Rewards for Holiday Games -- even if you lose

Revan Bastille

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2006

Ebon Hawk

Blood of the Martyr [Hope]

E/Me

I've been playing the new Costume Brawl game quite a bit and it's a really fun game. However, like many "Random Arena" type games, it can become very frustrating to keep playing. One of the most aggravating things is that many people leave whenever they think that they're team is going to lose. (I've seen people leave the Costume Brawl when our team was only down 0-2!)

In order to keep people from leaving, I recommend that even the players on the losing team get some type of reward for sticking it out to the end. Perhaps Gamer title points -- fewer than the winning team receives, of course. Or give the losing team 1 item (eg: Trick-or-Treat bag) and the winning team 2 or more items.

In the past, rewards given to the losing team were abused. However, now that we have the /report feature, "leechers" shouldn't be as much of an issue.

Bowstring Badass

Bowstring Badass

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Character selection screen figuring what I want to play...

Purple Lingerie - :D

Yeah nice try....

Crimso

Crimso

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

PCformatforums[PCFF]

Me/Mo

the winning team should get 2 trick or treat bags and the losing team except the people reported as leechers should get 1 bag
It's supposed to be a fun event so there should be rewards wether you win or lose.

Solas

Solas

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2006

Ireland

Currently LF Active HA Guild, Glad 2, Comm.3, R2

E/

yeah,sounds good as nothing puts you off games like this more then 5 games with leavers/leachers in a row.

as long as leachers could be supressed, maybe 45 w/e movement and your kicked?

Onarik Amrak

Onarik Amrak

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2007

Astral Revenants

P/W

They gave rewards for losing before in a different minigame. It didn't work out well...

Ghryphon

Ghryphon

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2007

Iowa, United States

LOD

Mo/

Should get increased bags with wins.....

1-4 : 1 bag
5-9 : 2 bag
10-14 : 3 bag

and so on....same with gamer points...just a thought

-Sean

Revan Bastille

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2006

Ebon Hawk

Blood of the Martyr [Hope]

E/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Onarik Amrak
They gave rewards for losing before in a different minigame. It didn't work out well...
It happened last Wintersday with the Snowball Fight Arena... but that was before they put in the /report function.

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

Consolation prices are always cool.

Hm... for example. Victory tokens. 5 for winning. 1 even if you lose (and you DON'T leave NOR /resign)

They deserve getting something, so they stay and other players can punch them a bit more. Otherwise only 'good' players would stay, and fihts would get slower and slower, with more and more experienced players dodging and avoiding attacks.

judgedread33

judgedread33

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2007

Australia, Crikey!

PwnD, plesure wreckin noob donors

E/Me

Last wintersday the problem was that the prize for loosing was better then the prize for winning.

Lourens

Lourens

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

In AB when u lose u still get some faction

so ye i like the idea

/signed

A11Eur0

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2005

W/

I have an even better idea: Play PvE and get your bags at a much faster rate. And actually have fun doing it.

Antheus

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ghryphon
Should get increased bags with wins.....

1-4 : 1 bag
5-9 : 2 bag
10-14 : 3 bag

and so on....same with gamer points...just a thought

-Sean
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Mineria

Mineria

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2007

Denmark

Dragonslayers Of The [Mist]

W/Mo

*clueless whining detected*

Sorry I couldn't help it.

If you want trick or treat bags, maybe go PvE??