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If I had the power to change Arena *v long*
Posted By: RC Master <rc_master_111@hotmail.com>Date: 6/21/11 12:30 p.m.


The Arena and Ranked play in Halo: Reach


Problems and Potential Solutions to the disappointing turnout in the ranked Arena playlists


Webpage Version -- PDF Version*

Abstract:

Team Arena, Doubles Arena, FFA Arena and finally The Arena are Halo: Reach’s counterparts to the ‘Ranked’ playlist offerings of Halo 2 and Halo 3. Since Reach’s release in September 2010 they have consistently been amongst the least played playlists and have garnered much criticism from the community. In March 2011 it was restructured but still remains one of the least played playlists. What follows is a lengthy discussion of the problems the playlist has and a raft of suggestions, with explanations, which might help the playlist gain a larger following.

I hope you all aren't too sick of discussion regarding The Arena to give this a look as I have invested quite a lot of time into it. The main bulk of this article is over 7 thousand words and I have covered a lot of things in it. Some things I might have spent too much time on so please call me out on it if you notice me rambling without purpose.

I know a lot of you here don't play Arena, nor are you particularly interested in it at all, this is partially about what might make it more interesting for a wider variety of players like you or me, and is also a theoretical exercise into the design of such a system even if there is no personal interest in actually participating.

Give it a look (if you dare!) and let me know if I'm on target or a raving lunatic.

:)

And also... intro newspiece on my site, for blah.

*grab the PDF version for optimal reading conditions - I had a lot of trouble porting the formatting into the wordpress page so some of it is a bit borked...

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Replies:

If I had the power to change Arena *v long*RC Master 6/21/11 12:30 p.m.
     Re: If I had the power to change Arena *v long*Schooly D 6/21/11 12:54 p.m.
           Re: If I had the power to change Arena *v long*RC Master 6/21/11 2:04 p.m.
                 Sorry Schooly...RC Master 6/21/11 4:58 p.m.
     TL/DR versionRC Master 6/21/11 5:18 p.m.
           Re: TL/DR versionnzapster 6/22/11 7:59 p.m.
                 Re: TL/DR versionkatancik 6/22/11 8:03 p.m.
                 Re: TL/DR versionRC Master 6/26/11 8:04 a.m.



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