5 replies to this topic

[dabeste92]

Hey,

after people in the last lobby kept reporting themselves, and the lobby failed because of this, i just had an idea.

 

What about a "close lobby" vote?

 

I'd suggest that a lobby gets closed, if 2/3 of the lobby players vote for a close (12 in HL, 9 in 6s, 5 or 6 for 4s and 3 for ultiduo).

And with the introduction of that feature, i would also change the rules, so that it is completely forbidden to close active lobbies (unless they're bugged our or something of course).

 

Advantages:

1. There would be fewer sub-slots on the mainpage that link to flobbies and therefore frustration

2. Lobbies only get closed if the majority of the players wants that

3. Lobbies can get closed even if the leader is afk/has left/wants to be a dick

 

It should work like that:

 

Player 1: !close

[TF2Center]: Closing Lobby Vote: 1/12 Votes

etc.

[TF2Center] Closing Lobby Vote complete: 12/12 Votes, ending lobby...

 

Just a quick idea, what do you think?^^

[Kirito]

Although it's not used much, if enough people report themselves, the lobby will close with no reliability drop due to excessive subs. There may be consequences to reporting yourself in the future, in which case a !close function would be nice, but I would prefer it take fewer votes. I would say a maximum of half the active players, though I'd prefer it equal however many subs is required to close a lobby due to excessive subs.

[dabeste92]

Well, my main point is..

 

When people report themselves in a lobby that's about to fail, that will open a sub-request.

If people take that sub-slot, and all that they find is a failing lobby, which is very annoying, and is also a reason why people often don't want to join sub slots.

Edited by dabeste92, 14 December 2015 - 11:08 PM.

[b33p]

I agree, should be a vote to close. When 4 people on your team don't want to play anymore and don't want to leave due to reliability and their option is to alt tab, closing the lobby despite a stubborn leader could help speed up everybody's day.

[sage78]

Cool idea. Maybe reduce minimum votes to 8 since often times when people want to close lobby is because people left.
Or maybe have a minimum players from each team vote for example >Closing Lobby RED Vote: 1/3 Votes

[nrd.]

Players may/will abuse this if they are getting rolled etc. Too many negatives outweigh positives. Just ask an admin to close the lobby in the main chat if it is a valid reason.

 

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