Ingame polls

[u00fzTar]

We just ended a 3hour Field (with all buildings alive) with a gameover poll. Only 7 people (20%) decided to end it lol
Can we maybe change it back, so non voting people auto vote no? Or at least increase it to 50%
It was a nice game and kinda dumb that 7 people could end it that way :(

 

[23:24] <&RCAOW> Host: [BR] NO GDI [4|24%|11%] Nod [1|6%|3%]
[23:24] <&RCAOW> Host: [BR] TOTAL YES [7|20%] NO [5|14%]
[23:24] <&RCAOW> Host: [BR] Voted [12|34%] DidNotVote [23|66%]
[23:24] <&RCAOW> Host: [BR] Vote to change the next map in the rotation. PASSED.
[23:24] <&RCAOW> Host: [BR] Switching to next map in rotation in 3 seconds.
[23:24] <&RCAOW> [Gameover] GDI has won the game by Server Shutdown, lasted 03.29.53 [Map: C&C_Field_RxD.mix, GDI: 125379 Nod: 87548] [35/60]

[dubstar]

I do make use of polls occasionally just because they are available to us... in all honesty tho sudden death and end map are both server killers and not game savers

so many times I have seen people who vote for these leave when the next map starts

Edited December 15, 2018 by dubstar

[u00fzTar]

Yeah, 2hours ago we were 35 people, now we are at 0 :(

Oh and we had a max of 44 people ingame btw.

Edited December 15, 2018 by u00fzTar

[Blacky]

no voting,  I didn't know it was turned off. Shai?

They are game killers but are they worth turning off for true marathon games?

Nows the time to change it I added ExEric3 idea to play vote sound notifications so people notice the vote.

[ehh]

should remove the marathon name, if your gonna let people vote

[dubstar]

I think it is worth turning them off for the simple fact that some people will sit in the server until the very end, be it 3 hours or 8 which in return populates the server. I have sat through 10 hours before and yes it is tedious but the server stayed with a decent player count throughout.

 

If voting will not be considered for removal then at minimum I think the pass rate should be upped to 50% or more

Edited December 15, 2018 by dubstar

[Forithow]

yeah, I agree the poll should be upped to 50% instead, it was a good game and had tons of people, was angry that it ended that way :c

[DAownage1]

I registered on this forum a few minutes ago to be able to react on this topic.

I was also in the game you guys are talking about. I can only agree with what is told in this topic.

An awesome game with a lot of players!! Was really one of the best games in weeks/months for me, with great teamplay on both sides!
After ending this map it was done for the rest of the evening! 

 

 

[shaitan]

The reasons I put it back to the regular voting was:  I geared the server more towards marathon when people stopped playing this year. Normally we had it 3 AOW/3 Mara. Nowadays it is 1 AOW/5 Mara(excepting the few maps like Sand_RxD that are time limited). When we take something away, we give something else back. Also, you guys complained too much when it was on. I get that, without you guys doing due diligence of getting everyone on one page for voting: it is hard to pull off a vote when everyone's vote is 'no' until they vote 'yes'(more fair imo, there aren't 33% of the players passing a vote(personally I liked that bit Blacky made)).

We can change it, but keep what I said in mind. It was giving the AOW'ers a way to get what they want too.

Also, Blacky? Mass will rip you a new one if you add sounds for that, good luck.

[He4dSh0t]

One of the biggest flaws of voting in a mara game is when
the game could be going on 2+ hrs on lets say under
some one joins and polls immediately

I dont know how thats even fair to the majority that have been playing most of the game to be
ruined by some one just joining

[VegitoBIH]

5 hours ago, He4dSh0t said:

One of the biggest flaws of voting in a mara game is when
the game could be going on 2+ hrs on lets say under
some one joins and polls immediately

I dont know how thats even fair to the majority that have been playing most of the game to be
ruined by some one just joining

Like Manuel you mean hehe

[Sean]

I come from aow servers, however I think the threshold should either be increased to like 75% or removed alltogether as the server is being emptied afterwards, which isn't doing any of us any good.

Plus it's nice to actually make a comeback when you've been getting pounded all game and then go on to eventually win when some teamplay is achieved.

Can we get a ingame poll and one for the forums to see what the player base thinks as a whole? Then we can compare results after like 2 weeks?

[Sean]

On 12/15/2018 at 7:19 AM, BigWrench said:

no voting,  I didn't know it was turned off. Shai?

They are game killers but are they worth turning off for true marathon games?

Nows the time to change it I added ExEric3 idea to play vote sound notifications so people notice the vote.

Just what we need, even more annoying sounds! -__-

[jez6363]

Can you make it so that it only allows voting IF the game is too uneven, e.g. if one team has lost more buildings than the other? I know a team could still win, but its far less likely. Maybe for each map, say what would make it too uneven - there aren't that many to define. Without base defences you would need a bigger difference. And make it so it can't happen within say 10 minutes of the last building loss.

[Sheila]

I think it would be better to combine the ideas given here for the voting system. In my opinion: The threshold should be 51% (cuz majority) and people who don't vote, should auto vote no. When the voting gets initiated, text-to-voice mp3 says "A vote has been initiated to skip the map." Example. That way everyone knows about the vote and people who don't want to skip doesn't have to bother to type !vote no or press the page down button. And the game gets skipped through the democracy.

If you still worry about people not voting, you can add glitter texts on the screen to remind them as a last resort:

[Mikey]

Tbh there will always be people who don't vote at all no matter what, some players probably don't even pay attention to the ingame messages or some who probably don't even understand English (the likes of MOP030B even though he belongs to the abyss now), Yes these players are not hugely great in number but still contributes to the overall pollcount of an automatic No vote.

Whilst I agree games *can* be ruined with the auto no vote, you have to remember not everyone is visiting the forums and viewing this topic or similar ones.

I think the way Shai has it now, 1 Aow/5 Mara is suitable and seems to keep majority of people happy as the server is still filling up in the evenings and weekends.

Personally I wouldn't be opposed to removing the auto no vote but let's not forgot the others.

 

[ehh]

ban people who dont vote

[mdogg1108]

1 hour ago, ehh said:

ban people who dont vote

Bad tristan

[ehh]

for what its worth i usually dont vote at all, since its a better chance of the vote failing.

this new thing blows harder than mdogg

 

[shaitan]

Make up your mind, Trist. Are you for or against voting? It's hard to tell with the constant sarcasm.

On 12/15/2018 at 4:36 AM, ehh said:

should remove the marathon name, if your gonna let people vote

 

6 hours ago, ehh said:

this new thing blows harder than mdogg

 

[Blacky]

I dont think he even knows lmao

[ehh]

rather have no polls, but thats unlikely to happen.

making it so 20% of the server can decide to end the map is retarded

not hard to decode my posts :>

[Blacky]

So i added sounds but made config option to disable them. Change vote pass to 50% made config option to change that as well. Default now 50% instead of 33%

[Guest rackz]

Let me guess, they skipped the map because 95% were sniping and no vehicles on field?

I would have skipped that map too.

[ehh]

it got skipped because no one voted, learn to read idiot