poll: playoff deadlines + worst playoff excuses

[franz]

playoffs shouldn't be allowed to last longer than an entire season.  divide the 60 day season for each playoff round: for singles that's 20 days for each round and for clanners that's 30 days for each round.

I think a strict deadline that's the same every season would do a lot of good, because I've heard some really bad excuses for playoff games not being played.. if you've heard any bad excuses too, post them!

"relax, no one else has done their playoffs, we have tons of time"
"i'm going to clanner/i'm in a clanner"
"nah, I'm not ready right now/i'm not warm, sorry"
"i haven't even contacted my opponent yet"
"i'm lazy"

with a strict deadline, none of the above excuses would be allowed at all and they would be kicked out of the playoffs for wasting people's time.  only extreme situations can ask for more time, but only then would a mod consider giving extra time.

[DarkOne]

random deadlines?
I thought you'd think better of me!

"not now, football's on"
"I'm waiting for my opponent"

[franz]

random deadlines?
I thought you'd think better of me!

"not now, football's on"
"I'm waiting for my opponent"

xD  well.. sorry, I know it's not random deadlines, I chose a poor word.. I just couldn't think of a better word for 'not-universally-standard' deadline

n1 football quote ;p

[nino]

playoffs should be taken much more serious as it is taken nowadays from the players.

IMO after seasson finnish, should be seted 3 dates from tus to players play the game. or agreed from the players, but if players agree for a date, they MUST  play it in the date.

It is funny as peoples dont give a f@#! for playoffs and i see the efford that D1 does here to see the games played.

Where should be interest  of players to play it as soon as possible, if u dont care to playoffs, then just dont play the league.

and plus, id set some punnishent for those who make in playoffs and dont play it.

[ZiPpO]

well..

when i played my last playoffs vs random i was innactive for almost 2 mounths when i was active and warm he doesnt played with me.

After i break to play for 1,5 mouth deadlines was fixed and i needed top play innactive

i think than no deadlines for playoffs is ok.

[TheKomodo]

"I'm too drunk" (with a whole conversation wrote in perfect english/grammar)

"Oh, I thought it was next week?"

"When I/we asked you to play you couldn't so we can't now"

"Sorry, didn't know we were in Playoffs..."

*Other member of clan told me this one, but was just a clanner not playoffs but funny lol* "His mum needs him to get potatoes(I think it was potatoes, or was it tomatoes?) for soup" We actually had to wait about 10 minutes, in a BnG clanner, while this player went to get potatoes for him mum lol (seriously, this happened about 1-2 months ago).

"I was just about to go out"

"I don't have any mates online" <--- When 2 other members were sitting in AG lol

These are ones i've seen I can remember off the top of my head lol

[darkmaul]

" I'm his uncle, zippo can't play right now " 

[Chicken23]

I felt the way darkone and myself got the ball rolling on the playoffs over summer worked well. We set deadlines and did remove those from certain pairings if they were unable to make these deadlines.

I felt it worked even if it was annoying at times.

now i dont know how the current playoffs are going due to my own inactivity but i think having a cold set deadlines could be problematic. Im more in favour of correct results and waiting then removing lazy players, also sometimes life does throw up its own surprizes and people do have genuine reasons.

[TheKomodo]

I think what you and DarkOne done was perfect for this league, at least to get a start.

I feel there should be set deadlines, 2 months for 4 clans to do up to 2 sets of Bo5 and 8 players to do up to 3 sets of Bo5 is way more than enough time needed, if they just spend 2 months to reach the playoffs, I see no reason for clans to play a possible 12% of the amount of games they had to play to REACH the Playoffs and for singles to play up to a possible 12.85% of the amount of games they had to play to reach the Playoffs.

I think most players need more incentive, strict deadlines work and recent statistics prove that, but some people find it unfair (I don't).

I think some players are a bit bored of Playoffs after trying and failing or winning all the time, they don't get enough satisfaction unless they come 1st place, which is why huge announcements could make 2nd and 3rd more noticeable and a proud position to achieve.

[Random00]

I also think that Playoffs need to be played faster.
It should be not difficult to play your first round playoffs game(s) within the first week after the season finished. People just always try to be in top shape, when they're playing PO's, but this delays the games just too much.
(and yes, I know that I was one of the lazy players in the past; but at least I played all my games at some point ;d )

[Vultoz]

I think that the 1st in PO should get a free pass to the playoffs of next season (with enough games and winning rate), this way people would give more importance to the PO.
It could work better for the players which are below top 4 overall, they probably would fight more for this place because is preety hard to them reach top 4 season with our rating system.
More than this, at least the three best playoff players should get any kind of shine in tus site or another reward that gives atleast some incentive. Today the season winners receives more attention that the playoff guys.

[TheKomodo]

Today the season winners receives more attention that the playoff guys.

He is right there, and that's just wrong lol (not cuz Vultoz said it, cuz what he said is true...).

[ZiPpO]

I also think that Playoffs need to be played faster.

well... why u dont play that last playoffs fast?

why u say "i cant play po now cuz i only play tel and TNL at the moment "

When i break "Hey zip...letz play playoffs deadline was fixed"

-.-"

[Husk]

Today the season winners receives more attention that the playoff guys.

yep, agree. ppl look at season number one and are like "omg he pwns" and no1 pays attention to who wins the playoffs lol

[ZiPpO]

lol... today season winners are all semiskilled's

cuz of the tus system rating.