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Talbourn · 08-25-2014

The time is drawing near, the closing weeks that players talk amongst themselves more than ever and discuss how GS "should" be. Whether it's a longer timer being applied to the tie system, simply a lower latency cap, or supplying more training for staff to better communicate with guilds during GST. i.e. warping them when a sub is needed. Not allotting time for guilds to communicate between matches. etc.

Sometimes in the same breath, you will hear about VPN proxies, and on extreme levels, DDoSing being used to work against the norm in latency, with the idea of having players adjust to strange latency levels mid-match. Claims of such things can hardly be proven. Things such as latency, are impossible to avoid and implement rules and boundaries completely against that demographic. With what little the server load can handle and the fact that players do live all over the world, what can be done to help the GS community?

I would like to see more transparency and balance within the GS community. I'm sure many of us are tired of hearing the bickering about staff catering towards a certain guild, person, or play style. I've came up with a few things that I think could work to benefit everyone involved, including the staff hosting when GST rolls around.

Latency Display at Warp: At the beginning of the spar, display every participants latency levels before the bomb explodes.

Penalty Card System: If the lag cap is 500MS, a player exceeding it for 10 seconds receives a displayed flag warning. After that point, the player receives a displayed timer of 30 seconds to handle their issue before being DQd.

Member Select GUI: A pop-up is displayed where members select a confirmation to join. This cuts out the issue of only 2 members queuing and the 'wrong player' being added.

Extended Tourney Timer: If the typical timer is 5 minutes, I feel an extension to 7 minutes is ample time to complete a match without halting the flow of the tourney.

Let's Re-group: During the tourney, a one minute timer is displayed between matches before an auto-start is granted. This should be the max time needed to adjust.

While this is a rather shallow list of ideas, what would you like to see implemented to make GS and GST a transparent, smoother and balanced experience?

If I've somehow missed the GST rules on this forum, could someone share? I think it would better help avoid any confusions about the tourney, lag cap, tie timer, timer between rounds, sub rules. etc

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Talbourn Banned Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 8	Guild Sparring: Building a Transparent Community The time is drawing near, the closing weeks that players talk amongst themselves more than ever and discuss how GS "should" be. Whether it's a longer timer being applied to the tie system, simply a lower latency cap, or supplying more training for staff to better communicate with guilds during GST. i.e. warping them when a sub is needed. Not allotting time for guilds to communicate between matches. etc. Sometimes in the same breath, you will hear about VPN proxies, and on extreme levels, DDoSing being used to work against the norm in latency, with the idea of having players adjust to strange latency levels mid-match. Claims of such things can hardly be proven. Things such as latency, are impossible to avoid and implement rules and boundaries completely against that demographic. With what little the server load can handle and the fact that players do live all over the world, what can be done to help the GS community? I would like to see more transparency and balance within the GS community. I'm sure many of us are tired of hearing the bickering about staff catering towards a certain guild, person, or play style. I've came up with a few things that I think could work to benefit everyone involved, including the staff hosting when GST rolls around. Latency Display at Warp: At the beginning of the spar, display every participants latency levels before the bomb explodes. Penalty Card System: If the lag cap is 500MS, a player exceeding it for 10 seconds receives a displayed flag warning. After that point, the player receives a displayed timer of 30 seconds to handle their issue before being DQd. Member Select GUI: A pop-up is displayed where members select a confirmation to join. This cuts out the issue of only 2 members queuing and the 'wrong player' being added. Extended Tourney Timer: If the typical timer is 5 minutes, I feel an extension to 7 minutes is ample time to complete a match without halting the flow of the tourney. Let's Re-group: During the tourney, a one minute timer is displayed between matches before an auto-start is granted. This should be the max time needed to adjust. While this is a rather shallow list of ideas, what would you like to see implemented to make GS and GST a transparent, smoother and balanced experience? If I've somehow missed the GST rules on this forum, could someone share? I think it would better help avoid any confusions about the tourney, lag cap, tie timer, timer between rounds, sub rules. etc