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Whats wrong with just sending a bzmail to the captain of the team of
interest? But as a team captain my self, I preffer to see my applicants
in the field before accepting them to the team..... And bzmail seems to
do the job well.....

Not being a very good coder my self, I never the less finaly got courious about what are the REAL effects of changing match times. I am sure those of us who try to be scientists, or more generally those of use who are courious about our world, would be vaguely interested in this. Questions: Do the t...

I would say it is best to have a slightly higher number for a cap limit, than to low. Because what if it is a close game, and some one reached a cap number, say 7, at 20 minutes into the game, but the other team is at 4. It is not hard to see that team gaining 3 caps in 10 minutes, or more! Better t...

First off, you seem to be creating a division of people here; league players, and every one else. I for one do not see the idea of using Jr. teams going very far at all. They are a good idea, and have merit. But based on all the discussions I have seen lately, that concept does not seem feasable or ...

Teams loosing points for inactivity seems to have been decided against in several posts, to see them read the comments on Activity Issues section 1 and 5 of sportchicks summary post . Activity rewards for new teams, or teams in general is a good idea, and has also been discussed by many people, see ...

A wiki may help, I am not sure though of its effectiveness. There is a HUGE difference between reading some ones ideas on how ducati should be played, and actually playing the game and learning that way. Regardless of the fact that every one of us learned by example in bz, it is almost impossible to...

Teams may run to the cap limit any way, if thats a sure fire way of ending the match quickly. Though I am not sure if counting the actually number of caps in a match in the ELO calculation is good, because that makes the difference between a 15 minute and a 30 minute match much more noticable. Unles...

I fail to see why the idea of variable match times is so far fetched. I did voice reservations with the idea of 15 minute matches, but there has been some very good arguments for the idea. Including the fact that a friend of mine, who would be active, cannot play unless shorter matches are alowed. T...

The plug in and settings are easy to code in, its the officialization of the idea that is what's important. As for the the openleague, they really are a separate entity from the ducati league.

Getting a message from the Council would be good, then maybe an auto one from the league for first match, fifth match, etc. Of course whats important is getting recognition from the other active teams in the league. It should be the job of each team captain to recognize the new teams. granted, not e...

At first, I had mixed feelings about what mistake was saying in the start of this topic. I do agree that we have allot more to do than just changing match lengths, but I am sure the council is working hard and this is an easy implementation. So I think taking what we can by doing little things betwe...

As QD just put it, I think that a change in player age really contributed to the change in league atmosphere. I came in just at the start of the flow of young people, and I do remember what it was like in the league back when I was in TAA. But now, we see a much younger crowd, with a very different ...

Thats a good idea CBG, but I see this being a problem because this qould need lots of active teams. Not sure if its implimentable yet, maybe when we get 30 active teams we can do it

I have a small question menotume, what was the usual age of a player 2 years ago in the league?

To valumz, Though I am not a council member, nor privvy to their conversations, I an interested observer of the happenings in the league. After reading your letter, I had a few questions that I could not figure out. You ask for both visible activity from the council (ie news, or new actions) and tho...

Since, as Admirarch put it, this is the toki, foo, dmp show... seems to be the time to make an appearance. I am glad to see QD post, since there haven't been many council members making an appearance as of late (on irc or these public forums). 3: Council members should be active. I vote a big YES. H...

Section 4: Team rewards and penalties I have referenced this section several times, and it is my hope to give some new suggestions for keeping teams and players around. My premise here is to create a more rewarding atmosphere in the league. As it stands, the league offers a single source of reward,...

Section 3: New Matching possibilities. After reading Admirarch's good post, I of course wanted to add some to it as well. To recap Admirarch: Proposition: There should be the option of playing matches which last for 15 minutes instead of the usual 30. For: Fewer matches will be called of because pe...

Section 2: Spreading talent among the teams. Master-pupil method This is a tough section to comment on, because the suggestions presented (at leased ones I know of) have been tough to implement. Many require very in depth action from the more experienced players. The first one that comes to mind is...

Section 1: Keeping teams active. There are many ideas floating around on how to keep teams active in the league, and most have solid backing justifying them. So the problem here is that WHICH of these ideas will best serve the general interest, or which ones are even feasible. From the forums, ther...

After a few days after my original post, I have received many comments, and new ideas towards league ideas. I tried a little harder to keep it in a readable format, so its not quite so dense to get through. below is an index of the sections, and in each section there are bold faced subsections outli...

I agree with you that there is some abuse going on but it isnt happing all the time as you say, once or twice I have experinced bad,abusive and intorable behaviour but mostly I have seen comical,funny and downright crazy behavoir which Is what I like about BZ! Sello To clarify, I do not mean to imp...

I have been in and out of the league and bz for the last year and a half. And of course I have come back to the league and bz every time so far. Since the last time I started posting brought up a fight, I'm hesitant to get involved now. But since its ducati, where my friends play and I still have so...