BF2S Forums Time wasted.

Gilgalad wrote:

Actually, you have spent more than 8 hours looking at the spawn screen.

You've probably spent about 14 hours looking at that screen. (3353 deaths x 15 seconds / 3600 seconds per hour = 13.9708 hours dead) Not to mention time that you see it, but get revived so a death isn't counted.

While it would take needless effort to prove it, my theory is that the time difference is the result of time in an unrevivable state. Either just 15 seconds after you die but before you choose to respawn, or when you cannot be revived  - like being killed while in a vehicle, teamswapping, or atry strikes. This would better explain the times reported.

That's also assuming every server I've ever played had the respawn time set to the default 15 secs. They can change that, right?

Also, by your theory I've spent more time "killed" (8hrs) than "critically wounded" (the other 6 hrs)? Cuz I don't think I get "killed" that often... Who knows, you might be right though.

And there's other anomalies too, like when I know my team is taking a flag, but they don't quite have it done before I'm queued to respawn, I'll stare at the spawn screen a few extra seconds in those cases... So yeah, it'd be difficult to prove your theory at the least, but it is a good one I must say.

Kobrakai wrote:

And also you dont know the number of times you were revived before the 15 seconds were up...

Actually, I already mentioned that - though it was just a quick note.

Also, I am almost positive that 15 seconds is required by all ranked servers. Unranked can do their own thing, but there are some rules to ranked servers like using 100% tickets = small map (100 base on balanced map), medium map (200 base), large map (300 base). I say 'base' because some start with 10% inbalance, like Karkand.

Is there someone who runs a ranked server who knows what settings must be locked in place to stay ranked?

Also, I will compare the 'killed' vs. critically injured issue my own stats (with 550 hours of total play, with plenty of vehicle time) will illustrate my point better.

Total deaths = 15,275
Thus 63.6 hours of time waiting to respawn (not including times I was revived).

Time difference between map/role and kit = 27.3 hours

Okay, so you can easily see that there is a clear gap here...

Total deaths while in vehicles = 5,623
Thus 23.4 hours of time waiting to respawn (no chance of revives)

Now, if you include in when I get blown by C4, run over by vehicles, hit by arty or any other situation that prevents me from being revived and seeing the "You were killed" instead of 'critically injured', it would easily be able to make up the remaining 3.9 hours of 'killed' time.

Last edited by Gilgalad (2005-12-16 12:37:04)