Good morning all,
In my opinion, a detailed, real-time feed of what exactly is happening being displayed in the upper-right corner (or some other ideal location that wouldn't obstruct field of view during play) while the match is live would be a nice quality-of-life update.
Examples -
Overview of who exactly knocks out who, and in which manner, as detailed by cute cartoonish, easy-to-understand imagery. _Player 1 (boxing glove to symbolize normal melee toolkit with the character) Player 2 _ , Player 1 (arcing-overhead arrow to symbolize throw off-map) Player 2 , (skull&crossbones to symbolize self-knockout/falling off map/drowning/freezing/poison/etc.) Player 1 , Player 1 (throwable) Player 2 , Player 1 (any melee weapon confirmed KO) Player 2 , Player 1 (any ranged confirmed KO) Player 2 , etc. you get the idea. Note that any stats for melee/ranged knocks should ONLY be displayed if it results in an actual knockout, not if they are able to recover, because that would spam the feed quickly and get too chaotic to keep up with; hoping for a friendly user-interface integration to keep the charm of the game.
Postgame stats after the podium event to have a detailed rundown of each players KO count, death count, assists with teammate(s), etc. Maybe even accolades displayed? i.e. who had most knocks, most deaths, most item/throwable usage, most "close-calls" (saving yourself from certain death like climbing back up to safety)
I'm sure y'all already know where this is going - obviously a feed of who scores (which might be a little redundant since it already shows a highlight reel after scoring, but meh), if someone scores own goal, if someone gets "first touch" on the ball/puck, successful parries in hockey, buzzball explosion triggers, etc. - anything that really seems relevant with being displayed in a feed during the team games to really detail out who all is putting in the work during the match.
Same concept basically applies with Fluffy Redemption/Lollipop Factory/Trebuchet - successful coal burns, lever-pulls, bomb explosions/diffusions in water, candies scored (with numeric display of how many was scored at once, i.e. Player 1 +6)
That's really about it tbh. I just think a cute little feed while a match is happening would be cool, followed with some postgame stats; could be designed with the imagery to symbolize any and all manners of KO's/point-scoring. Think old-school arcade game Cel Damage (only real ones know about that video game), Player Icon/Name 1 insert cute graphic here Player Icon/Name 2 - that kind of formula. Very to-the-point and brief; only like a 3-second display at most, with a max line threshold of like, 5 or 6, with the oldest one being overwritten. Maybe during the podium event a winning team could have different-colored crowns to symbolize different accomplishments (MVP, Most Reckless, etc. something fun like that), or even some consolation accolades for the losing team(s). Maybe the accolades in general could add towards some rewards? Just a sprinkling of cookies/minor XP boosts? Just something to spice it up a little bit more and make it all the more satisfying during the podium event.
Feel free to let me know what y'all think; I'll try to reply to everyone. Thanks for reading!