[Idea] CTF League

I really like this idea. It has been suggested many times but this is the most detailed explanation I have seen, I think that the first season teams in each league should be based on tourney success because thats the only way, newer teams start in the bottom div maybe.

 

Sounds like a permanently ongoing tourney? Looks interesting.

 

looks cool to me

 

I vote permanently banning Pagodas Sounds like it'd be fun tho

 

TTT in the diamond rank 4Head 4Head

 

Noice

 

Perhaps have an annual tourney as the "playoffs", just so teams can re-seed each "season"

 

I'm surprised you didn't say Airlock, seems like people hate that map more

 

I really like this but you forgot TB rep: @Galzac Also, what about new teams and disbanded teams? Will the new teams have a chance to get in the league since there will already be 20 teams?

 

Rocket LEAGUE is better imo @NomNuggetNom @Le_Bakur

 

I'm sure seeds can probably be resized and/or newly created to account for newcomers.

Also, I'd like to make it clear that Gam put TFW in the Diamond seed. c:

Late edit:
It took me like five minutes to think of this--a bit longer to write it out in detail--but I still think it's a pretty good idea.

After a little more thinking instead of being distracted while I post things, I think there's still the same problem here as usual: a good number of teams are bordering inactivity and can't come up with the players to keep up in a league like this. The fact that it's a competitive league doesn't seem to be a very good solution to boost team activity--a good incentive, sure, but some teams are just unable to take the bait.

Merging for the sake of the League doesn't seem like it'd work for the same reason that team merges in general have been known to fail: the teams we currently have were formed as they were because their players are friends and want to be together (usually). It's best off that the CTF League just leaves the regular teams alone, really.

I know people have said this before, but as far as I've seen, they just left it at that: "No, let's not do the tourney league, it won't work with our teams." But I would say don't bother trying with our regular teams--form new ones! A few CTFers who either already are team leaders or want to try being one can set up their own CTFL (ctf league) Team threads and let other CTFers make a choice to apply to them or someone else, just like normal teams.

Because this League is more official and competitive than regular teams, roster limits should be enforced: instead of gathering an elite band of utility players and pingers, teams must have x number of dedicated archers, y pyros, z ninjas, etc. (Specialty classes--all premiums, archer, and soldier--should have regulations; anyone with any roles can always be a medic medic or heavy as long as they follow the individual game rules.) It's a little like regular team matches, except it's for an entire season. Also, the team sizes should be very near the actual game sizes, so that each team has only a necessary number of subs for matches, allowing for a much wider team pool with our ever dwindling player pool. (Still, one does not simply leave CTF.)

There should most likely be two, at most three different classes each player can play, just so adjustments can be made when different situations arise. Team members will be able to switch their dedicated roles only after a season ends, meaning one cannot play archer, heavy, and pyro for half of a season then swap pyro for ninja for the second half.*

Spoiler: *

Perhaps this should even go as far as to deny switching classes during the course of an individual match (should be regulated by mods instead of plugins, unless Nom can code in a little something to allow respawning as the same class that you already are). This is open to debate, of course.

I know what this looks like--it's just another version of Squads, in that it's another excuse to "officially" be on multiple teams (instead of merc-ing). Whatever it appears to be, I believe it's necessary to be able to form this kind of a League, with competitive and--more importantly--available and active teams and players. Tell me your thoughts.

@gamren

 

This looks well thought out and planned. Ik many people have been wanting this and it sounds like a great idea to push for more competitive matches and active teams. If all the reps and mods could agree then this should work really well.

 

@gamren so when am i gonna get to play thresh

 

sounds great i hope the mods and such do this thing (i read half of it and dozed off)

 

This is why we need clans back , perhaps have teams convert to clans and put all the active members or members who can play in an upcoming match onto a team that represents the clan in the league. Run on sentence, ik.

Say you have clan A. This clan has 20 members, but only 15 active ones. Clan A makes Team A, only adds the active members to the team, and leaves all members (inactive or not) in the clan. (Sort of like how yum brands owns pizza hut. ) this keeps the total family aspect of teams, and adds a more competitive edge for those interested. Kind of a rough idea, but it could work.

 

Lol, pretty sure the sentence was grammatically not a run-on sentence, but yeah anyway the topic yeah.

The thing about this is just what I said in my post: a number of teams don't have enough players who can reliably show up for a match. It seems to me that no matter how you slice it, you can't mix the CTF League with the family aspect of regular teams. Just leave the family feuds alone and then go and create a more official League for more serious and competitive teams, especially who can be available to play.

 

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Seriously though, I see what you're saying. New teams would have to be created to really make this work. (Or we could give squads a more purposeful use and make them league teams, but that might be too much of a hassel)