NA -- SR -- 7/21/2012 -- Below 300 wins ONLY

[quote=Mowen]Yeah, I think once we start doing it more we will be full of lower win people, instead of having to fill in with high win players. That's pretty much what made it unbalanced. Going to try again next week and up the win cap / advertise more. So check back in this forum! :)[/quote]

[quote=Mowen][img=http://www.mowendesigns.com/images/articles/na_ih_13.jpg] [img=http://www.mowendesigns.com/images/articles/na_ih_14.jpg] [img=http://www.mowendesigns.com/images/articles/na_ih_15.jpg] [img=http://www.mowendesigns.com/images/articles/na_ih_16.jpg] Well the first 2 games had problems since we had to work in higher level players to fill in the gaps. So later we did ARAM's to have some fun. As always if you have feedback put it in the feedback thread. :)[/quote]

[quote=BarbJ]Since these are still for learning and constructive criticism, perhaps the alternative to doing full draft mode 5v5, is to break into groups of 5 and do full man premade queues. Perhaps alternate weeks with the second activity. Ex: 7/21: 5v5 tournament draft -> ARAM 7/27: 5v5 tournament draft -> 5 man premade "normals" 8/3: 5v5 tournament draft -> 3v3 Twisted Treeline If you get what I mean? That way people who want to play with these other dudes for "serious games" who are around actually can, instead of the CnC nights just "always" turning into ARAMs.[/quote]

[quote=Psychofrench]If you do it again next Saturday, I'm down. The 27th is Friday though and its my birthday, meaning I'll be out having a couple drinks.[/quote]

[quote=wRAthoFVuLK]Barb, what do you mean "always" turning into ARAMs? This was the first one to turn into an ARAM because we didn't have enough people who wanted to do another normal one... we will up the cap to 400/500 and it should fill then, np[/quote]

[quote=TheMasterSherpa]Did someone end up shoutcasting it? If so, is the vid getting posted anywhere? Thanks![/quote]

[quote=BarbJ][quote=wRAthoFVuLK]what do you mean "always" turning into ARAMs? This was the first one to turn into an ARAM because we didn't have enough people who wanted to do another normal one...[/quote] It seems that whenever there aren't enough people around, someone always suggests ARAM. I would like sometimes to have the ability to do a 5v5 normal game with these guys, rather than the serious games turning into ARAMs. This is not the first time this has happened, the CnC games have turned into ARAMs in the past. Also, please stop calling me "Barb." I do not like it. MasterSherpa: this is GrandMaster/Grandmistress's stream page. It does currently have both of the 5v5 draft games uploaded. http://www.own3d.tv/GrandmasterD#/live/157559[/quote]

[quote=Arkharan][quote=BarbJ] I would like sometimes to have the ability to do a 5v5 normal game with these guys, rather than the serious games turning into ARAMs. [/quote] We did tried that in the past and it was almost impossible to balance the teams, it was making some people mad on some team because it was pretty much one-sided. We can't really make everyone happy. On the other side I wouldn't call it turning a serious game into something. Even if those games are usually used for criticism they should also be fun for both side.[/quote]

[quote=BarbJ][quote=Arkharan]We did tried that in the past and it was almost impossible to balance the teams[/quote] If four friends and I are going into a normal 5v5 game, what is there to balance? You're still talking about the 5v5 inhouse matches where we play against each other. I'm saying that once we play 3 or 4 of those, or we lose a couple people and it becomes difficult to balance or people are tired and want to do something else, that we play 5 man premade normals INSTEAD of ARAM or trying to balance a 5v5 inhouse. This way, serious game nights can stay serious (we're playing an "actual" game) instead of playing something that has no 'real game' relation. [quote=BarbJ]5v5 tournament draft -> 5 man premade "normals"[/quote] The tournament draft referring to the full inhouse, with 10 people. The 5 man premade "normals" is referring to separate groups of 5 people who queue together into normal games.[/quote]

[quote=wRAthoFVuLK]yea, that would not be a bad idea, but would be up to the players, obviously not organized by me or whoever is hosting.[/quote]