I am answering some of the questions about Debates that people keep asking me.
If you haven't played yet, watch the gameplay video on the youtube channel SCDEBATES:
www.youtube.com/scDebates
The map is now on page 3-4 (Battle.net NA)
If you have some suggestion for a thought, some bug report, or comments, please let me know.
Thanks. :)
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F.A.Q.
Can we have more rounds?
A Debates game usually spends 20 minutes or more. Popularity is the number of games played for more than 5 minutes. If I increase the number of rounds, the popularity will decrease. With no popularity, it's impossible to start a public game, since this game requires at least 5 players. The number of rounds are 3 (for 5-6 players) and 4 (for 7-8 players). This should be enough for everyone to play at least once.
Can you separate the "joke thoughts" from the serious ones?
There is no clear separation between what is serious and what is not. Every joke topic can be discussed as a serious topic. For example, "the earth is flat" is a community with thousands of people who truly believe on that (see www.theflatearthsociety.org). If the players don't like a thought, they can change it many times per round.
Do you think Starcraft is the best platform for this game? There's so many trolls.
The game has an anti-troll policy. I am trying to prevent trolls from playing Debates. Right now there are more than 6 admins patrolling the map. They have power to ban players or penalize their scores. In this way, I believe the number of trolls will be reduced. Also, we do private matches sometimes. No trolls are allowed in our private games.
Can you reduce the lag from the text box?
I've reduced the lag as much as I could. The Batte.net has a delay that it's impossible to avoid. In case of lagged matches, the players can type using the chat box; it works the same way.
How did you connect the game with an online database?
The game is not connected to an online database. The online ranking inside the game is all pixie dust (I will write a tutorial later teaching the spells).
Can you add my thoughts?
Yes, as long as the thoughts are controversial and politically correct. You can suggest thoughts in my youtube channel scdebates. I usually take 90% of the thoughts suggested.
Why don't you force everyone to judge?
I don't want to force anyone to join a debate. You can join the game just to watch. Debates does only force to judge the players who have played already.
That picture in the background is making difficult to see the chat text. Can you remove it?
The game will lose its beauty without a background picture. The idea of the picture making difficult to see the chat text is to make the players pay attention in the debate going on. They will focus on the debate to rest their eyes.
Can you add the option "Neither" when choosing who wins a debate?
If there was an option "Neither," you can bet that this button would be pressed 90% of the time. All rounds would be drawn. I am forcing the players to decide who should win. You don't need to vote as long as 3 players vote. Also, if the player really does not deserve to win, admins can take out the score this player got.
Some thoughts are bad. Can you remove them?
Yes, but I need to know which ones people are not liking. Please, report to me the thoughts you are not liking, so I can remove it from the game.
Why can't there be games with 3 people and just 1 judges each time?
The idea of just one judge seems a little unfair. Also, if I allow 3-players game, the number of players boosting their scores with friends will increase.
Can you make myself an admin?
Break the record and get a recommendation from one of the admins and you can consider yourself an admin.
Why some players play 2 or more times per game?
Debates selects the players randomly, but based on the number of rounds played. If everyone wants to play in all rounds, everyone will play. The game does only select a repetitive player when no one else wants to join the debate.
I am answering some of the questions about Debates that people keep asking me.
If you haven't played yet, watch the gameplay video on the youtube channel SCDEBATES: www.youtube.com/scDebates
The map is now on page 3-4 (Battle.net NA) If you have some suggestion for a thought, some bug report, or comments, please let me know.
Thanks. :)
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F.A.Q.
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I have a question:
Why is this game so damn addicting?