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''Games where teams compete against teams.''

Games typically make players compete with each other. When the designs match players together in [[Teams]] to compete against other [[Teams]] they provide "Team vs. Team" or [[TvT]] gameplay.

=== Examples ===
[[American Football]], [[Ice Hockey]], and [[Soccer]] are all [[:Category:Sports|Sports]] that have [[TvT]] gameplay. Likewise, [[Counter-Strike series]], [[Defense of the Ancients series]], [[Team Fortress series]], and [[League of Legends]] are [[:Category:Online Games|Online Games]] built around team play (and perhaps not too surprising most are examples of e-sports).  

[[Bloodbowl]] and [[Hattrick]] are examples where teams compete against each other but individual players control whole teams. In [[RoboCup]] the team members are all robots, and people's involvement consists of creating and programming the robots.

== Using the pattern ==
[[TvT]] gameplay is introduced in games to make [[Teams]] compete against each other, which more or less is simply applying the patterns of [[Last Man Standing]] or [[PvP]] on [[Teams]] instead of on players. Like [[Player Balance]] can be applied to [[PvP]] gameplay, [[Team Balance]] can be applied to [[TvT]] gameplay (through  [[Balancing Effects]], [[Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment]], or [[Handicap Systems]]) and [[Beat the Leader]] may occur in both cases. 

Considering how to handle [[Early Leaving Players]] and [[Late Arriving Players]] are even more likely to be important that in other [[Multiplayer Games]] since the absence of any player can several disrupt other players gameplay; [[AI Players]] can be used to mitigate this problem in some cases (the [[Left 4 Dead series]] is an example of how this can be done). Supporting players to handle these two patterns and coordinate themselves before gameplay occurs can motivate [[Game Lobbies]] in games that have [[Mediated Gameplay]].

== Consequences ==
Like any game with [[Teams]], [[TvT]] can create [[Togetherness]]. However, what is noteworthy for [[TvT]] is that the experience of [[Togetherness]] can also extend to those in the other teams each if they are competing against each other since they have share the same game sessions or game instances.

== Relations ==
=== Can Instantiate ===
[[Togetherness]]

==== with [[Balancing Effects]], [[Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment]], or [[Handicap Systems]] ====
[[Team Balance]]

=== Can Modulate ===
[[Teams]]

=== Can Be Instantiated By ===
[[Last Man Standing]] or [[PvP]] together with [[Teams]]

=== Can Be Modulated By ===
[[AI Players]], 
[[Beat the Leader]], 
[[Early Leaving Players]], 
[[Late Arriving Players]]

[[Game Lobbies]] in games that have [[Mediated Gameplay]]

=== Possible Closure Effects ===
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=== Potentially Conflicting With ===
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== History ==
New pattern created in this wiki.

== References ==
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== Acknowledgements ==
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