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The Cogs - Season 2 Rules and Format

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Squash:
The problem is the amount of warning we had. We were ready, but only found out half an hour before the match that you had invented a new rule. Gathering reserves is one thing, but gathering them in less than 30 minutes is completely different.

Imagine:

--- Quote from: Squash on July 07, 2013, 08:42:38 pm ---The problem is the amount of warning we had. We were ready, but only found out half an hour before the match that you had invented a new rule. Gathering reserves is one thing, but gathering them in less than 30 minutes is completely different.

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Just out of curiosity, did you ask if you could use a Raft member, or did you just assume you could?

Frogger:
"Bouncing members between teams to maximise a team's chances is unacceptable either way..."

Your implicit accusation makes no sense within the context of this particular match because it was two Duck teams facing each other. Despite the fact that the Brood and Paddling were fighting each other, they were both still Duck teams and therefore both interested were making sure the fight was as fair as possible. Squash was working just as hard to Jace to find suitable replacements for the Brood after a large number of no-shows and technical issues. So I suppose yes, in a sense we were trying to maximize the Brood's chances of not having a completely unbalanced game, as the Brood-Paddling match regrettably turned out to be.

"...you should have been prepared to field three teams..."

The Ducks were prepared to field three teams, but as stated above a mix of no-shows and technical difficulties made it difficult to sub in experienced players who were familiar with the playstyles of the Brood captains. I suppose that the Brood simply could have forfeited, but that wouldn't have been very fun, would it? I for one would err on the side of giving substitutes a little more freedom - the Season 1 rule seems pefectly fine to me (one match per player per week). The easier it is to sub in players, the less likely the chances of forfeited or unbalanced games.

From my own point of view as a captain in the Raft, I do not view substitutions as a positive thing, nor do I think that by subbing in "better" players my chances for victory are increased - quite the opposite, in fact. I have a particular way of running my ship, and my regular crew (with whom I train regularly) gives me the best chance of executing my particular strategies. Maybe under certain circumstances certain other players are better than my regular crew members in certain tasks, but I would view any substitution on my ship as generally undesirable, even if I were to sub in an "elite" player from another team. I don't think substitutions should be viewed so negatively - rather, they can help ensure even, interesting games, when regular players have to quite understandably miss Cogs matches for real life commitments.

I would like to hear from some other members of the community their opinions on the Season 1 (one match per player per week) vs. the Season 2 (sub players from other teams must wait for the team for which they subbed to play without them for one week before they can rejoin their regular team) substitution rules.

Squash:

--- Quote from: Imagine on July 07, 2013, 09:38:47 pm ---Just out of curiosity, did you ask if you could use a Raft member, or did you just assume you could?

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Great question. Here are the general order of events. The only context you need is all three Duck teams were scheduled to play, Haven vs. Raft and Brood vs Paddling. All three teams have preparing for this week for months, very exciting.


1 Hour to play time: Find out Haven drops out, Raft can't play. Also find out Brood needs three reserves.

59 minutes to play time: The decision to use Raft as reserves is made, that way at least 3 Raft members can play instead of their Saturday being wasted. But is it legal?

58 minutes to play time: I check the forums and find the Cogs rules thread, look up the substitution rules. Here is the rule:


--- Quote from: Swallow on June 05, 2013, 06:49:59 am ---Substitutes and Backups are permitted, but they are not permitted to play for more than one team a week.
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30 minutes to play time: Tell Swallow what we're going to do, I posed it as a question but I was really just doing it as a courtesy. Swallow says no. Below is the conversation:

Saturday, July 06, 2013
Squash: are we able to use a raft captain to fill in for a brood captain?
Swallow: Yes, but they won't be able to play as Raft next week, so I'd advise against it.
Squash: but isn't there a rule that anyone can sub as long as they only play ONE match a week?
Swallow: That's not the rule.
Swallow: The rule is that anyone can sub for a team... but they won't be able to play for another team until they team they subbed for has played at least one match without them.
Squash: Substitutes and Backups are permitted, but they are not permitted to play for more than one team a week. This is to prevent floating players that switch teams and play every week, although it's not perfect. Players caught skirting this and playing for multiple other teams during their team's off-weeks to boost their positions will be dealt with. Let teams rise and fall on their own merits, not on the merits of their substitutes.
Swallow: Huh... Could have sworn the new ruleset included that...
Swallow: Ah well, The new rules are still in effect.
Squash: what does that mean?
Swallow: That means that the sub rules were changed for season 2...
Squash: sorry i don't know which rule is old and which is new
Squash: when you say new rules
Squash: i don't know which those are
Squash: i'm not trying to be difficult
Squash: just please say definitively one way or the other
Swallow: I already have. If a raft player plays this week, they'll have to wait until Brood plays another match without them before they can play again.

And that's pretty much it. I think the Brood did amazingly given the time they had to react to the new rule. I'm extremely grateful to the three reserves who played with less than half an hour's warning, and I'm deeply apologetic to all the Raft members who thought they'd be playing this week but couldn't.

-Muse- Cullen:
The Crews and Substitutes section of the rules have been edited. Please note them for the future.

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