11 December 2014 - 12:15 EST
+1
good idea, good way to realize it. good job
good idea, good way to realize it. good job
http://i.imgur.com/hr1ud2u.png
I'm totally against the ladder system as replacement for the normal division system. It will be boring after few weeks. But the idea to use the ladder system as something that will define divisions is not bad.
Were you thinking about giving teams badges for playing and winning each division? For example when you are playing in div 3 you automatically gaining div 3 badge but if you get 1-3 places your badges get the bronze, silver and gold colour. Every player in the team that was playing in at least one match would get this badge. I think if there were better prizes for winning or playing in better division, teams would have more motivation to play in better division. I think that won't be a problem for CDT to add this badges to the game, maybe it is possible to add this in this season?
I see a lot of people who either want:
* Ladder, with breaks in which Play-Off/Seasonal-Style tourney happen.
* Seasonal play, with breaks in which Ladder happen.
But so far I havn't seen a single one (not even Swalk and Seb), who categorically rejects the ladder overall (feel free to correct me, this is written by memory... not going through the whole thread again).
So, I suggest we put the ladder into place, before Season 6 starts. Then, we run Season 6, as usual, but try to keep it rather short (no 10 weeks + playoffs mayhem... reducing it to 6 weeks + playoffs maybe...). Afterwards we have the experience at hand how both systems (can) work and what we prefer.
One problem with the current discussion is, that we have no experience in how the ladder in NS2 runs. It could be great, it could be hell. Nobody knows in advance. We can spend some thoughts and make a guess. But, hell, let's just try it and compare it back-to-back to the seasonal play. So we finally know, what we are talking about.
We don't have to make a decission today for all future.
Get Charlie Cleveland to cast every ladder match.