- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Yeah this is a real issue. You can make a distinction between "Competition Matches" and "Personal Matches" - where the Personal Matches don't count for (or against) your stats.
And maybe you say "Ok, before the match starts, all players have to agree that it's either a Competition Match or a Personal Match" - that way they know going in how it's going to count, and you don't have any noobs picking only their best matches to "Stat"
But then you still have the problem of fixed games. If everyone knows each other, and chose to play each other, there's always the possibility that one team agrees to throw the match to boost the other team's ranking. Same goes for FFA individual play.
I think (maybe) the only way to make Competition Matches work, is via an XBox Live or Bungie-controlled matching system, where they pick who you play based on your Competition Stats.
But, if that's the deal, is it going to be fun?
Or, more often than not, are you going to get matched up against a bunch of blowhards?