I just played a game. I stood still maybe the last 15 seconds of the match because there was no coming back. Went 5 and 5 and was considered afk.
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Patch for afk was a little over board
Thu, 08/11/2011 - 17:45
Thu, 08/11/2011 - 18:12
#2
Looks like the new
Looks like the new punishments inplemented on Blast Network are alot more severe than I feared, I thought I would be glad this new update came in, but now I am dead wrong.............
Thu, 08/11/2011 - 18:27
#3
At least we've confirmed that
At least we've confirmed that Jupers probably was playing all those times he went 0-20 before the patch. Zing!
Thu, 08/11/2011 - 18:40
#4
Heh. It was a little
Heh. It was a little overboard, yeah. Luckily, we can adjust it without a reboot. Let us know if it's still unrealistic.
Thu, 08/11/2011 - 18:46
#5
i screwed you over! "heh."
i screwed you over! "heh." ridiculous.
Thu, 08/11/2011 - 18:52
#6
That was a "heh" of
That was a "heh" of embarrassment, not a "heh" of lulz. Sorry that wasn't clear. :)
Thu, 08/11/2011 - 19:21
#7
Another problem is that the
Another problem is that the Mac freezing bug still exists. This means that if I freeze and restart the client, it appears that the game thinks I left on purpose, therefore I get nothing.
Yeah.
Thu, 08/11/2011 - 19:27
#8
I have the same mac freezing
I have the same mac freezing problem.But with the recent patch I might get kicked while restarting.But as far as I know...I'm considered as disconnected.I'm cool with it tho.PvP was never my thing anyway.
Thu, 08/11/2011 - 20:51
#9
Funny, I've played a bunch of
Funny, I've played a bunch of matches today... and haven't seen anyone get called out on being AFK. :p
Thu, 08/11/2011 - 21:09
#10
My guild played earlier, one
My guild played earlier, one person from each team, everyone was playing the whole time but two if em didn't get anything because of no kills. D=
Thu, 08/11/2011 - 21:15
#11
I've seen people get no
I've seen people get no kills, but they didn't get flagged as AFK or whatever.
Sun, 08/14/2011 - 17:17
#12
Ok, now I know this thing is
Ok, now I know this thing is broken.
I played a game earlier and stopped moving at the end, because we were winning and I didn’t want to get killed. This resulted in me get disqualified. (We won and the bribe prize was 2 more coins -.-). So after having that unhappy experience, I made sure to be moving the whole time in the next two matches. On the second match I got disqualified again...
http://www.kylereiss.com/sk-what.jpg
I was on Violet team, and as you can see I did better then four of the other people in the match. The only things I can think of for why I got disqualified are:
I got killed at the end, and so wasn’t moving?(probably not)
There was a few times during the match were I stopped moving to avoid allot of bombs, that were going off all over the place.(If so then the disqualify timer definitely needs to be raised)
Or, I got mail from the auction house during the match, and it bugged out some how.(I didn’t read the mail during the match by the way)
Either way, I'm starting to get scared to play, because I don't know when the game will randomly decide I’m being a poor sport. I mean I only lose 200 cr, but what if the bribe prize was a bombhead or something D:
Sun, 08/14/2011 - 23:21
#13
I'm just gonna add my 2 cents
I'm just gonna add my 2 cents worth in...
we weren't THAT bad, were we? Yea, we took up ...valuable floor space, but we didn't DQ anyone.
Well...I didn't. I stuck to FFAs.
anyway, I shouldn't even be posting this, but I still have a sandy groin over getting my weapons patched out of my lazy, yet creative, hands. Even though the the reviews are decidedly lukewarm on the Triglav....I WANTED IT. THAT AND THE BRANDISH ONES THAT I DON'T EVEN USE. I WANTED IT ALL FOR MYSELF.
ALL FOR SILUS.
Sun, 08/14/2011 - 23:38
#14
disqualification isnt the
disqualification isnt the same as AFK. AFK in PvP is a automatic kick, disqualification uses a more "mysterious" algorithm. possibly watched by GM.
Mon, 08/15/2011 - 04:58
#15
I don't think GMs watch the
I don't think GMs watch the match. To be honest I've been in matches with the afk macros or w/e you wish to call them.. They sit there and spawn, drop a bomb, and then die. The thing is I've seen some of them still get points because some people are horrible enough to run up to a macro that dropped a bomb and get killed by it. A 3-20 score on the macro in the match was enough for it to still get points and its coin for playing.
Mon, 08/15/2011 - 15:00
#16
having tested it myself, a
having tested it myself, a 0-20 suicide macro still qualifies as "quality play", but not if you feed.
