The Sheep factor

[Plaid13]

Ok pretty much every server has map voting but.... people seem to vote for what other people vote for instead of what they really want to play. Anyone know why?

Personaly i would love a blind vote system so noone knows what other people vote for.

Why is it people vote for whatever the first person votes for? Is everyone really lacking any personal opinion?

 

[Oi!Oi!Oi!]

I'll usually vote for the map I really want first and then change my vote to the most decent map which is getting votes by others.

 

[sharpshooterklj]

Good idea Plaid13, although the only time I vote for what other people are voting for is when I'm choosing the lesser of 2 evils.

I think your idea would make a great server option or mutator.

 

[mbrooksay]

I've tested this countless times, and over the past couple of weeks, right before the map changes I have been calling everyone "sheep" as well. It seems to me like you read what I wrote, heh.

But yeah, before the game ends and map voting begins, I always try and place the first vote for the map I want to play next. Literally 80 to 90 percent of the time, whatever map people see has been voted for first, that map wins the vote.

People are such sheep, like I have said many times.

 

[Pyros777]

One problem I find is that there is SO much time allowed to vote for maps, that once a trend forms, everyone just jumps on the bandwagon.

A good remedy for this is for server admins to reduce the time allowed to vote ('Voting Time Limit' in webadmin). This way more people will actually vote for what they want, and wont have time to change their mind.

Personally I'm a fan of a 15 second voting timer.

As an aside, I'm also a fan of a low mid-game map vote percentage.

 

[FreeMan]

That is an excellent idea Plaid13! Maybe the devs will implement it or a mutator is released that does it.

Also, some nice suggestions Pyros777. I may give them a try.

 

[Esko6]

Maybe the voting could work more like a real vote, tell the results only after everyone has voted and keep the votes hidden before the timer runs out.

 

[Rabican]

*Ahem*

Baaah!

 

[SilverSheep]

the sheep factor baa!

 

[ZBrisk]

My method is similar to Oi Oi Oi's. I usually vote for one map before the round ends, so it's sort of like a nomination. If my nominated map doesn't get enough votes to compete, then I'll go for whichever of the top voted maps I like best.

 

[Bat Guano]

Best way to get the map you want = be the first to vote. The sheep factor can work to your advantage.

 

[mbrooksay]

That's exactly true.

Vote for the map you want to be next first, and like I said, 80% of the time it will be it.

 

[Recce]

My method is similar to Oi Oi Oi's. I usually vote for one map before the round ends, so it's sort of like a nomination. If my nominated map doesn't get enough votes to compete, then I'll go for whichever of the top voted maps I like best.

Same here.
And I also tend to write "NOT ARAD AGAIN!!!!!!!"

 

[MrBunsy]

Best way to get the map you want = be the first to vote. The sheep factor can work to your advantage.

Bingo. Seems like most people never looked up which key opens the mapvote menu. I vote as soon as the match ends.

 

[Kurtz]

The current system is better. As it is now, if no one else is voting for the map you want, you can choose 'the lesser of two evils,' like sharpshooter said. If the voting was completely blind we'd probably end up with Arad every round.

 

[tumbling_twin]

im usually a sheep for the simple reason i dont usually care what maps next so if everyone else seems to want to play 'whatever' ill vote for it too, im not sure why we are slightly contemptous of these sheep, you all like to eat em but u dont respect thier opinions.

 

[King Ragnar]

Well i vote so i can play as soon as possible, i mean its not really much fun sitting and waiting for people to vote for ages and when people dont vote that annoys the hell out of me, so better to vote for the map with the most and get going as soon possible.

 

[Tsoman]

Personally, I vote against the map I don't want to play

 

[Crusher]

I mostly vote for a map I like at first, then when the time expires I look what maps have high votecount and then I vote for the one I love the most.

 

[Kipper]

Generally, the voting comes down to two maps and the seven other maps that have single votes. Those who placed the single vote should change to one of the contenders.