Game finder enhancement

[Rodion]

First of all, I apologize if this has already been suggested before. I just didn't like the idea of scanning all previous suggestions in order to see if this is not original. If this was debated before, then please close this thread and move on.


Concise description:

• New features to filter when looking for a specific kind of game

Specifics/Details:

• 1 - Filter by "empty spots" - right below "number of players", you can have an "empty spots" line with options from 1 to 7.
  2 - Filter by opponent's rankings: divided in three categories for multiple player games (minimum, maximum, average).

How this will benefit the site and/or other comments:

• Number 1 is useful for many purposes, such as not waiting for a game to be filled.
  Example 1: If you're really in a hurry to play an 8-player game, for instance, you can look for a game with the: "waiting for players", "public", "8 players" and "1 empty spot", meaning you'll only find 8-player games that already have 7 players that joined it.
  Example 2: you have 3 buddies to play a quadruple game with you, but there are many games with both sides at least partially filled. You can save a lot of time by marking "waiting for players", "public", "quadruples", "4 empty spots".
  Number 2 will help you find appropriate matchups faster.
  Example 1: you don't want to play any cooks, so you filter the game search engine with the "800+ points" option.
  Example 2: too scared of playing a colonel? Filter with the "2499- points" option.
  Example 3: don't mind playing a cook or two, as long as the game is not filled with them? Use the "average points" in order to customize your standards.
  Reminder: I'm not suggesting you to prohibit someone from joining the game, but simply allowing you to quickly find game that suit your demands. If you join a partially filled 8-player game with no cooks, there are no guarantees that they won't grab one of the last remaining spots. Preventing something like that is not within the scope of my suggestion.

[Doc_Brown]

Good ideas. I especially support the second one. And if we're talking about enhancements to the Game Finder, one that I think would be helpful is to allow players to set default values specific to their profile. For example, I'm almost always searching for public casual games that are waiting for players. I'd love for the game finder to keep those checked by default. It should also allow one to create a default map list with the subset of maps that you like playing on regularly.

A further enhancement would be to allow people to create multiple "game search settings" profiles. That way people can quickly search for different types of specific game settings/map combinations.

[Darwins_Bane]

yes but the second one will either never be implemented or is already on the way. I've heard both lol....either way they probably won't do it in that fashion. They don't really support rank segregation.