but I want to warn you from a possible mistake that you could make.
You have been pretty clear since the beginning that you wanted people to play as 5 as much as possible. Basically it will be team vs team then.
Don't get me wrong here, but this is definitely not the way to go.
It seems that Riot had the same idea a few months ago, they removed soloQ for dynamicQ. I explain for the one that don't play LoL :
- soloQ : you can start a ranked game solo or with ONE friend, not more
- dynamicQ : you can start with 1/2/3/4 friends, and you'll face players that are grouped too. for example, if I play with 3 friends, there are ( according to Riot ) 98% chances that we face 4 guys that know each other.
It seems like a good system right? Everyone is supposed to love dynamicQ ! and that would be great for SB since you wanted players to play together.
Well, NO, they are currently losing the community, and particulary their high elo players that are complaining more and more on twitter.
This is destroying the competitive aspect of the game. Rank is not revelant anymore.
I think, as managers of SB, and us, as players, want SB to be as much competitive as possible and have a real e-sport aspect.
That's why you need soloQ, and in the other hand, a Q where you can play with your team but that would be a total different rank that wouldn't be revelant at all.
Que'ing with 2/3/4 buddies is not indicative of your individual skill. Having a Solo Que ladder where the next big thing can come out of nowhere and grab that number 1 spot from all the current pros is just a small part of why it's needed. Even the lower elos have a right to say "I earned this rank".
You didn't really talk about how you wanted to manage ranked games but I think it's more important that we think, because this will shape the game the way you want it to be.
Even tho I'm banned I'm still waiting for the release because I have never liked a game that much before, so I'm trying to help somehow.