TWDT S25 Free Agency Update

[kentaro]

sure ill signup - rusty and might not even show at all

[viop11]

d1d n w1r1h donate $2k usd for a gr8 competitive n f1n seasin n dwippil admits 8 teams would b bettir but jus refusis 2 re draft and instead says the good news is the seasin will b short

cud u post the fa ordir this instint and the * ratinks for free 1g1nts

[Tiny]

I haaaate to be this guy, but can we do the fa draft next week? I think we should keep the same cutoff but if they can’t play this weekend anyways, may be better to know what we need after week 1 rounds?? I’ll do whatever, but just my opinion. Thanks for all the work!

[Dwopple]

As others have already expressed, raising the star cap will only be benefitting the high-star FA signups and not the vast amount 7-8 star players who signed up for the main draft. I have stood by this opinion in every private discussion amongst current caps. The star cap will not be raised, and I will say again it would have been nice to have 8 teams instead of 6 but a re-draft will not be happening, either.

THE GOOD NEWS
This season is set to be a much shorter season than previous draft tournaments with 4 regular season weeks, 1 bye week (Jul 4th weekend), and 2 playoff weeks. We will be communicating early on any plans for whatever the next volunteer-run league will be, and we are certainly open to player feedback here as well. qan has expressed he's optimistic having TSL MMR testing / qualification development ready for this timeframe, which is another option alongside another TWDT before transitioning to the next TWL.

I am also posting here to raise awareness the cutoff for this Sunday's FA Draft is at Saturday11:59 EST and will be strictly enforced. As a reminder due to the schedule shuffle, FAs picked this weekend won't be eligible to start playing until week 2. Get ready and get HYPED for Week 1.

[Turban]

I am against raising the star cap despite it meaning that some of our better players may need to ride the bench every now and then. It's a summer league, why not let it be more 7-star and 8-star centric than normal while also easing the pressure of having to show up as high star player. You can always rotate elite players after all. Teams have already drafted with current star limits in mind and increasing star limit would certainly benefit some teams more than others thus ruining the power balance.

[Vehicle]

I think raising star cap to accommodate FA is a garbage thing to do.

This is just the latest iteration of an ongoing pressure campaign from a handful of veteran players to try to force accommodation for players who signed up late to a league they had two months to sign up for. Good luck with signups next season.

The simping is sad. Have more respect for yourself.

[Ekk0]

This to me, doesn't require a Captains & OPs-only vote, or Captains & OPs-only perspective.

Any TWDT participant could have a perspective about this, imo. It impacts their Playtime on a weekly basis, for the Regular Season & Playoffs, for the 3 leagues.

Imo, the quality of this Summer leagues gameplay with 119 participants is good (and is reflected by the Cap * limits, and the redoing of star ratings before the season by volunteer players).

Imo, the quality of this Summer leagues gameplay will be better with this set of Free Agent players: increase of cap limit or not.

This topic doesn’t have to do with me, as a Captain, doing any extra work, or having a different type of perspective than a player would (shoutout to Sprackle for the Insights pages on the TWDT website).

As a participant of TWDT,

I vote No on cap star limit changes, for a lot of reasons;

• According to the decision makers and players who volunteered by assigning skill ratings- for the majority of players from the community that signed up: these are the cap limits that accommodated the majority of TWDT Summer 2022 participants
• I drafted my team according to the cap * limit and knowing there would be free agency. My lineups are centered around cap limits with the initial 0.5* star increase per Free Agent player, or, the cap limits as they are
• 15 new players have joined, after the fact. 2 per team.
• There are 20 players per team without FA's, when the Cap limits were decided
• With 2 more players each, per team, there will be 22+ players per team (basing is 8v8)

Theres been an additional free agency.

This extra FA has players signed up that are ranked highly in stars relative to the average existing TWDT participant (its not bad 2 b gud).

My opinion is that raising the cap limit is further accommodating the gameplay for 15 players who signed up for Free Agency, in every league.

In this situation of cap limits, imo, it could be at the expense of the existing cap rule PT of some of the initial 119 players that signed up for TWDT.




FWIW: Im still fine with (but dun luf) a re-draft, if its what the community had wanted. According to Ixa's poll: it isn't. Im pleased with that conclusion.

