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This is q3 spawn system, furthest away from corpse, means you wont spawn at the same place 5 times in a row, but its easily predictable, thus allowing situations like in this video.
This is CPM (PM2) spawn system, biased player respawns mean that a player CAN respawn at any spawnpoint,
but is more likely to respawn some distance from where he died. While not being as predictable as baseq3's spawn system, it allows for "spam 5 rockets get 5 frags" situations.
This is PMC (PM1) spawn system, true random, means that a player can respawn at any point in the map regardless of killer position/corpse position. While being the least predictable spawn system out there, it allows for unlucky situations where one player spawns in the same place over and over again.
Now This is QL's spawn system, furthest from killer position, means that you will most likely not spawn in killers POV, but can be spawn raped due to being easily predictable.
To explain a little bit further, I consider "spawn raping" any situation where you kill your opponent before he gets any PU's. While the situation in the last video doesnt happen that often, baseq3 and QL's spawn system are too easy to predict, meaning that you can easily deny RA and mega by simply choosing to kill your opponent in a certain map position.
So does this mean that promode spawn system (both pm1 and pm2) are superior to baseq3/QL's? No. While the fact that they are random means that spawn raping situations happen less often, they can still occur (as shown in both vids) and you can still predict pm2 spawns to a certain extent.
Does this mean that all previous spawn systems suck?No.
Does this mean that there is a perfect spawn system out there, waiting for us to discover it, but somehow after 10 years we still werent able to figure it out? Absolutely not.
The answer is: There isnt any "best" spawn system, they all suck at some things, and they are all better than the other in something else.
Quoting arQon from the cpma docs, talking about the pm2 spawn system in CPM gameplay:
My personal opinion is that that there IS no
"best" way to handle respawns, because of the variance in map layouts etc
and in the events that lead up to the frag in the first place. Still, to
paraphrase the ELM docs: "All respawn schemes suck. This one just sucks
less than the others". :)
So if all spawn systems suck, and all of them will allow spawn rape to a certain extent, what is the solution?
Having no spawns (pretty obvious right?)
While some people are skeptical about Hoony mode, most of them have never even tried and have never seen a match between top players with HM.
Hoony mode is a huge improvement over classic timelimited duel. It removes spawn raping (both the situation where you spam rockets/plasma and get a kill, and when you force your opponent to spawn on the other side of the map and not being able to pick 1 PU), it removes the noob-friendly factor of near spawns, where you can finish ur opponent off with the mg, which shouldnt be allowed because the fact that you hit a lower LG percentage now means that you get to live with more health, ur opponents weapon and also the next PU that spawns, and also allows better commentary on the frags since the game is alot less chaotic.
HM is also a better system for different skill levels in matches. If you have one match between players with a huge skill difference (say av3k vs Jamerio) the game will most likely end in less than 4 minutes with a 5-0 score. Now if you have a match between players on the same skill level (say av3k vs cooller), the match could easily last over 15 minutes. While this might be worse for tournament organizers because they cant be sure how long it will last (altho in theory timelimited games can also go to 10 overtimes), the cum sprayed per minutes of quake watched ratio will go through the roof.
Now I'm not saying that Hoonymode is perfect, but it sure is better than our current system.
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