Poll: interest in a 3v3 PvP ladder?

The Freedom PvP League's first season is drawing to a close within the next month or so, which is going to leave a bit of time while people decide what is next. Pinnacle has a regular PvP event, and Champion is trying to set up a 3v3 ladder. My question is, is there enough PvP population remaining on Justice (or non-PvPers interested in getting involved) to make a 3v3 ladder here something that could work? I remember after I15 Justice tried a 3v3 league but that didn't make it more than a few weeks due to scheduling conflicts, etc. The difference between a league and a ladder is simple: a league would have a set schedule (i.e. this team plays that team on this week), while ladders would not. Ladders are based on ranking and teams advance through the ranking by challenging teams above them.

RULES

* Teams are a group of three players playing specific characters, which they would play throughout the duration of the ladder (which would probably last until interest died down or other factors caused it to end). For example, you might register yourself as playing a Mind/Emp, your friend as a Rad/Psi, and your other friend as a Fire/Cold Corruptor, in which case you would be required to play on those characters.
* ATs can be repeated, but three-Stalker teams are not allowed.
* Banned powers are Corruptor Lingering Radiation and Dominator Poison Ray. This rule is subject to change as necessary. Please note this does not mean your build cannot contain these powers, it simply means you may not use them during a match or your team will forfeit that round.
* Initial ladder rankings will be determined by a round robin seeding tournament, with the winning team taking the first spot and so forth. Scoring during the seeding tournament would be 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss. (Ties will be counted during the seeding tournament to keep things moving.) Each team will play the other teams twice during this seeding tournament (subject to change depending on the number of entered teams).
* Arena options are as follows: no travel suppression, no heal decay, small inspirations only. 10 minute matches, resets on the monkey cage, office, and Eden maps (reset on Eden map because IMO it's too big for 3v3 matches). Arena temp powers are allowed; non-arena temp powers are not.
* There will be no set schedule for matches after the initial seeding tournament, though a challenged team has one week to set up a date (not necessarily play within that one week, just set up a match time, though matches must take place within two weeks of the time of challenge) or they forfeit. When a match time is agreed upon, post the time and date in this thread. Matches would be required to start within fifteen minutes of the posted start time or the late team would forfeit the round (if a player from the substitute pool is available between the stated start time and the fifteen minute deadline, they may play instead, but the match must still begin within fifteen minutes).
* A team may challenge teams up to two ranks above them. If the challenging team wins, they will move up one rank (so it would be potentially possible to move past a team you haven't played, in order to keep the ladder active by encouraging more matches). If the challenging team loses, they will have to wait one week before challenging the same team again, though they may challenge another team as long as that team is within two ranks.
* Challenge matches are best of three matches. The challenged team picks the map on the first match (see earlier bullet for disallowed maps), the challenging team picks the map on the second match, and if a third round is necessary it would be played on a random map. In the event of a tie (i.e. sudden death after the 10 minute regulation has ended), both teams will exit the match and replay that round until a team emerges as the winner.
* If a player from either team has not entered the match by the time the "waiting for players" and "buff period" timers have ended, that team may ask for a reset. If a reset occurs, the match is to be restarted using the same map. Likewise, if a player from either team disconnects in the first 90 seconds of a match, that team may ask for a reset (and the map would stay the same upon a reset). If a disconnect occurs beyond the first 90 seconds, the team must play a man down for the remainder of the match. Please note that a team is allowed one reset per round, so you can't ask for a reset if someone fails to load in, and then ask for another reset if someone disconnects during the replay.
* No trash talking, no spawn camping, etc. If a team is found to be in violation of these rules, they will forfeit the match in question. I expect everyone to be honest in reporting violations. The goal of this event is to have fun, so please keep that in mind when playing.
* A team may enter after the seeding tournament, but they start at the bottom of the ladder and have to work their way up like any other team.
* If one or more members of your team decide to switch characters during the ladder (or if one or more teammates leaves your team and you add new ones), you need to re-register your team. Re-registering your team will cause your team to move to the bottom of the rankings, and you will have to work your way back up.

