[syfChadMann]

While I agree - I think for this season at least, the solution needs to be something that permits the players at the start of the season being able to play to the end of the season, in Tier 5. That is the spirit of the competition.

Originally Posted by Volition

Looking at earlier posts, i must admit i looked at the TA team after promotions and said "holy hell, that is really strong, how can anyone compete with that?"

While this is true, it actually makes the TA team worse. TA already had a few Plats so they could field 2 per week, but with the recent promotions the middle of the team is now Plat and TA doesn't have as much depth in their weekly 5 players because of it.

While I may be biased - TA is a team that will be punished for promoting - which is not in the spirit of the tournament as envisaged by Frogmite, Maynarde and nirvAnA when he developed it. I see the TA team taking 2 matches and then being very easy to snipe out the other three matches (as TA will have a line up of 3 Bronze/Silver players and 2 plats each week.. making it easy for any other team to play 2 plats and 3 golds and likely defeat TA.

Now I don't want to be seen as someone that is making rules to benefit my own team. However, regardless of the decision, TA are the 1st Ranked team through practice, commitment and improvement. They are likely to lose this position because of the improvement in the team. They are also the team that had the most promotion to higher leagues (particularly to Plat and Diamond) So they are the team that is effected by this decision the most.

This is why I really need your contributions - at this stage, I don't think anything will happen that will force players into higher tiers or deny them the ability to play. They've all signed up and deserve to be able to see the season out. (Notably, I don't think there will be much of a BSG team for TA next season! :S

I'll also put this issue to the rest of the SEAL Admins for discussion - again, because I do not want to be seen as making a biased decision.

Thanks

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Maynarde:

Thanks for the edit fog