#HEAVILY restrict guest usage

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subtle scarab
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and at its core, the issue is still that someone is illegitimately being balanced

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you can like the challenge

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that's not an issue

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but you can fight the exact same human while they are on their account being balanced

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you don't have to fight that specific human when they are smurfing to get an opportunity to play with them

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plus everyone else gets the benefit

spice idol
spice idol
subtle scarab
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the opposite of course is that you have the smurf on your team

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and your team has over 30 points

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and their team has literally 0 points

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and you don't even have to be doing anything, the results stay the same

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incredibly boring to play

spice idol
subtle scarab
spice idol
subtle scarab
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your argument is the same as saying you really really love spicy food so we should just chuck in all the chilli into the one pot everyone eats from

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instead of it being an optional thing for you to add to your own bowl

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you are saying everyone should get dragged in

cold dagger
subtle scarab
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you may like bad balance

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sure

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that's you

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majority of people and the science points to fairness being fun

spice idol
spice idol
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Not that I would throw the whole thing.

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U feeling me?

spice idol
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I said if its incredibly spicy, I would chew on it when noone else does and wont let that food go to waste. I like The challenge but I like regular food more.

subtle scarab
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you just changed my analogy to your points... to prove my analogy correct

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do not add the chilli to the pot

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give everyone their bowl

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everyone enjoys their bowl and nothing is wasted

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if you want to add spice, you add it to your bowl

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you get your spicy bowl and are happy

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the others get unspicy bowls and are happy

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everyone is happy

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your solution is to add chilli to the pot and everyone is forced to have it the way you like it

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you are happy because you like the spice

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the others are not happy

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not only that, but if you don't want it to be spicy one day, you are able to not add the spice

spice idol
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? No my analogy goes like this... I dont add any chilli at all. If it were to me I would do as The majority likes. If the food comes as spicy I would not go and throw the food away.

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I would not add spice to mine or their's

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Same for smurfs

subtle scarab
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then according to that logic, the majority want the game to be fairer and for smurfs to be removed

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so please do not say to people that it's honestly fine and you like it

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that it's just a skill issue

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they can get better and it will all be better

spice idol
spice idol
spice idol
subtle scarab
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awesome, just please be careful not to be insensitive ... that's all I am saying

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if you pose it as a skill issue, you are going to trigger a lot of users who have suffered with horrible matches for years

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some of which are the top of the top 1% of players

spice idol
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I wasnt talking bout them lol

subtle scarab
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"just get better" is not going to sit well with them, so just be careful how you word things

subtle scarab
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the implication is there... if you go and say you say you would consider it a skill issue and that you need to get better, it is easy to infer that EVERYONE needs to just get better to avoid the issue

spice idol
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I was talking about myself

subtle scarab
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which can greatly annoy users, particularly when they are trying to eradicate the issue

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I can break it down if that makes it easier

spice idol
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Nah you understood me. Thats all good.

subtle scarab
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Yah ig
Remember smurfs R humans. If they have skill and I cant cope with it the issue Is really just me not The smurf (unless there was like 3 in one team and even then any Ai player can solo em).

you are talking about yourself here, yes

with this though the sentence carries an underlying message that the issue is on the individual (even if you refer to yourself, it is inferred to mean the readers and everyone complaining as well)
this also of course puts justification to the smurf as just some random person and that they are not an issue... which also attacks the position of the individuals here

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wording can be incredibly important

spice idol
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Mhm

subtle scarab
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anyway, to move off from being critical...

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remove smurfs... yay

spice idol
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One last thing.

Thats not what I meant. Ofc it does throw off matches a lot. And most certainly ruins a lot of fun. And for me, it makes me lose a lot of gelo and elo. Die a lot. Activity in the match goes down especially if I cant fight back. But here us where I differ with ppl, just adapt. Find the fun in everything. The problem aint goin away so the best choice aint to ditch the game and cause it to die rather stay in the game. And try to have fun. It sucks but it is what it is.

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I dont mean get goods Its their skill issue. I know it is not I said dont give up. Just grind.

solid badger
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solution: become the smurf

torpid radish
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Nevermind. Found your original reason.
#1330883618050146335 message

heady copper
torpid radish
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I wouldn't smurf (mostly because I hate playing on browser), but I will don the guest skin sometimes to make things fairer.

