Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 9:21 am
Many interesting suggestions and long and detailed posts only indicate the tremendous interest of some some players, for instance tokimi, foo (aka mistake), Xell, kierra, among many others in a better and more active league.
I think many of mistake's ideas are doable and good. Specially concerning activity which seems to be his main concern, and he is pretty right.
I would support many of the proposals I have read so far. In particular
1: inactive teams lose points. How? we should work it out. At the moment GU has not a problem of inactivity, but if it were any I would support this suggestion to be applied on GU too. It is a good point under any perspective. It rewards activity and allows more active teams to climb the ladder.
2: Close the championship two times a year. I like this idea. The we can keep track of the winning teams (winter and summer terms) on a list with the players that formed those teams. After this period the team scores will be reset and all start over.
3: Council members should be active. I vote a big YES. How active? well we can have a global measure like matching 4 matches in a month let's say. I would like those who play the league to admin it.
4: Council membership is not a life long post. According to activity and common sense, council positions should rotate, so that at least half of the council is removed every half a year, just to make it coincide with the term championship. In this way, I would expect to see some continuity (from the half council that stays) and some fresh ideas (from the new ones). This will also aliviate the tiredness of being in a council.
5: I dont like the idea that a team is forced to play any other team. Why? because teams are made by people and people arent always nice to play against. We have to live with this. I play bzflag to relax, have some fun and avoid the stupid TV set at nights. Playing a bunch of stupid nerds who make me get angry with their comments, insults or possible_cheats it gets me no fun. Not anyone can get well along with each other, so it is better to allow people to choose who they play with. But of course, this is just a personal opinion.
6: Definitively ducati servers need more slots
7: Some people are bussy and cant get 30 min match plus 15 min warm up. Why dont we have two types of matches 15 and 30 min long to chose from? I would expect 15min matches to allow to match more in bussy times. I have seen many match offers rejected because of lack of time.
8: The role of the council. I accepted the offer of Chestal to be part of this council because I think that having a REAL refereeing body is good for any competition. In case of any issue or problem, teams leave up to the council the final decision, if a temporary ban is required, if a match should be called off, etc. For those familiar with GU league, we have this system in place there and up to now it has worked very well. Of course you always have those people who are not happy with decisions, but what the heck, we are here for the fun of the majority not only a few.
9: The council was selected with the aim at representing most active teams, so that no two members are from the same team. Even if this implied to take on board a less active player. As a starting point I think this is correct. However, this critieria should be relaxed in future so we favor activity and good behaviour in selecting the council members.
10: Finally, i would like the council just a reflect of the good behaviour in the league, we dont need more rules, just behaviour. I wish the council to be self-organized and dynamic where common sense is the only guidance. I dont like to see the council ruling to the death, but just make decisions when required.
I think many of mistake's ideas are doable and good. Specially concerning activity which seems to be his main concern, and he is pretty right.
I would support many of the proposals I have read so far. In particular
1: inactive teams lose points. How? we should work it out. At the moment GU has not a problem of inactivity, but if it were any I would support this suggestion to be applied on GU too. It is a good point under any perspective. It rewards activity and allows more active teams to climb the ladder.
2: Close the championship two times a year. I like this idea. The we can keep track of the winning teams (winter and summer terms) on a list with the players that formed those teams. After this period the team scores will be reset and all start over.
3: Council members should be active. I vote a big YES. How active? well we can have a global measure like matching 4 matches in a month let's say. I would like those who play the league to admin it.
4: Council membership is not a life long post. According to activity and common sense, council positions should rotate, so that at least half of the council is removed every half a year, just to make it coincide with the term championship. In this way, I would expect to see some continuity (from the half council that stays) and some fresh ideas (from the new ones). This will also aliviate the tiredness of being in a council.
5: I dont like the idea that a team is forced to play any other team. Why? because teams are made by people and people arent always nice to play against. We have to live with this. I play bzflag to relax, have some fun and avoid the stupid TV set at nights. Playing a bunch of stupid nerds who make me get angry with their comments, insults or possible_cheats it gets me no fun. Not anyone can get well along with each other, so it is better to allow people to choose who they play with. But of course, this is just a personal opinion.
6: Definitively ducati servers need more slots
7: Some people are bussy and cant get 30 min match plus 15 min warm up. Why dont we have two types of matches 15 and 30 min long to chose from? I would expect 15min matches to allow to match more in bussy times. I have seen many match offers rejected because of lack of time.
8: The role of the council. I accepted the offer of Chestal to be part of this council because I think that having a REAL refereeing body is good for any competition. In case of any issue or problem, teams leave up to the council the final decision, if a temporary ban is required, if a match should be called off, etc. For those familiar with GU league, we have this system in place there and up to now it has worked very well. Of course you always have those people who are not happy with decisions, but what the heck, we are here for the fun of the majority not only a few.
9: The council was selected with the aim at representing most active teams, so that no two members are from the same team. Even if this implied to take on board a less active player. As a starting point I think this is correct. However, this critieria should be relaxed in future so we favor activity and good behaviour in selecting the council members.
10: Finally, i would like the council just a reflect of the good behaviour in the league, we dont need more rules, just behaviour. I wish the council to be self-organized and dynamic where common sense is the only guidance. I dont like to see the council ruling to the death, but just make decisions when required.