Java Decrease Game Start Timer

Loskol said:

This is really good idea for solo gamemodes. But I think that it wouldn't be good idea to add this to Team Eggwars though, because some teams might end up being smaller than others if the game doesn't start with full lobby.

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Matriox said:

Especially needed during nighttime hours

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Dualninja said:

Even more needed on NA and Asia servers, they're practically dead on Java.

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Matriox said:

I don't know why Asian servers are even a thing on Java

I expect none even open besides in FFA

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Hoshi said:

Heya! I'll keep this as short as possible by getting straight to the point.

I've come to notice that sometimes it takes a while for games to fill up after a certain amount of players have already joined the game. My suggestion is to allow the game start timer to decrease based on the amount of players that are already in the game. An idea would be to halve the timer when at least 80% (rounded up) of the maximum player slots is filled. For example, when a game of max. 12 players reaches 10/12 (9.6 rounded up) players, a minute-long timer would be reduced to 30 seconds.

This would allow games to start faster - and have players waiting less when the lobby is only missing one or two players - while still allowing the leftover slots to be filled at any given time.

Pros:
- Players have to wait less to play their favourite games;
- Slots can always be filled during the remaining timer;
- Games start faster, so they will finish faster too, allowing the following games to also start faster.

Cons:
- Games may not reach their max. players more often.

Feel free to let me know your thoughts on this, including whether or not the proposed 80% is enough.

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Aveezz The OG said:

I think overall, especially for bedrock it would work great with their playerbase, and for sweats who try to grind wins alot it would also be a plus.
On the downside, half filled games due to Java's ever falling playerbase would also be less enjoyable for the average user in my opinion, or except in a far-fetch for content creators having to do videos with half filled games could in one sense or another, provide half the content.

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Hoshi said:

Heya! I'll keep this as short as possible by getting straight to the point.

I've come to notice that sometimes it takes a while for games to fill up after a certain amount of players have already joined the game. My suggestion is to allow the game start timer to decrease based on the amount of players that are already in the game. An idea would be to halve the timer when at least 80% (rounded up) of the maximum player slots is filled. For example, when a game of max. 12 players reaches 10/12 (9.6 rounded up) players, a minute-long timer would be reduced to 30 seconds.

This would allow games to start faster - and have players waiting less when the lobby is only missing one or two players - while still allowing the leftover slots to be filled at any given time.

Pros:
- Players have to wait less to play their favourite games;
- Slots can always be filled during the remaining timer;
- Games start faster, so they will finish faster too, allowing the following games to also start faster.

Cons:
- Games may not reach their max. players more often.

Feel free to let me know your thoughts on this, including whether or not the proposed 80% is enough.

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Hoshi said:

Heya! I'll keep this as short as possible by getting straight to the point.

I've come to notice that sometimes it takes a while for games to fill up after a certain amount of players have already joined the game. My suggestion is to allow the game start timer to decrease based on the amount of players that are already in the game. An idea would be to halve the timer when at least 80% (rounded up) of the maximum player slots is filled. For example, when a game of max. 12 players reaches 10/12 (9.6 rounded up) players, a minute-long timer would be reduced to 30 seconds.

This would allow games to start faster - and have players waiting less when the lobby is only missing one or two players - while still allowing the leftover slots to be filled at any given time.

Pros:
- Players have to wait less to play their favourite games;
- Slots can always be filled during the remaining timer;
- Games start faster, so they will finish faster too, allowing the following games to also start faster.

Cons:
- Games may not reach their max. players more often.

Feel free to let me know your thoughts on this, including whether or not the proposed 80% is enough.

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