Sunshine Pushirs.

I agree with River, Zeebu and Rage. To raise the star cap limit would really just be to accomodate the high star FA agents who did not sign up in time.. also most captains probably drafted around star caps, to randomly raise them now would reward captains who put less thought into limits and just picked all high star players.

If you want to change star cap limits, do a redraft with 8 teams.

[RageRitual]

Cap raise head count

caps
tiny - yes
zidane - yes
vio - yes

retired ops/ veteran caps
mythril - yes
dw - yes


i also like the idea if at all possible to adjust the bots after the first week from 41 41 68 to w/e the cap would be when the FA players hit. This a good idea.

You should never raise the * cap AFTER the draft because many captains draft players to fit the * cap.

[Tiny]

Good post river, but agree to disagree on the point that it does not require unanimous decision by caps. At the least to have a rule change after the draft would need captain approval. Also, the reason I included mythril and dw, as they are past captains/ops is that have seen it all and I personally feel their opinions carry more weight that any of the other 100+ players (obvious other exceptions would be experience caps/ other past ops / current ops).

Dadbods.

[Zeebu]

it seems slightly sketchy to raise cap limits without a redraft or at the very least a unanimous cap decision. even with the reasoning of a less serious summer league

[Riverside]

This to me, doesn't require a Captains & OPs-only vote, or Captains & OPs-only perspective.

Any TWDT participant could have a perspective about this, imo. It impacts their Playtime on a weekly basis, for the Regular Season & Playoffs, for the 3 leagues.

Imo, the quality of this Summer leagues gameplay with 119 participants is good (and is reflected by the Cap * limits, and the redoing of star ratings before the season by volunteer players).

Imo, the quality of this Summer leagues gameplay will be better with this set of Free Agent players: increase of cap limit or not.

This topic doesn’t have to do with me, as a Captain, doing any extra work, or having a different type of perspective than a player would (shoutout to Sprackle for the Insights pages on the TWDT website).

As a participant of TWDT,

I vote No on cap star limit changes, for a lot of reasons;

• According to the decision makers and players who volunteered by assigning skill ratings- for the majority of players from the community that signed up: these are the cap limits that accommodated the majority of TWDT Summer 2022 participants
• I drafted my team according to the cap * limit and knowing there would be free agency. My lineups are centered around cap limits with the initial 0.5* star increase per Free Agent player, or, the cap limits as they are
• 15 new players have joined, after the fact. 2 per team.
• There are 20 players per team without FA's, when the Cap limits were decided
• With 2 more players each, per team, there will be 22+ players per team (basing is 8v8)

Theres been an additional free agency.

This extra FA has players signed up that are ranked highly in stars relative to the average existing TWDT participant (its not bad 2 b gud).

My opinion is that raising the cap limit is further accommodating the gameplay for 15 players who signed up for Free Agency, in every league.

In this situation of cap limits, imo, it could be at the expense of the existing cap rule PT of some of the initial 119 players that signed up for TWDT.




FWIW: Im still fine with (but dun luf) a re-draft, if its what the community had wanted. According to Ixa's poll: it isn't. Im pleased with that conclusion.

Sunshine Pushirs.

[Tiny]

Cap raise head count

caps
tiny - yes
zidane - yes
vio - yes

retired ops/ veteran caps
mythril - yes
dw - yes


i also like the idea if at all possible to adjust the bots after the first week from 41 41 68 to w/e the cap would be when the FA players hit. This a good idea.

[Dreamwin]

I'm always against changing rules once the draft is done but maybe this time it would make sense as this is "summer league" and more casual than the usual ones. Majority of players would certainly get a better experience. I can still relate how this fucks up an edge for teams that has had very successful draft.

[Mythril]

Agreed with Tiny. Hopefully the cap is raised, or at least beginning in rd 2 once these FA players are eligible to play. I don't think there's ever been this much talent in FA, and with only 6 teams everyone will have a chance at 1-2 great players. Then there's also the second FA draft coming in July. Worth seeing if all the caps would agree to this.

[Zeebu]

Hello. I just signed up and want every captain to know that I will show for warbird only due to time zones. Please, keep that in mind. I can do sacrifices in playoffs if im needed.

sacrifices? jones gonna murder some chickens