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2012-02-23 15:13:26
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Newish Coaches - Open League
Hi Coaches,
The 145 Open League is aimed at newer coaches or those whose records are maybe not the greatest.
This is a laid back open round robin league. Play any opponent in any order at any time. Schedule games in advance if you find that easier.
No fixed number of games. Play as many as you wish.
Newer coaches may use ANY CRP team. Experienced or highly rated coaches are limited to halfling or goblin teams only.
Grats to Diclon for winning 145 Open League IV. Also to Eldritchfox, Ttorvatn, Raughri and Eusebio for filling out the top five.
Some of you coaches are also doing pretty well outside 145 Club so will soon be feeling the tap on the shoulder that means it's time to move on. (To stunty teams at least). ;)
Mini League I Ends Sunday February 26th 23:59 BBTime so get those final games in to boost your points tally.
The next Open League season kicks kick off Friday 2nd March so get those teams ready.
I would like your comments on ideas for the new season.
1. To split the league. i.e. Have a 'Mini League' with a max TV/TW limit of 1150 or 1200 and an unlimited Open league. Prolific coaches may have a team in each league.
2. Have a (temporary) TV/TW limit on the Open League (not that open ;) )
3. Only count a team's best 'sprint' of 10 consecutive games. (This requires a bit of programming though and might not be done in time for kick off).
4. Allow experienced coaches to use Ogre teams.
5. Allow experienced coaches linemen only teams e.g. all skeletons, zombies, thrall or human linemen. Might need some inducement restrictions here.
6. Anything else you can think of.
We could do with a few more coaches hanging out in #fumbblacademy. It would be handy if more people were around to help out when newcomers drop in.
Drop in to the channel, look for games there and don't leave it as soon as your game is arranged.
And talk plenty of smack to anyone who seems to be doing too well. ;)
A big shout to those coaches who have been filing good match reports. Special mention to KatanaDash, Toombs & Saikyo
We also need a few more teams for the KO Cup and KO Shield. Sign up ASAP so that we can kick off.
The 145TW KO Shield is an open NO TV/TW limit KO tournament. If you have any big teams chuck them in.
Coaches with a CR 150/Win% 45% or over can still play if they use halflings or goblins. The Commish may also restrict other coaches to stunties depending on their records.
Please play any remaining games by the deadlines or risk a forfeit. Please let me know if you are having trouble scheduling your game.
Deadlines.
All teams should be in the [L]eague division.
Teams must be equal to or under the Tournament Weight TW limit for the tournament that they are applying for.
Teams that applied more than a month ago have been kicked so you will have to apply again.
Where a tournament is over subscribed coaches with lower CRs/Win%s will have priority.
Rookie Cup = 100TW - Needs 3 more teams.
KO Cup = 125TW - Need 5 teams.
KO Shield = NO TV/TW limit. Needs 6 more teams
Mini League = 115TW. Need as many teams as possible.
Open League = No TV/TW limit. Need as many teams as possible.
Be sure to resubmit your teams to be certain that they are included. Even if they are already visible on the tournament group page.
If you can't select the team it is probably because it is already on the waiting list so it should be OK.
Please check that you have signed up for the correct tournament with the correct TW
Please add your team name to the recuitment thread when you have signed up.
Good luck and have fun.
Koadah
145 Club
The 145 Open League is aimed at newer coaches or those whose records are maybe not the greatest.
This is a laid back open round robin league. Play any opponent in any order at any time. Schedule games in advance if you find that easier.
No fixed number of games. Play as many as you wish.
Newer coaches may use ANY CRP team. Experienced or highly rated coaches are limited to halfling or goblin teams only.
Grats to Diclon for winning 145 Open League IV. Also to Eldritchfox, Ttorvatn, Raughri and Eusebio for filling out the top five.
Some of you coaches are also doing pretty well outside 145 Club so will soon be feeling the tap on the shoulder that means it's time to move on. (To stunty teams at least). ;)
Mini League I Ends Sunday February 26th 23:59 BBTime so get those final games in to boost your points tally.
The next Open League season kicks kick off Friday 2nd March so get those teams ready.
I would like your comments on ideas for the new season.
1. To split the league. i.e. Have a 'Mini League' with a max TV/TW limit of 1150 or 1200 and an unlimited Open league. Prolific coaches may have a team in each league.