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Spy vs spy.

fathom cradle
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Otherwise I am against that

torpid radish
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I think everyone should join the guest skin gang in that situation. Equal terms for whole lobby.

spice idol
hard ruin
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Well, actually. I'm the founder

vernal reef
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spetsnaz = smurf

spice idol
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cuz of the dislike? Nah just go read bruh

old finch
vernal reef
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real

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facts

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i agree spizz

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300%

spice idol
old finch
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there was over 400 messages or smth

spice idol
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I can relate

vernal reef
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there is no reason to dislike that

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or ur a smurf

spice idol
spice idol
vernal reef
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ah so 56 ppl are verry wrong

spice idol
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You seem to misunderstand me, I didn't say they r wrong. I said if u dislike it don't mean that ur automatically a smurf

old finch
vernal reef
spice idol
# old finch can you explain in a concise fashion why you disliked this suggestion

Ok there are couple reasons.
1-Logging in can be risky for ppl who are banned to game.
2-I honestly view smurfs as a challenge, an enemy is an enemy, it does ruin a lot of things from stats to game-making to fun, but when this issue is resolved ull be much more used to the pressure.
3-If we remove guest usage, how will newcomers ever visit the game as, well guests? They will be forced to log in. Now smurfin ain't like guests but if u remove smurfing it decreases amount of ppl visitin the game
4-To be honest, there are problems which are more important to address, for example underage (this game has 13+) but they don't really enforce that. Matchmaking itself is ruinned without smurfs they should figure that out

spice idol
old finch
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If someone is banned

old finch
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they can't play on that account

spice idol
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😭

old finch
spice idol
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um like 1/100

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or so

old finch
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so we have 200 people on at once at most

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so 2 people

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Wow

spice idol
old finch
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Ok bye I hate this conversation

spice idol
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Bye

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lol

spice idol
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Um, not exactly, you see

vernal reef
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yes exactly

spice idol
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I talked with furious who debunked the first point.

vernal reef
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that what i see

spice idol
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also, like I said, I would love smurfing to be resolved. But...

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I don't mind the smurfs.

lapis flare
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Viewing smurfs as a challenge is not the point.

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They may serve as a challenge

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but they undermine the balencing of the game.

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The game stops being fun.

spice idol
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That is true.

lapis flare
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What is the point of playing a game if it isn't fun?

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That's at least why I play.

spice idol
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I don't agree to the game not being fun

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I agree they ruin the balance.

lapis flare
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If there are like 5 good players on one team, and one good player on the other.

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Then the game is no longer fun.

spice idol
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But like I said, matchmaking is ruinned anyways.

lapis flare
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Smurfs lead to more good people being on one side than the other leading to people on the other side not having fun.

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In fact, that would lead to more people not joining because a new player wouldn't find the game so fun.

gilded marten
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I don't mind smurfs. I upvoted this suggestion for a different reason.

spice idol
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Mine is different.

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thats why there is a voting system.

lapis flare
spice idol
spice idol
lapis flare
vernal reef
lapis flare
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EU is horrible.

spice idol
lapis flare
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I can't play without loosing 15 elo per kill.

vernal reef
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and you don't play at EU hours

spice idol
lapis flare
spice idol
vernal reef
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max

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and the US players are ..ok

cold dagger
vernal reef
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when you fall on Nachtflake, discat, the destroyer, sporox guy, and many other that ... way harder

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plus smurfs

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also a reason of why no one understand why the KBAR random guys are horrible

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why spawn rushing with heli is horrible

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why spawn rushing is horrible

spice idol
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I do play in eu when us is inactive

vernal reef
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thay are like "oh just kill them, thay are in the spawn !"

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its not eazy

vernal reef
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nachtflake does many think but mostlky 50, sniper and smg

spice idol
vernal reef
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nachtflake is not that good btw

spice idol
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But yeah like I said. I dont mind the smurfs.

vernal reef
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comparing to other eu "regular" players

vernal reef
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that the only reason i see

spice idol
spice idol
cold dagger
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What makes smurfs good, if anything, in your opinion?

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I'm guessing nothing, as you are really for having the guest option

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but not specifically smurfing

spice idol
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But like yeah

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Nothin else

vernal reef
# vernal reef thay are like "oh just kill them, thay are in the spawn !"

and even all "eu" players like furious, nandy, ... non offence buy u guys don't rly play anymore. i don't see how i could get advices actually because u guys don't play at same moment or idk. they were way less smurfs before and way less strong and skilled as now. same for plok. stop saying "get better" or "skill issue"
its not simple

cold dagger
vernal reef
spice idol
cold dagger
old finch
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Spetz is ragebaiting just ignore it lol

cold dagger
vernal reef
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nah we are ragebaiting on him not understanding smurfs lol

spice idol
cold dagger
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I don't think I'm being rage baited, I'm actually rather calm right now because of my music. I have the mental capacity to read what might other times set me off 😔

spice idol
cold dagger
old finch
vernal reef
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i don't remember the name but lol

cold dagger
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Roblox is such a good example of sign in options though, EVERYONE using it needs an account. No exceptions

spice idol
cold dagger
spice idol
vernal reef
gilded marten
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I like the idea of restricting guest usage but not the complete removal.

