New 3 Day Timeout 4 man team clan league season start

Russ

RHP Code Monkey

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02 Jul 12

Russ

RHP Code Monkey

RHP HQ

Joined: 21 Feb 01
Moves: 2450

02 Jul 12

The inaugural season for the first of the new 4 man season will start July 11th.

Please enter your team well in advance of this date if you would like your clan to compete.

[clid]6[/clid]

The division size will be set to 6 teams.

Russ

RHP Code Monkey

RHP HQ

Joined: 21 Feb 01
Moves: 2450

11 Jul 12

This has now started.

Dewi Jones

Joined: 13 Apr 12
Moves: 8179

11 Jul 12

I thought teams would be arranged in divisions according to strength. Is it just random placement?

Russ

RHP Code Monkey

RHP HQ

Joined: 21 Feb 01
Moves: 2450

11 Jul 12

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To prime the league the clans were arranged based on their challenge performance in 2012.

venda

Dave

S.Yorks.England

Joined: 18 Apr 10
Moves: 86151

11 Jul 12

Originally posted by Russ
To prime the league the clans were arranged based on their challenge performance in 2012.

Good call!!
Perhaps the clan list,which some clans give such importance to, ought to have a similar filter?
I'm sure overall performance is a better measure than points scored by mounting lots of challenges.

RevRSleeker

CerebrallyChallenged

Lyme BayChesil Beach

Joined: 09 Dec 06
Moves: 17848

12 Jul 12

Originally posted by Russ
To prime the league the clans were arranged based on their challenge performance in 2012.

Just my take, and I can appreciate it's a simple solution, but the 'challenge performance' statistics are unreliable.. 'quasi rigged' by the few that place great emphasis upon them.
We no longer play clan challenges ( other than the ODD personally requested affair ), and more clans are taking this stance than ever before, yet we obviously made an higher division than many that continue to use challenges regularly...

next year however, we'd be plumb last based upon your qualifying criteria..
as a competitive league clan is this right...if it's not based upon regular league appearance then first cum first served, in any new league, I say ??

Dewi Jones

Joined: 13 Apr 12
Moves: 8179

13 Jul 12

Rev, I assume it was only a way of setting up the first season, from now on it will be based on the previous season.

venda

Dave

S.Yorks.England

Joined: 18 Apr 10
Moves: 86151

13 Jul 12

Originally posted by RevRSleeker
Just my take, and I can appreciate it's a simple solution, but the 'challenge performance' statistics are unreliable.. 'quasi rigged' by the few that place great emphasis upon them.
We no longer play clan challenges ( other than the ODD personally requested affair ), and more clans are taking this stance than ever before, yet we obviously made an higher ...[text shortened]... d upon regular league appearance then first cum first served, in any new league, I say ??

I don't think 1st come 1st served would work Dean.You will just get hopelessly biased divisions.
My post was just harping back to an old grouch of mine with the clan list.
I notice that all teams entered in the leagues have an average team rating.
Wouldn't that be the most logical stat to use to set up the divisions for the first time?
I failed to get enough volunteers for a team by the way.
I think my lot still prefer the challenges.