Discussion TWL 8 rules

[Stabwound]

Well like I said, I don't care about TWLD or TWLJ and I don't concern myself with those leagues. I guess I might feel the same way if I cared about those other 2 leagues.

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.

Pretty close, but more like basing enthusiasts. 14 squads makes my favorite league, TWLB, more fun for me and the rest of the other players on good LB squads. If you think I'm being selfish, I am, I want the game to be more fun for myself. But a majority of the people arguing for 16 TWLB squads are doing it for personal reasons too.

If you think 14 squads is better in LD or LJ that's your concern. I agree that Spastic in TWLD or TWLJ is comparable to Dragonguard in TWLB. If you really want, go and try to get the other 2 leagues dropped down to 14. I'm sure that if enough people really want it and make their opinions well known to the TWL ops it will be changed.

I concede. I agree that there should be 16 squads in TWLB, but I still think that it's more fun with 14.

[Fit of Rage]

Why should there be? It's less fun for the majority of competative squads if they just trounce away one or two "fluke" squads like Wingmasters that go 0-10 for the season, and also less fun for the "fluke" squads because they get stomped and don't really get anything out of a TWLB experiance. 14 is better for basing, simply because it takes more coordination with 8 ships than with 5 of the same. Additionally, TWLD and TWLJ actually have more competative squads, so there's no problem with feeding a 16-team league.

[Ivan]

I think we should have a vote instead on the number of TWLB squads.

[apt]

yo jerome nephew you confused , you going through some john mayer/bright eyes/ emo crisis or some shit. quit it

[Randedl]

Why should there be? It's less fun for the majority of competative squads if they just trounce away one or two "fluke" squads like Wingmasters that go 0-10 for the season, and also less fun for the "fluke" squads because they get stomped and don't really get anything out of a TWLB experiance. 14 is better for basing, simply because it takes more coordination with 8 ships than with 5 of the same. Additionally, TWLD and TWLJ actually have more competative squads, so there's no problem with feeding a 16-team league.

twld and twlj have fewer competative squads than twlb.

name the top 5 jav squads in trench wars right now?
name the top 5 warbird squads in trench wars right now?
name the top 5 basing squads in trench wars right now?

in which of the 3 are there more competative squads?

basers cry "please, make it so that we only have 14 squads in our league, but let us go play lj and ld with no chance at success".

the way twd is set up, only the most competative basing squads will get in, just because there are far fewer games played.

in dd and jd, games are played often enough that a squad can pick it's opponents and rise up the ladder with no problem at all. that's harder to do in a league )basing)that only the most dedicated play more than once a day.

would having grapevine and tanked in twlb last season have made it any more worse?

do 16. . . let people have fun. encourage people to try to qualify for those last couple spots.

[Jones]

Dont fucking bring wima into this or they go 10 - 0 just for you. (if they get in)

[HellzNo!]

twld and twlj have fewer competative squads than twlb.

name the top 5 jav squads in trench wars right now?
name the top 5 warbird squads in trench wars right now?
name the top 5 basing squads in trench wars right now?

in which of the 3 are there more competative squads?

basers cry "please, make it so that we only have 14 squads in our league, but let us go play lj and ld with no chance at success".

the way twd is set up, only the most competative basing squads will get in, just because there are far fewer games played.

in dd and jd, games are played often enough that a squad can pick it's opponents and rise up the ladder with no problem at all. that's harder to do in a league )basing)that only the most dedicated play more than once a day.

would having grapevine and tanked in twlb last season have made it any more worse?

do 16. . . let people have fun. encourage people to try to qualify for those last couple spots.

But don't you think if there were only 14 spots in twlb that teams would compete alot harder and more often to get into those fewer spots than they do currently. And instead of only the most dediatede playing more than once a day, the whole squad would try harder and play more often and you would see more competition in the league. Less squads in twlb would benefit TWL and TWD. If there are less openings in twlb, the shittier squads in twbd that would currently get into twlb would have to play better squads, or at least more squads to be able to get in. And if there less squds in twlb, then chances are the talent will be more evenely spread.

[Jerome Scuggs]

yo jerome nephew you confused , you going through some john mayer/bright eyes/ emo crisis or some shit. quit it

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[Sumpson]

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It's not that interesting jerome. replyed to tell you that.

[Randedl]

But don't you think if there were only 14 spots in twlb that teams would compete alot harder and more often to get into those fewer spots than they do currently. And instead of only the most dediatede playing more than once a day, the whole squad would try harder and play more often and you would see more competition in the league. Less squads in twlb would benefit TWL and TWD. If there are less openings in twlb, the shittier squads in twbd that would currently get into twlb would have to play better squads, or at least more squads to be able to get in. And if there less squds in twlb, then chances are the talent will be more evenely spread.

i don't. i think that limiting spaces serves to discourage new squads.

[Ivan]

I think I started the 16 teams thing in TWLB, but lets just have a vote instead :P. It's true there are more basing squads there and I think they deserves to get in TWLB for a try as well.

[HellzNo!]

i don't. i think that limiting spaces serves to discourage new squads.

I think that newer squads discourage serious competition. The fact that they forfeit to half there games or have less than 5 players etc... doesn't say much about them. the rare example of teams like basingcrew who came as a new squad into the league and actually accomplished something and stuck around can easily happen in a 14 team league. But that only happens every so often, the majority of times you get teams like avalnoian who show up 3 weeks in a row with 4 ppl or some bs.

[Epinephrine]

I think that newer squads discourage serious competition. The fact that they forfeit to half there games or have less than 5 players etc... doesn't say much about them. the rare example of teams like basingcrew who came as a new squad into the league and actually accomplished something and stuck around can easily happen in a 14 team league. But that only happens every so often, the majority of times you get teams like avalnoian who show up 3 weeks in a row with 4 ppl or some bs.

I think the point is that the 15 and 16th place squads from last season were both 3-league squads which DID stay all season in those 2 other leagues. With basing the way it is (the one-league basing squads are usually more stable than the one-league wb/jav squads), 16 squads shouldn't be much of a stability problem. You're just letting in more 3-league squads into the league, OR you're letting in some one-league basing squad in that tried really hard but isn't made of top talent.

[Randedl]

I think that newer squads discourage serious competition. The fact that they forfeit to half there games or have less than 5 players etc... doesn't say much about them. the rare example of teams like basingcrew who came as a new squad into the league and actually accomplished something and stuck around can easily happen in a 14 team league. But that only happens every so often, the majority of times you get teams like avalnoian who show up 3 weeks in a row with 4 ppl or some bs.

pretty much what epi said.

the difference between ld and lb squads are that ld ones have to work alot less to qualify (imo).

there are a large quantity of easily winnable games that will boost your rating without much effort. i don't think you can find the same for basing.