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Title: This league's playoff qualifications suck ass
Post by: ShyGuy on October 30, 2009, 12:18 AM
Am I the only one that realizes that a player who is in 140th and makes the playoffs is completely retarded? Think about it... 140th place...  it's not just retarded, it's bullshit to the players who actually tried to play this season... I'm sitting here trying to figure out who the 8th player to qualify so far is.. and it turns out he is on the 7th page. Can no one see this is a terrible system?
Title: Open your eyes!
Post by: Ray on October 30, 2009, 08:26 AM
Read (https://www.tus-wa.com/forums/leagues-ideas/tus-playoffs/) before posting.  ;)

Moreover, there are plenty of more refined ways to let us know your feelings, such as:

Now go to the discuss topic (https://www.tus-wa.com/forums/leagues-ideas/tus-playoffs/) of the problem, you might be interested in that.  :)
Title: Re: This league's playoff qualifications suck ass
Post by: THeDoGG on October 30, 2009, 11:28 AM
WOW flame post ? "Retarded" ? "bullshit" ? "suck ass" ??

And you didnt even say "hello" ? lol... Unpolite bad boy!!! rebel of forums.
Title: Re: This league's playoff qualifications suck ass
Post by: Rok on October 30, 2009, 12:33 PM
He sure ain't shy...
Title: Re: This league's playoff qualifications suck ass
Post by: MonkeyIsland on October 30, 2009, 12:40 PM
soge, Do you know what pattern TUS uses for its PO qualification?
Title: Re: This league's playoff qualifications suck ass
Post by: THeDoGG on October 30, 2009, 06:43 PM
lol ban him !!!
Title: Re: This league's playoff qualifications suck ass
Post by: Chicken23 on October 30, 2009, 08:05 PM
I dont think soge has a point tho, theys why i made my thread about playoffs..
Title: Re: This league's playoff qualifications suck ass
Post by: WookA on November 02, 2009, 09:11 PM
soge all u did here is complain... you didnt give us any idea on how we could improve it or anything, you can tell us how retarded it is all u want but it doesnt help you neither us, i agree that it needs to be tweaked... but posting like this doesnt help anything, how about a suggestion to make it better?
Title: Re: This league's playoff qualifications suck ass
Post by: Chicken23 on November 03, 2009, 01:19 AM
his point is that a player who is on the last 9th page on the standings and 16th places from the bottom of this seasons stats is in the playoffs.. He wants more rewards for the current season players than the overall rating players when it comes to selecting who enters the playoffs.
Title: Re: This league's playoff qualifications suck ass
Post by: MonkeyIsland on November 03, 2009, 04:24 AM
Well he is talking about Flori. FLori is the first overall, Has his 50% winning percentage and have played enough games in this season. He lost 4 - 5 TTRR to Unique and went down. Maybe because soge doesn't know Flori history on TUS, Thinks it is this much unfair?
Title: Re: This league's playoff qualifications suck ass
Post by: Chicken23 on November 03, 2009, 12:19 PM
i dont deny that flori shouldnt be in playoffs because of his efforts from previous seasons, thats the whole point of having a ladder.. But from an outsider (sogeking) and doing ur first season i think it just seems harder for the top 4 of seasonally points to make it into playoffs than those who are top 4 in overall points to just play games to make playoffs. Theres quiet a fight for that 4th place between juice, zippo and sogeking.
Title: Re: This league's playoff qualifications suck ass
Post by: WookA on November 03, 2009, 12:35 PM
perhaps if we increased the winning percentage needed for the overall players only? 50% is easy to get for players already at the top

just a quick idea

edit: sry if i shouldof posted this in the other thread :P
Title: Re: This league's playoff qualifications suck ass
Post by: MonkeyIsland on November 03, 2009, 12:47 PM
Well Juice and ZiPpO played over 100 games in this season. Soge has played 36 games.
Juice even started playing in season 7.

Reviewing Flori, He's been active in most of TUS seasons and gaining points to reach the level he is now.

