Season 3 Conversation - Game loads

by **jpcloet** on Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:55 pm

Season 1, we had 10 doubles for the home team
Season 2 saw 4Dubs 2 Trips and 2 Quads for the home team

Question is what to do for season 3? My impression is that most clans would like to flip the equation to Quads-Trips-Dubs with more quads than dubs. Eg. 4Q 4T 2D

That seems like a really good idea, however, I'm also struggling with game loads and trying to balance clans facing off.

by **ljex** on Thu Sep 02, 2010 12:02 am

I think it would be best 5-5-5 dubs-trips-quads. This way we get an odd number of games for each match-up and a even spread among dubs trips and quads.

by **Commander62890** on Thu Sep 02, 2010 12:49 am

ljex wrote:I think it would be best 5-5-5 dubs-trips-quads

With the same number of matches, Ljex? Seems to me like a lot of clans would object to having nearly twice the game load as last year.

ljex wrote:This way we get an odd number of games for each match-up and a even spread among dubs trips and quads.

Would not 3-3-3 accomplish the same feat? Or would you like to add that you wish to nearly double the amount of games played?

I like Ljex's idea

by **Bruceswar** on Thu Sep 02, 2010 12:50 am

ljex wrote:I think it would be best 5-5-5 dubs-trips-quads. This way we get an odd number of games for each match-up and a even spread among dubs trips and quads.

That is way to many slots to fill, but 3, 3, 3, would work out pretty nicely. 9 game sets with no ties.

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by **Dako** on Thu Sep 02, 2010 2:27 am

4-3-2 will work good as well.

Quads tend to be most difficult to win.

by **Eyestone** on Thu Sep 02, 2010 2:41 am

9 games sounds good (thats 9 home games and 9 away games right?). 3-3-3 or 4-3-2 doesn't really matter much to me.

by **Bruceswar** on Thu Sep 02, 2010 2:47 am

Eyestone wrote:9 games sounds good (thats 9 home games and 9 away games right?). 3-3-3 or 4-3-2 doesn't really matter much to me.

That is 9 total games for each regular season match. Sometimes you would be home, and other times you would be away.

by **Eyestone** on Thu Sep 02, 2010 2:50 am

So you will not face all the clans you meet twice in this season?

by **jpcloet** on Thu Sep 02, 2010 4:11 am

9 games would likely mean 9 home and 9 away, however, it depends on the setup.

by **lord voldemort** on Thu Sep 02, 2010 6:02 am

3,3,3 sounds great imo

by **WPBRJ** on Thu Sep 02, 2010 7:42 am

4 4 2

or

4 3 2

less dbls more trips and quads

by **Masli** on Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:10 am

lord voldemort wrote:3,3,3 sounds great imo

what he said

by **Chuuuuck** on Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:17 am

4,3,2 sounds perfect IMO.

I like the 9 total games.

by **lord voldemort** on Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:34 am

I just dont get why you wouldnt weight the games the same...
Yer i know the more players the less luck etc etc...
but every caln has their dubs specialists...and their trips etc...
Why not just split it even down the middle....It just really makes sense to me

by **Ace Rimmer** on Thu Sep 02, 2010 10:12 am

I would say 3-3-3 as well. Each gametype weighted evenly.

by **the.killing.44** on Thu Sep 02, 2010 10:27 am

4-3-2

lovo, the games aren't weighed perfectly in terms of skill, number of players, etc., so why should we weigh them equally here? 4-3-2 is proportional to the number of players in each game type, and it counterbalances the luck factor of smaller games quite a lot.

by **lord voldemort** on Thu Sep 02, 2010 11:30 am

well tbh im more of a dubs player....so its me wanting to keep more of those...
even still i think its a good idea

by **White Moose** on Thu Sep 02, 2010 11:35 am

Masli wrote:
lord voldemort wrote:3,3,3 sounds great imo

what he said

What he said, he said.

by **demy7** on Thu Sep 02, 2010 12:21 pm

well 3,3,3 is fine ..but that would be nice if you can add a stack of single games for this season. (like 7,9,... 1v1s)

..and for getting an odd number of games, you can change doubles or triples, 1,2,3,3 or 1,3,4,3

by **jpcloet** on Thu Sep 02, 2010 12:57 pm

1v1 games will not be included and my goal is erase them from clans altogether. They were a nice twist for a while, but they have run their course IMO.

Another reason I like the extra quad is that you open up gaming spots, so 3-3-3 is 27 spots and 4-3-2 is 29 spots. Most clans play about 15 players, so that is closer to 2 games each. Not opposed to 4-4-2 either at 32 spots

by **drunkmonkey** on Thu Sep 02, 2010 12:59 pm

IMO, clans should be rewarded for working well as a team, not for having the best 1v1 player on their roster.

I'd be in favor of 4-3-2.

by **Ace Rimmer** on Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:13 pm

jpcloet wrote:1v1 games will not be included and my goal is erase them from clans altogether. They were a nice twist for a while, but they have run their course IMO.

100% in agreement.

by **ljex** on Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:32 pm

Commander62890 wrote:
ljex wrote:I think it would be best 5-5-5 dubs-trips-quads

With the same number of matches, Ljex? Seems to me like a lot of clans would object to having nearly twice the game load as last year.

ljex wrote:This way we get an odd number of games for each match-up and a even spread among dubs trips and quads.

Would not 3-3-3 accomplish the same feat? Or would you like to add that you wish to nearly double the amount of games played?

I like Ljex's idea

Personally i wouldn't mind the larger load of games and would have no trouble playing 3-4 games a round, however i understand why other people want less. I still want to see a even spread across dubs trips and quads though as i think they should be given the same weight.