@thomashiatt said in Winning is Detrimental:

Attain enlightenment by training your mind to not wish to play the game.

In virtual realms of wonder and delight,
I find myself entwined in endless fight,
A world of strategy, where I lose all sight,
Of time and space, as hours flee by like flight.

My mind is trapped in this digital thrall,
Where quitting's not an option, never at all,
For every victory, a new challenge calls,
And I am helpless, under its grasp, it enthralls.

The mouse and keyboard holds me captive, day and night,
As I embark on quests, both bold and bright,
But alas, my obsession takes its toll,
And leaves me drained, yet still I cannot fold.

Oh, how I long for freedom from this spell,
To break free from this digital hell,
But fear of failure grips my heart so tight,
That I cannot tear my eyes away from light.

So here I sit, in this virtual land,
Addicted to the thrill of the game's command,
Trapped in a cycle that I cannot stand,
Yet unable to resist, I succumb to its demand.

@sladow-noob said in Winning is Detrimental:

@spikeynoob Clown.
You're welcome.

In Sladow's shadow, no one could find their place,
For he was so full of himself, he left no space.

He thought himself the center of all attention,
But others just saw him as an obnoxious mention.

His arrogance made them want to turn away,
And leave him in his own self-centered sway.

Oh Sladow, with your inflated head,
Your self-importance, it never will be dead.

For though you may think yourself divine,
To others, you're just a laughing line.

Oh Sladow, oh Sladow, such a pesky fellow,
With an inflated head and a know-it-all yellows

He inserts himself into every situation,
And always assumes his opinion is the foundation.

Of your many flaws, the biggest one I find
Is how you always butt in, with your uninvited mind.

• A true story

Hey guys i dont like these changes

Since the recent update, or at least very recently, the client is requiring vast amounts of power and CPU for some unknown reason. As a result it's causing the game and the UI to lag very bad.

What's going on?

This goes for TMM. It also applies to all 4 of the ladder systems.

The more games you win, the more rating you get, the more rating you get, the higher the probability becomes you will not find a match, the higher the probability of not getting a match becomes, the less games you get to play, the less games you get to play, the less fun you have as a whole.

To conclude, the more you consistently win in the long run, the more detrimental it is to you as a player who wishes to play the game.

If irony was a sentence, that was certainly it.

@magge said in Why?:

@goodgamepleasety

Maybe the issue is related to the ICE-Adapter high CPU usage bug. In case you or other readers are not following the Discord thread, I will quote the following:

Ravandel said in Discord

An alpha test client has been released with a rolledback ice-adapter version. the devs would like you guys to try it out, and let us know if the problem does not appear at all with this alpha test version.

This in order to figure out if it is caused by "recent" changes in the ice-adapter or by something else. If it does happen with the alpha test version also then those changes can be ruled out.

Note: you can install this alpha version alongside your normal install, and you can play games with other people running the normal client as well.

Link: https://github.com/FAForever/downlords-faf-client/releases/tag/v2024.5.1-alpha-2

I would be grateful if you could test the Alpha 2 client and provide feedback to help narrow down the issue.

I came across this thread in dc yesterday.

Also yesterday I had 2 consecutive client updates, and I'm now using the 2024.5.1 - alpha - 2 version of the client. I will see if I notice any improvements to my situation.

More colours = better

Type someone's name, or half of it you're referring to someone in a game, don't rely on their colour

Also, where is black?

Until this update, I was able to join lobby's and play the game. With this new update to 2025.2.0 I can no longer join lobby's and play the game. Also I can no longer connect in tmm.

For custom lobby's I am stuck on the connecting screen. So whatever the update entailed, has made things worse.

Anyone have the same problem, or know what the problem is?

5x5 maps are vile. Nobody likes them except for a tiny insignificant minority. 99% of 5x5 map games only use a fraction of what the entire game has to offer. It's like asking your friend for a game of chess, but before you start the game, you take every single piece off the board except for the kings, 2 pawns each, and maybe a single knight each. Then you reduce the size of the board to just 12 squares and attempt to have a fun strategic, and interesting game.

take me off list i'm not playing

For some reason, any time i'm logged in to the client I am always in chat only mode. I am connected to faf and chat at all times still, but despite this I do not appear online. I'm always at the bottom of the player list in the chat only section.

Someone thought it might be due to my last user name change, and that faf and the chat or something, are seeing 2 different spellings of my name. Specifically the F in Fodder. They thought one saw lower f and the other capital F, not sure if that has anything to do with it.

But it's a bit annoying cause people cannot see me online, and I cannot see myself either.

I'd appreciate if anyone could shed any light on this.

2249 BanthaFodder

Until this update, I was able to join lobby's and play the game. With this new update to 2025.2.0 I can no longer join lobby's and play the game. Also I can no longer connect in tmm.

For custom lobby's I am stuck on the connecting screen. So whatever the update entailed, has made things worse.

Anyone have the same problem, or know what the problem is?

The issue seems to be more severe now with this new client update.

5 seconds after opening up the client, the chat disconnects lol

Firstly no I won't post logs.

Secondly, everyone I speak to has the same thing. FAF chat constantly gets disconnected, at least several times per hour?

Why?

Nobody wants endless discord channels to join. What's wrong with the main faf server? It already has the looking for a game channel and other channels for finding people to try get a game.

1v1 being dead on all rating levels has nothing to do with communication. Most players don't enjoy 1v1's in this game, period. That's why it's dead.

Gyle has a family and most likely a life. He doesn't really care about this game. He probably only makes a cast some random Sunday afternoon when he's bored and has nothing else to do.

sign up 1489

Sure it may. But this is no different than any other custom hosted game with 10+ players right? Which is probably half of all games anyway.
Not sure I follow an argument for taking away players from 3v3/4v4. You can argue that introducing these formats took away from 1v1 massively, but here they are . I think people would play 5v5 or even 6v6 queues. I think at least half of all games consist of games with 10+ players (gap/custom mapgens). At least it would be an option for people to queue for anyway.

Might I also suggest some fun tmm queues like 2v1, where a higher rated player is matched with 2 lower rated players, or 3v1/3v2/4v2 or something.