TWDSL Season 1 - Announcement

[Banks]

Hi everyone, and welcome to TWDSL. Trenchwars Divisions Salary League. The official revamp of TWD moving forward.


In an effort to revitalize TW squads and bring a sense of community back into the game, I have come up with a league idea, all automated within TWD, that allows for captains to create their own rosters, prevent stacking with values associated with players while also not hindering lineups with star caps. This league is a TWD, 24/7 run league, with playoff matches then scheduled. The cool thing is, MMR directly correlates with this league idea, so everything that you do in the game and all the progress that you make will be accounted for.


This is a league that mimics the style of professional sport teams in terms of acquiring, or, “signing” players. It is an idea that I have had for a while and mixes TWDT and TWL. This would be a good way to bring back that old sense of community and competitiveness that past DT/TWL seasons offered, while also incorporating MMR and revitalizing TWD.


DISCLAIMER: THIS IS NOT DT. IT’S NOT MEANT TO BE DT. This league is meant to account for all player data, between DT and MMR ratings. This means players can be seen as cheaper because they are being held back due to a lack of high ratings, or missing MMR/DT ratings. TLDR Player ratings are data driven.


Head League Operators: Banks (Head-Op), Qan (TWD Site Maintenance)

League Moderators: RaCka, Dwopple, Willby, Ekko, (Vacant)

Salary Sheet Masters: RageRitual (GenX)


If anyone is interested in filling the vacant position please reach out to Banks in game or on discord. We are still looking for one more league moderator.



League Setup


5 Squads - 2 Captains per squad (One main captain picks his right hand guy). Both of these players run the team with the main captain having full squad control. Captains can assign assistant captains for their squad to get games as necessary.


Team Rosters are the same for all three divisions (Warbird, Javelin, Base)


1 Month TWD Season to start off Season 1. Unlimited matches able to be played during the 1 month (games can be had 24/7 unless another league is running).


This season will only last a month. This means that the number of squads for future seasons can be increased with an increased interest in the league, as well as longer seasons.


If you are interested in reading more about the league, please see this forum post here: https://forums.trenchwars.com/twd/13...-salary-league



SIGNUPS


Please see salary sheet here: Player Salary Sheet - Google Sheets


All players in that salary sheet are eligible to participate in the league. If you are not on the sheet and want to participate, please contact Banks, RaCka, Ekko, in game. We can add you to the sheet.


If you would like to switch your main alias, please contact Banks (Bænks) in game or on discord: https://discord.gg/GzA9Vx8F


If a player that is not on the sheet registers on TWD and joins a league rostered squad, that player and captain will first be warned, then the non-eligible player will be removed from rosters and banned for the next season. Captains will suffer a permanent 5 mil penalty to their overall salary cap for accepting a non-eligible player to their roster. More information in the rules section here:


CAPTAINS


Players eligible to Captain: Any players above $4,000,000 Salary Cap Value.

Players eligible to be chosen as co-captain: Any

Captaincy priority is based on the value of that captain; higher value candidates are more likely to be chosen as captain.


If you would like to captain, please message Banks, RaCka, Ekko in game or on discord. You can also reply to this forum post.


Captains and players must be squad-joined to their respective squads in game. Captains do not need to own their squad name. Co-Captains can be assigned prior to the free-agency signing period. Only a maximum of 2 captains are allowed per squad.


CURRENT CAPTAINS:

1. Rampage

2. Mikkiz (Co-Cap: Bacon)

3. Ekko (Co-Cap: Joeses)

4.

5.


The TWD bots will only allowed league-registered squads to challenge and accept challenges.


TWD site will still allow outside squads to be created, but they won't be able to challenge or accept games.

[RaCka]

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[RageRitual]

To make it a little bit easier on captains and save math work, I will set it up to show in real time the salary cap each team is using once the teams and captains are set.

[Grasps]

I think this is all good but I would like to say I think it's important we reset MMR data and allow people the ability to be placed properly and fairly. I know myself and many others gave up on MMR ages ago and threw away a lot of games or were like me and used MMR as a method to unrust from a lengthy hiatus because TWD is dead. Not really a good or accurate representation of skill if we are to just pour like 2 years of MMR into a league. Think everything should be a fresh slate at the beginning of every season personally is all and that's what I wanted to express here.

Everything else looks good to me. Thanks Banks for all your hard work planning it out, going through proper channels to garner attention and getting the whole thing off the ground. Well done my man. Thanks to everyone else for their involvement too, you guys fucking rock! Really have nothing but love for you guys and hope this league is a critical success for the zone. Best wishes!

PS: Reminds me, how will scoring work? What if Tiny is a cap, buys a bunch of javs and owns the JD divisions. Is there a penalty for this style of play? Can we hyper focus on one division or is it encouraged/rewarded to have a well rounded team proficient in all aspects? Thanks in advance for explaining this.

[Tiny]

Might need a cap across 3 leagues like twdt, but i havent read all the rules yet.

[Banks]

Might need a cap across 3 leagues like twdt, but i havent read all the rules yet.

Rosters and captains are for all 3 leagues

[Tiny]

Rosters and captains are for all 3 leagues

I understand that, but there could be a per league ceiling from Ixador's post, separate from the total salary maybe? You are basing formulas across 3 leagues into 1. Someone could stack high salaries based on 1 leagues rating, unless I'm missing something?

[Banks]

I understand that, but there could be a per league ceiling from Ixador's post, separate from the total salary maybe? You are basing formulas across 3 leagues into 1. Someone could stack high salaries based on 1 leagues rating, unless I'm missing something?

They can stack one league if they so desire. Same goes for any other league even dt. Cool thing about this league is that it isnt a draft, but open recruitment, so players can choose who they want to play for.

TWD rosters were originally for all 3 leagues, we are sticking with that format. Salaries are determined by DT ratings more so than MMR so if you have higher ratings in a league you are priced more.

[Banks]

Update: Eligibility to Captain value has been decreased from 5 million to 4 million. $4,000,000+ players are now eligible to cap.

[maketso]

what is my value

[RageRitual]

what is my value

You're on the sheet. Looks like 7.5m.