Players switching between teams at same game

[DragonOfStorms 2,706]

Yeah, for my sake. If I'm holding back a team, I leave. If my team is playing like a bunch of numbskull ninnies, I leave.

If they're playing their guts out and still losing, I stay.

 

This is pretty much me.

[dfoofnik 341]

Man, I just saw a GOOD PLAYER switch teams, and discover his teammates SUCK at Madness CTF. They are all just trying to get kills. And one player on my team, a Gizmo, would just NOT carry and capture flags - he just dropped them. I got killed and he let one return that was *3 feet* from capture at our flag! Dunno if he just didn't want to face a Vulcan on the top level or if he never learned how to properly jump down...but he doesn't belong on ANY team playing Madness CTF.

[RustyNail 1,538]

Yeah, for my sake. If I'm holding back a team, I leave. If my team is playing like a bunch of numbskull ninnies, I leave.

If they're playing their guts out and still losing, I stay.

 

Here's something you may have thought about, even noticed if you are any kind of player:

I was on a winning team today in Stadium. No blowout, and it was a challenge.

I played as hard as I could every second, and we were still losing ground. Fortunately, players joined for each team and mine

got the better ones. I was lucky. But they also got a really bad player, so bad I can't believe he made Generalissimo. All he did

was get killed. The NEXT battle, he changed colors (stayed blue) and got in because I had temporarily left after the win.

And the guys we had BEATEN won easily. Mainly because he took up space.

Despite losing constantly, he stayed. If he had left, I would have gone in and probably made it a close game. Only at the end, when

somebody left and I jumped back in (futilely) did this player score a point.

Shilling? I couldn't say, but he helped the second-best team win a battle by being a complete loser.

 

Footnote: because I got back in at the end, we had a good team for the next upcoming battle. He left. So did that second-rate team.

That's not what I meant.

That big a handicap, means either a noob player or a consious mult. Such players should really leave the battle. Two days ago, in a battle of top three ranks, we got one colonel  :blink:  in our team.... Wow...

 

Ok, I understand cuch cases.

But I have also seen players leaving at first sight of loss. Which leaving did secured the final loss. Hardly do they stay and fight. That's what I was talking about.

[dfoofnik 341]

That's not what I meant.

That big a handicap, means either a noob player or a consious mult. Such players should really leave the battle. Two days ago, in a battle of top three ranks, we got one colonel  :blink:  in our team.... Wow...

 

Ok, I understand cuch cases.

But I have also seen players leaving at first sight of loss. Which leaving did secured the final loss. Hardly do they stay and fight. That's what I was talking about.

It is impossible to expect even the newest noob to stay in a battle, in effect earning NO REAL VALUE for his time and effort, and watching his D/L drop, when a team is getting crushed. Maybe if we had a "character building" incentive such as a MINIMUM REWARD for anyone completing an entire battle. Say, 50 crystals (for 15 minutes) instead of the absurdly low payouts I've seen (2, 5, or 7 crystals). :wacko:

But it is a bit disappointing when you find that you are suddenly getting murdered because half your team bailed out of a difficult but not impossible battle!

[dragonssk1 334]

lol someone is bored of the game...

[dfoofnik 341]

lol someone is bored of the game...

No, just bored of the same players doing the same things. Some never learn, and some don't care. It's an age thing, I guess.

 

I still get excited when I can jump in and preserve a well-deserved victory for a team when they're raided or facing tough odds.

Today, a Thunder-Isida pair in the Sandbox *almost* snatched a win, totally dominating a weaker trio. After I saw the score go from 8-5 to 8-7, I figured the "right thing" was to join the Reds. I did and they held on. Also helped a Blue team on Kungur eke out a narrow win. That's what I play for now.