Great Idea about League Structure

[Louis XV]

no pyramids!

We HAD pyramid leagues back in the day, back when we had 'twbl' and 'twdl' (remember when Dantax was running that stuff, almost exclusively via e-mail?). They were similar to the TWD system we have today (anyone challenges anyone at any time), and existed at a time when TWL was only TWL (5v5 any ship, almost always wbs). Assuming you're talking about the kind of pyramid system I remember, it's a horrible idea. Basically every single match is meaningless until the very end, when only one or two matches matter. I remember being on top of the pyramid the whole season (in Cripples), then Wildfire beat us once right before the end of the 'season', even though we had already beaten them numerous times. They got the championship, because the only thing that mattered was who was on top at the very end. Please don't use that type of system.

[Rule]

I don't think the leagues should be split up either. Better to encourage players to be well rounded in every ship, and not be solely basers, wbs or javs. I also remember the Higher and Lower Tier system which was run back in the day, and the pyramid system. Don't think TWL would benefit from it. We would end up with the same squad's making it into premier league, and others feeling left out. A lot of player's would not want to be part of lower tier squad's. I think part of the leagues is new players get a chance to play against the best squad's. Some learn from it. I would like to see more squad's qualifying for the playoffs (at least 8 in LJ/LD).

The main problem is squad's dropping out. Their should be tougher standards for qualification and methods should be used to discourage squad hopping before & during the season. If a squad drop's out, it should not be invited back to the league. Leader's need to be held responsible for taking their squad on that route - if they consistently fold squad's they don't deserve to be Caps in TWL. Squad Leaders should be able to prove that they will be active and leading their squad from beginning to end (and have replacements if they can't). Player's need to be held responsible for not showing up. I think the league would be better off if some methods were created to discourage inactivity and create responsibility. Any squad that won't be able to field enough players for games should not be a part of TWL. I think we should work on making TWD more competitive, as it will help squad's prepare for TWL. We also need to make sure that the system of qualification is a fair one. End of the day someone will probably always feel left out, but decisions should be justified.

[Nasir]

New rules for TWL (I'm being serious):

- Squads are not allowed to dissolve during TWL or this will result in a permanent TWL ban of the person who dissolved the squad;

- Captains are not allowed to leave their squad during TWL, otherwise a permanent TWL ban is his penalty.

You don't have to take this literally, but I think there could be rules added to prevent squaddissolving during TWL. If there are more penalties and more troubles when dissolving a squad, I bet it won't happen that easily. I bet squadleaders won't dissolve their squad during TWL if they know they are not allowed to play TWL anymore forever. I don't think its too drastic, could be a fair possibility.

[eelam <tw>]

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best idea, is players cannot hop from squad to squad during TWL. If we were to implement the pyramid, than players can not hop from a pro squad to another pro squad but they can certainly hop from pro to inter squad.

[Daldur]

New rules for TWL (I'm being serious):

- Squads are not allowed to dissolve during TWL or this will result in a permanent TWL ban of the person who dissolved the squad;

- Captains are not allowed to leave their squad during TWL, otherwise a permanent TWL ban is his penalty.

You don't have to take this literally, but I think there could be rules added to prevent squaddissolving during TWL. If there are more penalties and more troubles when dissolving a squad, I bet it won't happen that easily. I bet squadleaders won't dissolve their squad during TWL if they know they are not allowed to play TWL anymore forever. I don't think its too drastic, could be a fair possibility.

What if all the squad members dislike the squad captain, all go on strike and all suddenly decide to ?squadleave. Then the captain will have no choice but to squad dissolve, therefore giving the players what they want most, for their captain to get TWL banned

[Ricko]

that's a bit on an extreme view dald :P