The Sandman
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Post by The Sandman on Mar 7, 2022 23:26:59 GMT -5
Last era, it was suggested that we allow higher ranked teams to choose their opponents in round 1 of the Grand Prix, by including priority match-up lists. This information was included in the mass-PM about GP both this season, and last season, but it seems some people missed that somehow. Anyways, new Era, new terms. Note: Teams choosing their playoff opponents has been discussed in several major sports leagues, like the MLB and the NHL. This isn't some crazy bullshit we came up here for shits and giggles. Most people do not send opponent priority lists. A few do. Do you want to see us do GP match-ups strictly based on seeds, or do you want to continue using these priority lists, so teams have a say in who they face in the GP. (Reminder, though this was intended as a reward for top teams, since fighting the 8th-ranked team is not necessarily their best match-up, since only about 2-3 people do this a season, the few times it has come into affect, it has only been used by the 2nd, 4th, and 7th ranked teams. Participate in this poll, and get a point.Option 1:We use opponent-selection lists. Teams who send in an opponent-priority list get to choose their Grand Prix opponents. Option 2:We use ranking-based match-ups, where highest ranked GP team fights lowest ranked, second-highest fights second-lowest, etc. Option 3:I like both options equally, or I feel my opinion is worthless and just want a point. |
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Post by Phoenix FC on Mar 8, 2022 12:23:09 GMT -5
Who gives a shit if the NHL, MLB, NBA, etc. have been looking at this? 🤷 It's irrelevant; none of them have implemented it cuz it effectively allows teams to cheat within the rules. "Oh, I don't want to face that team cuz I'll lose. It's a 'bad match-up'..." 🙄 Puh-lease... You're already a top team in the league and should be facing an allegedly lesser team, unless you're the 4th & 5th seeded teams, who face eachother. You don't need any extra advantage at that point... It's just overkill when the top 3 teams already should have an advantage.
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Post by The Texas Rattlesnakes on Mar 8, 2022 12:32:53 GMT -5
Who gives a shit if the NHL, MLB, NBA, etc. have been looking at this? 🤷 It's irrelevant; none of them have implemented it cuz it effectively allows teams to cheat within the rules. "Oh, I don't want to face that team cuz I'll lose. It's a 'bad match-up'..." 🙄 Puh-lease... You're already a top team in the league and should be facing an allegedly lesser team, unless you're the 4th & 5th seeded teams, who face eachother. You don't need any extra advantage at that point... It's just overkill when the top 3 teams already should have an advantage. The top three teams don't have an advantage right now, because it is early in the site and they typically have better depth spread out, and the lesser seeded teams typically have a couple power upgrade builds. |
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Post by Phoenix FC on Mar 8, 2022 12:41:20 GMT -5
Who gives a shit if the NHL, MLB, NBA, etc. have been looking at this? 🤷 It's irrelevant; none of them have implemented it cuz it effectively allows teams to cheat within the rules. "Oh, I don't want to face that team cuz I'll lose. It's a 'bad match-up'..." 🙄 Puh-lease... You're already a top team in the league and should be facing an allegedly lesser team, unless you're the 4th & 5th seeded teams, who face eachother. You don't need any extra advantage at that point... It's just overkill when the top 3 teams already should have an advantage. The top three teams don't have an advantage right now, because it is early in the site and they typically have better depth spread out, and the lesser seeded teams typically have a couple power upgrade builds. If you finish at the top of the league, you do have a distinct advantage over teams below you already, or else they'd be ahead of you. That's what the rankings/seeding is for. 🤷 Otherwise, there's absolutely zero point in having rankings/seeding at all, and just have all teams in GP letting the top teams picking their easiest path to the final. Again, keeping the top teams on top, and the bottom teams on the bottom. It's called cheating... And I'll never support that one iota. |
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Post by The Sandman on Mar 8, 2022 12:50:01 GMT -5
Who gives a shit if the NHL, MLB, NBA, etc. have been looking at this? 🤷 It's irrelevant; none of them have implemented it cuz it effectively allows teams to cheat within the rules. "Oh, I don't want to face that team cuz I'll lose. It's a 'bad match-up'..." 🙄 Puh-lease... You're already a top team in the league and should be facing an allegedly lesser team, unless you're the 4th & 5th seeded teams, who face eachother. You don't need any extra advantage at that point... It's just overkill when the top 3 teams already should have an advantage. I'm not sure how being a top team is an advantage if you face a team that beats you all the time. That 100% negates any advantage being a top team gives you. |
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Post by Phoenix FC on Mar 8, 2022 12:54:57 GMT -5
Who gives a shit if the NHL, MLB, NBA, etc. have been looking at this? 🤷 It's irrelevant; none of them have implemented it cuz it effectively allows teams to cheat within the rules. "Oh, I don't want to face that team cuz I'll lose. It's a 'bad match-up'..." 🙄 Puh-lease... You're already a top team in the league and should be facing an allegedly lesser team, unless you're the 4th & 5th seeded teams, who face eachother. You don't need any extra advantage at that point... It's just overkill when the top 3 teams already should have an advantage. I'm not sure how being a top team is an advantage if you face a team that beats you all the time. That 100% negates any advantage being a top team gives you. Your own logic right back at you man... "Learn to upgrade better", if that's the case. 🤷 But you're obviously doing something right if your team is already at the top of the standings and you're winning more than you're losing. |
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Post by The Sandman on Mar 8, 2022 12:58:09 GMT -5
