Daily Tournaments - Q&A - Post your questions here!
Дата: 15.03.2019 15:04:22
CLRG: Hello guys, First of all thank you for posting your
questions and feedback here. In particular thank you Aubury for
your detailed post. I regret that I was not able to
communicate more on this thread the past few weeks, this is mostly
due to a busy schedule with multiple projects and clan events to
organise (Soldiers of Fortune, showmatches and other yet
unannounced competitions). I have also made changes to the daily
tournaments schedule and settings but found no time to actively
communicate about them, so here I will attempt to correct this and
be as transparent as I can. The disruptions to some
of the tournaments this week were due to a new rotation I am in the
process of implementing. To be blunt, I simply wasn’t able to
create all of the tournaments of Wednesday and Thursday in time.
There is a reason for this. As you may know, I have often stated
here that I wanted to organise more weekend tournaments. So I am
happy to say that there will now be at least 6 high tier
tournaments every Saturday and Sunday, starting this weekend.
Indeed, the tournaments started 10 minutes earlier than the
indicated time this week. This was not expected but is due to a
change I made in the settings after an update of our tournament
management system. It is likely to remain this way at least for the
time being. There is, again, an upside to this, which is that we
should not experience some of the tournament failures and incidents
that were reported here since January. I am considering either
changing the settings or simply updating the rules to make the
players aware of this and get ready 10 minutes before. Tier
IV tournaments were not in the rotation this week, but they will be
back soon, most likely at 15:00 CET, Mondays to Fridays. It has
also been a little while there were 5v5 tournaments. The main
reason for this is that there were not enough participants in the
last editions. However, by setting these series up on weekend days
I hope to stir more interest to justify a permanent presence in the
rotation. My current plan is to have 5v5 competitions set every
Saturday and Sunday at 15:00 CET, starting at some point in April.
Regarding the number of absent players, the concerns are
valid. There is simply no way for me to enforce a fair penalty for
the players who register but do not play. One possible action to
reduce/prevent this situation, which is being tried at the moment,
is to shorten the registration period to 2 days. It is not a great
solution by any means, but a player is more likely to be available
for the tournament he just signed up for, than for a tournament he
registered to five or six days ago. Shortening the registration
also has the additional benefit of keeping the tournament section
on the portal “clean” from finished or upcoming tournaments, as
only the open registrations are shown. While on the topic of this
tournament section on the portal, I have recently requested a
refresh of the tournament visuals – logos and layouts. In the
meantime, please bear with the ugly blue logos.
Several players have mentioned that they would prefer for the group
stage to disappear. I hear you, but the straight up, easy answer is
no, unfortunately, the group stage will not disappear anytime soon.
There are a couple of internal reasons why, but mainly, to keep the
competitive eco system balanced. What I can say however is that the
player experience is a core concern to us, so we will work towards
making these group stages more competitive and more enjoyable.
Concerning overlapping battles, the concerns are valid,
although this logically will only affect a few people. Our answer
to this has always been the same – we do not intend for every
player to be able to play every single tournament, especially as we
offer more and more of them. We jumped from 9 tournaments / week in
2018 to 21 tournaments per week at the moment, and it will likely
be 28 or more soon. So yes, sometimes it will overlap if you reach
the final stages, but on the other hand you will have more and more
opportunities to play. Another answer to this is that we have
already shortened the duration to the best of our capability,
technically speaking. Shortening the delays more than this makes
the system less reliable, meaning more technical incidents, which
is ultimately a no go. We may attempt to offer more varied starting
times or have earlier and later tournaments in the future.
Currently, 2v2 Tier X are set to start at 20:00 instead of 19:00. I
will check how that later start affects participation. So this all
is in my mind but not a current priority. Also, somewhere down the
line, I would like to mix the Tiers and format completely (for
example, not having 3v3 Tier X at the same hour on the same
specific days, etc). Now, the capture time question is a
real problem. Playing for a draw is obviously not the spirit of a
competition. It is something I have wanted to address and already
started working towards a resolution since January. You can expect
March to retain the same times. As for April and later, the topic
is currently on the table. Not much for me to add on this topic
just yet. I believe this addresses the current points you
all recently brought up. There are always improvements to be made
to the tournament scene, and there will, no doubt, be other issues
and points of discussion in the future, but no matter what, I
assure you it is taken seriously over here. Personally I believe
the feedback of the community is essential and this is why I once
again thank you for taking some valuable time to write
your queries and complaints here. Best of luck on the
field!
Daily Tournaments - Q&A - Post your questions here!