@WookA: do you remember this post (https://www.tus-wa.com/forums/leagues-ideas/tus-rating/msg3331/#msg3331) (about winning percentage)

Title: Re: This league's playoff qualifications suck ass
Post by: WookA on November 03, 2009, 01:13 PM
i do now... its a pretty old thread :P

i think the problem is flori... lets ban him! xD
Title: Re: This league's playoff qualifications suck ass
Post by: Chicken23 on November 03, 2009, 01:17 PM
Yeah, i think the problem is flori too. We need to go and own him in loads of tus's to bring his rating down. Thats whats happened this season anyway. Hes lost 700 odd points! I guess because of that its hightlighted this problem! I think the cure to TuS would be to have more pros playing competitively. Alot of old schoolers dont see much competition in wa single leagues anymore so dont bother :( Its a shame because its like its a downward spiral. Once someone good stops and becomes inactive, then less skilled players about, so encourages more to stop as they get bored too. If loads could come back at once and play again it would be cool.
Players like zippo wouldnt know what had hit them! lol. Imagine a tus season where mablak, mil2, flowingwater(franz), anubis, benz, dibz, CF germans, ropa, leroy, lyte, ... ... (list goes on) were active? Worms has seen some amazing allrounders. You look at the standings now and you only have a handfull of players who are in that kinda class of player!
Title: Re: This league's playoff qualifications suck ass
Post by: Ray on November 03, 2009, 02:11 PM
That's another thing Chicken, that would be truly cool, to have some of the best players in one league, playing competitively.

Anyway, I like Wooka's idea, about increasing the winning percentage needed for those who qualify with their overall points. That would make sense.
Title: Re: This league's playoff qualifications suck ass
Post by: MonkeyIsland on November 03, 2009, 04:59 PM
@Chicken,

Yea, But I don't believe on 'load of people come back' solution. The cure is applying little by little. If we care about this community, We try to make it better/Bigger by doing everything we can. The bigger we get, We make bigger fun. (and that's the least achievement)

imo, 'Oldschoolers' is a word and kinda like a fog above the community. If you ask me we created funny tales about some people that were good and it damaged our community more than you know.

Idolizing people by their skills, Made many damages to people.
First, When you idolize somebody you make it impossible for people to catch their level. (If they believe you, Which they will), You make them god, How can anybody reaches god's level?
Second,
You increase the number of 'funner' people. Funner people are who never play in a competition and always claim 'We play only for fun, It doesn't matter who wins'

I've never seen only one guy in this community who claims he always play for fun, But in a little serious game he wins. They always lose. Many people lost their 'winning' attitude, Which basically is same as self-esteem.

I once begged someone to play serious, All I get was: "He's been in the community before me, He's more experienced, I know I'll lose" 

People started to lose their self-esteem. Things like 'whatever skills you gain, There were oldchools in this community that they would pwn you with their thumb.'

Worms simply is a competitive game. Look at newbies. Most of them are like: 'Who can beat me'. All the guys I met playing worms at real life, All at first were like 'Can you beat me?'
Now look at the community, Bigger half of it are losers. Many of them have great skills, Really great skills, But their skill in a serious game reduces from 10 to 1. They created 'We only play for fun' to protect them from hurting.

Who says a serious game isn't fun? I believe it is even more fun. You get more excited, You focus more, You care where a crate is falling from sky. It's an amazing feeling. You only need to have 'losing capacity'.

Don't get me wrong though, I have nothing against funners. I know people who simply don't want to take part in a competition but that doesn't apply to the bigger half of this community. This attitude is just like a disease that has spread. Yet we continue making tales.

I really respect oldschools in this community and I'll be so glad to have them in this community, That's wonderful. But it doesn't mean they not being here is a negative point that makes us goto "downward spiral". I believe we are moving forward. We could use oldschools that care about this community not the ones who care about making a legend of themselves. TUS is open to anybody who wants to make this community bigger, 10 years player, Or 1 month.

Title: Re: This league's playoff qualifications suck ass
Post by: Ray on November 03, 2009, 05:36 PM
So right again. Those people who started to make this attitude spread were the sW clan people as I saw it. Don't get me wrong, I am not pointing to people that they did something wrong, I am just saying.

Monkey, you get your "applaud" for this post. :P
Title: Re: This league's playoff qualifications suck ass
Post by: MonkeyIsland on November 04, 2009, 06:01 AM
Ray, I know Nullum and he is a great guy. I meant the attitude of 'funners' not fun communities. (I know you know, Just to clear this out)
They sure are great in their own way since they believe in roping style and that's an art.
Title: Re: This league's playoff qualifications suck ass
Post by: ShyGuy on November 04, 2009, 06:05 AM
Well he is talking about Flori. FLori is the first overall, Has his 50% winning percentage and have played enough games in this season. He lost 4 - 5 TTRR to Unique and went down. Maybe because soge doesn't know Flori history on TUS, Thinks it is this much unfair?

