Mezir
Joined: Aug 02, 2003
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Aug 15, 2004 - 17:07 |
 
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Give me ten ranked slots and I'll still be complaining that I want more. 
Unfortunately, not going to happen, though I like the system where you get a sixth team slot if all of your current teams have played 20 games. |
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Wombats
Joined: Oct 31, 2003
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Aug 16, 2004 - 15:23 |
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That kind of scaling thinger would be quite cool and cater to people who build teams to play them rather than compulsive team designers.
Have to say I am guilty of compulsive team design on occasion and the five slots has kept my number of ranked teams down, usually at the expense of teams I play badly like my succession of ill-fated Chaos and Necromantic teams.
Come to think of it the restriction has probably made me play bashy teams less and stay with my traditional Lizard/High Elf Ma8 catchers from hell fetish. Not that it's a big issue, though.
Anyway, I'm just woffling on now - I think Unranked has merit and now that I've realised the illusion of competition in Ranked is just that I think it needs something to get the players there.
Because it's the concentration of players and availablility of games in Ranked that makes Unranked so unnattractive in comparison.
How about an automatic way of transferring Ranked teams to Unranked? All Ranked teams are kosher and have been approved in Ranked and so will be Ok in Unranked. If there were a link or something that transferred the team without admin intervention the convenience factor and the ability to play your old favourite teams in a fresh setting (My Lizards are hard but can they beat up Ogres?) may be what is needed to popularise Unranked and stop Grumbledook eyeing off our beloved Ranked slots. |
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Dementor
Joined: Apr 06, 2004
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Aug 16, 2004 - 15:50 |
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| Wombats wrote: | | How about an automatic way of transferring Ranked teams to Unranked? All Ranked teams are kosher and have been approved in Ranked and so will be Ok in Unranked. If there were a link or something that transferred the team without admin intervention the convenience factor and the ability to play your old favourite teams in a fresh setting (My Lizards are hard but can they beat up Ogres?) may be what is needed to popularise Unranked and stop Grumbledook eyeing off our beloved Ranked slots. |
You can transfer your ranked team to unranked by simply clicking the button "Transfer to tournament division" at the bottom of your team page.  |
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caileanhawk
Joined: Aug 02, 2003
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Aug 16, 2004 - 15:59 |
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What about setting a number of slots to be allocated any way the coach wants...say 15 to 20, then the coach can pick which divisions to be in. I still think the 5 games before you can create a new team in a division is good though. You are still filling the same amount of slots on the server but people would be able to play in their favorite divisions.
Just my 2 cents. Are we getting close to 1000 yet  |
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Ash
Joined: Feb 03, 2004
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Aug 16, 2004 - 19:08 |
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| Wombats wrote: | Because it's the concentration of players and availablility of games in Ranked that makes Unranked so unnattractive in comparison.
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I disagree... to me, trouble in divx or unranked is lot of coach don t care about winning or losing. They just care about making the most SPPs they can. If they have to, they re ready to lose game to have level up on a player! |
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Eddy
Joined: Aug 04, 2004
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Aug 16, 2004 - 19:19 |
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i do that in Ranked too, that usually turns out OK ^^ |
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sk8bcn
Joined: Apr 13, 2004
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Aug 16, 2004 - 19:48 |
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| caileanhawk wrote: | What about setting a number of slots to be allocated any way the coach wants...say 15 to 20, then the coach can pick which divisions to be in. I still think the 5 games before you can create a new team in a division is good though. You are still filling the same amount of slots on the server but people would be able to play in their favorite divisions.
Just my 2 cents. Are we getting close to 1000 yet |
I do not like that idea cause you have to wait to subscribe to tournaments.
Beside that. When you (the community not hawk) talk about Unranked do you make a difference with tournament? I do not play unranked if I'm not in tournament but Unranked IS my favourite division. So what are you talking about?
Another thing. Coaches complain about having not a lot of high TR teams to play against BUT:
1-you need to play a lot to come to that TR
2-you need to be a good coach cause as you grow in TR you're oppenent starts to be really really good. |
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Wombats
Joined: Oct 31, 2003
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Aug 17, 2004 - 01:26 |
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| Dementor wrote: | | Wombats wrote: | | How about an automatic way of transferring Ranked teams to Unranked? All Ranked teams are kosher and have been approved in Ranked and so will be Ok in Unranked. If there were a link or something that transferred the team without admin intervention the convenience factor and the ability to play your old favourite teams in a fresh setting (My Lizards are hard but can they beat up Ogres?) may be what is needed to popularise Unranked and stop Grumbledook eyeing off our beloved Ranked slots. |
You can transfer your ranked team to unranked by simply clicking the button "Transfer to tournament division" at the bottom of your team page. |
Duuuuuuh!
Well it I guess it doesn't have the hoped for effect...
But then I've been playing a Fumbbl a good year now, I read stuff and talk to people, even enjoyed good-naturedly baiting other division players in IRC about their favourite divisions for the giggles.
I wasn't specifically seeking it out but then the audience you want to reach (Ranked coaches who aren't interested in other divisions) aren't either.
Maybe it is worth better publicising the function of divisions other than Ranked? |
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