To answer vyt, substitute 'rank' with 'get BAT attn' Ive been interchanging the two on basis of assuming the map is of quality(which i know it wont always be, just do so for the purpose of discussion).Maybe I forgot to put that in or deleted it along the way.
mapper one's 'luck' was previously described as friendly relations with BATs so i bet it could happen but im not sure i buy that outright.
as for mapper 2's heavy modding. it may just be me, but i dont really trust some of the modders out there. Sure the answer is just ignore them but the older a map get the more paranoid ive gotten that something is really wrong even though no 'professional' has been able to check it. Lets look back at Rolled's first post. If you have a perfect map then you shouldnt have to go through the bs of 30kd or 16people+2bats. Now, if you werent a BAT, you may have no choice.
In the end, the point was to try to reduce the instarank trend or make instaranks a bit harder so sp might hold more..priority... All this stuff was supposed to be an example of how priority can screw us .
After all this, I'm thinking sp requirement modification probably wont do much. I dont think the current requirement does anything. someone else can say something if they think it will.
Going to BAT rankings +incentive seemed to be one of the only supported solution, nobody mentioned that it might make people attack the lower ranked bats more directly?
mapper one's 'luck' was previously described as friendly relations with BATs so i bet it could happen but im not sure i buy that outright.
as for mapper 2's heavy modding. it may just be me, but i dont really trust some of the modders out there. Sure the answer is just ignore them but the older a map get the more paranoid ive gotten that something is really wrong even though no 'professional' has been able to check it. Lets look back at Rolled's first post. If you have a perfect map then you shouldnt have to go through the bs of 30kd or 16people+2bats. Now, if you werent a BAT, you may have no choice.
In the end, the point was to try to reduce the instarank trend or make instaranks a bit harder so sp might hold more..priority... All this stuff was supposed to be an example of how priority can screw us .
After all this, I'm thinking sp requirement modification probably wont do much. I dont think the current requirement does anything. someone else can say something if they think it will.
Going to BAT rankings +incentive seemed to be one of the only supported solution, nobody mentioned that it might make people attack the lower ranked bats more directly?