[Volition]

Completely agree with Edarus, an 11 week competition is rly long for BSG - and this type of thing was something we should have thought about at the beginning. A reshuffle would be good but seems complicated, like forcing teams to trade? that sorta isnt in the spirit of tier 5

I really think that no matter what happens for this season, it will all be resolved by next season. Pretty much all plats and above should be heading to a tier 4 team, to make way for new BSG people to play in tier 5. And that seems the way it should be to my mind.

Thinking on it now, to say that we need rule changes is probably over the top, as tier 5 was never really that serious in the first place, as noted by the (blessedly) relaxed rules set by Maynarde and Chadmann. It is just a chance for people to get some competitive games each week, to feel that adrenalin and nerves before the game, and to compete against someone hopefully of their own skill lvl. And some people are really taking the opportunity - look at BenAD improving already out of sight, just seeing all the promotions means this league is a success - we are all improving, if not all at the same rate.

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?". but thinking on it now, those diamonds and the plats that got promoted are completely beatable, or at worst, as beatable as they were before getting the promotion. and if they have been training extremely hard to get to diamond, well then maybe they should get some advantage. the current rule of 2+ plats a week means that it is possible for any team to tie with a stronger team, provided they can win the first three games.

With all the really strong golds running around (and the stronger golds being promoted to plat), it means that most teams are still in the hunt against most others. There are a few that are very silver heavy, and for them it may not be as fun as they thought when entering a BSG competition. But their time is coming in the next SEACL, when they are all gold/plat and battle hardened from this season.

so despite my earlier post and having thought on it a little more, i dont really think a rule change is needed at all.

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