Discussion TWL 8 rules

[Epinephrine]

Didn't this whole thing start 3 seasons ago when some team decided to run the clock by hiding outside? (was it Light vs. Pallies?)

But now with flagtime as the scoring method it's kinda silly no?

[Cig Smoke]

I think this means u cant fite below that line that says "do not cross" and so on. So what ur saying is (example) me and hellz kill each other then we spawn by each other, we arent allowed to shoot? I think thats stupid. Keep it like TWJD is.

[Ivan]

I really really hope that TWL Staffs would change from 14 teams to 16 teams for TWLB.

[Voth]

Frozen*Ice literally waits in the spawn zone as WB in ?go base and kills you. His lag and spawning ruines the game, go #### yourself.

[Stabwound]

That's nice, but there is no such rule in TWLB; they are speaking of the rule in TWLJ.

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I really really hope that TWL Staffs would change from 14 teams to 16 teams for TWLB.

Won't happen this season, and it will probably stay at 14 next season too. The gap between good and bad TWLB squads is far more apparent than the other 2 leagues, and there are not 16 good TWLB squads.

[Randedl]

in my opinion the skill spread out in the basing community is pretty on par with that of wbs, and moreso than javs.

i haven't really noticed, nor cared, but i would guess that the people saying that twlb should only have 14 people are, in majority, pure basers.

these are guys who might not be aware that, more often than not, dueling games will be close because of the "luck" factor that is inherent in them. this is by no means a complaint, but hey, the difference between a 50-20 game and a 50-40 game is a few spawns, a couple strays, and a couple guys suiciding at the end. these games are not close.

twbd does not ensure that the most active, the most talented, nor the most stable 14 squads make it into the big show. it ensures that the people who most know how to use the system to qualify do qualify.

take last season's grapevine and pirates. would they have "ruined" twlb? or done any worse than half the other squads in the league? i doubt it. you could have thrown tanked in (before they did whatever they did). . .

would they have done any worse than avalonian in ld or melee in lj? no.

what would the difference have been? heaven forbid twlb runs on the same schedule as ld and lj. heaven forbid another 16 people get to play each week.

the problem with lb is that a squad who plays 6 games a day and perfects a strategy that will keep less enthusiastic squads away from the flag for 15 minutes, will keep that opponent away for 15 minutes.

with 8vs8 games, the "elite" basers will also be able to flock to each squad in more density. however, this shouldn't mean that 16 fewer people should be playing each week.

i think that the only reason that twlb had, and will have, 14 squads is that the most vocal pure basers along with the people in charge think that they should be special.

more and more we are seeing basing squads pass into dueling leagues, but the same way isn't going to be left open for dueling squads to do the same?

spastic, incuria. . . you will have as little, or less, success in twld as grapevine would have had in twlb last season. should the guys in twld all band together and shout "we only want 14 squads" so that it is that much harder to qualify? or should we enjoy playing a new opponent, and have the opportunity to watch some new players break into a league?

put a dueler, one that is actually going to be active this season, into the decision making process of twl.

spastic/dice/rb/juice/venom/anti-scrub/mambo/incuria/dispallies/basingcrew/ancients/sk8/melee/pirates/dragonguard/-final-

would this really be a bad league? any worse than a wb league of:
venom/dragon/simulate/melee/heavy/sk8/dragonguard/marshmallow marines/-final-/incuria/shriek/spastic/rapid/gants/pirates/dispallogies

please, look at the facts, not a template from last season, made by guys who aren't even playing this comming one.

[Stabwound]

It is much more humiliating for a team to lose a base game badly than a jav or wb game. If Dragonguard and Pirates get into TWLB and lose every single game 0-15 they are not going to have fun and they aren't going to learn anything. The reason it was dropped to 14 squads was to make it more competitive. Dropping off 2 non competitive squads is a way of doing that.

[Randedl]

british squad lost to grapevine 50-10 in twld last season.

they still finished out the season and had guys who wanted to play.

i don't think you should sit on your spastic high chair and say what the guys on the 15/16th best basing squads want.

personally, i would rather play and lose than not play at all.

ps. how often have you really gotten your ass handed to you in a twld/twdd game? on a squad that ducks decent wb squads on a regular basis, you still have only managed 3 rounds of wbs.

pps. what is the difference between having dragonguard, pirates, melee, or all three in the league? they are the ones that accept the invite. let them do it on their own terms.

[Ivan]

Agreed to what Randedl say.

You can laugh at my squad "It" if you want. So far everyone's fine and won't leave if we don't make it TWL-B, but if there's two 2 extra spots to make it 16. I think at least we could have a chance and try in TWL-B. We don't really care the outcome....umm.......

[Stabwound]

I do not play twdd. The only times I have ever played it this reset was when I had to cover for someone that lagged out or couldn't play for some reason. What does my twdd record have to do with any of this anyways?

[death row]

Now thats assuming -f- wasnt considered dead during the off-season. Either way the rest are in forsure.

"Considered" dead or being dissolved is two different stories. Did -F- dissolve? No. Were they inactive right after last twl? Yes. ?squad Domi, I told you it's not a big deal, people will start to come back and start playing again. Give it up already, Cig.

[death row]

I heard that spawning won't be allowed in TWL-J. Is that true? Please tell me thats just a rumor, because thats a silly rule. I understand you can't have people camping out in the spawn area, trust me that makes sense. With the warning after a certain time before being charged with deaths. But spawning should not be "discouraged" in TWL-J. It's a important part of the game, to try and pick up fast kills and demoralize the players. Hey, we all hate being spawned. But don't tell me you don't smirk when you get an easy spawn for your team in a match. If you say no, then you're kidding yourself. Its just part of the game. If you're going to "discourage" spawning, whats next? "We strongly discourage vulching?" I wouldn't be surprised. Relax, if it ain't broken, don't fix it.

[Sleepy Weasel]

spawning is the only way I can get kills.

[Epinephrine]

Rand is correct. I never liked the idea of 14 teams in LB anyway

[Jerome Scuggs]

i want
mandatory crunk week
and free trophies