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Root zombies rage quitting

Discussion in 'Ideas' started by Master_Squishy, Jul 2, 2014.

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Should this be added?

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  2. I could go either way

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  1. Master_Squishy

    Master_Squishy Member

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    I was playing infect today and the root zombie was afk. Unfortunately, this has happened many times before (either the root zombie is afk, or rage quits) and results in a player needing to suicide to continue the game and depending on the map, that can be somewhat difficult to do. I know there is not much to do for an afk player but as for people who rage when they're the root zombie I have a solution. So BEFORE the game starts the server could randomly pick and then announce the root zombie along with the map and gamemode. This way if someone was going to disconnect because they're the root, they could do so prior to the match without wasting game time, and then another player could be randomly picked and it could save time in the actual game. This idea is simply to just let the players know who the root zombie will be before the actual match starts.
     
    #1 Master_Squishy, Jul 2, 2014
  2. CaptainBrawler

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    I thought of one thing that could counter that. What if only one person is on a server, but then like 30 others join before the game starts. That would mean that that one person would be root no matter what. Or someone might be root, then they leave before the game starts. Would it pick a new person immediately? If it did, then the original root could come back and be a survivor. That'd be cheap. I also thought of an idea that would work kind of like this:
    When you spawn in infected, someone is root, and let's say they leave. Then it'd pick a root zombie every time the zombie count gets to 0. (From CoD)
     
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    #2 CaptainBrawler, Jul 2, 2014
  3. Master_Squishy

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    Yeah that would work as well, just something to prevent people from stalling the game by disconnecting would be great! :grinning:
     
    #3 Master_Squishy, Jul 2, 2014
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    Or maybe, the server could detect when the root leaves and automatically pick another one.
     
    #4 Usp45, Jul 2, 2014
  5. BrawlerAce

    BrawlerAce Well-Known Member

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    This doesn't help with AFK people though.
    I'd say if the root shows no activity for a certain amount of time, select a new root who gets 125 xp instead for his kills.
    Also, if the root leaves, the first person who suicides could get the secondary root bonus as well. (125 xp per kill, root protection against explosives)
    I believe the root is selected right when the game starts, so not a problem.
     
    #5 BrawlerAce, Jul 3, 2014
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