How many TDMs actually have more than two teams?

[IkeTheGeneric]

I mean, think about it. When was the last time you saw a TDM have more than two teams? I have a habit of going to every tdm I see, and I haven't seen one.

Not a single one. It's always two teams. Always


Why is this?

[Ad Bot]

[Buu]

because it makes it simpler to kill one team than 2

[Wehrmacht]

not enough players, slows down the start of the game
relation lines become blurred

[IkeTheGeneric]

because it makes it simpler to kill one team than 2

No it doesn't. Having more teams doesn't make it complex; at the end of the day you're still killing anyone on a different team.

not enough players, slows down the start of the game
relation lines become blurred

Every server is slow at the start of the game. Besides, it's still a TDM regardless of a team being empty or not.

[Danny Boy]

I did a 4 team TDM about 2 years ago but I couldn't get a decent amount of players so I just let it die.

[Treynolds416]

not enough players, slows down the start of the game

This is the real reason

Edit

I did a 4 team TDM about 2 years ago but I couldn't get a decent amount of players so I just let it die.

yep

[IkeTheGeneric]

I did a 4 team TDM about 2 years ago but I couldn't get a decent amount of players so I just let it die.

That's the problem, the gimmick was that it had four teams. It needs more interesting points beyond the number of teams.

[Pacnet2012³]

The TDM concept started out as Red vs. Blue. There were only two teams, so that idea has stuck for years. Some do Red vs. Blue vs. Yellow vs. Green like the Windows colors, so some are 4 teamed.

My brother is making a 3 team TDM. He wants it to be "original".

Hey it's just a guess I seriously don't know.

[Buu]

The TDM concept started out as Red vs. Blue. There were only two teams, so that idea has stuck for years. Some do Red vs. Blue vs. Yellow vs. Green like the Windows colors, so some are 4 teamed.

My brother is making a 3 team TDM. He wants it to be "original".

*rolls on floor laughing

[Doomonkey]

There is almost no benefit from adding more than two teams except novelty. If a TDM had an interesting element that worked best with more than two teams, then the TDM might get players.

[IkeTheGeneric]

The TDM concept started out as Red vs. Blue. There were only two teams, so that idea has stuck for years. Some do Red vs. Blue vs. Yellow vs. Green like the Windows colors, so some are 4 teamed.

My brother is making a 3 team TDM. He wants it to be "original".

Well tell him to have more substance beyond there being three teams or it won't exactly be original.

[Ninjaman 4]

Grapple Knife TDMs have 4 teams.

[Greek2me]

I have a 4 team trench TDM that works really well; it's fun.

[Awdax]

*rolls on floor laughing

I liked it better when you were an idiot instead of some little stuff that went around trying to make snarky comments and contribute nothing to the conversation.

[MyNameIsYou]

Beause two teams is a simple, right to the point tdm. Most people don't want to build a map to support 3 or 4 teams when they could just make a fun map with two teams, although I would agree it would be fun to have more teams except for the fact that then there would be more players on other teams and not many on yours, so you would be doing lone wolf stuff most of the time. Another thing is that in sieges and cops vs robbers gamemodes, having 3 teams doesn't work, and not all tdms are actually the tdm gamemodes. Many people like to customize they're tdm to make it special somehow. Such as heedicalkings winter tdm, there was no way a third team could be implemented, it would be stupid.

That's just my opinion.