Pointless games. I think the solution is just making 1v1 games pointless.
TP_knighty has started playing again after some absence, he was right up there with rank but played a lot of 1v1 games on return, and that rank has just declined. This is just an example of why 1v1 games should be pointless. The best rank you probably will ever achieve if you mainly played 1v1 games will be in the Lieutenant range. Your never going to be able to play in that "best if the best" d12 game unless you start to become a 1v1 avoider, and avoid risky game settings/players. The d12 game may be missing out on deserved active players who play lot's of 1v1 games, but probably play/win just as many multiplayer games as the current high rankers. You rarely see a top ranker join in a quicky 1v1 game, or dabble in a sametime game to learn it because of how much points they could lose, and because they didn't wanna give it a try when they first started. You can learn everything you need to know about sametime in a 1v1 sametime game or any other setting for that matter. If 1v1 games were pointless then players might give sametime a go, and staff wont get high rankers requesting for an extra account or some practice games to learn game settings they didn't want to earn their stripes for when they first joined. Getting high rank at the moment just discourages activity. 1v1 pointless games! Pretty sure most 1v1 only type players don't care much about their rank or the points system.
Pointless games. I think the solution is just making 1v1 games pointless.
TP_knighty has started playing again after some absence, he was right up there with rank but played a lot of 1v1 games on return, and that rank has just declined. This is just an example of why 1v1 games should be pointless. The best rank you probably will ever achieve if you mainly played 1v1 games will be in the Lieutenant range. Your never going to be able to play in that "best if the best" d12 game unless you start to become a 1v1 avoider, and avoid risky game settings/players. The d12 game may be missing out on deserved active players who play lot's of 1v1 games, but probably play/win just as many multiplayer games as the current high rankers. You rarely see a top ranker join in a quicky 1v1 game, or dabble in a sametime game to learn it because of how much points they could lose, and because they didn't wanna give it a try when they first started. You can learn everything you need to know about sametime in a 1v1 sametime game or any other setting for that matter. If 1v1 games were pointless then players might give sametime a go, and staff wont get high rankers requesting for an extra account or some practice games to learn game settings they didn't want to earn their stripes for when they first joined. Getting high rank at the moment just discourages activity. 1v1 pointless games! Pretty sure most 1v1 only type players don't care much about their rank or the points system.
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