Karma Idea

[Diomedia]

I'm starting to feel like I need more incentive to play. This should come from a decent rankings system but obviously that's not been implemented yet. So I had an idea today and would be interested to know what you guys think.

We have this Karma thing on the forums, exalt and smite etc, could this be used in a pseudo ranking system between forum players? Ie if people play each other the winner gains 1 karma , the loser receives -1 karma.

Firstly it would be an honor based thing, an example.

I face Tuism 3 times , Tuism wins all 3 matches. Tuism posts in the thread that he beat me 3 times, I then confirm it in the thread.

Obviously there's lots of issues to consider rules etc. This would only work on an honor system. If people use common sense and fairness and dont take it too seriously then it could work.

I'd be happy to update all the karma if people decide its a good idea and it would be an opt in thing, you don't have to take part in it.

Anyway again its, just an idea, let me know what you think

[Raphael Majere]

interesting.

[tortimer]

It is an interesting idea but would be hard to implement IMO. At least for me I don't really see who I'm playing before the match and many times once it looks like I'm going to win the person leaves and I never know who I beat.

[Ringel]

On the honor system we could choose not to leave games we don't know who the opponent is, and report all losses as well as wins

However, most of my toughest matches are with you guys. I can see my karma going way down really fast!

[Tuism]

I for one miss the name of my opponents almost 70% of the time, kinda tough to maintain something like this, so much effort...

We could just use the karma system for each other who posts good stuff

[Diomedia]

The first thing that I do is look at who I'm playing, when it says "syncing with ______ 1,2,3"

For me at this moment in time I only really get excited when im playing somebody that I know from the forums or someone I play against a lot.

It would take people who opt in to be honest, an auto quit wouldn't really count for example, a network error ditto, I could go on about fairness, it could have the potential to lead to arguments, I can see that.
it also has the potential to add a new element to the game, which I need at the moment.

[Diomedia]

Ok well I think the only thing to do is kick it off for a trial, if you want to opt in , say so in the thread:)

[drazel]

It will be "risky" to test new decks but count me in !

[Diomedia]

I guess this was a bad idea then

[Ringel]

I think there is just short of a critical mass of players to make this work.

[Brontobeuf]

Wait for a patch to propose tournaments/arena ideas. Too much bugs now.