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Topic Started: Sep 27 2011, 06:45 PM (230 Views)
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This is only a proposition that I've put forth to the GMs, and it's something that affects everyone so we want some input.

As it is, we have 12 teams, which means 6 games per night. On the best of nights, we've finished at 10PM PST, which is alright for some of us on the west coast, but not so great for players on the east coast or other time zones which is something like 12-1AM. On top of this, if we hope to bring new players and new teams into the league, the nights will drag on even longer and since some people play from school or work or whatever, it might become a problem.

Therefore, my proposition is that we play the games, for the most part, simultaneously. We'd have 3 teams that play live on stream (so from 8PM to 9PM we'll have live games) and then the other three games we will have the teams play between 8 and 9, and then send the streamer/commentators the replay. Then, after the live games are over, we will continue streaming from the replay.

I feel the advantages of this system is that it puts us in a position where it doesn't matter how much we expand, we will always have the ability to add new teams without affecting people's schedules. It also lets people get early games, which were in pretty high demand this season. Added flexibility and having the power to play your own match when you have your team ready is something that will help add to the competition of the league, and will cut down on impersonators, since teams will have the time to verify IDs at their own leisure.

However, what we would need in this scenario, is a number of hosts that can host the side games while we play the live games. The live games shouldn't be a problem, because we can just use the cloud or whatever for that, but we will need people to host the other 3 games. The requirements for hosting a 10man room vs. having to host a 14 man room with an admin and streamers etc., is completely different, and likely the same pub hosts that we have now could be depended on for doing this. It would require good attendance by the hosts, who will have extra responsibilities for 15-30 minutes, but everyone will get done sooner (although we still encourage everyone to watch the stream!).

Also, commentators won't be delayed (at least for the replay games).

So, players tell me what you think, and hosts of pub rooms also tell me how much you like this and if you'd be able to commit to something like this.
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Goaly
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if i read correct it gives me moar sleep time (even tho i would still stay up til 12-1AM anyways) but its a better system for some of the other players in east coast that have school/work/whatever (im homeschooled yall miron)
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Helloman
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as long as teams get equal exposure for at least the first half of the season
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Kezia
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solid plan. we do have a few dcent ppl who are legit host
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Hello Kitty
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Helloman
Sep 27 2011, 06:52 PM
as long as teams get equal exposure for at least the first half of the season
Every game is still going to be streamed-- it's just that some games are going to be streamed from the replay rather than live.
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Helloman
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live exposure equal imo
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Hello Kitty
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bumping this, need to make sure that we have adequate hosting in order to do this.

im not sure who has good pub rooms, but from the rooms that i scan for its usually like Mo2/SexyDonut/Decoco/ODY/maod/BOHR/virt?

please direct any good hosts here so we can confirm.
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virtuoso

Is Droh coming back to PHL anytime soon ? I have seen him host over the last few days. I had decent ping.
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You'd have to talk to him, I haven't seen him since he was cut from burritos in s1.
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Jso

I can potentially host, i don't get many lag complaints. From what i hear my connection is stable but im pretty sure people that are 2.5k km or further get a bit lag since i dont have crazy upload.

The idea is fine imo
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