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Sunday Community Skirmish: Are official pauses needed?

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Lueosi:
Skrimskraw brought it up a few times now, so let's gather some opinions:

Please argue: Are official pauses (granted by referee) needed and why or why not? What are the benefits of having official pauses and what are the benefits of not having official pauses?

Hunter.:
I don't see a reason not to have them - so if someone can convince me that way I can change. Also - it would be nice if we could have a automatic pause upon lobby start to make sure everyone is loaded before the match starts. But that is just me.

DJ Tipz N Trix:
They are necessary for all the d/cing that happens in this game, where if we can get a pause, we should.  Unfortunately, the client is in no position to accommodate them right now and they are a much better idea in theory than in practice, where ships float, target, and sometimes even fire.  The benefits include stopping the timer while people reconnect and preventing taking advantage of that.  THe drawbacks are the downtime on stream and the difficulty of actually pausing properly.

Hunter.:
After a chat with Guras - I have decided there is plenty reason to remove official mid-game pauses until the client can accommodate them - however this could be compensated by having an auto-pause on game start ending when both teams are ready or on a 1 minute timer. Therefore if there is lag the lobby can be restarted on a connection and both teams have time to load in. Just my 2 cents there.

MightyKeb:
I think the best way to go about this is to have the teams unofficially agree on pauses.

Right now, there's a clear rule: In engagements/when spotted, you can't pause. Outside, you can. But Ive witnessed my fair share of situations where the engagement wasnt considered to happen even if spots went down. If a pause is called and a team feels as if it'll give the other team an advantage they can adjust accordingly during the pause because some ref won't yell at them for moving an inch. The only problem I can see with this is that if it is "unofficial" then the timer will still be up.

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