As much as I love the idea, I'm with HHC and would prefer his idea. If that proved a success then maybe we could progress. The game just isn't active enough; it's often hard to find regular clanners imo.

Quote from: darKz on July 24, 2010, 05:07 AMStrange, I've been an active league player since cl2k and I never saw something like this done before.. Also, times have changed, maybe it's worth a shot now?

I think the first attempt was at WACL, then WL, then FB.. well.. there must have been two times we've tried such a league.
Too bad all the data has been erased from the internet by now  (and that my memory is so poor). I'm not sure whether the players were then randomly assigned to a team or picked by a team captain (a real draft). I think there were about 10-12 players in each team and the teams were named like Komo said: green, blue, red, etc.

I think something like 3 games were played in total So yeah, I'm thinking activity will be the biggest problem.. partly because it's hard to find a mate and partly also because the team mates are not acquainted with each other.

That's why I suggested playing either 1vs1 or allow any players to form a team for a match and just count the outcome towards their respective clans.

QuoteThe only problem I see is how to display overall standings.. Maybe just have loads of statistics? Like, which player has the highest win percentage, who gained most points for his clan(s), what's the most successful player combo? Etc etc.

Individual stats should be important, because it gives a player something to work towards, even if the team lets him down.
There should also be a team/clan rating though. And probably one that doesn't cost you too much if you lose a game (I think it would be good when newbies can only contribute points to their clan and not substantialy detract from them, that would create a bad atmosphere).

Quote from: HHC on July 24, 2010, 12:16 PM
I think the first attempt was at WACL, then WL, then FB.. well.. there must have been two times we've tried such a league.

Now that you say that, I do remember Kiros setting this "worms war" thing up, but it was a kind of different system there, it was pure 1vs1 action where there were kings and pawns and stuff. I really liked that.

That's something entirely different! Plutonic had such a league as well, with a map and territories and castles and such. It was pretty awesome, with the diplomacy and such, though I hated getting stabbed in the back so often by 'allies'. 

Quote from: HHC on July 24, 2010, 12:45 AM
random 2vs2 games could also work, as in allow people to play with anyone else involved in the league, kinda like 2vs2 TUS, but then count the result towards a team ranking.
For example:
playerCF & playerTdC -vs- playerDoH & playerDoH2

If the first team wins CF and TdC would get one point, while DoH loses two. That would make it easier to arrange games, cause nobody would need a partner to be on at that time..
And I reckon if it's at all possible, players will choose a partner of their own team first above one of the rival teams, so it would still be a team battle.
It might also be easier to make the games more even. The expert RR'er can be paired with the worst RR'er to still get a decent match.

I like a lot the idea hhc, but you've to face that all clan do not play for "fun". And so they won't allow their member to do this kind of game. I think this feature could work for the free clanner league which is almost dead.