One Account Per Real ID = No Smurfing

[pure.Wasted]

Actually, no it's not (it does make it harder tho!)

A good player can still:
1) lose 50 games in a row and noob bash that way.

You're right, of course -- the big problem here being that if the player is so good that this is worthwhile for him (as in, he's so sure he'll win all those games against level 1s that it's worth taking the time to DC from the others), he won't have an opportunity to show off that goodness in his stats. Unless, of course, he's prepared to shell out another $50 for the game to get another account, and then another $40 for the expansion, and then another $40 for the second expansion. And I just can't imagine someone who's genuinely good at the game not wanting to challenge themselves and have a real acc.

So this progressively becomes such an expensive hobby that... well... I doubt we'll see it in any but the extreme cases. And the few times it happens are no different than what you bring up in 2) -- there will also be cases of SC/WC3 players having a distinct edge even on day 1. It's unavoidable, but the damage done will become less and less significant as play goes on.

2) How will they stop players that really don't belong in the Practice League from joining there :S? I think it's a great idea to have it, I'm just worried about how they will stop that from happening (like, when it's released, any SC or WC3 player that joins the practice league is gonna be stomping everyone HARD).

Simple solution: don't start the leagues on day 1. Start them on day 1 of month 2, or somesuch. By then stats will be sufficiently set in stone that obviously good players won't be up against obviously bad ones. And for those that aren't obviously good but still have an edge due to familiarity... well, I doubt that'll be enough. Of the newbies I'm sure we'll see lots of players with genuine potential (who will later compete in Silver and Gold), and they will overtake those that get by on familiarity alone pretty swiftly, I imagine.

[Hav0x]

Are you able to join any league you want? To me it sounded like you are automatically assigned a league depending on your skill level.

[DemolitionSquid]

Are you able to join any league you want? To me it sounded like you are automatically assigned a league depending on your skill level.

You're automatically assigned a league after a few games. If you become best in this league, you can advance into the next league.

[Dauntless]

One thing I'd like to see, is the ability to play on BNet without having to show all your friends that you're online. Have a "Show As Offline" option! Most times you'd want to be able to talk and play with your friends, but sometimes it's more relaxing to just play alone without being talked to.

And I'd support some more account for friends or kids that wanna try etc.

[pure.Wasted]

One thing I'd like to see, is the ability to play on BNet without having to show all your friends that you're online. Have a "Show As Offline" option! Most times you'd want to be able to talk and play with your friends, but sometimes it's more relaxing to just play alone without being talked to.

This is a must. Absolutely essential. Good thinking Daunt.

[Islandsnake]

Step 1: Create a custom game "1v1 Noobs Only Letting a friend try"
step 2: Wait, check stats of people who join
Step 3: let them try

Remember right now all we have is ICCUP for starcraft where you join custom games.


I'm sure they'll have a appear offline option, as well as options to not let certain people know if your on....they have privacy in mind already with the REAL id only being known to certain people..just seems like a logical design choice.

[Nottoway]

I like it.

As Trace said, there's always custom games for anyone who wants to practice with a new race, or practice some new strategy. This isn't combating smurfing... this is completely destroying it. I think that's a pretty noble goal.

No one in WC3 plays custom games to practice a race. If you wanted to try a new race, you'd probably make a new account and play via the AMM. I repeat, no one would ever use custom games to practice a new race, it wasn't worth your while. Because AMM has ranking, ELL, and more competitive players. Much of which custom games do not offer.

[Aldrius]

One thing I'd like to see, is the ability to play on BNet without having to show all your friends that you're online. Have a "Show As Offline" option! Most times you'd want to be able to talk and play with your friends, but sometimes it's more relaxing to just play alone without being talked to.

They'll probably have DND and AFK mode like they do in WoW.

[SuperKiller]

it might not be possible to be a race-specific matchup player unless they actually implement it. I know in war3 you just picked your race, could thumb down up to 3 maps on the list, and then said go and it found your opponent.

[Nottoway]

I agree with FrozenAribiter about having a couple of accounts attached to a Real ID. Roughly 3-4 accounts, and after you used them all up, you can vouch to have one deleted to make room for another. Keeps the smurfing under control as well as pleases people who like to use multiple accounts. I for one would use at least 3 different accounts playing on wc3. One account was my RT account, the other was AT, and lastly one was my solo.