[Volition]

The only question i have is this - what happened to the rule where a wildcard must be the same race? I know there are teams that are really short on 1 race (esp if someone is playing random) but it would sorta be a shame to see a silver terran replaced with a gold protoss each week. Therefore, and this is literally just a suggestion, it go like this:-

The wildcard:-
1) should be the same race (if possible); and
2) cannot be a higher league than the original player, without admin approval. If it is a higher league, the opposing team may re-order their starting line-up into whatever order they want. However, admins call on the benefit the opposing team gets is final, and the admins reserve the right to refuse to grant a higher league wildcard in their discretion (to be exercised if a team is continually using wildcards).

Just a suggestion.

Also, there seemed to be support for the idea of rotating Ace players to ensure there wasnt a plat playing each week (for the whole season potentially with the no 3 week rule) as the ace against all comers.

the rules in their current form are great. No need to change at all unless the admins feel it could be better.

Zerocraft fighting!

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breadfan:

Awesome thoughts re: sub

[syfChadMann]

Originally Posted by Volition

The wildcard:-
1) should be the same race (if possible); and
2) cannot be a higher league than the original player, without admin approval. If it is a higher league, the opposing team may re-order their starting line-up into whatever order they want. However, admins call on the benefit the opposing team gets is final, and the admins reserve the right to refuse to grant a higher league wildcard in their discretion (to be exercised if a team is continually using wildcards).

In Answering:
1) while this would potentially be ideal, some times its not possible.. as the other members of your team that were not scheduled to play might not even be online and the one other Terran to swap for, might not be available. Even then, one Terran that despises TvP and dodges a match up, the replacement Terran might favour TvP.. so the new playing is given the benefit regardless.

2) Yes, you are correct, the sub play must be the same or lower league. This is to comply with the league order rule... except for the Ace, in which any player from any league may be subbed in. In the case that only one replacement is available, admins will have to determine the outcome.. based on case by case (team history with no shows etc) to determine the action, which would be between, allowing the higher league replacement, reshuffling the order of players to meet the league order or denying the sub and giving the other team a win on walk over. Of course many factors influence how the admin should make this decision, such as; is the opposing player a higher or lower league, has the team been constantly changing and a hassle to deal with, is the no-show excuse legitimate or did they just not turn up, What match position is it (match 1? match 4?.. this makes a difference) what is the current score of the match?.. and many other factors that the admins will consider in allowing higher league subs.

a few teams have already sent me their line ups, once two teams in a match up submit their line ups - i'll post them in the weekly thread. 9pm AEDT Wednesday is the deadline, failure to submit before time may incur penalties.

GL HF