1v1 Ladder Open! Challenge Away!

TC just opened the 1v1 Ladder open to challenging. Lets get at it guys!

Gawd all the challenge emails..

Up to 24 people on 1v1 ladder and we have 5 teams on 2v2. As soon as we get a few more teams we'll open the 2v2 for laddering.

I won't be playing because of the Armageddon rule. You don't have to have a winner; both players could get a loss. The current Armageddon rule rewards the player who uses the most nukes. Over-use of nukes is already a problem in this game; a ladder should not encourage unbalanced play.
Post edited by Carch at 8/10/2003 6:36:44 PM

^^AMEN. Excite, this guy is more than a good and dedicated player, you wont listen to him ?

It's like if I would tell you cmags are overused in Rvs or silencer not strong enough...

DO SOMETHING, ty.
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Then let me ask Carch: What do you do if no one wins? No ladder movement then? Cant slap 2 losses can you? OR would you?

well, I for one am willing to play to see how it works out. Also, i havent had many 1v1 games last till late info age less armageddon. I think your being overly dramatic. So either stay and play....or go your choice.

Stalls, yeah, that's exactly what I suggest. Both sides get a loss. Armageddon. End of the world y'know. Nobody survives to win. But even completely apart from the "realism" factor (which is actually silly to consider) there's the gameplay factor. Use of nukes should have a consequence.

Maybe I should just go ahead and play some matches, take 'em to Modern and exploit the rule... that'd probably be the best way for me to illustrate why encouraging use of nukes is bad.

Carch, its not encouraging players to use them. We HAVE to have a winner and a loser, bottom line. So, any suggestions are awesome to figure that out. Looks like Excite likes the "whoever used the most nukes" idea if armageddon is reached. ALL ideas are welcome on this.

Well, since the ladder won't let you have two losers in the game, I guess the current solution is best, where the side launching the most nukes loses if armageddon occurs. At least that way you aren't encouraging a "nuke race", but instead encouraging people to be careful about how and when they use those overpowered weapons.

Post edited by Carch at 8/14/2003 5:39:47 PM

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If it was my choice, I would just take them out of the game. I hate em.

well some of us dont like nukes so we would and should be able to vote on it but for 1v1 and ties and stuff we should have an auto random thing for it like heads r tails...... just my 2 cents

and 1 more thing sorry bout the double post i do that alot or eles ill lose my idea and if someone doesnt follow it then they are disqualified and the oposer wins

Admin, i like your current idea. If a person nukes and and they still don't win, they deserve to lose it.
If you're going to nuke, do it right (multi-nuke the empire simultaneously so they don't have time to move ALL their units), or die in your own frustration of RON stupidity.