gokussjdios Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 (edited) Hey guys, so i've seen a lot of people posting that group ranked is just a farm fest to one team and some others saying they don't have a team or experience at all, so im making an attempt to try and organize a server kickball night. Ranked kickball would work something like this:At a set time, people log in, form a large ops group or form up in comms (I have a mumble server we can use), and we pick team captains or randomly assign players to each team, then all the "pug" teams queue team ranked and play against each other, if for example, Team A loses to Team B, and Team A wants to make a trade to make things more balanced, they could trade one of their players for a player from Team B of the same role (No swapping healer for tank or dps for healer ect) sticking to the comp of 1 tank 2 dps and 1 healer. "Why not just have everyone queue solo ranked?" one might ask, and thats b/c lets be honest, solo ranked in comparison to team ranked is meh, and we want to promote the growth of team ranked in this game, and most solo ranked games are just dps races of 4 dps vs 4 dps and there isnt a whole lot of strategy involved besides "tunnel the merc" or what have you. Also we can put one experienced guy in a team that doesn't have much experience and have him call the shots, give tips and point out mistakes and stuff helping newcomers learn tactics instead of just farming dps/heheals and hope for the best. Having kickball nights allows players who dont have teams of their own to come out and try out team ranked in an environment that is meant to create some resemblance of fairness/balance, and allowing those players who already play team ranked, to A. meet new pvpers interested in team ranked and B. to play classes they wouldnt necesarily get to play on their current try-hard teams, for example merc heals or engineering sniper or what have you. I have already spoken to some of the people I play with on pubside, and they expressed interest in the idea, is there people on this server that would be interested in doing something like this maybe once a week or once every other week, having one night where the try-hard guild teams dont queue and everyone comes out for a fun night of non-serious pvp and networking to try and promote the growth of the small ranked population on our server? TL; DR: Interested in kickball for group ranked? Edited May 22, 2015 by gokussjdios Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sobre_Dinalt Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 (edited) I'll participate. Edited May 23, 2015 by Sobre_Dinalt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjmarst Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 I'd be interested in this depending on what night it's scheduled. I'll repost on the Alpha forums and see if anyone else is interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gokussjdios Posted May 23, 2015 Author Share Posted May 23, 2015 I'd be interested in this depending on what night it's scheduled. I'll repost on the Alpha forums and see if anyone else is interested. It depends on when can the most people participate so it's up to everyone, personally i'm ok almost any day but fridays and saturdays are the most sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinerous Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 This thread wording looks a little familiar :rak_03: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tha_Moe Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 This could be fun... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gokussjdios Posted May 23, 2015 Author Share Posted May 23, 2015 This thread wording looks a little familiar :rak_03: Yeah you just worded it so well I had to try and get it going on my server, besides English is my second language so I took some parts out of yours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxmob Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 lucke you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiaFanatic Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 lucke you. Reported for hacking comments, no one is this good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gokussjdios Posted May 23, 2015 Author Share Posted May 23, 2015 Ok don't get derailed lol. Do we have enough people to make this happen? If anyone is interested please post which day is OK for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjmarst Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Since I reposted to Alpha last night, we have at least three people so far that are interested. Probably more as they get time to respond. Of the ones who have answered so far Friday/Saturday are best for us as well. We usually have events between 6:00 PM and 10:00 PM EST on those nights so either before or after. Or if you just go all night then Alpha would drop out sometime in the middle and then come back later on.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiaFanatic Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 8pm EST is best for me. Friday or Saturday is fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZygomaticBone Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Sure that sounds cool. Friday at 11:00 works best for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aravail Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 I'd definitely be up for something like this. Available most evenings besides Tuesday and Thursdays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifudies Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 I'm down for this. Anything but more solos -_- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gokussjdios Posted May 25, 2015 Author Share Posted May 25, 2015 Ok let's try next Friday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tha_Moe Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Ok let's try next Friday Friday sounds like fun. Plus its the title of my fav movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aetrus Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 So, hypothetically speaking...if someone were to field an actual team that night, they would or would not be considered scumbags? Hypothetically, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoom_VI Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 So, hypothetically speaking...if someone were to field an actual team that night, they would or would not be considered scumbags? Hypothetically, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aetrus Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 My therapist says I don't play well with others. And my mommy told me to not talk to strangers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dacri Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 My therapist says I don't play well with others. And my mommy told me to not talk to strangers. Group with me, im a stranger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Famulas Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 What time are we aiming for to get this going tonight? Should we meet in outlaws den to see how many people we have on both sides? Or, If timing is a problem, maybe we try to get solos going until there are at least 2 matches going at one time? What Mumble should most try to connect to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiaFanatic Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 What time are we aiming for to get this going tonight? Should we meet in outlaws den to see how many people we have on both sides? Or, If timing is a problem, maybe we try to get solos going until there are at least 2 matches going at one time? What Mumble should most try to connect to? I'd recommend someones Stronghold, quick load times and a central location with all amenities. Tatooine or Nar Shaddaa. There was a Jung Ma ranked mumble set up by someone in Remnants of Hope, i can't remember the details but i'm sure aravail still has them. Its pretty much perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gokussjdios Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 Well most people already hang out on <Ghost> mumble the most so let's go there. Also i'll be imp side on my merc Protovai picking up whoever wants to participate imp side. Anyone volunteer to do so for pub side? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hei_Atzfel Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 This event went pretty well when it went down but so far it seems like there isn't any interest to make it a weekly or biweekly thing. What would everyone think about making it reoccurring? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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