[NASL] Day 1-2 - Page 13

There are a couple of concerns I have for NASL.

1. I don't quite understand the reason for choosing the format of delayed broadcast of live cast games, especially when the games happen one day prior to the cast. You get almost all the issues associated with live casting, including scheduling inflexibility, while still not making the end result live for the viewers. It seems a huge number of issues can be resolved simply by casting from replays. Of course, an admin still has to be there for the matches to referee, but that's a lot easier than scheduling the players, the admins, and the casters all on the same day. Just my two cents here.

2. Given that a strict schedule is followed, I am on board with holding players to what they signed up for, regardless of prior engagements. If DH happens and you have to go, then accept that you're going to get W/O in NASL. And if it is the case that you persistently hold other tournaments over NASL for the purpose of priority scheduling, then I see no reason why NASL should not kick you out of the league altogether and keep the deposit. It doesn't matter if it's White-Ra or IdrA or Dustin Browder himself. A league like this requires commitment, and commitment is also needed for eSports to grow.

3. Having said that, there are sometimes legitimate excuses - for example being sick and unable to play - which are out of the players' control. Part of the reason I think replay casting is better than the current NASL setup is that it controls for these cases better, giving an opportunity for rescheduling in case stuff doesn't go as planned. Failing that, though, perhaps the right answer is to play the games several days earlier. Assuming players are held to a strict NDA, playing a day before versus several days before shouldn't matter that much as long as precautions are taken to prevent result leak via match history.

4. If it is the case that a scheduling problem is known beforehand and is legitimate, I think that rather than not having the games at all it's better to compromise and schedule a replay cast instead. For example, for DH White-Ra and July could've played their games before DH happened to guarantee that we'll have a match as opposed to a blank time slot. It should be made clear, though, that such lenience is not guaranteed and will be given only for players who have good reasons to break the schedule.

5. Unfortunately, persistent troublemakers need to go, regardless of their skill. For a league to be professional its players must be professional. It's understandable that the SC 2 foreigner's scene, which has long been an amateur's scene, is not able to adjust to professionalism right away, but for a regular broadcast league to work you can't be running late and/or short frequently. I appreciate Incontrol's statement that NASL will address this issue and look forward to seeing what will be implemented to ensure these problems don't occur in the future