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Sunday Community Skirmish: New optional blind pick mode
Richard LeMoon:
The only obvious solution is completely random blind picks. You can't even see your own ship, or the map you will be on.
MightyKeb:
--- Quote from: Richard LeMoon on September 08, 2015, 05:15:46 pm ---The only obvious solution is completely random blind picks. You can't even see your own ship, or the map you will be on.
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Lueosi:
Thank you for so much input! We will run the blind pick format for one more week before deciding if that kind of rule makes sense for the SCS. Based on the feedback, I'd like to run it with two stage picks this time (ship 1 blind pick both teams, then ship 2 blind pick both teams).
nanoduckling:
Hi Lue,
We tried blind pick for a couple of matches this week. You already know what happened from Guras post so I wont go into detail. I think the limitation is the lack of options the refs have to implement things, I think a system which requires folks to do counter intuitive things like avoiding joining a lobby (folks are often rushing to join a lobby when it is up because they know delays impact casters, refs and the other team).
Maybe a better system would be when we normally start the lobby timer the ref asks if folks want blind picks. Both teams then have a minute to say yes or no. If both teams say no or the minute runs out the timer starts, if one team or the other says yes then blind picks are submitted to the ref (if teams what to be sneaky and conceal their intent then they can bring flare squids to the lobby).
I don't think this week was a success, but I think it is worth experimenting with the concept a little more.
Dementio:
What about a new blind pick concept:
Ships are known, but guns are unkown.
Doesn't solve the issue of implenting it, in fact it probably makes it worse, but at least you have something to go off of when choosing your loadout so people wouldn't always go for "safe-builds" and won't get completely hard countered by accident.
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