Yes, I still think it is unfair.   In a time where the amount of skilled wormers has declined, a ladder system like this only helps noob bashers and abusers of the system.  The reason why FB worked out was because you had so many highly skilled players who were competitive.  When you only have a handful of truly skilled players, the roll over of points from season to season shouldn't matter.  Just because flori was able to beat a bunch of scrubs throughout the seasons doesn't mean he deserves to be in the playoffs for having played at least 30 games and have a winning percentage of 50%.  

Let's just compare me and flori for example (and I don't mean to brag, but I think this is a good example because flori is an obvious abuser of the system)

this season
                                                      Sogeking      Flori
Points this season:                          1865          657
games played:                                   36             42
winning %                                         75%         76.19%
current stance this season:              6th            157th
# of people in the top 20 played:       6                2    
qualify for playoffs?                            no             yes

See what's wrong with this picture?
other notes that support my argument that this system is abused and flawed:
Flori's last 10 games were ttrr's against diana, which he gained 1 point, yes, 1 single point, for each victory.  
Flori, for whatever reason, only played 2 different people who were in the top 20 this season, and his record was 2-6, losing like 300 points.

If this league was filled with skilled players like the old fb was, people like Flori wouldn't be able to get away with crap like this.  
Having a community filled with less highly skilled players means 2 things:
1. it is easier to reach a 6000 point rank or "extremely high" rank like flori had, and
2. it is easier to sustain a 6000 point rank or "extremely high" rank and make playoffs with little effort with a broken system.  

If I was informed correctly, then I'm aware the qualification system for the playoffs enters the top 4 people that got the most points from a single season, and the top 4 people with the highest overall points make the season.  That may have seemed like a good idea early on in the league, but it is season 8... anyone that thinks it over can see that it has basically changed from fighting for 8 spots, to fighting for 4 spots while 4 other wormers sit on their ass and barely put any effort into making the playoffs cos they know they qualify anyway (once again, flori is the prime example.)  So here we have about 8-12 truly skilled and deserving players and only 4 spots to fill, while 4 other wormers get in the playoffs regardless of how well they do from here on out.

Either get rid of the rule where the top 4 overall points make the play offs, or change the amount of playoff spots there are.. but with the rate playoffs seems to get done here, I'd suggest trashing the former.
  
Title: Re: This league's playoff qualifications suck ass
Post by: Chicken23 on November 04, 2009, 12:37 PM
See.. sogeking just said his agrument in a mature fashion so don't bash him.

I think he has a point, the system is good but at the moment life is too easy for 4 playoff spots, and too hard for the other 4. But i don't think you should get rid of the the highest in overall stats making playoffs because they have put the work in to getting there. Also overtime the community will develope and it will be harder for flori to make playoffs. But at the moment i think sogeking does have a point that the tus system is great, but not for the current condition of the community as it is open to noobbashers and abusers.

I suggest three things to fix the issues sogeking has complained about..

I think there are problems with all three of those suggestions and to be honest i think the second one is probably the best. Because i think its gonna be harder for the overall points candiates to play 50 games and avoid other players in the top 20. Also putting a max on the number of games vs same player per day will prevent noob bashing and abuse. Even if it does effect activity of tus, it will not effective it that badly as there are plenty of wormers asking for tus..


The first suggestion along may be abit exterme, 2 players at top of overall points could still find it easy to reach playoffs, and players who are under them may struggle to get into the seasonal points spots because of their high overall rating and not gaining that much.

The third suggestion could be awesome.. But its just a cause of can tus staff get and players finish and mod the playoffs with double the people inside them?



So heres a current example of who would make playoffs under these three different methods..

6 seasonal, 2 overall, 40 games still

Here little changes from the current selection. Ray is not encluded and instead Juice is. NaiL is 8th because of his seasonal points, not his overall. Sogeking is 4 games short of gaining 8th spot.

Current system, but with 50 games

Quiet a different selection as Flori and Gonzo have not reached 50 games.

16 players, 40 games stills. 12 from seasonal, 4 overall


A list of active players from the season, all with more than 50% winning ration. But makes it too easy to maybe reach the playoffs??


