DEATHMATCH'S FUTURE

Greetings to all the loyal followers of the deathmatch module. The objective of this post is to take a decision together for the benefit of all players.

For those who are unaware, I'll introduce myself. I'm Warfenixkill, moderator of the ES community and member of the LUA team. Recently the administration and coding of the deathmatch module has been transferred from Thewav to me. This is why you've been encountering a lot of inconscistencies on the module. Right now the data (personalized offset, player statistics and cannons) is not charging due to them being associated to Thewav's account.

As a community it's important to take decisions together, and for this reason you, as users, will be those to vote for future changes.

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DATA - FARM

One of the main problems of Deatchmatch was Farming. This caused a lot of data corruption, false information, and so on, in the leaderboard. At the same time, this allowed players to obtain cannons that they don't really deserved. For this reason, it'll be the first problem to fix.

As every loyal player, we know that the leaderboard isn't clean at all and a lot of players are not deserving to be there, as well many of them have cannons without having made the slightest effort. There also exist cases where the contrary applies, where honest players got everything by playing along the rules, and these players deserve to be recognized.

QUESTION:

WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER IT SHOULD BE DONE WITH THIS INCORRECT DATA?

OPTION 1

Restart the data (players' statistics and cannons) with the objective of rewarding only those who deserve it, having real statistics, and creating a fresh start, where farming will be controled through restrictions added to the script and unique moderators of the module. This would lead to a clean control of the information.

Taking this option would have the following effects:
• A controlled game from the beginning, with modifications inside the script to reduce the chances of farming, and moderators dedicated to the deathmatch game mode.
• A clean leaderboard from scratch.
• Players' statistics will start from 0.
• Loss of all cannons obtained.
• Ensure that farmers won't get rewards in the future because of their actions in the past.
• Reward players depending on the amount of wins they got with new cannons dedicated to their past achievements.
• Replace cannons for new ones (opening the admission for new cannons) and make some modifications on the requisites necessary to obtain them.

Personally I consider this the best option if we desire to make a change that is worth it. Otherwise, we'll continue working on an environment that is already damaged.

"Don't expect a good yield from a dry soil, it's necessary to have it in good conditions to have a great harvest"

OPTION 2

Keep the data as is. Remember that a lot of the data is corrupted thanks to methods like farming, so this option does not assure clean statistics. We'll start to control farming, however the base of the system would have completely wrong data.

Taking this option would have the following effects:
• Farming will be controlled by restrictions added to the script and unique moderators of the module. This wouldn't be reflected on the statistics due to past events related to farming.
• The leaderboard would still be the same.
• Players' statistics would still be the same.
• Players' will continue to have their obtained cannons.
• It will allow players who have won in the past by farming to win rewards in the future.
• There will be a registry of all past actions, causing a not very pleasant atmosphere for new players.
• Keep the same list of cannons.

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You can make your vote by entering the following poll and choosing the option that you find more adequate for the future of Deathmatch.

POLL HERE

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RESULTS HERE