Finally I finish my new video! Please, watch it!! This is important. In this video I'm explaining more about Debates and how people should properly play.
There is something special in this video. Can you find what and where?
Debates is absolutely awesome. It's like a chat room map, if people are too dumb to debate (like me) or a way for people to make logical and innovative arguments in a completely anonymous and relaxing environment. The point is rarely to "win" debates, it's all about the fun. Too bad the popularity system kills all the awesome maps like this :<
"Everyone should switch to a 27 hour clock"
"TV rots the brain"
"Smoking rots the brain"
"Drinking rots the brain"
"Debating rots the brain" =P
"Family Guy is a terrible show"
"Prime Ministers/Presidents should be elected for life"
"The voting age should be 15"
"Norse Mythology pwns Greek Mythology" (Perhaps mix it up for a couple different Mythologies if you like)
"Einstein was respected only for his moustache"
"Everyone should switch to a 27 hour clock"
"TV rots the brain"
"Smoking rots the brain"
"Drinking rots the brain"
"Debating rots the brain" =P
"Family Guy is a terrible show"
"Prime Ministers/Presidents should be elected for life"
"The voting age should be 15"
"Norse Mythology pwns Greek Mythology" (Perhaps mix it up for a couple different Mythologies if you like)
"Einstein was respected only for his moustache"
Added! Thanks!
Lastest news: Now I am reseting scores of players caught cheating, trolling, voting only for friends, or boosting their score with friends.
I was showing this map to a friend of mine and he had a great idea.
And I think you should at the very least add an option for this if not enforce it.
Make people's names and colours change every round. That way people will not judge based on people's scores or past bias or friends, and just on the argument (Sure there is a bit of a way around this, but better than the current system in that respect). Only at the end of the game is everyone's true name and score revealed (You could also list the specific debates they won/lost if you like).
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And here are a couple more debate ideas off the top of my head;
"Old horror films are basically comedies" (As in they are so terrible they are funny)
"Walrus are the vampires of the sea" (Dunno a little weird)
"Warcraft is the best Blizzard Universe"
"Starcraft is the best Blizzard Universe"
"Diablo is the best Blizzard Universe"
"The world would be better if it was made of candy"
"The earth is square"
I was showing this map to a friend of mine and he had a great idea.
And I think you should at the very least add an option for this if not enforce it.
Make people's names and colours change every round. That way people will not judge based on people's scores or past bias or friends, and just on the argument (Sure there is a bit of a way around this, but better than the current system in that respect). Only at the end of the game is everyone's true name and score revealed (You could also list the specific debates they won/lost if you like).
- - - -
And here are a couple more debate ideas off the top of my head;
"Old horror films are basically comedies" (As in they are so terrible they are funny)
"Walrus are the vampires of the sea" (Dunno a little weird)
"Warcraft is the best Blizzard Universe"
"Starcraft is the best Blizzard Universe"
"Diablo is the best Blizzard Universe"
"The world would be better if it was made of candy"
"The earth is square"
Thanks for the thoughts. I added more of them. The suggestion you gave is good, but the idea of the game is to show people's names and colors, so everyone can identify each other. The idea of "random" players improves the debate, but reduces the discussion and funny comments (in the chat), that are also part of the game. I will think about it, but I think people want to display their names when debating. :P
The problem of friends only voting for friends, I am reseting the score of these people. I'm getting admins to patrol the game and report the IDs of them. It's just a matter of time until they have their scores reseted.
Well, I suggest you at least add it as an option which can be enabled at the start. Then you could see how it does too.
And more thoughts off the top of my head
"Public areas should not have security cameras" (Like in London)
"The decline in pirates is the cause of increases in global warming" (Reference to Pastafarianism)
"The Starcraft 2 campaign is EPIC!" (I haven't played it yet, just hearsay)
"Ice cream is too cold"
I'm interested in how you store the points of players and how you're retrieving the questions.
Are you simply reupdating the map each time to update the scores and questions or are you somehow using Galaxy to send SQL to a database? If so how do you do it?
I'm interested in how you store the points of players and how you're retrieving the questions.
Are you simply reupdating the map each time to update the scores and questions or are you somehow using Galaxy to send SQL to a database? If so how do you do it?
The player's score is saved in banks. Each player stores his own score and the top players scores, names, and game id's (crypted). So, every new game the top scores are merged with the players creating a new ranking and spreading this new ranking to the other players. In this way, the score spreads like a virus from bank to bank, from game to game. The thoughts I add in a custom script inside map editor (it's an array os strings). I just add more thoughts in the bottom of the custom script and publish the map again. Sadly, there's no way to connect the galaxy editor to a SQL database.
