roster lock

[Lite Brite]

I can understand what was trying to be achieved with the roster lock, but I think it has ended up having some very bad consequences. Squads in general are dynamic and always changing. Given all the delays and formalities, this season is taking a long time, and while thats not really too bad, its hurting squads that are losing members and can't recruit more. Not everyone is dedicated to actively spending months and months playing a season. People come and go, and part of being a squad is recruiting. Look at squads that have faded away, and squads like value that have dropped to 10 members because they can't recruit new people.

I say you should go back to the week-long eligibility rule, which was effective. If you really want, you can make it two weeks or whatever.

Unless you can give a very good reason for the roster lock that I just can't see, replace it. You could give some schpiel about how
it gives incentive for strong squads or whatever, but thats BS. You can't seriously expect people to wait for you to delay a week here and there and drag out the league and not be able to recruit.

[Stabwound]

I haven't thought it through, and there are probably loopholes, but maybe the roster lock should be exchanged for something like this: When you sign up to a squad, you are ineligible for their next 1-2 games, but after that you're free to play. How about that?

[dare]

i agree, although you could compromise by having a 2 week delay or even 3 weeks

in hockey zone it's a 6 week delay which i find just RIDICULOUS but hockey zone seasons extend way longer so it's a little more reasonable

anyhow i think the roster lock problem was magnified with other problems... one of which being the length of this TWL as lite mentioned...

also... i dunno if anyone else feels this way but this TWL just seems kind of boring. i don't have the interest i used to have last season, and i have almost completely stopped playing TW, in favour of hockey zone (which is in OFF-SEASON btw, so that says a lot...)

i don't feel the competitiveness that i did last year... TWL this season just has taken too long, and low interest + roster lock has led to squads that cannot compete which has further lowered interest of squads that can, which increases inactivity... and so on and so on...

one thing i would like to make clear is that these problems are not the fault of the staff - other than the roster lock which really wasn't that big of a deal, it just fed the fire

[Nickname]

ia lways liked the 7 day eligibility. However I do agree a rosterlock is 100% needed. I'd say, maybe 3 weeks before playoffs or 2 would be more reasonable than 5.

[Nasir]

what I dont get is why, if we have a rosterlock, is there a rosterlimit ?

[ConcreteSchlyrd]

Are you really saying you need a small army to get 4-8 people to show up for a game?

[Epinephrine]

The reasons for having a roster lock in the first place should be quite clear I don't think anyone is disputing that.

The reason why it's in round 5 was the following. PUSHER and I figured that the later in the season the roster lock was, the more people would leave the "crappy" squads and jump ship to the "good" squads. Why would this be? Say roster lock was in round 8, then you'd pretty much know who was going to make the playoffs and who wasn't. We didn't want a situation where the lower squads would lose their best 2-3 players as this hurts TWL as a whole for the next season.

By having it right at round 5, nothing has been decided yet, and it gives squad leaders the good conscience to know that after this point their rivals have been set and then the competition is solidified.

After this season is over, we'll take a good look at the system and see if it needs revision.

-Epi

[Nasir]

Well I dont mind the rosterlock actually, just maybe some adjustments should be made for the newer squads, but cant we just get rid of the rosterlimit ?

[Epinephrine]

Originally posted by Nasir
Well I dont mind the rosterlock actually, just maybe some adjustments should be made for the newer squads, but cant we just get rid of the rosterlimit ?

It actually hasnt' been enforced once this season or else 1/2 the squads in TWL would already have been kicked

Yah might as well get rid of that rule.

-Epi

[Dabram]

Originally posted by Epinephrine
It actually hasnt' been enforced once this season or else 1/2 the squads in TWL would already have been kicked

Yah might as well get rid of that rule.

-Epi

how do we know which rules are going to be enforced and which wont?

[Luckily Yours]

u dont , epi just flips coins every match

[Epinephrine]

Originally posted by Dabram
how do we know which rules are going to be enforced and which wont?

When it has been announced that it's not going to be enforced (such as this rule earlier in the season).

-Epi

[Nasir]

good deal epi =)