Why 5 vs 5?

[Chook]

Quick question why is the tourney 5vs5 when this game could quite easily be 7vs7 or even 8 vs 8.. most of the maps are big enough. Its just a question im not trying to change things lol.

Im guessing we are just following a european gaming format or something?

[The Tick]

Really not sure what large maps you mean?

Can you imagine Crash on 8v8? :heheh: that would be a spam feast!

[Chook]

Well the standard servers s&d maps are currently setup with 16 slots and its not spam fest except for on Shipment... i dont see a problem. But yea i think 7vs7 is a good number :P

[Hazard]

5 vs 5 was picked as it is much easier for teams to get 5 players than it is for 7 or 8. It is also the "standard" team size for this sort of tournament.

It opens the tournament up for smaller clans/teams and still is enough for very competitive and intense matches.

For many clans, getting 5 people to a match (with maybe a reserver or 2) is enough of a struggle, any more than that would simply be too much to ask.

Sure there are bigger clans/teams that wouldn't have the issue, but then that limits the competition to only those larger clans.

If you take my clan for example, ther other night we had 7 or 8 of us on a pub server having a blast. Now if I were to say we have a scrim tonight, need 8 players - I would put money on the fact that I simply couldn't get the same 8 players to that scrim. And it's not because those 8 players don't want to be at the scrim, it's that RL is an issue. 4 or 5 players on the other hand I could do most of the time.

[5loth]

also the s&d game mode works best with 5 players, it introduces an element of tactics you wouldn't get from having any more players per team.

[pyro]

chook causing trouble again, you know we would be screwed if it was 8on8 :P

[The Tick]

Well the standard servers s&d maps are currently setup with 16 slots and its not spam fest except for on Shipment... i dont see a problem. But yea i think 7vs7 is a good number :P

Are we playing on the same servers??? :violin:

hell no! please dont even entertain this idea, for all the reasons Hazard mentioned above and also it will completly change the mechanics of the game, the maps are just not big enough.

[xcuzznxtimmyx]

5 v 5 is perfect for the size of the maps....

i mean you look at is defence wise, 5 players can easy cover most whole maps...

[sad.act]

7 v 7 would be fun imo.

[Chook]

Ok guys im not trying to start a fight.. lol it was jsut a question as to the reasons for a 5 vs 5 comp.
Thanks for clearing it up Hazard..

I Personally think its a wee bit small.. but it will still be lots of fun. I think a clan that can't get 5 players to a game isn't a very organized clan lol. If you are short you can always recruit :).

Im not sure why people are saying the maps are too small for 7v7 i think they are actually quite decently sized and it would work well.

Another Question:
Does this Ladder have a limit on how many teams can join?

[anotherbodybag]

I thot the teams/pools/members were all locked a few weeks ago?

[Goldo]

5v5 is the international standard and will probably continue to be. This *may* change when map editor is released and bigger maps come out.

[blight]

6v6 was better