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Originally Posted by MysticX2X

@All posts about team picking
It's not like CTF ISN'T hosted 8 times a day, right? The fact is, every team has a 50/50 chance to win regardless of team. But some people have been too spoiled upon team picking that they can't accept random teams like most other servers do for their events. Like I have seen Kill leave a recebt CTF because Thor wasn't on his team and Thor was probably the only decent one in that CTF, when the teams were randomed..

It isn't as clear cut as you will win or you will lose. There are many factors that come into play, such as teamplaying abilities, individual abilities, and the random factor (such as lag --either purposeful, or unintentional). Since team selection is basically a popularity contest, usually none of these factors are considered, so you may come out with teams of disproportionate skill.

Having a TrueSkill system to determine teams is an ideal choice, and since the math for such a system is already out there, it would be very easily created and implemented. Such a system would need to track various variables to determine player's strength on both individual and a team play level. Players would be paired according to this system. In the end we'd be closer to this '50/50' thing you're talking about. If a few players are upset that they can't play on someone's team and refuse to play, disqualify them and give them an infraction (and after X amount of infractions, a temporary event ban). GCs are not there to cater to the elitist whiners, they're hired to make the server more enjoyable for the majority.