vernal reef
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we could start by restricting heavly

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then we see what happend

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time to let ppl having accounts

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and then delete completly

gilded marten
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Maybe add a popup after a certain amount of time that says "To play more please create an account".

vernal reef
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deleting completly the guests may be a chock

cold dagger
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Pretty sure that was the idea early on. Something like after one or three rounds Plok has said.

cold dagger
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like scared

spice idol
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Gtg yall ill be back

vernal reef
gilded marten
vernal reef
cold dagger
vernal reef
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Idk

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Hurt

cold dagger
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shock in that spot can imply a change that requires you to get used to

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and that may be harder to get used to

gilded marten
vernal reef
cold dagger
gilded marten
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I see.

cold dagger
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I'm pretty sure I've had this. I have seen 1550s "leave" during vote and 1500s "join"

vernal reef
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Just like if u opened the game for first time

gilded marten
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What about if we used an IP ban of some sort.

vernal reef
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With shotgun ar loadout

cold dagger
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And VPNs work around that, no?

cold dagger
gilded marten
cold dagger
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Yeah

vernal reef
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An also login don't work on incognito mode

cold dagger
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Schools ban things on their wifi all the time, people find ways around them

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especially with more and more younger kids getting phones and whatnot

vernal reef
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Any way to try creating account and login with alr existing

vernal reef
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Not*

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Just look

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Opera have an alr vpn itself

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Just click it's done

gilded marten
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When they get an IP ban, why wouldn't they just create an account? I doubt these people are deliberately going out of their way to smurf.

cold dagger
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Most are

vernal reef
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They don't think creating accounts

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Because it's not clear

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Nothing different to playstyle tbh

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Gameplay same

cold dagger
vernal reef
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Like, u see, for us, we have an steam ad when we are on beowser
We have an steam ad when we are on stats site profile
We have steam ads here, in discord server with the role, command
Steam ad too in wiki

Where are normal account ads ???

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How it's explained to guests to do accounts

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Only on menu customisation things

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Which is useless for someone want to play

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I suggest to block few weapons to guests and increasing accounts popup for them

gilded marten
# cold dagger Most are

That's really interesting. I know for me if I play an hour or two of a game and like it I'll buy it and/or create an account.

vernal reef
gilded marten
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Perhaps we should consider why these people smurf. Is there something else we can fix to reduce the number of smurfs?

cold dagger
cold dagger
gilded marten
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I also know that many people play this game during breaks between classes at school. Perhaps they don’t login because they see it as just a school game. Meanwhile at home they can play more "mainstream" games.

vernal reef
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thta the only way

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cosmetics are nothing for them

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if we block aksmg, new weapons, sniper and few basic things

cold dagger
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forcing them to login, just give them pop-ups after a few rounds sort of thing

vernal reef
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they will make accounts

cold dagger
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make them more aggressive

vernal reef
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pops up are ... just closeable

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i prefer facts

lapis flare
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makes sense

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Ar and shotgun?

vernal reef
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nah they are alr

spice idol
spice idol
spice idol
fathom cradle
spice idol
gilded marten
fathom cradle
fathom cradle
gilded marten
# fathom cradle What?

@spice idol pointed out that many people smurf to keep their ELO. I suggested the idea of removing ELO from the guests or make it so that guests don't affect logged in player's ELO or that guest player's ELO doesn't change.

fathom cradle
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It would make every guest into an unbalanced mess

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And you can’t stop guests from removing players elo… if they lose a game, they lose gelo

gilded marten
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hmm

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I didn't think about gelo. That's a good point.

heady copper
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Sure, it prevents elo from decreasing, but also from increasing
Same goes for every other stats

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Smurf to target someone is much more likely

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It prevents people from recognizing you, and makes the team arranging for you completely random instead of elo based

subtle scarab
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it could be set up so that if you are identified as a user on a VPN, it blocks you from playing

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if we really wanted to

solid badger
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what is this even about atp

vernal reef
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I can search back but i dont have time

solid badger
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🗿

alpine sonnet
vernal reef
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#AntiGuestGang

alpine sonnet
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Usually suggestion forums are used to discuss the suggestion, not post the same thing over and over again

viral bough
# spice idol Ok there are couple reasons. 1-Logging in can be risky for ppl who are banned t...

