With as many as 8 schemes people tend to pick and learn only some of them. Schemes like BnG get forgotten cos they take more time to master and you can succeed without, which is sad. Bo7 would be indeed better if we have 8 schemes and free picks. A PO session could take ~3,5 hours but I guess we can live with that CWT finals are Bo7 too.

With less schemes it would be easier for new players to join the league and become competitive in BnG, TTRR, Elite, though

Quote from: Aerox on January 19, 2017, 12:56 PM
To begin with we should first define what criteria should be used to determine the best player in the league.

It's simple. The league should be about who is the best in the "skill" schemes as categorized by Ryan (+Roper as an alternative to WxW). I'm sure most top players agree with Ryan's categorization. T17, Shopper and Hysteria are considered "newbish". Just need another non-rope scheme to have enough schemes for Bo5 and to keep the original idea of roper, elite and bng. Intermediate can't be played Bo1 so need to resort to Team17/Hysteria.

https://www.tus-wa.com/leagues/TEL-playoffs/?s=27

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Semifinals

Almog (1) vs Free (4)
Instantly (2) vs Lukz (3)

Final

Almog (1) vs Lukz (3) 3:2

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Final deadline: Wednesday 2017-03-01 (14 days)

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Use this thread to schedule your games. Let us know if you can't play before the deadline. No response by the deadline = disqualification.

Quote from: Ryan on January 19, 2017, 08:10 AM
The combination of Roper Hysteria/T17/Shopper cannot seriously determine who is better...

Fixed

Yeah imo the scheme list should look like this (Shopper removed)

TTRR
Roper / WxW
BnG
Elite
Team17 / Hysteria (they can be called "default" schemes, that's it)

2 classes for ropes, 2 classes for defaults and 1 class for BnG. Top tier schemes would have their own class.

You could pick only one of Roper/WxW and one of Team17/Hysteria in playoffs (the opponent could still pick the other). This would be reflected in season standings, too. Playing both Team17 and Hysteria or both Roper and WxW wouldn't benefit. You would gain points for overall season standings based on shared rating of T17/Hysteria but lose points based on separate ratings of T17 & Hysteria. I mean if you have collected 600 points from T17 and then play your first Hysteria game and lose, you lose points based on your seasonal Hysteria rating (1000). If you win, you gain different points for overall season rating (based on shared rating of 1600) and for Hysteria season rating (based on Hysteria rating of 1000). This way players who are good at rope+elite+bng would be rewarded. Currently you can replace the lack of rope/elite/bng skills with the other schemes because no one really plays all 8 schemes equally. As a result one player gains the same points from TTRR, Elite and BnG as the other from Shopper, Team17 and Hysteria.

Final

Almog (1) vs Instantly (7) 3:0

That was quick Congrats Almog!

Quote from: Aerox on January 18, 2017, 07:29 PM
- rope rr wxw
- elite intermediate
- team17 shopper
- bng hysteria

free picks, maximun of 2 per class and much better if you remove hysteria altogether

You could still pick Elite+Intermediate+Team17 (Intermediate isn't in Classic league ) or Elite+Team17+Hysteria, though. Not much roping/bng needed (just one lucky shot in Hysteria). I can also see Shopper being abused by ropers (cave maps).

I like the idea of XTC league's even if the scheme classification isn't perfect...

- One player can pick only two from TTRR, WxW, Roper, Shopper
- One player can pick only two from Elite, Team17, Hysteria
- One of the five picks must be BnG

Examples

1. TTRR
2. Elite
3. WxW
4. Team17
5. BnG (can't pick anything else)

1. TTRR
2. BnG
3. WxW
4. Hysteria
5. Elite/Team17 (can't pick Roper or Shopper)

1. Elite
2. TTRR
3. BnG
4. WxW
5. Roper/Shopper/Team17/Hysteria

Usually a complete PO series would consist of 2 ropes, 2 defaults and BnG. Shopper would occasionally replace one of ropes/defaults.

WACL: "Each of the three games played will be, one rope, one bng and one default. No exceptions. Any clan playing 2 ropes, etc., loses."
WL: "A playoffs match consists of 3 games: one rope, one bng and one pro/default."
XTC:
"The playoffs will be best of five games out of the following group of schemes.
Only 2 Rope games From ( Roper, TTRR, WXW, Shopper )
Only 2 Default games From ( Elite, Pro and Team17 )
Only 1 BnG game"

TUS: 3 ropes (TTRR, WxW, Roper) or 3 defaults (Elite, Team17, Hysteria) is fine

Fix it and force people to learn BnG!

Final

Almog (1) vs Instantly (7)

Deadline: Tuesday 2017-01-31

Final

TheWalrus (1) vs Sensei (2)

Deadline: Tuesday 2017-01-31

Quote from: Uzurpator on January 17, 2017, 09:08 AM
holy crap,i didnot remember now i sign up fo this cup, i guess i was drunk at cristmas holidays. I'll try to play my games, or u can replace me

No need to replace you if you think you are able to play your games (this week or so).

Final

Boo (1) vs TaG (3) 2:3

Congrats TaG

Ty!

Final

Senator (4) vs Free (7) 3:0

Quote from: Chelsea on January 06, 2017, 06:56 PM
I can replace some1 xD

You are second in the queue. Zalo asked first We'll see after a couple of weeks.

Quote from: AduN on January 05, 2017, 08:59 PM
(edited)

can be possible if we delay this match for the next weekend? we are really rusty and we need to practice/play some clanners.

Ok then. The deadline is Sunday 2017-01-15.