Better option for ladder match-finder.

[Spurdo]

Many of us (including me) remember the days when GPG was online. But it was so long ago, so long...
Well, I mostly remember nothing, but the thing I want to suggest maybe have been implemented on GPG. Or maybe not.

So. In my opinion, the map-pool of our ladder, well, is FAR away from good. Voting, changing pool each month etc. is of course very cool, wow-wow, BUT, we could have much more freedom, if we could decide, which exactly map we want to play on ladder just before we click the faction icon.
How about such a thing: first, we chose map, that is in our opinion is suitable for a ladder-match (of course, maps like thermo, or 81km are not welcome, so some slight moderation is okay and essential), and then the faction (or in reverted order, it does not matter). And after the system finds another player, that wants to play on exactly same map, it connects two players.
I guess that would be just great.

[ColonelSheppard]

yeah ... if more than 2 players would search

[Spurdo]

You may also make that option enabled only when there are enough players playing ladder, which may be determined, for example, by the number of ladder matches played in the past 15 minutes.

[Cuddles]

And then only play on maps that you are good at? Is that it? Kinda defeats the purpose.

[RoLa]

The other way around could be a better option. just choose one or two maps you dont want to play. If both players have excluded a map, it will not be choosen. If only one player has excluded the map there is the chance for that map. That should be fair. So the excluded maps are also an indicator which maps are unwanted.

[Ze_PilOt]

No change for that is planned.

[Hawkei]

The other way around could be a better option. just choose one or two maps you dont want to play. If both players have excluded a map, it will not be choosen. If only one player has excluded the map there is the chance for that map. That should be fair. So the excluded maps are also an indicator which maps are unwanted.

If I remember correctly, that feature was also bugged. Because the ladder maps for vanilla were different to those for FA. So it was possible to have a game on non-ladder maps (like Seraphim Glaciers) with the map preferences function. But that was a GPG thing.

I actually liked the ability to post a favorite map. When you wanted to play on a particular map... But it tends to result in WTFPWN build orders. Where one player has a game rehearsed BO and the other player is just winging it. I also don't like the idea of voting a map down. A player needs to become competent on all the maps. That is the whole point of the random map system.

The one thing I would like to see, is a random search pairing teams for 2v2 ranked matches, on a 2v2 ladder map. The system on GPG was hard to work, because players would create their teams in the lobby. But the matchmaker could be made to creat evenly matched teams and put them into 2v2's. Or perhaps 2v1's. Now that would be interesting Especially considering so few players seaching the ladder - the 2v1 option could sucessfully pair players in different skill brackets. (Of course, 1v1, 2v2 and 2v1 options would need to be enabled/disabled in the seach feature).

[Spurdo]

I just want to bump this thread to prove that I was slightly right, to thank Zep for finally implementing it, and to point that I am actually a prophet.

[Szakalot]

@OP

I wish there was a way to make a map of your choice, with the settings of your choice, that another player (who wants to play the same map) could join...

oh wait,

Its already possible