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Strite:
--- Quote from: N-Sunderland on June 24, 2013, 11:32:43 am ---After about 20 minutes of sniping, Qwerty and Swallow aren't even talking about meta anymore. After 30 minutes of sniping, they're not even talking about GoIO. After 50+ minutes of sniping... Well, I'm not sure, because I've already muted the stream.
That's the thing here. It isn't in anybody's interest to have matches this long. It makes the viewers bored, it makes the players waiting have to wait longer, it makes the stream lose viewers, and it doesn't really benefit the players either. There needs to be a time limit.
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The problem then is finding a balance between the game deteriorating in to a long-ass snipe fest or an out and out 5 minute brawl. Hey, don't get me wrong, brawl matches are awesome fun to play in and I'm sure are probably the most entertaining for stream viewers too but if you impose too short a time limit then brawling is going to fast become the go-to play style which pretty much eliminates variation.
N-Sunderland:
Exactly, and that's why you need to keep the time limit high enough that the teams play normally, but low enough that playing the sniping game means risking running out of time.
RearAdmiralZill:
And what happens when time runs out? Team with most kills wins? Wouldn't that potentially ruin any chance of comebacks?
RomanKar:
It's not like the teams don't know the score. If they want to comeback, then they have to do it in the allotted time. You know, like in Football or Basketball.
And some may say, "well, sniping teams won't do as well because it's harder for them to come back and the other team can just hide."
My answer: if you can't handle that, don't snipe.
Hour long matches are unwatchable. Half hour for a 2 team DM is more than enough time. Otherwise it becomes a game of who has the least amount of patience, and the answer is "the audience."
N-Sunderland:
--- Quote from: RomanKar on June 24, 2013, 04:48:05 pm ---Hour long matches are unwatchable. Half hour for a 2 team DM is more than enough time. Otherwise it becomes a game of who has the least amount of patience, and the answer is "the audience."
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Very well said. Salute.
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