Some people have expressed their concerns over the timer being "abused", especially during gst

One guild has more hp than the other, so they decide to wait it out. This forces the enemy to push, sometimes the winning team will run away even when they have a clear advantage in hp.

This doesn't happen very often on mixed side, but matches on the idev side have been known to drag out the tourney

Would it be better to keep it or change it with something else?
Maybe, reducing the size of the arena, when no one is being hit?

Again, I've never had a problem with this, but it does seem to drag the tournament for hours on the idev side.

By gradually reducing the size of the arena (after a set amount of time), this forces players to eventually spar in close combat, if they play too defensively.

Would this have a negative effect?  

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Posted by Ash Ketchum

Why are you using this

http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/few/680
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by giving more focus to the main point, I figured people would read that first, and not read the boring statements

Looks cleaner compared to [spoiler]
Clearly it's a distraction to some  

I think gs would be too congested if the walls closed in.

Would be cool if they did a trial tho

The people who complain about the health/tie rule are usually the ones on the losing end of the tactic.

If the timer was removed the same outcome of a match with the timer would occur, the better team still wins. If anything teams would be more cautious and defensive if the hp/tie rule was removed... Resulting in the gst taking longer  

I think the reducing the size after some time is a good idea, as it will be more challenging to dodge and the games will be quicker  

Posted by Darkk

I think gs would be too congested if the walls closed in.

Would be cool if they did a trial tho

The people who complain about the health/tie rule are usually the ones on the losing end of the tactic.

If the timer was removed the same outcome of a match with the timer would occur, the better team still wins. If anything teams would be more cautious and defensive if the hp/tie rule was removed... Resulting in the gst taking longer

Posted by Ash Ketchum

I think the reducing the size after some time is a good idea, as it will be more challenging to dodge and the games will be quicker

like in battlerite, not too sure about battlegrounds: there is a force field that appears after a set amount of time, and if you are outside of it you start to lose health

 

I wish they'd show the timer in like the corner of the screen where the health is displayed  

Posted by Red

I wish they'd show the timer in like the corner of the screen where the health is displayed

That is also a good idea  

A scoreboard for the viewing room wouldn't hurt  

Posted by Darkk

A scoreboard for the viewing room wouldn't hurt

a viewing room that isn't completely laggy would also be really nice  

Can anyone see Red's words on this page? Its hard to read  

Posted by Red

I wish they'd show the timer in like the corner of the screen where the health is displayed

This would also be great
In this case, if the match time was to be shown, teams would at least know when the match will end, or when the arena will get smaller

I remember playing guardian in gears of war, and after a set amount of time the enemy team would start spawning on our side, so the strategy was to run to the enemy spawn a few seconds before the spawn switch.

Posted by Darkk

A scoreboard for the viewing room wouldn't hurt

"live?" At the bottom wall or in the matchups (belt)?
If the winners of matches are automatically entered, then it probably wouldn't be too difficult to add scoreboards  

Posted by Aguzo

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"live?" At the bottom wall or in the matchups (belt)?
If the winners of matches are automatically entered, then it probably wouldn't be too difficult to add scoreboards

Both would be beneficial tbh  

Posted by Aguzo

Some people have expressed their concerns over the timer being "abused"

those people are called idiots, yeah
players have been asking for a timer for GS and the GST for years now though - probably 2 minutes of coding, developers overlook it and/or prioritize other things

if anyone thinks players intelligently using the timer to their advantage when they're already winning the match is "abuse" though, a timer would only further enable it  

Posted by Thallen

those people are called idiots, yeah
players have been asking for a timer for GS and the GST for years now though - probably 2 minutes of coding, developers overlook it and/or prioritize other things

if anyone thinks players intelligently using the timer to their advantage when they're already winning the match is "abuse" though, a timer would only further enable it

I proposed the idea of minimizing the arena gradually as time passes or it becomes a 2v2/3v3, as it would force players to fight in close quarters, instead of having the team with most hp run away and drag out the matches (mostly on idev side)

But, what red said about the timer being on the screen actually looks like a good thing, because both teams will know when there are 10-30 seconds left.
This would probably benefit both sides, and teams with less hp can probably setup plays when the timer hits a specific point