Hey Guys! As of late, it seems that there have been more unbalanced games on the server than usual. I think the problem stems from two facts: 1) I have seen quite a few new people on the server (new not only to the server, but also NS) and 2) It seems like there are less admins and members on the server recently who have the power to randomize the teams.
I am posting this to generate a discussion on what might be the best way to keep the games even, because there have been some pretty depressing games recently. It's obvious that friends or clan members would want to play together often. It's also obvious that most people would rather join a team with say Emanon on it than a team with NSplayer on it (or even snappy for that matter! :P).
For the most part, I like the random team generation. Although it sometimes generates some pretty lopsided teams, it usually does a good job of splitting up the "please use CD here" complainers.
One thought I had was maybe to give more people the power to randomize the teams... or just always have random team assignment on. A thought Tempest had was coming up with a way of somehow weighting certain players, which might be a more complex strategy than anyone would want to implement.
Of course, for the most part, these lopsided games happen when few regulars and TG members are on the server.
Anyway, what do you guys think? I know we all hate joining a team that we know apriori has a 90% chance of getting killed in the first 5 minutes. I'd think we'd all rather go watch the catbus for those 5 minutes.