It's called a Pro-Am, short for professional-amateur. The idea is a 2v2, with a good player and a not-so-good player on each team. This can show who is better at handling a team with a weaker player.

Any comments? :)

Edited 7/16/2014 19:28:20

Just call me Bob Barker!

this will involve much puppeteering from the good player i would say

That's partially the idea.

How is this not going to not get royally abused by flagrant alt use?

Puppeting wouldn't test the skill of the better player, merely the willingness of the less good player to to follow orders. Is it will be the same as if a top player just used an alt.

I always thought a really nice game to do would be no communication at all between the teammates. A very good team could work on instinct if they have played together a lot. This would properly test the skill of the team rather than the better player in the team.

Obviously you would need to trust people not to just chat via some other form of communication.

Anonymous accounts and a block on team chat could do the trick.

Apologies for the hijack.

How is this not going to not get royally abused by flagrant alt use?

As if every type of game that currently exists isn't being abused by alts already...

I like this idea, but as mentioned, puppeteering would ensue.
I also like what Featherbucket said, no communication among teammates allowed.