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Based on this (check this thread, too!!!!) I had the idea of creating a TL.net driven league.
My idea is basically the following:
Format:
Round Robin, Bo3. 4 Seasons played. Top 4 from each round qualify for a 16 man playoff bracket (double elimination, Bo3 until semifinals, then Bo5).
Schedule:
For each match, players have two weeks of time. They can choose the exact match time freely, it has to be consensual though.
League differentiation:
Division 1: Bronze to Platinum
Division 2: Diamond to Grandmasters (I'm looking at you, Scarlett).
Servers:
The match is being played on the weaker player's server.
+ Show Spoiler [Why and how?] +Because there's lag which causes a disadvantage to the player. Out of sportsmanship, the better player should suffer under this. Determining the weaker player is something that can't be done easily. Thus I'm still thinking about possible regulations regarding this topic. Possible solutions are: - Ladder rank
- TL.net league (weakness: what to do with a tie?)
- ??
Rules:
- race switches allowed if opponent agrees
- no smurfing allowed.
- no cheating allowed (well, obviously).
- random allowed
- ??
- ??
Esports dollars
Maybe lol
As for a name, I'd say "TSL" for nostalgic reason: Teamliquid StarCraft League. Would be a hommage to Starleague, GSL, Teamliquid, Starcraft and the Game itself.
To organize brackets, liquipedia would be a great thing. That might a) push people to use liquipedia and b) provide a tl.net driven/hosted information base.
Depending on participation numbers, I'd put a limit of ~100-500 posts before a participation is possible. That would also resolve the for sure upcoming problem of masters account smurfing.
Also, ladder rounds with some funsies included (i.e. in round xx, usage of old map pool/strange maps) and trying to get mapmakers featured (e.g. Best Month's Map as voted by mapmaker community gets included to the pool for the range of that month (which would be 2 maps for each player at least).
I'm currently using this blog as an inspiration and noteblock at the same time, so expect edits.
 
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i don't think there's a lot of active posters who actually play the game regularly now :<
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Well I could always install the game again and pull out my beta diamond strats
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Just like for xtorn's idea, this would be pretty nice and probably popular too. Also thank you for thinking to community maps <3
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Interesting idea!
I think the hardest part is to organize the times for the games. Personally I could see myself participating in something like this if there is not too much of a fixed time - so no date/hour or you lose type of thing - when a match has to be played.
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Germany913 Posts
If it's on EU -friendly times, count me in. Playing with people from TeamLiquid.net/Liquopedia is always a lot of fun \Ü/
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Well if i can smash you again (no i have no memory problem) i'm in !
Btw ? Are you still plat with 90% WR ?
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Austria24422 Posts
TSL already exists D:
As both a former team and a tournament
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Regarding the times, I'd say it would be up to the two players to match in a time. They have 2 weeks time to set it up, so that should be sufficient?
On October 21 2014 06:18 FFW_Rude wrote:
Well if i can smash you again (no i have no memory problem) i'm in !
Btw ? Are you still plat with 90% WR ?
Yes. MMR decay kicking in again, no time to play lately.
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On October 21 2014 06:20 boxerfred wrote:Regarding the times, I'd say it would be up to the two players to match in a time. They have 2 weeks time to set it up, so that should be sufficient? Show nested quote +On October 21 2014 06:18 FFW_Rude wrote:
Well if i can smash you again (no i have no memory problem) i'm in !
Btw ? Are you still plat with 90% WR ? Yes. MMR decay kicking in again, no time to play lately.
Yeah me too. I'm accumulating points and play plat players again (or maybe that's because i'mm bad :p)
Well a TL.net league would be fun for me and i definitly would play in
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United Kingdom31935 Posts
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I´ve played a season of a Fifa 10 inhouse league in a different forum, and it was a lot of fun. I have no clue about soccer, and not really interested in following football. What me kept playing was the first; the game mechnics and skill based competition and second; the league format.
The soccer league format is perfectly designed for inhouse plays.
Please consider this idea, i can imagine that it would work for starcraft too!
Just in case
Only an example
- 18 players in one league/division
- A fix number of playdays
- Each playday represents one week (the exact date can be determined by the players themself)
- Within 1 week every player should have played his game
- Every win counts as points
- Within a season, everybody should have played against everybody twice!
- At the end of a season, top 8 players will face the playoff phase.
This isn`t exactly thought trough, but it could work
The motivation to play benefits through this system a lot. Even if you lose, you are still in the competition. Doing yours homework can really pay off.
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This sounds super cool, I'd be interested!
If you had a post count requirement I might have to stop lurking though 
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On October 21 2014 05:02 Big J wrote:
Interesting idea!
I think the hardest part is to organize the times for the games. Personally I could see myself participating in something like this if there is not too much of a fixed time - so no date/hour or you lose type of thing - when a match has to be played. 100% this
id like to be involved in something like this but i absolutely cannot play anything that has fixed times and doesn't allow players a set timeframe to communicate and complete their games
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France1348 Posts
I'd be interested as well !
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Alritey. I'll be setting it up. Hopefully it turns out to be great.
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sounds very cool. i'm game.
would be awesome if there's still a mapmakers left on tl who could hook us up with some cool new maps for the league.
i remember the korean weekly used to be so badass cuz they used all these sweet maps.
also the motm cups were supa sweet.
maybe try to get a tl-superstar (taeja plz) to face off against the winner of the league.
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I'd love to play in the plat and below league! 
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1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
i love playing in TL leagues but my timezone often restricts my participation
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I'd definitely play in this!
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