SIGNUPS

If you're interested, please indicate so in this thread. If possible, please indicate your global (not necessarily the character you plan to play, as that is flexible until the point when the ladder starts). When indicating your interest please do one of three things:

* Indicate you are interested and likely have two friends who would be your teammates. If possible, please indicate who those teammates are. In this case, only the first person from each team would need to register.
* Indicate you are interested, but will probably not have teammates available. If enough people from this category are interested, I would attempt to pair them up with other unteamed players.
* Indicate you are interested, but would prefer to play as a substitute. Substitutes would not need to have a specific character listed even after the ladder starts, but would only play in the rare event a team is not able to field all three of their players within the two weeks required for a challenge match.

EXAMPLE REGISTRATIONS

Already have a team:
@global1
@global2
@global3

Interested, but do not have a team:
@global1: interested, need team

Interested, sub only
@global1: interested, sub only

...And that's it. Thoughts, questions, concerns, or comments?

CHANGES AS OF 6/25:

* Removed Defender Telekinesis and Stalker Thunderstrike from the banned powers list
* Removed troll cave map from list of ineligible maps
* Modified sub rule: if a team needs a sub, they can find another player who isn't in the sub pool so long as that player is not already on another team.
* If captains cannot agree on a match time/date after a challenge, the default match time will be Sunday evenings at 8 PM Eastern (5 PM Pacific).

Hey Mac.

I've been looking for an excuse to begin a little PvPing. I don't have any prospective partners. I have no idea what a "good" PvP build/powerset/AT is. If there is enough interest, I might want to join. Perhaps, I should be a sub?

The type of registration you decide upon is up to you, but you'll probably have a better idea of what you'd want to do once start time gets closer. Right now I'm just trying to see if enough people would even be interested in running something like this - I'd hope for something like 6 teams to start with (18 players total plus the sub pool).

I'm in

Hey Mac...Hiya Philly...

I'm in and will discuss with a couple members of the sg....

@Chevy Wheeler ...usually on Stick Shift lately

Depending on what time it is held, yes.

i would enter, even though alot of my pvp toons are no longer on justice. i could probably respec some older builds up for competition pretty easily.

I might be interested in this depending on how many teams enter. I really have no viable toons left on Justice tho lol.

I'd be interested.
Thanks for looking into this Mac.

I prefer one night events to on-going, set teams. I have done both.

The problem is getting everyone on and ready to go at the same time.

While I certainly play a lot, I frequently have to go AFK to help my wife or kids with one thing or another. It's usually not a big deal PvEing to step away for a bit, but that's not feasible with PvP.

That said, I offer my services on an emp as a sub. I'll need to get him some more -kb IOs, but that shouldn't be a problem at all.

I'd be up for it

Definitely interested. I just had this pointed out to me so I may need a team or I may be able to form one, I will ask a couple people and guage interest. 3 more weeks 'til my semester's over so latter half of May would give me a more open schedule and some time to fund a proper PvP build.

I think I'd be interested >.>

It looks like we have enough interest for several teams - I've spoken with a few people who are getting teams together and also have some people saying they'll ask friends. I think I can safely say this event is a go and that there's enough interest, it's just a matter of when to start it off with the seeding tournament. I'm expecting that to take place sometime next month, likely on a Saturday evening - now would be a great time to start hunting for teammates if you haven't already, or to consider whether or not you're interested in signing up.

I have a team of 3

@Reetta
@Doctor Vigoratus
@R3DSt0rm

Pretty sure I have a team of 3 as well now.....

I could come back for a Justice ladder, if only for the PvP'ing. I'd need some serious practice though.

I'd be up for joining if this is still in the works

I need a team......

I failed at recruiting so I also need a team. I have over a dozen 50s on Justice, and a billion to spend on outfitting one of them with a PvP 2nd build. I'm leaning toward using my psi/em blaster right now, but could be talked into using something else. If anybody needs a teammate, the best way to contact me probably is to send me an email or global tell in-game @Dr. Dositheus because I don't always sign in to the forums.

i would like to do this, but i need some practice also

Torchy!

Welcome back!

So I think we have 3-4 teams ready for this, I'd like a few more before we start. Champion got 11 teams for theirs, c'mon people!