IMPORTANT: TWD Reset, Rule change, Roster limit.

[Bacon]

ummmmm, this just lets us get rid of our dead weight like menomena. We actually came up wit this idea

[Oranje]

Im lazy, plz pm me your name if u are in favor of 35 cap and if u replied in this thread... So i know who to +1

[Supreme]

Its a terrible terribly idea for squads like Paladen. Or any squad that has a lot of old (somewhat inactive) players that need a big base to be able to muster enough people to twdd.

You'll still have the same amount of twdd's etc. because of the squads that will be created extra will be remedied by the loss of squads like Paladen.

[shayde]

You nerds mind if i get my violin before you continue your weeping. Its a new rule try it and stop yer bitchin. Can staff do something else to get these drama queens focus somewhere else, thx.

[the_paul]

We need someone to illegally ban someone or something. Lizard fuel, looking at you here

[Infrared]

How about you learn your place, it obviously isn't anywhere near intelligent discussions about how this game should be managed.

douchebag wark--

complains about polls not representing enough of the community,

tells people who express their opinion to stfu.

fuck you wark

[Rucci]

It is a good idea to do this.... Why not try it? Why are all you guys screaming it's going to make people quit? If those people barely play they wouldn't play TWL anyways and that is why this rule is being put into place... To force people to make more squads for more TWL competition. As for thix and some people saying 'Oh make it 40-45'.... even if Pred made it 40 you would be whining that its not 45 and so on. Just stfu and play.

[Vatican Assassin]

pandora tried this, we went down to 30 members, we were able to play about 2 bds in 6 months

basing squads will get hit the hardest, they will not have enough players, players will whine at caps to recruit more but they won't be able to, and you will reach the point where captains throw their hands up in the air and say fuck it and stop trying. i've been pushing for limits for years, but now that the player base is in decline it seems to be to be a very bad idea.

there are too many players who play so seldom that you do not want to push them away from the game with any regulations. losing players through boredom is unavoidable, but you will find players to be much more bored if they don't have enough to play when they come on, and you will lose players to frustration and staff rage if you force limits upon them.

[zidane]

ya but portal has had around a 30 man roster and we've played lots of bds. The trick is not have your whole squad be inactive and useless (Pandora's roster this season). If you get people who actually play with a mix of people who play less you'll still have enough to get games at most times.

[Vatican Assassin]

you have en entire bd line up sitting in the same family room get the fuck out of here

[Money]

lmao vati

[kthx]

You almost made complete sentences, good try there.

[Summa]

Vati is pretty much right on this. Roster limits are great ideas in concept or if you have a large and constantly active player base, however in practice with the zone's current conditions it is a bad idea. Particularly because you are sacrificing activity. The stated goal is to increase the amount of squads, break down consolidation of players, and thus increase overall activity in leagues. Once again, sounds very intelligent in concept; problem being the "in concept" part. Instead of increasing overall activity, I feel that this will actually hurt activity. What you are doing is encouraging the constantly active to spread out and continue to be active at the cost of the sporadically active. There were many players on squads like paladen, spastic, and penetrate, who quite literally logged on once a month and played 3 or 4 games in a day and then didn't come back until the following month. While that is sporadic activity, that is still activity. But with the newly imposed limits, if you hope to be in any way competitive, you're going to have to get rid of most of those cases. Beyond that, there are the cases of people who play this game simply to socialize with a particular group of people. They very occasionally play, and are usually not that good, but view the game more as a glorified chat client. Again, they will likely have to be removed if you want to remain competitive. More activity cut off. I feel like staff should have understood this by now; the game is in such a fragile state in terms of activity that you should do as much as you can to not squander what little you have. This is a step towards killing off a lot of the "veteran" population who rarely stops by. Also, in terms of leagues, this is going to cause very elite consolidation in terms of squads and make it quite difficult for less skilled players to have an opportunity to play with better players.

EDIT: There is also the case of the player who logs on for 5 mins, runs a beep to see if there is enough to game, and logs off if there is not. With less available roster space, this player will be more likely to log off than stay online.

[KATC]

TL;DR

I thought this was supposed to have already happened by now. When exactly is this going to occur?

Also, I think it's a good idea. There's definitely pros and cons to the change, but there's plenty of time to see how things will go, and make adjustments along the way if need be.

[Ganon-Knight]

you guys done yet