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A sliding flag?
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skrumgaer wrote
at 3:47 PM, Thursday July 17, 2008 EDT
If we had a sliding flag (where your flag rank changes automatically when your position changes), we would have these results that might improve the game.
1. If you flag at a high rank (2nd for example) and do no work to maintain your rank, it will eventually slip to 3rd, 4th, etc. But if you reach first place you are automatically unflagged. 2. If you flag at a low rank (such as 5th) and do no work to maintain your place, you wil eventally slip to last place and flag out. 3. Two players flagging at the same rank will not happen. Would these improve the game? |
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montecarlo wrote
at 3:57 PM, Thursday July 17, 2008 EDT interesting idea. but it would seem that in case 1, if someone flags for 2nd, but then reaches 1st place and gets autounflagged... well, i would assume people would egregiously take advantage of that, and say I FLAG I FLAG, then backstab later?
when it gets down to it, i still prefer the flag=instadeath idea. why was that system changed again? |
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MadHat_Sam wrote
at 4:03 PM, Thursday July 17, 2008 EDT @carlo
Because of people like me that would farm their grandma on a 5k if it meant some more points. Not that farming really was a problem in the first place. |
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DiceCube wrote
at 4:31 PM, Thursday July 17, 2008 EDT The best approach is to allow a player to flag for any position at or under his current rank.
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DiceCube wrote
at 4:32 PM, Thursday July 17, 2008 EDT And Skrum, your idea would encourage ninja flagging to the nth degree. Everyone is flagged except the leader and me. I suicide, jump up 3 ranks and flag. Game over. Not a good idea.
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skrumgaer wrote
at 4:45 PM, Thursday July 17, 2008 EDT DiceCube:
If you are in danger of being ninjaflagged, you are less likely to flag in the first place! You could be knocked out even if you are not attacked directly. So since people are less likely to flag in the first place, there is less incentive to ninjaflag. |
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Shevar wrote
at 4:55 PM, Thursday July 17, 2008 EDT not that flags mean much to me, but a flag that doesnt even make the attempt of appearing as something that ensures my win will not gain my respect unless the player that puts up the flag gives me his word that he will not attack me anymore.
If I have his word though, i dont need a flag. |
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Eleventeen wrote
at 6:49 AM, Friday July 18, 2008 EDT This sounds like the old flagging system. No?
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BatmanDan wrote
at 8:24 AM, Friday July 18, 2008 EDT i think this is a cool idea pub probs wouldnt work...i concur that the old flagging system was better...u flag = ur out....too many times someone flags second and the guy in 3rd wants to fight him for it but 1st wont let them which sucks, epic comebacks seldom happen anymore due to the new flagging system!
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Shevar wrote
at 8:29 AM, Friday July 18, 2008 EDT thats right dan.
we should make the games epic |
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Eleventeen wrote
at 8:52 AM, Friday July 18, 2008 EDT No. Old old flagging. When there was real ninja flagging, none of this modern-day "ninja" bullshit.
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