Wokinger wrote:Own team is a good idea. Blue, green etc. are random teams and fighting for them, for me, means nothing. If I fight for [POL], [x], [dp] I would be better and for sure i wouldn't miss cup. It also sounds nice to fight against team likes [x], [+], REIROM family.
We had discussion about competition for "real" (community) teams. But, that just can't be possible to do with FTC. It's not easy to expect to have all those players participating. The only way to make competition for real teams is to make cup that will be based on sending videos. I know that our teams still exists for not big reason (like competing), but that must be done with some other cup format, so not with FTC.
Also, it's bad to avoid any players who doesn't have a team. All players should be respected.
I don't see any bad thing about randomizing teams. It's good to find a way to be a partner to any other player. Team spirit is developing during all 24 races even you never played with some players in the team before.
I already tried to organize FTC with non-randomizing teams. Only about 8 players signed up, so only 2 teams were formed. After I opened the server, 20 players came to it. Some of signed-up players didn't show up, and that was a total mess. I needed about 30 mins to sort all players to their teams. So, I 'll never repeat that again.
It all sounds good when it's on the paper, but in reality it becomes a big smelly shit.