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I'm going to run [B][COLOR=#7f8c8d]Warbird Cup[/COLOR], [COLOR=#f1c40f]Jav Cup[/COLOR], and [COLOR=#e74c3c]Basing Cup[/COLOR][/B] 2022 with help from Racka, Markmrw, BIET, and others.
I am accepting submissions for teams/cores.
[COLOR=#27ae60]All 3 leagues are completely separate[/COLOR]. You can submit a team/core to 1, 2, or all 3. You can opt out of 1, 2, or all 3. There's no relationship between them.
'TWL with a star cap' or 'Hybrid' (3 WBs or 3 Javs or 5 basers start as a team then draft) will be the target format, although I'm willing to revert to uncapped draft if things don't coalesce. We'll talk with leaders from the teams/cores throughout the week and get feedback on their preferred league structure, but you get the idea.
I'm leaning heavily towards[B] Hybrid[/B] format, personally.
We will accept cores of 3 in jav, 3 in wb, 5 in base. Ram Ranch wants to be in all three, but they will only get to draft in Basing Cup. In WB/Jav, they will have to assemble a full team and be excluded from the draft. This protects elite WBs who enter the draft from being picked by a team that won't contend.
So[B] I will accept any group of players that can field a full line[/B], if you don't want to be drafted because you think you'll get benched, or simply because you want to play with your friends. The only difference is that elite players who form cores are limited by the 3/3/5 roster rule and complete their rosters in the draft. Ram Ranch completes their WB/Jav roster with their basers, while say, Racka/Lockdown/Saiyan will be part of the draft with other elite cores and selecting players to round out their roster.
This gives everyone options on how to participate:
[SIZE=18px]1) Enter with a strong core and draft
2) Get drafted
3) Enter with a lower-star full lineup, but cannot draft[/SIZE]
Again, all leagues are separate. You can submit an elite core in jav, opt out of base, and enter the draft to get selected in warbird. Choose how you want to play.
[SIZE=36px][COLOR=#3498db]Key Features of Cups:[/COLOR][/SIZE][LIST][*][B]Opt-out, not Opt-in. No signups.[/B][*][B]All playoffs (per ship) take place 1 day[/B], requiring an extremely small commitment. [U]Respect players time[/U], especially since TWL and TWDT are the mainstays and Cup allows burnt out elite players to take time off, and just play a few warmup games the week of the playoffs and come in and compete for a championship. [COLOR=#f39c12][I]Note: If players want traditional Semis weekend then Finals weekend, that's fine too. We'll have to canvas the league more in the coming weeks.[/I][/COLOR][*][B]Weekday games [/B][I][COLOR=#e74c3c](maybe) [/COLOR][/I]with lower points value. Keeps the player-base engaged, and allows players who otherwise wouldn't get in Sundays to get exposure and experience. Dare, for example, got this opportunity on Druids, put himself on the map, then got drafted to Power and won as a key starter in TWDT[*][B]Almost all teams make playoffs[/B], keeping subspacers engaged, keeping the commitment level low for players who want to take time off but are willing to show to 1-2 games + playoffs. I very-much liked the 5 out of 6 make it with a play-in, with benefits to each seed (#1 picks their opponent, #2 has immunity from #1 in semis, #3 avoids the play-in, #4/5 make playoffs)[*][B]Separate rosters, separate drafts[/B]. No "you make the playoffs overall" like TWDT. It sucks having a championship TWDT-J line and you miss the playoffs because of WB/Base. Especially when Cup is run as a pure draft, we want some differentiation. I very much like this feature for TWDT, but it should stay in DT. Drafts should also be per-league, and you can simply create packages you draft with lots of non 9*/10* players in them like we did in old TWDT to keep the main draft time from going too long.[/LIST][USER="3972"]Dwopple[/USER] CUP HYPE!!!
I'm going to run [B][COLOR=#7f8c8d]Warbird Cup[/COLOR], [COLOR=#f1c40f]Jav Cup[/COLOR], and [COLOR=#e74c3c]Basing Cup[/COLOR][/B] 2022 with help from Racka, Markmrw, BIET, and others.
I am accepting submissions for teams/cores.
[COLOR=#27ae60]All 3 leagues are completely separate[/COLOR]. You can submit a team/core to 1, 2, or all 3. You can opt out of 1, 2, or all 3. There's no relationship between them.
'TWL with a star cap' or 'Hybrid' (3 WBs or 3 Javs or 5 basers start as a team then draft) will be the target format, although I'm willing to revert to uncapped draft if things don't coalesce. We'll talk with leaders from the teams/cores throughout the week and get feedback on their preferred league structure, but you get the idea.
I'm leaning heavily towards[B] Hybrid[/B] format, personally.
We will accept cores of 3 in jav, 3 in wb, 5 in base. Ram Ranch wants to be in all three, but they will only get to draft in Basing Cup. In WB/Jav, they will have to assemble a full team and be excluded from the draft. This protects elite WBs who enter the draft from being picked by a team that won't contend.
So[B] I will accept any group of players that can field a full line[/B], if you don't want to be drafted because you think you'll get benched, or simply because you want to play with your friends. The only difference is that elite players who form cores are limited by the 3/3/5 roster rule and complete their rosters in the draft. Ram Ranch completes their WB/Jav roster with their basers, while say, Racka/Lockdown/Saiyan will be part of the draft with other elite cores and selecting players to round out their roster.
This gives everyone options on how to participate:
[SIZE=18px]1) Enter with a strong core and draft
2) Get drafted
3) Enter with a lower-star full lineup, but cannot draft[/SIZE]
Again, all leagues are separate. You can submit an elite core in jav, opt out of base, and enter the draft to get selected in warbird. Choose how you want to play.
[SIZE=36px][COLOR=#3498db]Key Features of Cups:[/COLOR][/SIZE][LIST][*][B]Opt-out, not Opt-in. No signups.[/B][*][B]All playoffs (per ship) take place 1 day[/B], requiring an extremely small commitment. [U]Respect players time[/U], especially since TWL and TWDT are the mainstays and Cup allows burnt out elite players to take time off, and just play a few warmup games the week of the playoffs and come in and compete for a championship. [COLOR=#f39c12][I]Note: If players want traditional Semis weekend then Finals weekend, that's fine too. We'll have to canvas the league more in the coming weeks.[/I][/COLOR][*][B]Weekday games [/B][I][COLOR=#e74c3c](maybe) [/COLOR][/I]with lower points value. Keeps the player-base engaged, and allows players who otherwise wouldn't get in Sundays to get exposure and experience. Dare, for example, got this opportunity on Druids, put himself on the map, then got drafted to Power and won as a key starter in TWDT[*][B]Almost all teams make playoffs[/B], keeping subspacers engaged, keeping the commitment level low for players who want to take time off but are willing to show to 1-2 games + playoffs. I very-much liked the 5 out of 6 make it with a play-in, with benefits to each seed (#1 picks their opponent, #2 has immunity from #1 in semis, #3 avoids the play-in, #4/5 make playoffs)[*][B]Separate rosters, separate drafts[/B]. No "you make the playoffs overall" like TWDT. It sucks having a championship TWDT-J line and you miss the playoffs because of WB/Base. Especially when Cup is run as a pure draft, we want some differentiation. I very much like this feature for TWDT, but it should stay in DT. Drafts should also be per-league, and you can simply create packages you draft with lots of non 9*/10* players in them like we did in old TWDT to keep the main draft time from going too long.[/LIST][USER="3972"]Dwopple[/USER] CUP HYPE!!!
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