Re:Beyond All Reason (Free Total Annihilation Inspired RTS)
by thunfischtoast on Sunday June 21, 2026 @12:26PM
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Matchmaking is a real problem in most games because of smurfing.
Re:Beyond All Reason (Free Total Annihilation Inspired RTS)
by energy123 on Sunday June 21, 2026 @01:19PM
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BAR has very sophisticated anti-smurfing, so many bans to out to people who thought they could trick the system.
Re:Beyond All Reason (Free Total Annihilation Inspired RTS)
by IshKebab on Sunday June 21, 2026 @12:59PM
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You occasionally get smurfs in Rocket League but it's like 1 in 10 games so not a big issue IMO.
Re:Beyond All Reason (Free Total Annihilation Inspired RTS)
by sitzkrieg on Sunday June 21, 2026 @11:08PM
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this is completely ignoring the botting issue that was so bad lately it pushed pros out of ssl and severely messed up MMR. this season is the first one that is remotely playable in a while
Re:Beyond All Reason (Free Total Annihilation Inspired RTS)
by IshKebab on Monday June 22, 2026 @02:38AM
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Oh yeah to be fair I stopped playing for that whole period (not because of it).
Re:Beyond All Reason (Free Total Annihilation Inspired RTS)
by samplatt on Monday June 22, 2026 @04:34AM
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That varies VASTLY depending on what skill you're at. At D3 where I am, I'd say maybe 2 out of 3 games have at least one person showing banners or skins that are exclusive to Grand Champ tournament winners.
Re:Beyond All Reason (Free Total Annihilation Inspired RTS)
by goodmythical on Sunday June 21, 2026 @01:41PM
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Trackmania (in all of it's online incarnations) seems to have mostly avoided toxicity.
But I think that's because you can't really impact other players. Everyone's racing their own lines, just sharing a chat room while doing so.
It does benefit from:
1. Limited coms (nobody seems to use voice chat, perhaps partly because it was completely broken for years), and while you can type, it's too fast paced to write much so mostly people just use quick chats sarcastically (What a save!)
2. Games are really short (about 7 minutes). You're not losing hours of your life if you get stuck with an arsehole.
3. People play a lot of games because they're so short, so the matchmaking is very accurate usually.