Latest news: Now the judge button is checked by default for all players who have played already. Also, I will choose the new thought of the week in the next couple days. Debates is now on page 3. Enjoy!
Finally I finish my new video! Please, watch it!! This is important. In this video I'm explaining more about Debates and how people should properly play.
There is something special in this video. Can you find what and where?
Hint: He didn't watch in the right date :P
@RodrigoAlves: Go
This really does look extremely awesome. Going to play it some tomorrow for sure =P And no I couldn't see the special thing >.> lol
I love debates :D
@Nesetalis: Go
your videos make my day sir....
You really need someone to upload this map to EU, I would do it myself if my account wasn't full already.
Btw nice hat you got there .p
Debates is absolutely awesome. It's like a chat room map, if people are too dumb to debate (like me) or a way for people to make logical and innovative arguments in a completely anonymous and relaxing environment. The point is rarely to "win" debates, it's all about the fun. Too bad the popularity system kills all the awesome maps like this :<
Oh, I did a quick write up on the official forums about why I think Debates isn't popular, if anyone cares.
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/374717581
We are playing Debates soooo much that is going up in the popularity. It's now on page 4, but I'm exhausted :P
There's also this thread about Debates: http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/374938726
Throwing out a bunch of quick debate ideas
"Everyone should switch to a 27 hour clock"
"TV rots the brain"
"Smoking rots the brain"
"Drinking rots the brain"
"Debating rots the brain" =P
"Family Guy is a terrible show"
"Prime Ministers/Presidents should be elected for life"
"The voting age should be 15"
"Norse Mythology pwns Greek Mythology" (Perhaps mix it up for a couple different Mythologies if you like)
"Einstein was respected only for his moustache"
Added! Thanks!
Lastest news: Now I am reseting scores of players caught cheating, trolling, voting only for friends, or boosting their score with friends.
I was showing this map to a friend of mine and he had a great idea.
And I think you should at the very least add an option for this if not enforce it.
Make people's names and colours change every round. That way people will not judge based on people's scores or past bias or friends, and just on the argument (Sure there is a bit of a way around this, but better than the current system in that respect). Only at the end of the game is everyone's true name and score revealed (You could also list the specific debates they won/lost if you like).
- - - -
And here are a couple more debate ideas off the top of my head;
"Old horror films are basically comedies" (As in they are so terrible they are funny)
"Walrus are the vampires of the sea" (Dunno a little weird)
"Warcraft is the best Blizzard Universe"
"Starcraft is the best Blizzard Universe"
"Diablo is the best Blizzard Universe"
"The world would be better if it was made of candy"
"The earth is square"
Thanks for the thoughts. I added more of them. The suggestion you gave is good, but the idea of the game is to show people's names and colors, so everyone can identify each other. The idea of "random" players improves the debate, but reduces the discussion and funny comments (in the chat), that are also part of the game. I will think about it, but I think people want to display their names when debating. :P
The problem of friends only voting for friends, I am reseting the score of these people. I'm getting admins to patrol the game and report the IDs of them. It's just a matter of time until they have their scores reseted.
Well, I suggest you at least add it as an option which can be enabled at the start. Then you could see how it does too.
And more thoughts off the top of my head
"Public areas should not have security cameras" (Like in London)
"The decline in pirates is the cause of increases in global warming" (Reference to Pastafarianism)
"The Starcraft 2 campaign is EPIC!" (I haven't played it yet, just hearsay)
"Ice cream is too cold"
The earth IS flat! >:(
I'm interested in how you store the points of players and how you're retrieving the questions.
Are you simply reupdating the map each time to update the scores and questions or are you somehow using Galaxy to send SQL to a database? If so how do you do it?
The player's score is saved in banks. Each player stores his own score and the top players scores, names, and game id's (crypted). So, every new game the top scores are merged with the players creating a new ranking and spreading this new ranking to the other players. In this way, the score spreads like a virus from bank to bank, from game to game. The thoughts I add in a custom script inside map editor (it's an array os strings). I just add more thoughts in the bottom of the custom script and publish the map again. Sadly, there's no way to connect the galaxy editor to a SQL database.
Added.
'Debates is a good map' 'There should be more Global warming' 'Jupiter is a good holiday destination' 'Americans say things wrong'
^^
Latest news: Now the judge button is checked by default for all players who have played already. Also, I will choose the new thought of the week in the next couple days. Debates is now on page 3. Enjoy!