it is that a rule is getting an insanly strict update (not sure how to formulate that), and you expect people to go "Yeah ok, it helps moderation".
Maybe a bit of an exaggeration but this is what it feels like to me.
This is a pretty bad idea. Recall is the option for the team to vote if they want to continue the game. By disabling this, you are "forcing" play a game they might not want to continue.
Otherwise players will just randomly quit and that is even more frustrating / confusing for the team. In most of my games if I vote to recall, and my team votes no, i continue to play (even in a brutally crushed position) because apparently my team sees a way to win. If this feature didn't exist I would just leave.
Maybe some players don't "fully understand the impact of their choice" but they will do so after the first (or maybe only at the 2nd) recall. If they don't.. well, we can't change game mechanics because people are incapable of learning.
As far as i understand this mod is completely graphic and no balance change? Can this be flagged as ranked? As dumb as it sounds, i have no interest in playing it if its unranked, as also most people wont join
The first seasonal Mapgen Tournament is divided into four distinct seasons, each representing 1-2 unique biomes from Mapgen. As players advance through the tournament, they will progressively experience the biomes of later seasons, showcasing the diversity of Mapgen.
Tournament Dates:
11.01.2025, 14 UTC for the Main Tourney
18.01.2025, 14 UTC for the semifinal + final
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This 3 vs 3 tourney is open to everyone, single signups only with captains pick system (highest rated players pick out of the other signed up players). Captain amount depends on sign ups, but a minimum of 6 and maximum of 8.
Lowest rated to highest rated captain for first AND second pick.
Signups will close on the 8.01.2025 for the captains pick to then commence. Team-name can be sent after the pick is done.
This 3v3 tournament will be a Double Elimination with BO3s for each round in the top bracket leading up to a BO5 in the final. Loser’s round will be BO1, except for Round 3 and 4. Teams consist of 3 players.
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Pre-generated Mapgens ranging from 13.75km to 15km. Maps (map seeds) will be released 1 day before tourney start.
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This change is actually insane. Aswell as the reasoning behind the decisions. Imagine creating rules based on the size of the community. Say faf suddenly grows by 100k people. Are we now changing rules because of that?
The real question is "who asked" (as in who asked to check / control usernames). I do not mean this as a joke. Up to now literally no moderator cared until there was a report. So it literally did not matter unless someone is annoyed about you and wanted to pay you back. Now I'm supposed to stick to username from myself and i better not rename to somebody else (even by accident)!
You (moderation team) are now saying EVERY player must know the other players. There can be no confusion on usernames. Do I even have to talk more about this?
The example with the confusion regarding screenshots also has little relevance in my opinion. Surely chat logs must be saved somewhere, so reports should only be possible with a timestamp. Just like when reporting something ingame.
Also, when is the discord username purge coming?
Apparently there is a guy on FAF since 2013 or something called Nugget, so i guess i'm not allowed to have my username anymore - gg (also getting ready to report anyone with Nugget in their name).
Hello.
I propose to remove the game.
This is not a secret and everyone plays it. Therefore, it is not needed at all.
It only forces you to play for no good reason at all.
There will be no need to write and maintain any code. You can just remove it all.
I hope at least this proposal will pass.
@jip said in Discussing the "rename rule":
@ftxcommando said in Discussing the "rename rule":
Does it contribute to a healthy environment to ban people that are having fun having impersonating names and not being toxic within the rules? Because currently like 10-15% of the active 1800+ players have taken each other’s names and are impersonating each other. Do we stop that?
Do you need to impersonate others to have fun?
What kind of question is that. Of course you can have fun without. Doens't change the fact that you can also have fun with the name changes.
It's like asking if you need to have ingame chat to have fun.
So is this tourney one where 2 insanely strong setons team register and the rest are side characters? Isnt captain pick kind of good for this kind of tourney?
The first seasonal Mapgen Tournament is divided into four distinct seasons, each representing 1-2 unique biomes from Mapgen. As players advance through the tournament, they will progressively experience the biomes of later seasons, showcasing the diversity of Mapgen.
Tournament Dates:
11.01.2025, 14 UTC for the Main Tourney
18.01.2025, 14 UTC for the semifinal + final
Tournament Director: Nuggets
Tournament Organiser: Sainse
Challonge: https://challonge.com/9silax7
Communication: A Channel in the official FAF discord will be provided
Coverage: https://www.twitch.tv/unluckyseb77_
200$ - Sponsored by FAF.
1st place: 150$
2nd place: 50$
(All payments must follow FAF official payment guidelines: https://forum.faforever.com/topic/7161/faf-official-tournament-payout-guidelines)
1st place avatar:
2nd place avatar:
3rd place avatar:
If you would like to contribute please contact Nuggets (discord: nuggets3858) directly.
This 3 vs 3 tourney is open to everyone, single signups only with captains pick system (highest rated players pick out of the other signed up players). Captain amount depends on sign ups, but a minimum of 6 and maximum of 8.
Lowest rated to highest rated captain for first AND second pick.
Signups will close on the 8.01.2025 for the captains pick to then commence. Team-name can be sent after the pick is done.
This 3v3 tournament will be a Double Elimination with BO3s for each round in the top bracket leading up to a BO5 in the final. Loser’s round will be BO1, except for Round 3 and 4. Teams consist of 3 players.
See example here (Line showcasing the first and second day):
Pre-generated Mapgens ranging from 13.75km to 15km. Maps (map seeds) will be released 1 day before tourney start.
Players Signed up (sign up with global rating) :
@NOC said in Legend of the Stars 2024:
Blast_Chilled is the substitute in case of emergency
Denied, he lost in the qualifier.
Well i agree that the game is simulated and these things can and should happens. But i definitly think this should be patched (as in use the examples you provided to "fix" this). As i said, there is a difference between losing a projectile that doesnt cost anything and losing an smd-missile that cost a lot of time and ressources
Why even generate ressources at all? Cant we just like.. get the units?? Why manage eco aswell?
@IndexLibrorum My word usage of "feature" was because of jip saying:
@Jip said in Bug Report:SMD missing target:
That happens - and it's okay. Game is simulated, somethings things miss.
I know its a bug, but apparently its okay and also being ignored or thought to be not fixable = accepted over the years
This might not really have been a topic over the years because it appears to be happening quite frequently. Is it a coincidence the last time i saw this was over a year ago, and then suddenly after reading this it happened in a game yesterday to me? xd
It makes no sense for there to be an argument to keep this "feature" of smd's missing. First of all, nukes are already incredibly strong (maybe there is a reason that nuke rushers get kicked from high rated lobbies?). Second of all, why does this not exist with other strategic things? Maybe add that a nuke is a dud or t3 shields randomly dont block things?
There is a difference between a projectile missing that doesnt cost anything and something not working that does cost quite a bit in time and ressources.
