Heres a solution that came to mind building on scarecrows suggestions.
MiTH merges with inFi for SEA CL #2. This makes sense because RedArchon and Indy are from infi already. Maya, jump and Fah are not but can be included. Not sure if they(MiTH) will be happy with it but this will make room for "herocraft" to play in the league which will be glade + tgun + anyone else glade decides to hand pick for his team. the players must not already be in a clan / team in Tier 1. I don't see any cons except MiTH might not like it. this also makes infi one of the top favourites to win now with TargA, iceiceice, RedArchon, rev and kim jong roz.
if their team win half their winnings go back to SEA CL #3. This makes sense because glade/tgun didn't want much $$ in the first place they just wanted to participate and be involved with the SEA scene. And if their team wins, well they are already well known so theres really no point from a "sponsors of teams" benefit perspective, but it will help make SEA CL #3 happen, the end result being "sponsors of team" benefit from exposure cause its easier to start one more season if you already have half the prize pool taken care off.
Format: changed to best of 5 in view of glade/tgun being on the same team, the previous format would mean they 2 alone could win all their games every week and thier team would be top and that would not be fair. so 5 players would be needed each week, 5 sets of 1v1s. so xGking, SQLT and herocraft all have to pick up more players.
Because of the teams own sponsor limitations and nature of this, the players will probably not receive the full benefits from xgking/sqlt and be on a "trial run" of some sort, essentially mercs but then again not exactly because if they perform well a full offer as a legitimate player of the team should be offered. Also you should not attempt to take players already from a team aka Pokerface(SPR), Bielsko (aLt) because by that principle whats to stop you from "Trialing" glade or tgun?
So this is where the managers skill or "eye for talent" really comes in. For e.g its not right to say you're a good manager if all you do is snatch the already established top players from clans, by throwing money at them - because anyone with a willing sponsor can do that. but theres support to your argument as a good manager if you groomed or picked up unknown players in the scene, helped them find a team, put them into the spotlight or nurtured them into top players. Not only is it good for developing the scene, its far more respectable and something to be proud of.
the rest of the teams seem to have adequate number of players.
Thoughts / comments ? As soon as its resolved we can open registration.
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