Team STacking

**Whiskey_dod** · 04-16-09, 10:34 PM

I have seen many people, even regs, wait in spectator until the side they want is available, or will switch sides when they figure out that all of their friends are on the opposing team. THAT, is what pisses me off more than anything. Besides, we are probably losing recruitment for TTP by doing this. Nobody wants to join a community when every round is a massacre. If teams end up stacked, then UNSTACK them. It will make the gaming experience more enjoyable for everyone.

**Faith** · 04-16-09, 11:47 PM

Okay, so I was against 2 of my clanmates tonight and my team won twice. Am I out of the fire, or should I continue to make sure I'm not on their team? I mean seriously guys, because one or two nights we want to play with eachother and one night we want to rival eachother, we get labeled for it?

**KidWithTheFace** · 04-16-09, 11:53 PM

Originally Posted by Whiskey_dod

I have seen many people, even regs, wait in spectator until the side they want is available, or will switch sides when they figure out that all of their friends are on the opposing team. THAT, is what pisses me off more than anything. Besides, we are probably losing recruitment for TTP by doing this. Nobody wants to join a community when every round is a massacre. If teams end up stacked, then UNSTACK them. It will make the gaming experience more enjoyable for everyone.

I doubt that. Pretty ridiculous thing to say dude. Most the time the teams are good and the battles are great. We've had so many people recently come into the forums for the first time and post up. Kind of the opposite of losing recruitment

**jabberwock** · 04-17-09, 12:38 AM

Originally Posted by Faith

Okay, so I was against 2 of my clanmates tonight and my team won twice. Am I out of the fire, or should I continue to make sure I'm not on their team? I mean seriously guys, because one or two nights we want to play with eachother and one night we want to rival eachother, we get labeled for it?

Nobody in here aside from BIGTEX members named BIGTEX. There is no fire, and there has been no labeling here, so you can calm down!

It's all about joining the team that needs you, rather than following your clan for whatever reasons. If everyone made selfish choices like that, medics would be rare, snipers would be aplenty, the teams would be imbalanced, and the games would suck.

**Birdinator** · 04-17-09, 01:00 AM

Correlation does not imply causation
L2logic :5

Gideon's post should have ended this thread, really

and to reiterate, since many of us seemed to ignore it,

Originally Posted by Gonzo0100

use teamsay and use "@" before it.... "u" "@ teams are stacked, please help!?"
works 99% of the time for me.

**Menoske** · 04-17-09, 08:02 AM

Originally Posted by KidWithTheFace

Originally Posted by Whiskey_dod

I have seen many people, even regs, wait in spectator until the side they want is available, or will switch sides when they figure out that all of their friends are on the opposing team. THAT, is what pisses me off more than anything. Besides, we are probably losing recruitment for TTP by doing this. Nobody wants to join a community when every round is a massacre. If teams end up stacked, then UNSTACK them. It will make the gaming experience more enjoyable for everyone.

I doubt that. Pretty ridiculous thing to say dude. Most the time the teams are good and the battles are great. We've had so many people recently come into the forums for the first time and post up. Kind of the opposite of losing recruitment

Not rediculous. I've seen it too. I've seen several resident clan members, join and be spec until they can join the team their clan mates are on. The worst I saw was someone being spec for almost 5 minutes before joining. I usually don't call out spectators to an admin to get them to join, but if people are gonna start saying it never happens, I'll be sure to give updates every 30 seconds on specs who have been there a while.

I typically hit tab throughout the map to see who's alive, or if I'm a spy going for entrances, to see if anyone has respawned.

**Oozish** · 04-17-09, 09:47 AM

Originally Posted by Tick

To sum up this needless thread...

5. Everyone needs to stop freaking out about team stacking.

I get everything there?

Needless thread? I just asked people to autojoin....read my post again and don't diss my thread; if it was needless you wouldn't have a 5 point summary about it.

**DJ Ms. White** · 04-17-09, 05:37 PM

I'm locking this. Honestly, nothing new is being said. Basically, everyone needs to pay attention to how the teams are rolling whether you're the roller or the rollee (<-----new word).

Use autoassign, but also pay attention to how the teams are forming. If a disparity starts to form, make sure people take notice. Switch to the team without all of the heavy hitters or ask for people to switch over. A lot of people on stacked teams simply do not realize it. There's a rush, a high that happens when you just start annihilating shit. It's not that TTPers want to win a stacked fight, it's just that sometimes, they don't realize that's what's happening.

Most importantly, though, encourage communication and set the example by making calls and calling out the non-teamplayers on your own team. Most teams I've been on that have been creamed have not had the odds stacked against them; the teams have had no communication, no teamwork, no class balance, etc. Pushing for that communication and encouraging teamwork will turn those situations around most of the time.

If all else fails, always remember to send a message to the admins asking for help.