Smash_Brother said:
Vizion said:
Some players are beginners and may I want to play other beginners online. Some players are mediocre players and may want to play other mediocre players. It's not all about wanting to fight the best players online. I don't think it would be fun playing someone much worst or better than you. It would be convienent (instead of going to some website) to have matchups similiar to many online game websites like Pogo.com where I can choose a room based on skill level and see potential opponents' ranking and have the option to sprawl if he/she inclines. I remember I used to go to Pogo.com to play checkers and improving my rating pushed me to be a better player. Sometimes I would play Grandmasters to learn from them, sometimes I would play weaker players to experiment. After several months I reached Grandmaster. I am pretty proud of that achievement. I think this is more rewarding to most people than achievement points. I also think people would be playing the game even more using such a match making concept. And isn't that would any developer want? And geez, how is competing to have a high rating such a bad thing? It's not all about ego, but so what if it is? |
Checkers /= SSBB. Leaderboards for a game like this are a no-win situation and here's why: A) The game has leaderboards which go by wins:losses ratio. Players use packet shapers to cheat and drop if they're going to lose by unplugging their router so it looks like the connection was lost. B) The game has leaderboards which go by points. 13 year olds with no job, school or friends dominate the top because of sheer number of hours they can spend playing the game. The best SSB players will still be determined by tournaments, as it's been in the past. They'll just be online tournaments this time around. |
BINGO.
That's why online leaderboards are stupid. That and people who are just naturally good get punished anyway. My one friend keeps getting banned from wolfenstein servers because he's so good people think he hacks the game. He's like one of the top 20 players... and likely way higher considering all the likely hacks.
The only online leaderboards that are worth anything are ones derived by officially monitered tournaments alone anyway.
