by PLAYER57832 on Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:10 am
Idea: Create a "not on my team" list.
Specifics: This would be a list of folks who have been terrible teammates, but who are not otherwise terrible folks to play. They would not be able to join on your team (perhaps, for programming reasons, any team game in which you are a party). They could still play no-team games.
I know many folks set up team games with folks they already know, for this very reason. However, that limits folks who are newer, etc. To keep this from being another "newbie" or "low rank' exclusion tactic, or from otherwise getting out of hand, I suggest that you only be able to put those you have teamed with on your list. If too complicated programming-wise, then just a straight list would do -- you would still have to know the name to put someone on, just like the regular ignore list.
Why needed?: I have come across several folks who I would be happy to play against, but whom I surely hope never team with me again. In many cases, they may play well enough, but don't communicate at all, sometimes due to language issues, but sometimes for unknown reasons. Others are poor players and arrogant to boot ... deciding with no experience at all that they have the best strategy and refusing to listen to other teammaters. I don't mind playing with inexperienced folks -- shoot I am one of those in some games! However, deciding you know the best strategy the first time you play a game over someone who has over 20 wins ... once is enough teaming with folks like that! A third group might be decent players, but who use a completely different strategy, who are just not compatible teammates. Still, I hate to put these folks on my total ignore list, but that seems the only way to keep those folks from joining my teams.
This way, we could exclude folks from our teams, but still play them if we wish.
Some people make notes in feedback to this effect, but that only works if you are joining a team with someone else, not if they are joining you. Cancelling games is similarly difficult unless you are someone who is almost continually on CC and can afford to constantly check up on your waiting games.