I guess that can give you an idea into which selection process could be best?
Title: Re: This league's playoff qualifications suck ass
Post by: MonkeyIsland on November 06, 2009, 10:33 AM
Sorry for the late reply.

First, I really appreciate you thinking about this league. It means a lot to me :)
Second,

I don't think your first suggestion would work, And it falls from the other side. If 2 people from overall gets to PO, Then it will be hard from those people and we may see a fight for those 2 slots between them.

Second suggestion, 50 games will be applied to season #9.
However I still don't get your point about daily limit like 5 games. I assume you mean 15 games per season remains also.
The way I see it, People will play their 10 games in the same day, But they report it in 2 days.
Unless you are pointing to something I don't see at all?

Your third suggestion I think is the best. If 16 people gets their way to PO, Then there's nothing to fight, Though we may have an easier qulification, But I think we could have a better PO.
But I'm not sure about the number. 12 to 4? I'm more into 8 - 8. Or even defining a new group like handicap or so. 8 - 4- 4.
Title: Re: This league's playoff qualifications suck ass
Post by: Chicken23 on November 06, 2009, 11:28 AM
And i think the 3rd solution could be the best aswell, even with 8 - 8.

If there was a handicap group, how would it differ from seasonal points?? Because everyone starts at 1000 and seasonal is the amount of points u gain that season to raise in stats so its kinda the same. But anyway. Does the league have enough activity and games played to support 16 players in PO's? Im not sure if would do. And if activity decreased could be caught in abit of a tight spot and have to go back to the 8 players for PO's.

Theres just all ideas to have a think about, im not saying anything should be set in concrete, espically as 50 games for next season may give a better reflection of PO candiates and encourage the players in top 20 to play more than 30 games to make po's!
Title: Re: This league's playoff qualifications suck ass
Post by: MonkeyIsland on November 06, 2009, 11:51 AM
Handicap is only an idea. For example it can be the people whose season points minus previous season points are the most.

Also I can put a switch for the leagues, In case of less activity, System goes for 8 people, Otherwise go for 16.
Title: Re: This league's playoff qualifications suck ass
Post by: Ray on November 06, 2009, 03:04 PM
I still think it would solve the problem mentioned here, if we set some restrictions for people qualifying with their total points, for example, raising the winning percentage to 80% for them, or taking the 4 (or whatever amount) of people with their overall points from the first 30 players of the season.
Title: Re: This league's playoff qualifications suck ass
Post by: NAiL on November 12, 2009, 04:39 PM
Who says a serious game isn't fun? I believe it is even more fun. You get more excited, You focus more, You care where a crate is falling from sky. It's an amazing feeling. You only need to have 'losing capacity'.

Indeed.

Im sick of people that say "I only play for fun... I dont play leagues".

Eh?

Why do you think people play leagues?  Because its fun. Its fun playing against somebody who is also doing their best to win a game, it also increases your skill level. Its fun going on a winning streak and have your perfromance be reflected in your ratings. Its fun having people watch your games to see how well or badly you've played. Its fun playing in playoffs and tournaments, its fun playing games with your clan mates, in short, its fun to compete.

Im bored of messing around in funners, although of course ill play funners every now and then (catch me hosting ttrr anytime im not tussing). Thats what I did for the first year or so of playing worms, now I am more skilled, I prefer to play competative games against skilled players because for me and many others, this is MORE fun. If its not for you, fine.
Don't bash people who enjoy playing leagues though.

Who doesnt enjoy playing a perfect elite, getting a great winning time in a ttrr or playing a nail bitingly close team 17 match?

I'll tell you who doesnt enjoy it, its people that don't like to loose. Whether I win or loose a league game, I will enjoy the challenge of playing my best against an equally skilled player.

The irony of it is that people who say "I only play for fun, I dont play leagues", are indeed the very people that cannot accept defeat.

This is the paradox, this is the stupidity.
Title: Re: This league's playoff qualifications suck ass
Post by: THeDoGG on November 13, 2009, 12:35 AM
Lol NAiL, i used to say i only play for fun, but i dont think it was cuz i couldnt accept defeat tho !
Title: Re: This league's playoff qualifications suck ass
Post by: NAiL on November 13, 2009, 12:42 AM
Yeh but im not talking about people who say "I only play for fun".... all of us only play for fun.

Im talking about people that say "I only play for fun, I dont play leagues", as if to say that playing a league means that you are not playing for fun.