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The Cogs Season 3: The Clocktower of Edgar Lusse
Qwerty Kun:
Urz,
At the time that was the plan yes, however the plan has changed and 5 weeks is far to long. Before making this decision however I did look at the times for your event and found that the times the Cogs usually occurs is scheduled to have no matches for your event. It was not stated anywhere that you would be using this time, thus I figured it would not be an issue to start earlier.
The fact of the matter is that we are extremely excited to release this new system and feel that 5 weeks will just cause a loss of interest.
Also let it be stated that it is not my intention to make your life stressful in any way, I do not go out of my way to do so and am sorry if I have. Our events do not have time conflicts and it puzzles me as to how this stress you.
Please keep further comments to a private chat should you wish to continue this conversation, as I do not want this thread cluttered.
Cheers,
Qwerty
Wundsalz:
--- Quote ---● The Dust Tier
○ Winner +1 Scrap
○ Loser -1 Scrap
● The Tower Tier
○ Winner +2 Scrap
○ Loser -2 Scrap
● The Roof Tier
○ Winner +3 Scrap
○ Loser -3 Scrap
● The Sky Tier
○ Winner +4 Scrap
○ Loser -4 Scrap
--- End quote ---
I strongly oppose this point system.
I think the score should indicate the overall performance of teams during the cog season. Negative points prohibit this and roughly 2/3 of the cog will most likely accumulate negative points in the long run. If a team manages to stay in the B-League they will accumulate -3 points ( = -2 + -2 + 1)/cog turn. If they manage to stay in a transition gear they will accumulate -1 point (-3+2)/turn. Only teams who manage to stay in the A League +2 points ( = 3+3-4) and the champion gear +4 points will be able to get a positive score in the long run. The system suggest by design that any late joining rookie team performs better than 2/3 of the established cog teams.
Furthermore it renders the bidding system useless as 2/3 of the cog teams won't have any points to bid. Furthermore the system might work as a point transferal to the top leagues - Transition league teams are encouraged to invest the few points they've got for a minimal advantage as they'd loose the points anyway in case they don't win the match.
I suggest to simply cut the negative points as there really isn't any need for them in the first place - you either gain points if you win or get nothing if you loose - like in most other sport leagues. As a result we could establish a more or less representative score board indicating the overall performance of every single cog team.
Byron Cavendish:
I agree.
Qwerty Kun:
Hey Wundz,
Yeah as per our conversation I ran some numbers and yeah it would have a large lack of points in the system should the challengers cog be held onto for more than 1 week.
We will be removing the negative points in the system, teams will accumulate points for victories to show their skill throughout the system.
Cheers,
Qwerty
Wundsalz:
Thank you Qwerty!
Regarding the bidding: Did you consider to introduce bidding limits (eg 3 points or value of the match)? As is the system could be abused. Especially at the End of a season its tempting to go all-in for 2 chasers who don't have a chance of winning the season with pure match-outcome points anymore.
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