Competitive matchmaking

[Wormii]

I posted this on Facebook:

Would be cool if TM2 had an ingame competitive matchmaking. For example 1v1 mode. Search game and play 3 maps to 7 pts. Maps would be changed like every 3 weeks and including current maps from esl, tmm or so. Even a rank system might be added. A bit like in CS? That would make competitive TM closer to casual playing.

When the game is rdy, it jumps on some Nadeo server and when both players write for example /ready in chat, the match begins. 2 wu per map, 3 maps to 7 pts, 2 maps needed to win. Would really make competitive TM more familiar to many people! Also, someone from Nadeo could also change maps each time needed and announce that in that ingame system.

A lot of work to do maybe, but I think this would be worth it

[tcq]

I definitely agree with this proposal. It would be so awesome to be able to do some competitive racing outside of different leagues. What works for SM should also be possible to be implemented for TM2, as the lobby system somehow is already working there.
About the maps, a monthly change could be okay. Else I like your suggestions. But there would need to be a lobby for single environments as well as the multiple environment title.

[Blueplayer]

I think, this is also for someone from the community possible.

Maybe it would look like that:
You can meet other players at the matchmaking-manialink and there they can set the options. If all players ready, there´s something like a "Loadscreen" in the manialink. In background the server-script configures and starts the gameserver for the match. this maybe take up 20 seconds. then in the manialink appears a join link.
Then ingame appears a match start button for everyone and if all pressed on it, the match starts.
[Racing... Racing... Racing...]^^
After the match, the players will be redirected to the manialink and there the result will appear. Maybe also some points for any "matchmaking-ladder" will be given.
On the matchmaking-manialink you can also look at the rankings for different match modes, for example 1x1, 3x3, 5x5, TeamAttack (the gamemode), ...

So that was my idea.

The problem is maybe, that the server ressources are limited. for example if I would host something like that on my vserver which has only 1GB RAM, you could maybe run 5 matches. Maybe thats too less, but you can add additional features, for example a queue and also some match viewers, where´s also a button to join the match as spectator.


Thats my idea of a community solution

[magnetik]

It's planned with current system

[tcq]

It's planned with current system

I love you guys! Any ideas about when we can expect anything?

[Alter-Fox]

[Wormii]

Well that's aweosome if it is!