everyone seems to be miising the most basic premise of what makes the word public 'public' by definition.
We're not missing it. We just don't see it as as much of a problem as you do.

As long as there are still spots open to everyone, it's still a public game, in my mind.

How can you say tou ...

Hello, Everyone in CC seems to be completely missing my point about "reserving positions in public games" ( an oxymoronic statement in my opinion). Once you start reserving positions for your friends and buddies, team game or not, then the PUBLIC games are no longer public at all. Are you all so ...

These reserved spot don't exclude anyone. Unless all the spots in the game have been reserved, it's still open to the public.

At first, my thoughts were "what does it matter, except in team games?". The difference between playing a group of friends who happen to join at the same time and ...

Seems like a great benefit to be able to choose your teammates rather than getting stuck with whoever joins your game.
Another player that completely misses the thrust of my argument - " if you start excluding players through reservations to allow to pick and choose teammates etc., then these ...

What's the point of having a reserved spot in a private game that only people that know the password can get to?
Everyone seems to be missing the point of my argument - "if you exclude people from joining public games by instituting reserved positions for your CC buddies then these games are no ...

Seems like a great benefit to be able to choose your teammates rather than getting stuck with whoever joins your game.
You're completely missing the conclusion to my argument - if you exclude players from joining games by reserving positions then these games with even one reserved position in them ...

Hello, thanks for the input. My point isn't that it's not a conveneience or a solution to team game problems but that you should no longer consider reserved position games "public" games - they're the exact opposite when you start excluding who can play - c'mon , it's ludicrous to say otherwise ...

Hello, Please rescind the practice of allowing reserved positions in so-called "public" games. If everyone starts reserving positions in games they will no longer be public. It's hypocritical to call them public if this continues to be allowed. Just ridiculous in my opinion that it's being permitted ...