07-26-2007, 02:55 PM
Quote:1) teams temporarily reforming to drag down their rivals5) discovering that you have not the necessary 30% and your teammates are not on or not willing to play some more matches, thus leaving the team and forming a new one ad-hoc just to get some points this week
2) teams being sold
3) teams reforming for the fun of smashing lowbies
4) teams that are used to powerlevel friends
Any others?
Reasons #1, #2, #4 make me speechless. I had no idea. I am too naive it seems..
I recognize #3 though. Starcraft ladder games had this. Players with a high rating were creating new battle.net accounts to smash entry-level players.
Interesting thought for me: when Blizzard unveiled the arena system I thought to me that this was finally it. The definite system that would ensure some modicum of measurability. I had not counted on the ingenuity of the players to trick the system to their advantage. Instead of willingly confining themselves to the rules they found ways to play the system itself.
Old age and treachery will always overcome youth and enthusiasm!