Announcement: The Return of TWL + New League Ops

[Attacks]

Yeah it shouldn't be announced it should be discussed until nothing happens

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[STRIP3S]

So stoked for this, thank you to Myth and everyone else who helped this game when it looked like it was about to die. I played this game we all love almost every day when there were like 20 people on, hoping something like this could happen. I didn't think it would.

[STRIP3S]

All the people that were there with me know who they are. And it should be said it wasn't people considered "elite" with cool names, it was mostly just people in pub and shit like that.

[RoDNeY]

ty for this boys

[STRIP3S]

Shout out to all the Paladen and Wolf people, and Spark, and Equinox, and Kong, all of em, you guys rock

[Zazu]

LOL shit! Mythril got me all hyped up.
Am gonna be shooting rocks in a private arena 24/7 until TWL starts!

[afghan]

Need 3 bits of information:
- is it wb+jav or wb+jav+base?
- how does a squad qualify?
- which squads are recruiting?

My opinions:
1. Should be wb/jav followed by base with roster limits.
2. Should be simple, just having a squad registered on twd and a minimum players joined should qualify you. The old ways would limit quick growth imo.

[Ricko]

uh oh...time to ACTUALLY get active and try now.

[Turban]

We are currently in middle of brainstorming possible changes to the league format, structure, and rules, and will be announcing most of the vital information to the players in the coming days. These changes and discussion topics we are currently talking about and trying to solve include, but are not limited to:

- separating TWLB from TWLD and TWLJ. we feel large rosters are unhealthy from a competitive point of view as it locks many players of great skill on rosters where they will not get any play time in the other leagues.
- allowing players to still practice with their basing squad should they be playing TWLD and TWLJ on a different roster. there are a few options available here to solve his dilemma.
- stricter roster limits for squads. this is to encourage more teams to form, but we still want to leave some leeway as most of us can not commit into logging on a Sunday every weekend. initial numbers are somewhere around 9/14 for one and two league squads.
- amount of participating squads per league. we are currently leaning towards a minimum of 8 squads in TWLD and TWLJ, but this number is subject to change and could increase with enough interest from the community.
- qualification will likely be an open invitation to all squads with minimum amount of games played required to filter out squads with no actual intention of participating in the league.
- rewarding players based on participation while greatly discouraging benching on a squad by removing a players eligibility for medal should one not meet the participation requirements which are to be announced.
- various game play changes to TWLB to further increase the competitiveness to the league by eliminating certain random factors from the equation. in essence this means normalization of basing similar to what happened to other leagues many years ago.
- playoff format which is still to be decided as of right now. the options are either single elimination or double elimination, and will largely depend on the regular season length.
- regular season schedule we have at least three different options for season length. regular schedule with everyone playing everyone once, current schedule with everyone playing each other twice, or more compact version of current schedule.
- predetermined time slots for schedule. we are removing the option for teams to schedule their own games as this feature was almost never in the history of TWL used properly.
- resolution limits for TWLD is another topic we have yet to decide and discuss. most players are already accustomed to playing with a higher resolution, however it is likely we will make some adjustments.
- finding various content creators (hot or not, newsletters, social media?). attacks has already stepped up and volunteered, huge props to him.
- tentative starting date of the league which is likely two to three weeks after conclusion of current draft tournament.


those are the most notable bullet points that we are talking about without going too much in depth. long story short, there will be changes and this season will be different, perhaps even revolutionary in some sense, compared to past iterations of the league.

[Rab]

"everyone playing everyone once" ftw, twice is not necessary.

[Majorcrisis2]

"everyone playing everyone once" ftw, twice is not necessary.

I like the 2x in Twdt, really shows if u win by 'luck' or whatever or not. Best teams will be highest then imo.

[Majorcrisis2]

I think seperating base from lj/ld is needed. Multiple competitive basing squads are already gonna be hard. Its basicly gonna be thunder/"cobra remake/spastic kinda squad. When you limit the rosters, even spastic gonna have a hard time in ld/lj imo. While thunder will easily triple crown again (and with all due respect, i dont think any of us( even thunder) wants better than that.)

[Dreamwin]

Thumbs up for having 2 games in each league per sunday.
Thumbs up for separating ld/lj from lb.
Everythings else sounds pretty good except roster limits, they are still way too high imo. I would give 2 league squad maximum of 9 player slots.

[Grasps]

LOL this is great news. I've been incredibly sick with dat Swine flu but reading this instantly cured me. Mad hype. Thanks to everyone who made this happen.

Turban Amazing stuff. Love everything you suggested. I will say the lower the roster limit, the odds of heavy stacking should decrease if people want to be competitive in both wb/jav. Looking forward to the coming days on what's decided.

Attacks Why do you care more about res limits than lag limits bruh? People lag cheat the shit out this game still in 2019 and it boost their scores way more than anyone using modern resolutions ie. 1980x1080 lol Also, if res limits get placed, people will just cheat them like they've been doing for decades, heard of programs like "resizer" my man?Only thing it will do is give an even greater edge to res cheaters because a lot of people will follow the rules and go down to whatever its set to placing themselves at an immediate disadvantage. At least as it is now it's more fair since people who like to rush can play on a smaller res where guys who rather radar can play on a bigger res, both smaller and larger resolutions have their own advantages/disadvantages leaving players to decide which is best for them. In my opinion if there was true concern about integrity of matches, lag limits should be at the top of this list since people who tank aka "eat" shots can devastate teams and shift momentum of a match.

-Ixa

[Rab]

Another thing about res limts and roster limits is if you set a res limit which prevents someone from playing (e.g. 1080p would prevent me playing, I use 1440p) then it's unlikely that a squad would grant a rare roster slot to someone who can only take part in 1 of the 2 leagues. Pretty much means I won't be playing TWL at all if there's a res limit in WB. Not that it matters because I was never going to win wb/jav.