[center][b]SEASON LENGTH[/b][/center]<br />[quote author=nostar link=topic=173.msg1536#msg1536 date=1266955484]I like the concept of&nbsp; short (and more frequent) seasons. The only reason shorter ones make more sense is to preserve the player base. Good teams will have the same awesome games and bad teams won&#039;t have to suffer 4 months of badness followed by 3 months of off season.[/quote]<br /><br />The IDL season goes 9 weeks. This regular season, when finished, will have gone two months and three days. The entire season, through the final Sunday a game can be played, runs 2 months and 24 days long. To me, this doesn&#039;t seem very long at all. Even then, some people want the season LONGER than it is now because they feel each game played is too important.<br /><br />[center][b]MAP SELECTION[/b][/center]<br /><br />I also feel that while map voting sounds great to some, is it always fair for the majority to be able to only have their preference answered? Some people prefer maps that are &quot;super offensive&quot;, &quot;grind&quot;, &quot;trick&quot;, or whatever. <br /><br />A lot of these maps don&#039;t fit into the popular map types, but is it better for mostly everyone to get an opportunity to play different types of maps that play to different strengths or to only play the types of maps that play to their own? Do we want to go back to 01/04/08 all the time?<br /><br />Despite all the criticisms that the IDL board and myself receive, our map selection process is a long, arduous one that results in a schedule that offers a mixture of map styles that cater to different parts of the player base.<br /><br />[center][b]4v4 Format[/b][/center]<br /><br />As far as 4v4, I feel as though the IDL is essentially designed for 3v3. While 4v4 sounds like a fun idea, think about some of the scheduling problems that we currently have. It&#039;s hard enough for the league and captains to schedule a 3v3 game each week, so how much harder is it going to be if we move to 4v4? How many forfeits would we see? I would venture a guess that it will be significantly more than we&#039;ve had under 3v3.<br /><br />[center][b]Forfeits for Uneven Games[/b][/center]<br /><br />Totally in favor.