It's everywhere in threads these days, and I want to make a thread specifically devoted to it. Also, with the discussion focused in one thread, the folks who run this show can look to one place for ideas. So let's put aside our cock-waving and inanity-spouting for a second, guys, and put on our thinking hats for real.
How do we fix TWL?
ITEM A: DOES TWL NEED FIXING?
My opinion (and the opinion that seems to be shared by a lot of people on the forum these days): absolutely. The pressing issue (we're not talking about technical difficulties such as the bot troubles that will simply be resolved in time without policy changes) is that squads are falling out and dissolving like mad. The Shriek meltdown is fine- the system "worked" in its handling of that- but it seems to have headed off much bigger problems. One squad that replaced Shriek, Whipe, has even dissolved itself.
It's a bad situation. Very bad.
ITEM B: (the important item, and the title of this post) HOW DO WE FIX IT?
Here are some ideas culled from other posts in this forum:
A great idea from Fruitang, though I don't agree with pushing the leagues down to 12 teams (pusher, don't you dare- I'll explain in this thread, if I can fire off an explanation before leaving for the UK):
And some really good advice from Ephemeral, though it doesn't pertain to a TWL policy change so much as a change in attitude:
Other ideas to consider:
- Should the conference system be scrapped?
- Should the number of teams in TWL be lowered?
- Should an actual roster cap be enforced?
- Should the roster cap be lowered?
- Should the roster lock be earlier in the season?
EDIT: formatting
How do we fix TWL?
ITEM A: DOES TWL NEED FIXING?
My opinion (and the opinion that seems to be shared by a lot of people on the forum these days): absolutely. The pressing issue (we're not talking about technical difficulties such as the bot troubles that will simply be resolved in time without policy changes) is that squads are falling out and dissolving like mad. The Shriek meltdown is fine- the system "worked" in its handling of that- but it seems to have headed off much bigger problems. One squad that replaced Shriek, Whipe, has even dissolved itself.
It's a bad situation. Very bad.
ITEM B: (the important item, and the title of this post) HOW DO WE FIX IT?
Here are some ideas culled from other posts in this forum:
Originally posted by Escalate
Originally posted by nemiseph
Originally posted by Fruitang
Originally posted by Ephemeral
- Should the conference system be scrapped?
- Should the number of teams in TWL be lowered?
- Should an actual roster cap be enforced?
- Should the roster cap be lowered?
- Should the roster lock be earlier in the season?
EDIT: formatting
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