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Urz:

--- Quote from: redria on February 21, 2014, 10:35:07 am ---To make a comparison, this is like american football doing away with the regular season, treating the pre-season as a seeding system, and skipping straight to the playoffs. Oh, and if you lose in the preseason, instead of just being poorly seeded, you are given a straight up disadvantage.
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American football is a multi-billion dollar industry performed by professional athletes. I am a volunteer. Letonator is a volunteer. Our referees are volunteers. American football seasons are seven months long. Most of the teams in this game didn't exist seven months ago. You can make the comparison, but it is flawed in some significant ways.

This is by far the largest tournament I've organized for this game. There are limitations that must be considered, including how much of my time and energy I am able to devote to this, and the total duration teams can be expected to commit to an event. I decided that two to three months would be a good range to balance those things. Once that was set, there is only so much you can fit into that time span while keeping Saturdays manageable for everyone.

The name "Sky League" was chosen as it is planned to be an on-going event with multiple seasons. This first season is a pretty straight-forward tournament (as you pointed out), but as the community grows and the competitive side of the game evolves, I would like to explore other formats.


--- Quote from: Sammy B. T. on February 21, 2014, 10:57:17 am ---
--- Quote ---"and as far as I'm aware there were no significant issues derived from it."
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You can check your skype logs for an example of a significant issue deriving from sub rules during the Anvalan Conflict.
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That is a fair point, although I feel that incident was as much caused by the unique scheduling structure of Anvalan Conflict as anything else. Everyone going into Sky League will know upfront when matches are going to be played from the start until the end.

Sammy B. T.:

--- Quote from: Urz on February 21, 2014, 11:27:21 am ---That is a fair point, although I feel that incident was as much caused by the unique scheduling structure of Anvalan Conflict as anything else. Everyone going into Sky League will know upfront when matches are going to be played from the start until the end.

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Dedicated timing does indeed help. The take away lesson from the AC for the Ducks is we like dedicated times.

redria:
I guess I just have a different view of what the premiere event in GoIO should be. Since nothing will change, I'll not make a scene, but if there is discussion at some point in the future, I hope I have the opportunity to participate (as in please make it an open discussion, not closed door).

Regardless, the volunteers for these events do a wonderful job, and noone can deny that. We all appreciate your efforts. Thank you.

Byron Cavendish:
I am confused, what exactly is the issue? We have a new exciting event here to compete in. Are we really gonna give him a hard time over something he labored on for free, for nothing in return? That's really sad, shame on you guys.

RearAdmiralZill:
"Giving him a hard time" and asking about an aspect of his new event are different things. I wouldn't call it "giving him a hard time."

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