Allow 10 Squads for LB

[Crescent Seal]

i guess twlj is the top league now

[renzi]

whats the point of twl qualifications if every active squad in each division is going to make it regardless?

[Crescent Seal]

its ok now sweet is #6 afk

[Steep]

renzi, whats the point in spreading the talent if squad that has decent change at winning it all is not allowed to enter (sage)? isnt qualification put in place to drop bad squads off? too bad this time there HAPPENS to be 9 mediocre-to-good squads to lb and 0 bad squads to be dropped. whats the problem, really? Would you really like to see sages roster melt into the other 8's so that ppl who have worked hard to get THEIR squads above line will get axed just cos someone more experienced/perhaps slightly better takes his place? isnt that contrary to the Spread-the-talent -efforts?

[Hulk]

should just keep it at 10/10/9, fuck these other squads who can't even make it into top 10. What a joke.

[LF]

renzi, whats the point in spreading the talent if squad that has decent change at winning it all is not allowed to enter (sage)? isnt qualification put in place to drop bad squads off? too bad this time there HAPPENS to be 9 mediocre-to-good squads to lb and 0 bad squads to be dropped. whats the problem, really? Would you really like to see sages roster melt into the other 8's so that ppl who have worked hard to get THEIR squads above line will get axed just cos someone more experienced/perhaps slightly better takes his place? isnt that contrary to the Spread-the-talent -efforts?

The point of qualifications isn't to drop "bad squads", its to draw a line between the squads that performed well enough and those that didn't. For the first time we did a GREAT job in spreading the talent in this zone with exception of penetrate which still has 315 basers on their roster. 2nd place is literally wide open for 'almost' everyone. Sage has some fantastic basers that would certainly steal some playing time from players on the other 8 squads but if they wanted to play together in TWLB they should have taken qualifications more seriously and not lost so many games. While I agree with extending the cutoff time because of server issues, it is beyond retarded to stretch the limits to allow for people who didnt EARN the right to play, which is the whole point of TWL to begin with even if it meant that my team was the one that didn't make it. Afterall, we've all known about the cutoff date for what, 3 months now? Nobodys fault but your own if you don't make the cut. I know its asking a lot of the staff, but try exercising some common sense here

[LF]

Holy fuck I thought Rab was joking/making fun of the TWL ops when he said that 10/12/9 thing earlier. Literally it is so ridiculous I thought he was mocking and making fun of you. I just logged in game and saw the zoner and realized you are being serious. You are essentially destroying the spirit of TWL and its an absolute disgrace to play our final season under these circumstances. Can we change the amount of games needed to qualify to 1? I will create a squad tonight and play a game in each division and I think it would be unfair to exclude my squad from this "premier" league that TW has to offer for the BEST squads to play in.

The biggest surprise for me isn't the decision by the twl ops (You are bound to get shitty decisions being made when you keep choosing people that dont play TWL and haven't been active in years), its that M_M God is allowing any/all of this to happen. Holy fuck bring back flared/paul/me/ph so we can save this shit.

[Jones]

I think it is hilarious that TWL should be 'the best of the best' or the premier league of trench wars when they allow newbies in year after year. twld doesn't have more than 6 teams and that is being really generous. twlj is probably even worse right now. (no one can win pandora) twlb has like 3. however, it is perhaps the only league that would benefit from having less strict qualification requirement because of the fact that any squad that is showing activity is good for the league long-term. any of these sage/raid/cobra/spastic/sweet can breathe life into basing, spread out the talent a little and contribute to a good season overall. as long as we are cutting any of these, the talent will be stacked in less and less squads over the seasons.

some options to consider:
option a) stop living in the delusion that tw actually has more than 4 squads in each league that could actually be considered elite and have more lenient qualifications. (this is what is happening in twld/twlj right now when we invite 8-12 teams)
option b) enforce the elite squad mentality and only invite the squads that actually have a shot at winning. (4 teams per league)

unless you want to be considered a hypocrite, choose option a. it is time to cast our ego aside and let more people in on perhaps the only thing that people care about in this game(what TWL really stands for)

[Ephemeral]

renzi, whats the point in spreading the talent if squad that has decent change at winning it all is not allowed to enter (sage)? isnt qualification put in place to drop bad squads off? too bad this time there HAPPENS to be 9 mediocre-to-good squads to lb and 0 bad squads to be dropped. whats the problem, really? Would you really like to see sages roster melt into the other 8's so that ppl who have worked hard to get THEIR squads above line will get axed just cos someone more experienced/perhaps slightly better takes his place? isnt that contrary to the Spread-the-talent -efforts?

An argument could be made for breaking up an all Euro team and spreading those players with much higher lag across all teams.
eph

[shayde]

Please remove Humid from having anything to do with TWL if hes willing to change his mind a day before qualification to allow every squad competing to enter and take every ounce of competition out of it he shouldnt be involved in any decision made. Changing your mind a day before qualification is practically changing the rules to benefit whoever sucked his dick enough, fact he is even allowed to make a change like that a day before qualification is over says alot about this zone. Thanks alot for putting this faggot in charge.

[Pressure]

I think it's valid to be concerned about the changes in qualifications, since it sort of takes the competitiveness out qualifications. Having said that, if a squad like Sage (for example, since they are the lowest on the BD ladder of the competitive squads) didn't make TWLB, the 10-20 people that returned to subspace SOLELY to play with Sage would very likely go back into retirement. It was a smart move to allow Sage, or any squad in danger of qualifying, a chance to play TWL. It increases the likelihood of these players/squads being around for subsequent seasons, instead of steering them AWAY from the game by not giving them a chance to play TWL.

5 years ago, this would have been a retarded decision. However, in this stage of the game, I think it's more important to appease the loyal players of our community that still play than to push them away by trying to keep tradition, especially when the tradition (in my opinion) isn't absolutely necessary for a functional, competitive season.

[shayde]

Pressure this wouldnt be as bad if this decision was made when they first posted qualification rules, fact he does it a day before qualification then extends the time by a day is retarded. Why extend the qualification time you already let in every squad in Trench Wars. We have known there are 8 squads for twlb for awhile now, people even stopped bding so they would be sure to make it into twl. You think he would have changed it if Raid wasnt goin to make it?

[Pressure]

lol, Humid definitely wouldn't have made the rule change if Raid was Sage's position, that's a fact. However, this is about Sage.. and I'd be happy if they were allowed to compete.

[kess]

u guys talking like sage has some sort of power in tw or something. why would it be different if it was with raid?

[megaman89]

Goodluck Sage, dice accepts our lb invite.