Hi so a couple of pointers from me for each of your point (to bring the thread back on topic)

  1. That is your own opinion, not an objective downside (unless I misread your sentence completely).

  2. That is your own opinion, not an objective downside.

  3. Valid reason, but the downsides clearly outweighs the benefit of having guests for the game. In terms of players, it's not a solution for a healthy game. Guests (specifically smurfing guests) currently acts as deterrents for long-time players. As explained in the original message by Plague, there were cases where the guest would follow a player to different servers to specifically target them and nothing can really be done about that. Once players understand the fundamentals of the game, even without knowing the specifics of ELO, can immediately tell if team balancing is off because of guests. You don't need to be a genius to figure out issues regarding guests. Guests smurfing are getting more common by the day, and the concept of "guests" is no longer a simple fix for players to supposedly try a "small" sample of the game.

  4. It's not up to you to decide on the priority of the suggestions, it's the developers. Feel free to open up your own suggestions for the issues you find around the game.

spice idol
spice idol
viral bough
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It's not up to you to decide on the priority of the suggestions, it's the developers. Feel free to open up your own suggestions for the issues you find around the game.

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No use trying to find solutions for under age users, alts, etc in a post that talks about guest useage.

spice idol
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Like I said. It may not be my decision but its my opinion. I said it matters more than smurfing. But then again. Its an opinion. Would Love to hear yours.

viral bough
subtle scarab
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It isn't just a hated thing, smurfing is very commonly against the rules in almost every single game you can name

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I'd like to point to the famous ban wave that Valve did for a recent Christmas event in Dota 2

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a lot of smurfs got coal in their gift

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the coal came with the message "You have been banned for..."

subtle scarab
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the most common smurfing is with guests

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cause it's just that much simpler and easier to do

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that's why this suggestion looks at why guests are positive, how we can keep the positives for the innocent bystander just wanting to try the game, and then purge everything else we can about the system to stop everyone else from using it improperly

vernal reef
spice idol
stark chasm
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most guest are bots

subtle scarab
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factually incorrect

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bots are strictly limited to a max of 4 per match

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2 per team

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as humans begin to fill the server, the bots will be replaced

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most guests are real human players

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and the issue is not for real guests or even bots

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this is about smurfs

stark chasm
subtle scarab
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players who are not signing in and breaking balance because they are being treated as worse than they actually are

stark chasm
subtle scarab
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let's say you have someone that has been playing a few years and is level 500

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you want them on their account because the team balance will treat their account as powerful

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if they make an alt, or use a fresh guest... they are treated as brand new to the game

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the game balances the match assuming they are weak... meaning that team they get sent to is actually a LOT stronger than it is meant to be

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if it's against you, you have a horrible time even trying to win

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if it's with you, you have a boring time because you don't even have a challenge, it's just an automatic win

stark chasm
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yea

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thats a prob

solid badger
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Why is this post still active

torpid radish
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fathom cradle
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We also found the second smurf boys

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:P

stark chasm
hard ruin
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57 vs 2, still a victory

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well...

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56 vs 2

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Even Zdebe upvoted hecc

stark chasm
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xd

fathom cradle
cold dagger
hard ruin
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great, now i look like a fool

vernal reef
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b u m p

dawn vine
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A week of inactivity doesn't harm, let it rest more before posting non topic.

median acorn
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This is now 95% of nonsense and bumping and irrelevant slogans. It is unreadable. Too much of effort to go through to find the good stuff.

This thread needs locking and cleaning. Then passed on to Joja.

viral bough
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Plague may have covered this in his more recent post

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@subtle scarab you wanna close off this one and have the focus on your other one?

vernal reef
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This is a part of the new

viral bough
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Okay he did cover it

subtle scarab
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the megathread refers to this

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it is more up-to-date

viral bough
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So there will no longer be a need to “bump” this thread up. If you guys want to bump, do it for the #1375454975886622780. Leaving this open so people may add further ideas but messages other than that will be deleted. We would like Joja to focus on the ideas mentioned in this thread.

vernal reef
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I don't really care if it's a "oh don't bump"
we must delete all guests. every server I go, everywhere, even when it's a bot server, they follow me, they target me, they come for me, and every server that don't show 4/16, you will see a smurf appear.

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I wish all guests can be deleted, it leads the game to be hyper toxic, many of our greater players left the game because of that

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this thing and matching have to be a priority for now to the devs. maps and cosmetics can come after. it's stupid to add cool things if there is no players to see it because all left

subtle scarab
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I think the idea is that this suggestion was replaced

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so there's no point bumping this one

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bumping the most up-to-date one makes more sense

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title includes "megathread" in the name

inner pumice
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how is this still alive