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Important Dates
TWL Qualification Deadline: Sunday, May 1st at 12:00am EST.
TWL Pre-Season Start Date: May 8th.
TWL Regular Start Date: May 22nd.
TWL Playoffs Start Date:July 24th.
TWL Finals: August 7th.
In the event that there is a replay week it will take place the week after regular season finishes. Therefore playoffs/finals will have to be pushed back a week as well.
TWL Ops
fLaReD
M_M God
ph
LF
disown
the_paul
Qualification
TWL-D will qualify up to 10 squads. To be eligible a squad must be within the top 10 of the TWDD ladder as of Sunday, May 1st at 12:00am and have participated in at least 30 TWDD games. The following squads will receive invites regardless of ladder position (but still requiring 30 games) for reaching the TWL-D finals in the previous season: Fierce, Sk8.
TWL-J will qualify up to 10 squads. To be eligible a squad must be within the top 10 of the TWJD ladder as of Sunday, May 1st at 12:00am and have participated in at least 30 TWJD games. The following squads will receive invites regardless of ladder position (but still requiring 30 games) for reaching the TWL-J finals in the previous season: dicE, Sk8.
TWL-B will qualify up to 10 squads. To be eligible a squad must be within the top 10 of the TWBD ladder as of Sunday, May 1st at 12:00am and have participated in at least 30 TWBD games. The following squads will receive invites regardless of ladder position (but still requiring 30 games) for reaching the TWL-B finals in the previous season: Pandora, Penetrate.
TWL Format
TWL Season 15 will begin on May 8th with two weeks of preseason against a random opponent. The regular season will begin on May 22nd. Each team will play every other team in the league for a total of 9 weeks of regular season play. TWL-D and TWL-J games will be 1 round, and TWL-B games will be a race to 15 minutes. Soft lock will take place following the end of the 1st week of TWL regular season. Hard lock will take place following the 3rd week of regular season. At the end of regular season play, the top 6 squads in each league will advance to the playoffs. Playoffs will begin on July 24th. The top 2 seeds in each league will receive a bye on this weekend. For all playoff matches, TWL-D and TWL-J will be best of 3 rounds and TWL-B will be a race to 20 minutes. The TWL-B finals will be best of 3, 15 minute games. The TWL finals will be played on August 7th. Soft lock will take place following the end of the 1st week of TWL regular season. Hard lock will take place following the end of the 3rd week of regular season.
Resolution Limits
TWL-D Max Resolutions: 1440x900 or 1280x1024
TWL-J Max Resolution: 1920x1440
TWL-B Max Resolution: 1920x1440
Roster Limits
Squads that qualify for only TWL-D or TWL-J will have a roster limit of 20.
Squads that qualify for only TWL-B will have a roster limit of 25.
Squads that qualify for 2 leagues will have a roster limit of 30.
Squads that qualify for 3 leagues will have a roster limit of 35.
Appeals
Appeals will be handled by the TWL ops collectively. The TWL ops will vote on acceptance/denial of each appeal. Their votes, along with a explanation of their choice, will be public information. Any TWL op who is a member of a squad involved in the appeal will not be eligible to vote. The final decision on the appeal will be based on whichever vote has majority. In the event of a tie I will provide the deciding vote.
If anyone has any questions feel free to ask me or any of the other TWL ops and we will answer as best we can. On a side note, TWLM should be up and running in time for TWL thanks to Ardour!
TWL Qualification Deadline: Sunday, May 1st at 12:00am EST.
TWL Pre-Season Start Date: May 8th.
TWL Regular Start Date: May 22nd.
TWL Playoffs Start Date:July 24th.
TWL Finals: August 7th.
In the event that there is a replay week it will take place the week after regular season finishes. Therefore playoffs/finals will have to be pushed back a week as well.
TWL Ops
fLaReD
M_M God
ph
LF
disown
the_paul
Qualification
TWL-D will qualify up to 10 squads. To be eligible a squad must be within the top 10 of the TWDD ladder as of Sunday, May 1st at 12:00am and have participated in at least 30 TWDD games. The following squads will receive invites regardless of ladder position (but still requiring 30 games) for reaching the TWL-D finals in the previous season: Fierce, Sk8.
TWL-J will qualify up to 10 squads. To be eligible a squad must be within the top 10 of the TWJD ladder as of Sunday, May 1st at 12:00am and have participated in at least 30 TWJD games. The following squads will receive invites regardless of ladder position (but still requiring 30 games) for reaching the TWL-J finals in the previous season: dicE, Sk8.
TWL-B will qualify up to 10 squads. To be eligible a squad must be within the top 10 of the TWBD ladder as of Sunday, May 1st at 12:00am and have participated in at least 30 TWBD games. The following squads will receive invites regardless of ladder position (but still requiring 30 games) for reaching the TWL-B finals in the previous season: Pandora, Penetrate.
TWL Format
TWL Season 15 will begin on May 8th with two weeks of preseason against a random opponent. The regular season will begin on May 22nd. Each team will play every other team in the league for a total of 9 weeks of regular season play. TWL-D and TWL-J games will be 1 round, and TWL-B games will be a race to 15 minutes. Soft lock will take place following the end of the 1st week of TWL regular season. Hard lock will take place following the 3rd week of regular season. At the end of regular season play, the top 6 squads in each league will advance to the playoffs. Playoffs will begin on July 24th. The top 2 seeds in each league will receive a bye on this weekend. For all playoff matches, TWL-D and TWL-J will be best of 3 rounds and TWL-B will be a race to 20 minutes. The TWL-B finals will be best of 3, 15 minute games. The TWL finals will be played on August 7th. Soft lock will take place following the end of the 1st week of TWL regular season. Hard lock will take place following the end of the 3rd week of regular season.
Resolution Limits
TWL-D Max Resolutions: 1440x900 or 1280x1024
TWL-J Max Resolution: 1920x1440
TWL-B Max Resolution: 1920x1440
Roster Limits
Squads that qualify for only TWL-D or TWL-J will have a roster limit of 20.
Squads that qualify for only TWL-B will have a roster limit of 25.
Squads that qualify for 2 leagues will have a roster limit of 30.
Squads that qualify for 3 leagues will have a roster limit of 35.
Appeals
Appeals will be handled by the TWL ops collectively. The TWL ops will vote on acceptance/denial of each appeal. Their votes, along with a explanation of their choice, will be public information. Any TWL op who is a member of a squad involved in the appeal will not be eligible to vote. The final decision on the appeal will be based on whichever vote has majority. In the event of a tie I will provide the deciding vote.
If anyone has any questions feel free to ask me or any of the other TWL ops and we will answer as best we can. On a side note, TWLM should be up and running in time for TWL thanks to Ardour!
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