Match queueing and FTA

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Syvan's post was about how you can game the system to increase your chance of going first. If no one else is in the 'queue' (searching for a game), then you'll be player 1. If someone else is already searching for a game, then you'll be placed into their game as player 2. However, if you queue up a bunch of games really fast at a down time (when no one else is searching), then since no one else is in the queue, you'll start a bunch of games in a row as player 1. This isn't much of a problem until you have top MMR (skill rating) because if you are at a lower rating there is a much greater chance that there will be plenty of other people searching so you won't have a chance to start a lot of games without anyone else starting a game of their own.


As for the solution to this problem, I agree that simply waiting until 2 players have been found before deciding who goes first at a 50/50 chance is the best fix. But yes, unfortunately as Harti said this will likely be low on OML's priority list at present, especially because it only affects a very small fraction of the player base whereas general bug/stability fixes directly benefit everyone.