I'm not sure how being a top team is an advantage if you face a team that beats you all the time. That 100% negates any advantage being a top team gives you. Your own logic right back at you man... "Learn to upgrade better", if that's the case. 🤷 But you're obviously doing something right if your team is already at the top of the standings and you're winning more than you're losing. Not if half your fighters are champions, and you have to use your back-ups for the GP. Unless you want to suggest that we allow champions into the GP, and really open things up. After all, no other major sports team is forced to bench their MVPs just because they won some awards. But the spirit of that rule has always been about diversifying, and not just keeping the top teams locked on the top, winning everything. I think going that route would actually be counter to your core-problem, which is the top teams winning everything all the time. Which aside from Byron owning half the belts, we haven't really seen here (as 6th place Rattlesnakes appears to be a favourite for his second-consecutive GP). |
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Post by Phoenix FC on Mar 8, 2022 13:03:35 GMT -5
Your own logic right back at you man... "Learn to upgrade better", if that's the case. 🤷 But you're obviously doing something right if your team is already at the top of the standings and you're winning more than you're losing. Not if half your fighters are champions, and you have to use your back-ups for the GP. Unless you want to suggest that we allow champions into the GP, and really open things up. After all, no other major sports team is forced to bench their MVPs just because they won some awards. But the spirit of that rule has always been about diversifying, and not just keeping the top teams locked on the top, winning everything. I think going that route would actually be counter to your core-problem, which is the top teams winning everything all the time. Which aside from Byron owning half the belts, we haven't really seen here (as 6th place Rattlesnakes appears to be a favourite for his second-consecutive GP). Yes, but the onus is squarely on GMs at that point. Are you choosing to only upgrade certain fighters to hold all those titles and suck in the GP? Or are you upgrading all as equally as possible so that your "lower tier" fighter isn't shitty, and you can hold your own in the GP? 🤷 |
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Post by The Sandman on Mar 8, 2022 13:05:59 GMT -5
Not if half your fighters are champions, and you have to use your back-ups for the GP. Unless you want to suggest that we allow champions into the GP, and really open things up. After all, no other major sports team is forced to bench their MVPs just because they won some awards. But the spirit of that rule has always been about diversifying, and not just keeping the top teams locked on the top, winning everything. I think going that route would actually be counter to your core-problem, which is the top teams winning everything all the time. Which aside from Byron owning half the belts, we haven't really seen here (as 6th place Rattlesnakes appears to be a favourite for his second-consecutive GP). Yes, but the onus is squarely on GMs at that point. Are you choosing to only upgrade certain fighters to hold all those titles and suck in the GP? Or are you upgrading all as equally as possible so that your "lower tier" fighter isn't shitty, and you can hold your own in the GP? 🤷 The #1 ranked team is the former, the #2 ranked team is the latter. You currently believe the #2 ranked team will be a cakewalk for the #6th ranked team. So I think that shows how much respect goes to teams who upgrade equally. |
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Post by Phoenix FC on Mar 8, 2022 13:12:19 GMT -5
Yes, but the onus is squarely on GMs at that point. Are you choosing to only upgrade certain fighters to hold all those titles and suck in the GP? Or are you upgrading all as equally as possible so that your "lower tier" fighter isn't shitty, and you can hold your own in the GP? 🤷 The #1 ranked team is the former, the #2 ranked team is the latter. You currently believe the #2 ranked team will be a cakewalk for the #6th ranked team. So I think that shows how much respect goes to teams who upgrade equally. Not always... In era 1, your team had maybe 1 or 2 champions at one point, and were still the top team in the league AND won the GP. 🤷 So it's not absolutely cut & dried that the top has all the champions. |
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Post by The Sandman on Mar 8, 2022 13:21:17 GMT -5
The #1 ranked team is the former, the #2 ranked team is the latter. You currently believe the #2 ranked team will be a cakewalk for the #6th ranked team. So I think that shows how much respect goes to teams who upgrade equally. Not always... In era 1, your team had maybe 1 or 2 champions at one point, and were still the top team in the league AND won the GP. 🤷 So it's not absolutely cut & dried that the top has all the champions. This isn't Era 1, I upgraded my whole team pretty equally, and I never hand-picked any of my opponents. |
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Post by The Texas Rattlesnakes on Mar 8, 2022 13:22:47 GMT -5
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Post by Phoenix FC on Mar 8, 2022 13:23:31 GMT -5
Not always... In era 1, your team had maybe 1 or 2 champions at one point, and were still the top team in the league AND won the GP. 🤷 So it's not absolutely cut & dried that the top has all the champions. This isn't Era 1, I upgraded my whole team pretty equally, and I never hand-picked any of my opponents. Exactly... You didn't have to hand-pick your opponents, so why does anyone need to? |
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Post by The Texas Rattlesnakes on Mar 8, 2022 13:25:23 GMT -5
This isn't Era 1, I upgraded my whole team pretty equally, and I never hand-picked any of my opponents. Exactly... You didn't have to hand-pick your opponents, so why does anyone need to? You do know the list was a thing towards the last fifth of Era 1 right? This just carried over from the first site. |
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Post by Phoenix FC on Mar 8, 2022 13:29:16 GMT -5
Exactly... You didn't have to hand-pick your opponents, so why does anyone need to? You do know the list was a thing towards the last fifth of Era 1 right? This just carried over from the first site. And I was against it before too, I believe... In fact, I believe it was one of the issues I got banned for cuz I was so adamant that it was cheating. 🤔🤷 |
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