League Lobby

A team matchmaking service for the game,

Concept

• Put strangers together in a lobby before starting a game

Scenario:

Select your Champion:

VS

Team 1 Unknown

Game Starting in 60 seconds…

Select your Champion:

VS

Team 1 Unknown

OK I choose ABC!

Game Starting in 45 seconds…

Select your Champion:

VS

Team 1 Unknown

NO! I play ABC better!

Game Starting in 43 seconds…

Select your Champion:

VS

Team 1 Unknown

But I already chose ABC!

Game Starting in 40 seconds…

Select your Champion:

VS

Team 1 Unknown

!@#&( YOU NEWBIE!!!

Game Starting in 38 seconds…

Select your Champion:

VS

Team 1 Unknown

!@#&^!@!!!!! FIRST TIME USING XYZ

U CAN’T STOP ME!

Game Starting in 30 seconds…

Select your Champion:

VS

Team 1 Unknown

%#@! IT I HELP THEM WIN NOW

U DON’T DESERVE 2 WIN

Game Starting in 20 seconds…

Select your Champion:

VS

Team 1 Unknown

Oh ma gaw… This team!

Game Starting in 15 seconds…

Existing Measures

• Lobby is available only to friends

• You still get strangers on team if you are not a full 5-man team

Player Behavior

• Stranger antagonizes Stranger

• Friends antagonize Stranger

• Stranger antagonizes Friends

Goals

• Improve communication

• Encourage strategizing

• Reduce “toxic” player behavior

Limitations

• Temporary solution

• Not a “cure all” for behavioral issues

• Opt-in service – only as good as the number of users using

Technical Challenges

• Gathering player’s stats from game servers takes player effort

• Matchmaking algorithm is DIFFICULT

• GUI must get out of the way

Technical Challenges

• Gathering player’s stats from game servers takes player effort

• Matchmaking algorithm is DIFFICULT

• GUI must get out of the way

As simple as clicking

“Queue Me”

“Game Started”

Scheduling

• Week 4 – 7: Matchmaking algorithm

• Week 8 – 11: GUI

Costing

Item Cost Subtotal

Part-time Developer per hour 20

Assuming 8 weeks to completion, 6 hours a day excl Sundays 960

Domain name per year 10

Server cost per month 14

Assuming 1 year subscription of domain name and server hosting 178

TOTAL: 1138

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