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[–] yuri@pawb.social 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

i swear pokémon duel would do the opposite of this. you’d get on a win streak and then suddenly a player with a very generic name and the EXACT counters to your deck fucken SWEEPS your ass with seemingly psychic precision. you could even trick it by switching to a deck with no synergy and just playing like a psycho whenever you got ~5 wins in a row.

i miss that game so much. taken before it’s time o7

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[–] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 2 days ago

Standard mobile practice from a mobile publisher

[–] teft@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's really fucked up when you think about it since qp matches are any skill against any skill. So if you get a diamond ranked dps on the opposite team and your team is mostly bronze you're screwed. Then you only have to lose one more match to get put into the bot matches. That seems super unfair.

[–] constnt@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

QP still puts you with similar skill level players. It just doesn't show you the algorithm like competitive. You won't be put with a diamond if you are bronze and vice-versa.

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[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I'm fine with this. There are some braindead or brand new players out there who should 100% be confined to the kiddie pool until they learn the basic mechanics.

[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Yeah except it doesn't work like that. If you get 2 losses in a row or even 2 losses separated by a win, it'll dump you in the kiddie pool, doesn't matter how much playtime you have. If I get SVP and it still puts me into a bot match, that's bad design.

It seems to be a way to grant the player an easy win so you don't tilt and quit. But the ruse was way too easy to see through.

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