2. Have a (temporary) TV/TW limit on the Open League (not that open ;) )
3. Only count a team's best 'sprint' of 10 consecutive games. (This requires a bit of programming though and might not be done in time for kick off).
4. Allow experienced coaches to use Ogre teams.
5. Allow experienced coaches linemen only teams e.g. all skeletons, zombies, thrall or human linemen. Might need some inducement restrictions here.
6. Anything else you can think of.
We could do with a few more coaches hanging out in #fumbblacademy. It would be handy if more people were around to help out when newcomers drop in.
Drop in to the channel, look for games there and don't leave it as soon as your game is arranged.
And talk plenty of smack to anyone who seems to be doing too well. ;)
A big shout to those coaches who have been filing good match reports. Special mention to KatanaDash, Toombs & Saikyo
We also need a few more teams for the KO Cup and KO Shield. Sign up ASAP so that we can kick off.
The 145TW KO Shield is an open NO TV/TW limit KO tournament. If you have any big teams chuck them in.
Coaches with a CR 150/Win% 45% or over can still play if they use halflings or goblins. The Commish may also restrict other coaches to stunties depending on their records.
Please play any remaining games by the deadlines or risk a forfeit. Please let me know if you are having trouble scheduling your game.
Deadlines.
All teams should be in the [L]eague division.
Teams must be equal to or under the Tournament Weight TW limit for the tournament that they are applying for.
Teams that applied more than a month ago have been kicked so you will have to apply again.
Where a tournament is over subscribed coaches with lower CRs/Win%s will have priority.
Rookie Cup = 100TW - Needs 3 more teams.
KO Cup = 125TW - Need 5 teams.
KO Shield = NO TV/TW limit. Needs 6 more teams
Mini League = 115TW. Need as many teams as possible.
Open League = No TV/TW limit. Need as many teams as possible.
Be sure to resubmit your teams to be certain that they are included. Even if they are already visible on the tournament group page.
If you can't select the team it is probably because it is already on the waiting list so it should be OK.
Please check that you have signed up for the correct tournament with the correct TW
Please add your team name to the recuitment thread when you have signed up.
Good luck and have fun.
Koadah
145 Club
Comments
Posted by blader4411 on 2012-02-23 15:52:28
I certainly would be happy if experienced coaches could have ogre and thrall teams. Would encourage me to join in (as I, like quite a few others I suspect) are not fond of Stunties.
Posted by pythrr on 2012-02-23 16:11:11
thrall teams are a bit minmax aren't they Pony?
Posted by Cavetroll on 2012-02-23 16:39:29
What about a 1 mino/11 hobgoblin team?
Posted by koadah on 2012-02-23 16:54:29
Not sure if the Mino is good or bad.
And yeah, how to prevent the min/max?
Inducement limit?
And yeah, how to prevent the min/max?
Inducement limit?
Posted by Seventyone on 2012-02-23 18:53:59
I really enjoyed playing in the 145 open league this time round but I did not find it the "easier" experience I bad thought it might be. Clearly I'm. It a good coach but I did find it disheartening to have to keep playing matches against teams with a much higher tv. Obviously there were lots of people in the league with low tv teams but most of them didn't play many games: the only people who seemed able to play were the high tv teams. Therefore I think a tv cap would be very sensible. Thanks for organising the league koadah!
Posted by koadah on 2012-02-23 19:28:39
@Seventyone
Yeah. Your team will be able to start in the Mini League this time so avoid the big teams at the start.
But it's one of those things that the easiest coaches to find are the ones that play the most games. So their teams will grow fastest.
Yeah. Your team will be able to start in the Mini League this time so avoid the big teams at the start.
But it's one of those things that the easiest coaches to find are the ones that play the most games. So their teams will grow fastest.
Posted by Toombs on 2012-02-24 18:16:46
Its been a great experience playing in the minileague, lots of great games, and coaches from different parts of the world. Im not sure what i should say to the suggestions for the coming open league, because i havent really followed the progress of it. I do however have some thoughts, if the whole idea of the 145 club is to allow players below 145 to have a go at beating each other up, with some experienced fillers to take the stunty teams and only to add extra teams then let it continue. It might not be attractive to high ranking coaches to play with stunties, but hey there are other places to beat up us noobs (ranked or blackbox) ;) I dont think letting in thrall teams would utterly destroy the experience for the new coaches, but it might be something that could ruin it, and if the overall experience for those that have participated in the 145 open league was good in previous seasons, then why change it?