Mon, 08/15/2011 - 15:07
#17
Hey, don't blame three rings,
Hey, don't blame three rings, blame the AFKers. If they played by the rules, like three rings said, then you wouldn't have to put up with that. Though I think a better way to solve this would be to put a giant "please report afk players" sign in town square.
Tue, 08/16/2011 - 00:12
#18
making last place not getting
making last place not getting any coin would easily solve this issue.
Tue, 08/16/2011 - 00:31
#19
Well...
This is what happens when you whine about people being AFK. Not trying to be an ass but seriously. AFK=easy ranking and easy money. Problem?
Tue, 08/16/2011 - 05:15
#20
Patch/bugfix needed!!!!!
First of i wanna say "what the hek? Unfair right there" in response to Farminjks (aka ihurtmyself)
then i gotta say I agree with LeQuack but i dont think a sign would help unless a report for afk button was installed.
Anyway this whole patch needs repatching. At least thats what im hearing from you guys.
Also i havent played blast network for sometime so dont flaame if i kinda missed something. either way i need those tokens !!!!
Ok. Im done with this post.
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no seroiusly im done. stop reading. LOL.
Tue, 08/16/2011 - 06:24
#21
The DQ algorithm probably
The DQ algorithm probably needs a few additional AND/OR lines. :)
It could be as simple as:
"If killcount >= 1, then qualify player"
That would take care of the more ridiculous failures. Yes, that would also let some more advanced Autoclickers through. But, players using autoclickers (to play PvP) should simply be reported and permabanned. (possibly IP banned as well) (That should have enough of a deterring effect for most players.)
Tue, 08/16/2011 - 07:46
#22
It definitely is a good idea.
The actual patch was meant to keep a team from losing because one player would be AFK the whole game or disconnect and then they would still continue to contribute to points for the opposing team. It's nice when a player who isn't active at all is kept from hurting the whole team, but it can be devestating when multitasking. I just make sure that I'm doing nothing else but the Blast Network when I participate to avoid that.
Tue, 08/16/2011 - 08:30
#23
If you run across them report
If you run across them report them. Cheaters and lame people are apart of every game and three rings can only put so much coding in and still keep it fun for the rest of us. Report them.
Tue, 08/16/2011 - 08:42
#24
Premature reporting is not
Premature reporting is not right if you decide on the go that an AFKer is a cheater. Some people suffer from bad connection.
You can accuse an act, but you cannot claim it to be a crime without a motive. And that's the fatal flaw in this patch: whoever gets Krogmo Coins or not is due to blatant coding prejudice. This needs serious fixing.
Tue, 08/16/2011 - 09:20
#25
I'm not saying report
I'm not saying report afk'ers. The only time I report afk'ers is when I've been in multiple matches with them and they do that every time. I'm talking about the botting. Laying a bomb as soon as they respawn and they are still blinking and they die anyways is a sign of botting.
Tue, 08/16/2011 - 09:23
#26
honestly, I don't care much
honestly, I don't care much anymore but this is too hard to solve I think. They're trying not to punish everyone who naturally sucks (aka can't get a single kill, its possible, somehow I've even had that happen). Making last place automatically get no coins won't work either because of that last statement and it'd just mean people would try to use more accounts to ensure that one of their accounts ends up on the bottom because they're in the same match. And I've played matches where I saw the same players three times in a row in FFA so its not too uncommon to me for this to happen. Just make one of the fakes kill themselves slower than the other = autoqualify.
And then there's situations like GamerTB described when you do have a bad connection. I myself experience occasional computer restart type of crashes due to Spiral Knights. One time that happened in a match, I didn't get back until the last 2 minutes and 30 seconds (pre patch). But to anyone else, I may have appeared AFK >:/
This is all just an annoyance, the game works, forget everything else. Since the patch, I've seen less players, and I don't mean AFK ones. I don't think there's any easy solution to this.
Tue, 08/16/2011 - 10:17
#27
it's not hard to solve at
it's not hard to solve at all.
Remove the AFK patch, and make the items and recipes available for crown.
Then, everybody playing BN will be there because they want to be. Make a few new helms, and some palate-swapped armors especially for Bomb Network.
It's not like the recipes are amazing, let's be honest. It's a Brandish line, an Autogun line with the least-used status effect, and a Troika with a freeze proc on charge attack...which nobody uses anyway. None of these things will kill Vanaduke in one hit.
Now the Modules...I dunno. If Mod Calibrators became bind, I would simultaneously be sad and sated, as those are reason enough for outsiders to play for pay.
I was thinking that might happen..