On November 06 2010 00:05 Zanzabar Haberdasher wrote:
I'm pretty firm in my believe that semi-random is the way to go. It gives people choice without the first the players always taking Amazon/Undead/Skaven.

Do you not want multiples of the same team? I guess I don't see the issue as in board game leagues we've almost always had two of the same team (usually dwarf) and no one has really cared. I guess I don't see the problem with letting people choose what they want to play.

From my understanding of turn based blitz vs classic the only differences added to blitz mode are the pre-game training sessions and equipment.

Catyoul

France2377 Posts

November 05 2010 16:27 GMT

#103

Definitely playing turn based and not real time. Might still have to make the league in blitz mode to have the extended inducements (not sure if this is still the case with LE).

I also think there is no way everyone would take undead skaven or amazon if we let people choose.

Zanzabar Haberdasher

United States510 Posts

November 05 2010 16:37 GMT

#104

16 of 20 slots have been taken. Four slots are 'held'. Getting closer!

EDIT: ALL SLOTS HAVE A NAME ON THEM. From this point on, it will be first come first serve. Let that be a warning to all of you 'maybes'. First guys to PM me get main seats.. and I withhold the right to keep people on the 'short list' for if/when players disappear.

As of right now:

Zanzabar Haberdasher
Lyter
Skirn
Nokarot
Jaug
potatoedoughnut
Catyoul
Kanil
Brownjesus
Jayce
cloudic
MaiBoA38
Tuln
Megelrov
Fallen
InToTheWannaB

(Maybe) Rampoon
(Maybe) kingjames01
(Maybe) Gruv
(Held) Catyoul's Friend

Two issues of note:

1. I have received a formal request to keep Halflings in the team pool.

2. We -will- be using a limited draft format, as outlined below.

Tonight at 12:00 AM (EST), I will generate a random list of coach names and post them here. Anyone to join after this time will be added to the bottom of the list.

The first player on the list will be sent a PM with three team options to choose from. The chosen team will be taken off the list and I will proceed to the next coach. I hope this process will go quickly given that it's the weekend.. but at this time I will not enforce a time limit.

Catyoul

France2377 Posts

November 05 2010 16:46 GMT

#105

Let's see how it goes

I would like to hold a spot for a friend of mine, he reads and follows sc but I don't think he has a tl account yet. He should be here himself later tonight.

kingjames01

Canada1603 Posts

November 05 2010 17:07 GMT

#106

Any ideas on how many games in the season, how often we'd be playing and thus, how long the season will run?

Tuln

United States24 Posts

November 05 2010 17:11 GMT

#107

I pity anyone who gets Vampires tbh. Maybe it's just my luck but I always spend half of my games as vampires chasing down Thralls to eat, atleast once per turn.

Zanzabar Haberdasher

United States510 Posts

November 05 2010 17:32 GMT

#108

On November 06 2010 02:07 kingjames01 wrote:
Any ideas on how many games in the season, how often we'd be playing and thus, how long the season will run?

I haven't really given that much thought, yet. Nor even how many matches a week we should play.

I was thinking 2 matches a week, 12 weeks as a baseline OR 2 matches a week, 8 weeks. The shorter seasons will help retain players.

If we wants teams to span over multiple seasons I'm inclined to say two month seasons. Do we want things to be fast and dirty?

kingjames01

Canada1603 Posts

November 05 2010 17:32 GMT

#109

On November 06 2010 02:07 kingjames01 wrote:
Any ideas on how many games in the season, how often we'd be playing and thus, how long the season will run?

If I can get some answers to these questions and also one more: "when do we think we will start?" then I'll commit. =)

Thanks! I'm looking forward to it!

kingjames01

Canada1603 Posts

November 05 2010 17:34 GMT

#110

On November 06 2010 02:32 Zanzabar Haberdasher wrote:

Show nested quote +

Thanks for the answers!

So maybe 16 or 24 matches? We couldn't do that with 20 teams (assuming that we play every team) unless there were separate divisions.

Also, is there such thing as home stadium advantage?

Zanzabar Haberdasher

United States510 Posts

November 05 2010 17:35 GMT

#111

As for starting: I would -love- to start next weekend. I figure we will be figuring out teams and such until Monday-Tuesday. That will give people Wednesday-Friday to prepare some badassery and/or their teams.

First blood will (again, hopefully) drawn on Friday or Saturday. Assuming we can find between 3 and 5 more people.

Jaug

Sweden249 Posts

November 05 2010 17:35 GMT

#112

12 am EST is that 6 am CET? In that case I will certainly not be online

If it is 6 pm CET i will check later tonight and make my race pick.

Zanzabar Haberdasher

United States510 Posts

November 05 2010 17:44 GMT

#113

I think it's 6 AM your time.. but I am posting it at midnight my time so it will be up all day Saturday. I am hoping people can see their spot on the list and hopefully be around sooner or later depending on their spot.

It would be glorious if we can get all of the races picked by Sunday, but I highly doubt it.

Lyter

United Kingdom2145 Posts

November 05 2010 17:50 GMT

#114

Praying for one of my favourites to come up :D

kingjames01

Canada1603 Posts

November 05 2010 17:51 GMT

#115

So Zanzabar, are you the league commissioner? =)

Will you need help with the organizational aspect of the league or does BB Manager handle matchmaking? If it doesn't I've put some thought into the setup of the regular season and I can share my work if you want.

Fallen

Canada192 Posts

November 05 2010 17:57 GMT

#116

I'm interested in joining this league, downloading the legendary edition right now~

I'd recommend starting with a 2 month league, then we'll see how things shapes up after

Zanzabar Haberdasher

United States510 Posts

November 05 2010 17:58 GMT

#117

KingJames01: I do believe BB Manager relieves me of the work. However, if it does not I have access to a nifty script that allows me to easily generate random seeds.

Fallen: You've been added to the list.

kingjames01

Canada1603 Posts

November 05 2010 17:58 GMT

#118

So I've looked into the BB Manager from their webpage and it doesn't seem to include regular season matchmaking and/or tournament scheduling capabilities. How do other leagues handle that? Let me know if you need help!

Nokarot

United States1410 Posts

November 05 2010 18:28 GMT

#119

I'm going to be at an SC2 LAN that next week on Saturday. I hope there's a little freedom in terms of scheduling games, but I've never done this before so I don't know. Are games locked and required to be played at a certain time on a certain day or do you have a span of time to finish a game before the next round starts?

Looking forward to it, though. Will be checking constantly to see if my name is up for draft!

Zanzabar Haberdasher

United States510 Posts

November 05 2010 18:38 GMT

#120

My idea is allow the players to coordinate games themselves. Each week you will be given two match-ups and will be expected to play those two games.

I'm thinking a 48-hour window is long enough to make contact. i.e. you PM your opponent, and he has to respond to it within two days. Since we are literally spread across the globe, I presume most games will happen during the weekends.

Bare in mind, I have never organized something with such varying play times.. so this style may be completely inefficient.

Anyone have better ideas/input?