[quote author=dew link=topic=178.msg1565#msg1565 date=1267152271]real enough?[/quote]<br /><br />There is some truth to all your ranting but a lot of it is wrong too.&nbsp; I think the main truth is I doubt the IDL will change, the board will argue and Ralph will resist everything like usual.&nbsp; I&#039;d rather we try some new things and fail than stick with the same old gig.&nbsp; Lots of people seem to accept the IDL as good enough, but it can be better.<br /><br />I also agree with Nostar, the IDL seems much more accepting of international players than any other continent.&nbsp; I remember some EU IDL type league that me and Chain got on the same team with Rose and Belial IIRC and the league ended up dying soon after.&nbsp; I think part of that was due to Dopefish being a lazy fucker but also probably realizing two Americans were going to win an EU league.&nbsp; The fact is EU players don&#039;t have a good schedule to play in NA whereas NA players do have a good schedule to play in EU.&nbsp; Most matches happen during the night on each continent that is just how it is, being behind in hours of EU means NA players have a much easier time of it.&nbsp; I wouldn&#039;t fucking stay up till 3-5am to play a match even if I do occasionally do it for no real reason such as right now.<br /><br />Most people resist changes on grounds which often can be tough to argue against, but the fact is debating and winning arguments isn&#039;t what should decide how a league is run.&nbsp; A good example is the 3v2 rule and all that unfairness which seems to have stuck around because people are afraid a team will only field two good players all season.&nbsp; Sure that is possible but everyone will notice if that happens and most players on an IDL team would not be for being benched all season just so the two best could 2v2 all the matches.&nbsp; Gotta give the player base the benefit of the doubt and roll back some of the more anal rules which are super competitive.<br /><br />Ladna, Ralph loves franchising I think.&nbsp;  :-\<br /><br />I don&#039;t mind Mistopher I just never know what the fuck he is doing usually.&nbsp; It makes it hard to have you know a team game in CTF when this happens.<br /><br />I personally don&#039;t mind sitting sometimes but I like to play in matches too.&nbsp; On RNB I sat matches to let Gax play when I didn&#039;t need to.&nbsp; Some teams and captains won&#039;t do that, which is pretty shitty!&nbsp; I have never been in this situation since I&#039;m pretty good but I don&#039;t know how I would react if my role on a team was backup for starters and practice buddy.&nbsp; I might not enjoy that much and I might even start to not show up anymore.<br /><br />I personally hate being on really bad teams; teams which end up with only 0, 1, or 2 wins all season.&nbsp; Really it is pointless.&nbsp; TMNT was terrible and it felt like a waste of time and a lost season.&nbsp; I could have had much more fun playing random private or even public games.&nbsp; Sometimes for whatever reason there is no way to even put up a decent challenge for other teams if your own team isn&#039;t working or just sucks.<br /><br />The IDL should be more flexible and understanding and not so competitive all the time.&nbsp; A good example this season is DMR and BSK.&nbsp; Shak got Chow who is a top player all around and DMR got LB who is fairly good, both weren&#039;t even signed up for the league.&nbsp; Both decisions are great and I commend the IDL for flexibility and doing things it often has not dared to in the past to bring players in.&nbsp; Yet let us compare what happened on BSK and DMR to EBL&#039;s current situation.&nbsp; EBL could really use help to turn their season around yet the teams given the leg up are better than EBL.&nbsp; This is where IDL politics come into play.&nbsp; EBL didn&#039;t get special help and this is pretty unfair.&nbsp; They played by the rules and are going to die by them too.&nbsp;  The IDL plays favorites over and over again each season.&nbsp; You can argue fine details, etc but what counts is the end result.&nbsp; How would EBL be doing now if they had managed to convince the IDL to give them LB instead of strangle?&nbsp; The UD conspiracy is still going strong as well!&nbsp;  ;D<br /><br />I&#039;d be against 4v4 due to increased logistics and less teams in the league by far.&nbsp; I think it&#039;d be cool if teams could agree to 4v4 however, why not?<br /><br />Also we should use SmartCTF, the maps are badass, seriously.&nbsp; If you haven&#039;t played them 3v3 yet you are missing out.&nbsp; They are designed with a much different attitude in mind than most CTF maps.