Custom CC Games are way better than Ranked

[Bonoki]

As I mentioned in my previous post, I don’t have much experience with Ranked CC or these groups, but I wanted to share something I’ve heard that might add to the discussion. I’ve spoken with at least two people who felt that Discord tournament communities were partially responsible for the queue time issues Ranked CC faced before 7.1. Their perspective was that by hosting multiple custom tournaments, these communities pulled players away who would have otherwise been queuing for ranked matches. As a result, the pool of players for ranked games shrank, leading to longer queue times.

I’m not sure how widespread this belief is, but the fact that I’ve heard it from more than one person makes me think it’s worth mentioning.

[Mawlzy]

As I mentioned in my previous post, I don’t have much experience with Ranked CC or these groups, but I wanted to share something I’ve heard that might add to the discussion. I’ve spoken with at least two people who felt that Discord tournament communities were partially responsible for the queue time issues Ranked CC faced before 7.1. Their perspective was that by hosting multiple custom tournaments, these communities pulled players away who would have otherwise been queuing for ranked matches. As a result, the pool of players for ranked games shrank, leading to longer queue times.

I’m not sure how widespread this belief is, but the fact that I’ve heard it from more than one person makes me think it’s worth mentioning.

It strikes me as probable that a thread titled "Custom CC games are way better than ranked" is intended to draw players from ranked and into custom matches. That will impact queue times.

[gidsonBrand]

Their perspective was that by hosting multiple custom tournaments, these communities pulled players away who would have otherwise been queuing for ranked matches.

It's half true. Especially when people got to Crystal, there may have been 7 people queued up for ranked on each given data center, meaning we couldn't get a game to pop. And lordy did we try, we had a sign-up bot to tell us if and when enough people were interested in doing ranked. But when no group of 10 existed on a single DC, we decided to do custom games instead.

Not only that but the coordination and skill expression you can have in custom games is way more fun than ranked, at least in my opinion. And if we decide it's a more fun time than doing ranked, that's what we're going to do and it's why I want to let folks know when/where they can join us.

[Mawlzy]

It's half true. Especially when people got to Crystal, there may have been 7 people queued up for ranked on each given data center, meaning we couldn't get a game to pop. And lordy did we try, we had a sign-up bot to tell us if and when enough people were interested in doing ranked. But when no group of 10 existed on a single DC, we decided to do custom games instead.

Not only that but the coordination and skill expression you can have in custom games is way more fun than ranked, at least in my opinion. And if we decide it's a more fun time than doing ranked, that's what we're going to do and it's why I want to let folks know when/where they can join us.

You appreciate the negative repercussions this will have for those who prefer to queue solo?