Yeah, I was kinda under the impression that titles could change hands in scrims as Ducks and OVW seem to swap them about during their weekly scrims. I hope I haven't been too presumptuous. Hatters and Gents could very well win it back off us next week anyway.
yes, one reason that it hasn't bothered me so much. anyway, I'm not exactly annoyed by this case - my interest in pursuing this is not a grievance against BFS or even to do with a desire to keep the title.
In the past there was a similar disagreement about whether all scrims should by default be involved in Muse's scrim points system - not everyone liked the idea of all scrims being forced into association with the "serious" competitive scene. I believe in the wake of that discussion it was affirmed that a match only came into the competitive system with the prearranged knowledge & consent of the teams involved. As the titles are meant to be a part of the same structure I assumed that the same principle would be applied - titles should only change hands in scrims if both teams have agreed that titles are at stake. I didn't really think about the OvW & Ducks scrim, kind of don't see its relevance since both teams are clearly in agreement that it's OK for titles to be at stake.
Regardless of what the actual rules say, I think it is important that practice scrims should not have forced involvement in the broader competitive scene. If teams want to arrange regular fights between themselves where points/titles are at stake that's cool. But my team (and as far as I know, most others) view scrims as an opportunity to test new builds, improve our play and have fun in a more relaxed, low pressure environment. We're not playing the builds we're most comfortable with or making an all-out attempt to win, and if there was pressure to do so I think that would reduce the value we got out of the experience. Therefore I would greatly prefer that the "default" setting for a scrim is a practice without any competitive baggage.
I'm quite happy not to contest the exchange of titles in this case.
Nevertheless, I would like to see a precedent set that a team can involve itself in scrims without competitive concerns getting automatically involved. I would be quite happy to have "competitive" matches during any of the scrims my team participates in but I would like to
know and to have consented to the fact that we're fighting for a title (or points, if that system ever returns to prominence).
