No auto-qualification

[Ephemeral]

Is it not the intent to grow the league and TW in general? If so, then how does auto-qualifying help that to happen? If not, how does it inhibit it from happening?

My opinion is that there are pros and cons to both sides, but that after weighting them out the scale is tipped to hurting more than helping the league and TW. While having auto-qualified teams helps to stabilize and provides continuity to the league, it also can create staleness and can inhibit the quality of the squads. (Previously when a squad was known to be auto-qualified, players without a squad or on a squad that was not guaranteed to get in would often join an auto-qualified squad in the time period just before cut-off. This leads to squads who make it into the league with a mix of players that have skills but little teamwork.)

[Evul Fly]

Theres no competition in twd now, unless ur in a gutter squad like penetrate, virtuosus or <insert any new squad here> playing 1000 games every twd season. This "no-autoqualify" wont make TWD more active.

[Sumpson]

Voth you could as well not talk at all, us auto-qualifying never mattered, we have always played enough matches before league (you also need a number matches played when being auto-qualified) and when we do, the position we need in the ladder doesn't really matter.

[Voth]

sumpson, if you read my posts, you would of noticed that i was not claiming that you did not technically meet the requirements for qualification this past season, but instead that you didn't belong in twlb, as shown from your forfeits and similarly, disqualification.

[PaulOakenfold]

in the long run, this won't really make any difference at all other than make things more interesting.

Bullshit

[Jack]

^ Join stray?

[Da1andonly]

mantra get online with pillux and bram someday so we can maybe play a twjd

[megaman89]

The two teams that made it to finals (provided they're still around and have the percentage of players that played the previous season required) in each league should be auto qualified. It was part of the deal when we went into last season and now that they made it there it shouldn't be taken from them.


I still disagree with removing it altogether even after next season though, if you do well enough to make it to finals but lose you get nothing? Not even an invite back next season for the great competition you provided?

agreed

[PaulOakenfold]

^ Join stray?

Would hate to make Dwopple and Mhz fight for another 3rd string position this season.

[Sumpson]

sumpson, if you read my posts, you would of noticed that i was not claiming that you did not technically meet the requirements for qualification this past season, but instead that you didn't belong in twlb, as shown from your forfeits and similarly, disqualification.

also will weed out squads who auto-qualified but really SHOULDN'T be in TWL because they took a turn for the worst. for example... anti-scrub. for example... basingcrew.

did read

[PaulOakenfold]

The only reason I mentioned Thunder is that they're a prime example of how a semi-stagnant off season squad can help boost the overall activity of TWD. We have (had?) a lot of members that were planning on coming back to a squad that was auto-qualified in all three leagues. Members that enjoyed the company of others, but wanted to test new waters for the off-season (and in a lot of cases, made new/thriving squads).

Thunder isn't the only squad that was planning on this. -Final- has been doing it for years. They're not going to be any more active during the offseason if they don't auto-qualify, they'll just snag up their members 2 weeks before the cut off. Meanwhile, their members that are looking forward to rejoining their old squadmates, but are too active to stay with them during the offseason, have the opportunity to join other squads for a bit and enjoy a change of scenery.


If it ain't broke, don't fix it. I find it funny that you think a 10 year old game is being effected more by a simple auto-qualification (that has worked out, and been able to fix itself over the last couple of years), and not its age.

[pascone]

well less interest in the game made us scale back the amount of teams in twl in the first place, meaning that there weren't the same number of playoff squads anyway. also, the rules behind auto-qualification have changed several times over the last few seasons, from 50% of roster to only needing a captain..

as for reaver claiming that there was a decision made, there never was.

as for thunder, if the qualifications were right now, they'd be in 2 of the leagues anyway. so when twl is announced, they will rejoin thunder anyway and play games?

also, there hopefully won't be a need for multiple weeks of preseason where squads get their magic back after 2 games. with auto-qualification gone, the squads will actually be forced to play at least 15 games together perhaps making the games more competetive overall

[Voth]

sometimes pascone makes too much sense

[Jeenyuss]

hey!

fuck you evul

[Dabram]

mantra get online with pillux and bram someday so we can maybe play a twjd

not yet, we only need 15 games a league (45 in total) to qualify for twl.. so there's no hurry, we could start playing 2/3 weeks before twl qualification ends, if we want back in twl that iz..

besides i don't play with that pollux_ newbie, he totally sucks.