THE THROW DOWN!!!
Presented by Kali @Kalibash and Evo @PiP3R
Start getting your teams ready pvpers, the summer league is here! Talks about this have been going on for some time now. There are already teams ready to go, there are teams that just need a few more members, and there are even more teams that will surely come together once hearing of this chance to show their strength. So start spreading the word and let's get this thing going!!!
Getting right down to business; the setup:
This will be a 5v5 PvP League. We feel that at this point, 8 man teams might be asking to much, so in the spirit of having as much participation and teams as possible, we're going with 5's. Also, 5v5's will probably promote more innovative lineups than traditional 8 man teams; which will probably translate to more fun! Travel suppression and heal decay will be turned off (as if that needs mentioning). Small inspirations only.
Incarnates: All ExceptLores.This is the general feeling of most the community. If something is legitimately broken, like the control hybrid was, then we can discuss and have it possibly ruled out. This setup and these rules will be evolving as the participating community sees fit. But for now, all but lores is the rule. There was some concern that the damage hybrid did more damage than it was supposed to, but I hear that was fixed; as was the control hybrid. Some have suggested alpha only, but most feel that everyone has worked so hard and long on incarnates, that they should be a part of the league; however all agree that lore pets would be too much.
Power and AT limitations:
This will be consistent with the most recent past leagues. No TK. Especially since this is only 5's, TK will just be more ridiculous than normal. Only 2 stalkers per lineup (do we rlly want a team of 5 stalkers?).Only 3 masterminds. More than three mm's will just make targeting ridiculous. If the poison controller hold is still broken, then that will be banned also; not sure if that one was fixed yet. To my understanding, the dark hold has been patched, so that is good to go. Again, this is an evolving setup, so if there are any other powers declared broken out there, we can and will revisit the restriction list.
Roster setup:
Teams will be limited to a roster of 7 members. Since matches will be 5v5's, itÂ’s really unnecessary to have a team with a roster of 15 people. At the same time, in case a member of the team can't show for a match or practice, an extra person or two on the roster will help with that. AND, it should also promote more team formation. If your team ONLY wants five people on the roster, that's fine. I also understand some people have two accounts. So if one person wants to play characters from both accounts, that's fine,Both accounts just can't be played at the same time.
Match times and ranking setup:
Officials will be held on Sundays @ 9 eastern. Teams must be in listed arena event 15 min after start time of their scheduled match. If that same team has still not showed up after 30min have elapsed from the time of the scheduled match then the absent team will be disqualified. If both teams agree to have the match a little later than normal schedule, that's fine. A Print Screen copy of the agreement from the two teams with approve this. Like everything else, this is also up for discussion (the official match times). If most people feel 10 pm eastern is better, that can be adjusted; but it's probably unlikely considering many people have to work Monday morning. Regular practices between teams can be worked out between each other. Our hope is that each team will battle each other two times during the regular season. So if we get seven teams then there will be fourteen weeks of regular season matches. If there are eight teams then sixteen weeks of regular season matches; pretty awesome!! Rankings will be simple. Each two out of the three Sunday night matches won, is one win. Teams with the most wins at the end of the season will get the playoff spots. Playoffs will consist of semi-finals and then the finals.
The rewards for the winning team are TBA. Stay tuned for that one!
TARGET STARTUP DATE IS SEPTEMBER THE 2ND!!!!!!! This should give players enough time to get back and get characters incarnated and slotted. Also, it will allow teams to get practices in and lineups ready for the season.
There will be another thread made for team rosters and adjustments!!
If there any question, feel free to pst @Kalibash or @PiP3R
SUMMER PVP LEAGUE 2012,
THE THROW DOWN!!!
Presented by Kali @Kalibash and Evo @PiP3R
Start getting your teams ready pvpers, the summer league is here! Talks about this have been going on for some time now. There are already teams ready to go, there are teams that just need a few more members, and there are even more teams that will surely come together once hearing of this chance to show their strength. So start spreading the word and let's get this thing going!!!
Getting right down to business; the setup:
This will be a 5v5 PvP League. We feel that at this point, 8 man teams might be asking to much, so in the spirit of having as much participation and teams as possible, we're going with 5's. Also, 5v5's will probably promote more innovative lineups than traditional 8 man teams; which will probably translate to more fun! Travel suppression and heal decay will be turned off (as if that needs mentioning). Small inspirations only.
Incarnates:
All ExceptLores.This is the general feeling of most the community. If something is legitimately broken, like the control hybrid was, then we can discuss and have it possibly ruled out. This setup and these rules will be evolving as the participating community sees fit. But for now, all but lores is the rule. There was some concern that the damage hybrid did more damage than it was supposed to, but I hear that was fixed; as was the control hybrid. Some have suggested alpha only, but most feel that everyone has worked so hard and long on incarnates, that they should be a part of the league; however all agree that lore pets would be too much.
Power and AT limitations:
This will be consistent with the most recent past leagues. No TK. Especially since this is only 5's, TK will just be more ridiculous than normal. Only 2 stalkers per lineup (do we rlly want a team of 5 stalkers?).Only 3 masterminds. More than three mm's will just make targeting ridiculous. If the poison controller hold is still broken, then that will be banned also; not sure if that one was fixed yet. To my understanding, the dark hold has been patched, so that is good to go. Again, this is an evolving setup, so if there are any other powers declared broken out there, we can and will revisit the restriction list.
Roster setup:
Teams will be limited to a roster of 7 members. Since matches will be 5v5's, itÂ’s really unnecessary to have a team with a roster of 15 people. At the same time, in case a member of the team can't show for a match or practice, an extra person or two on the roster will help with that. AND, it should also promote more team formation. If your team ONLY wants five people on the roster, that's fine. I also understand some people have two accounts. So if one person wants to play characters from both accounts, that's fine,Both accounts just can't be played at the same time.
Match times and ranking setup:
Officials will be held on Sundays @ 9 eastern. Teams must be in listed arena event 15 min after start time of their scheduled match. If that same team has still not showed up after 30min have elapsed from the time of the scheduled match then the absent team will be disqualified. If both teams agree to have the match a little later than normal schedule, that's fine. A Print Screen copy of the agreement from the two teams with approve this. Like everything else, this is also up for discussion (the official match times). If most people feel 10 pm eastern is better, that can be adjusted; but it's probably unlikely considering many people have to work Monday morning. Regular practices between teams can be worked out between each other. Our hope is that each team will battle each other two times during the regular season. So if we get seven teams then there will be fourteen weeks of regular season matches. If there are eight teams then sixteen weeks of regular season matches; pretty awesome!! Rankings will be simple. Each two out of the three Sunday night matches won, is one win. Teams with the most wins at the end of the season will get the playoff spots. Playoffs will consist of semi-finals and then the finals.
The rewards for the winning team are TBA. Stay tuned for that one!
TARGET STARTUP DATE IS SEPTEMBER THE 2ND!!!!!!! This should give players enough time to get back and get characters incarnated and slotted. Also, it will allow teams to get practices in and lineups ready for the season.
There will be another thread made for team rosters and adjustments!!
If there any question, feel free to pst @Kalibash or @PiP3R