Kicked from Game for Poor Team Play
So I tried to play my first drop in game, took 2 tripping penalties and I was booted from the game for poor team play. Apparently my assist in the game meant nothing. I was looking forward to makin...
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EA_Aljo
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Community ManagerHey, @chapAnjou
Assists don't count towards teamplay. What does are things like penalties, icing, losing faceoffs and going offside. Also, if your team gets scored on while you're in the box, you'll take a bigger hit. If your teamplay grade drops to an F, you'll be kicked.
@EA_Aljo wrote:Hey, @chapAnjou
Assists don't count towards teamplay. What does are things like penalties, icing, losing faceoffs and going offside. Also, if your team gets scored on while you're in the box, you'll take a bigger hit. If your teamplay grade drops to an F, you'll be kicked.
How can assists not count toward team play? That is literally team play lol
I don't think losing face-offs should count either, sometimes someone is just better than you, doesn't mean you're trolling.
That's what this whole 'kick for poor team play' was made to combat, trolls. They've taken it a bit too far and maybe lost the original vision.
- EA_Aljo
I played 3 6v6 WoC games last night. There wasn't one person kicked for poor team play so if this is happening frequently, your play is probably worthy of the F grade. We'll keep an eye out for more reports though and will make sure that feedback gets sent over to the team.
@EA_Aljo Thanks for the reply.
I'm not going to lie and say I was playing a great game, but the only bad things I did were the 2 trips. Assists should 1000% be factored into the algorithm controlling team play. It's actually kind of ridiculous that they're not. On top of that, the calculation should take into account the length of time a person is holding onto the puck as well.
I played a 6v6 drop-in game yesterday with someone on the attack who just held onto the puck and skated multiple circles in the offensive zone, never passed to anyone and then finally took a shot. In that instance, we were awarded pressure time and, I'll bet anything, he was rewarded with some kind of increase in teamplay for taking a shot after seriously 15-20 seconds of puck hogging.
In all of 23 I was not kicked from a single game. Not one.
I take 2 bad penalties in my very first game in 24 and I'm booted. That seems extremely weird to me. Especially considering I'm constantly playing with defensemen that think they're forwards, left wings and left d that spend all their time on the right side and goalies that think it's funny to leave the crease and let tons of goals in. I can't remember a single time they've been kicked from the game. In fact, I'm usually the one that ends up leaving because the experience has already been ruined way before any teamplay check is going to boot them (if it does).
Kicking someone for making mistakes that are normal hockey plays should not be happening.
- EA_Aljo
I just found out that you're not supposed to get kicked in club play. So, that would also be why I didn't see it. That said, there were very few penalties and everyone was generally playing their positions as they should be. I know that's not always the case in drop-ins. Regardless, it looks like there is an issue here. It's been reported to the team.
I'll keep an eye out for more reports on this. I know these mechanics have never been quite perfect so it would be good to see them balanced over time.
I have been playing this game with my buddy since forever and our in Second GAME on 10/5/2023 (second game in CHEL) my buddy was booted for poor performance after scoring 2 goals and having an assist - EXPLAIN THAT? and we receive a loss since there are only 2 of us
Never have been booted ever in the past since they introduced this never even knew it existedSOUNDS LIKE A BUG TO ME
One of the people in my club had their controller die for like...idk...10 seconds. It booted him saying "you're standing around and not helping" lol
Take this out of the game. I'd rather have griefers tbh.
@TwoKanez wrote:One of the people in my club had their controller die for like...idk...10 seconds. It booted him saying "you're standing around and not helping" lol
Take this out of the game. I'd rather have griefers tbh.
Disagree. I've definitely had a controller go out in a game, at least getting kicked for that makes sense. It's so easy to avoid. You get notifications about it, and if you're like me a USB cable is dangling from the front of your console, you just plug it in.
makes sense, assists are offense but I agree the severity of it is too much
@de4c0nfr05t wrote:
@EA_Aljo wrote:Hey, @chapAnjou
Assists don't count towards teamplay. What does are things like penalties, icing, losing faceoffs and going offside. Also, if your team gets scored on while you're in the box, you'll take a bigger hit. If your teamplay grade drops to an F, you'll be kicked.
How can assists not count toward team play? That is literally team play lol
I don't think losing face-offs should count either, sometimes someone is just better than you, doesn't mean you're trolling.
That's what this whole 'kick for poor team play' was made to combat, trolls. They've taken it a bit too far and maybe lost the original vision.
It's been that way for more than a decade. Assists go toward your offense rating, not teamplay. Would be cool if it went toward both, but if it can only go in one, offense definitely makes more sense since it is a point on the stat sheet. The question is, what things will raise your Teamplay grade once you've been docked? I know that body checks will raise it. Winning fights. Seems like there are a lot more things that dock it, than add to it perhaps? May be something for the devs to look into.
