What I&#039;ve learned the most from this thread so far is that Fastidious is a bit of an ignorant loud mouth.<br /><br />[quote author=Fastidious link=topic=178.msg1571#msg1571 date=1267179398]<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.<br />[/quote]<br /><br />What evidence do you have that I &quot;resist everything like usual&quot;? I have rarely shot down any ideas that the board gets together on, talks out, and wants to vote through. If I feel talks on a rule change or issue haven&#039;t gone as far as they could and there&#039;s more to be had, I&#039;ll usually veto premature votes. I&#039;ve done my best to continually try and change the league for the better. <br /><br />So when do I resist everything like usual? Is it because I disagreed with you seasons ago when you wanted the administration to assign values to IDL players and institute some type of salary cap and you threw a fit because I said it was a bad idea because I didn&#039;t think the IDL should be ranking players? Almost every time you specify what you feel are flaws with the IDL, it comes packaged with a veiled &quot;Ralph is a closed minded jerk that can&#039;t run the league&quot;. If that&#039;s what you want to say, then say it Fastidious.<br /><br />[quote author=Fastidious link=topic=178.msg1571#msg1571 date=1267179398]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.[/quote]<br /><br />We should forfeit any team that can&#039;t get three players on at game time. If you can&#039;t field three players, then you need to fix your team by either trading for a reliable player or by dropping a player if it&#039;s after the trading deadline. I hope this rule change takes effect for Summer 2010 onward.<br /><br />[quote author=Fastidious link=topic=178.msg1571#msg1571 date=1267179398]<br />Ladna, Ralph loves franchising I think.&nbsp;  :-\<br />[/quote]<br />Other people have the power to get rid of franchising and it&#039;s obviously being discussed, but [i][b]I&#039;m a dictator[/b][/i] :-\ <br /><br />[quote author=Fastidious link=topic=178.msg1571#msg1571 date=1267179398]<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 />[/quote]<br /><br />Pray tell, what POLITICS went on here? BSK&#039;s captain dropped out hours before the draft and we needed a replacement. The board had an emergency meeting and they decided that if Shakal would captain that cha0tix would be allowed in past the invite deadline. Was cha0tix going to honestly franchise with EBL? <br /><br />Half of DMR is currently still MIA. Their entire state enveloped in a sheet of ice; we still don&#039;t know the status of those two guys and if they&#039;re even breathing (God forbid). This happened after half of the season was over. Do you feel that DMR should&#039;ve had to continue on only being able to field Blair and Jenova all season or is that just POLITICS?<br /><br />Teams that ask for help usually get it. Xenaero tried to help himself and work out his team&#039;s issues and I commend him for that. Xenaero may have made some poor mistakes in the draft this season, he&#039;s surely aware of it, and he did his best to try and fix it.<br /><br />So tell me Fastidious, where were the POLITICS in these decisions? These moves were made and approved by the board to try and help out those who were in uncommon conditions (captains dropping out and/or 50% of rosters disappearing overnight), not to get over on people because of any types of affiliations outside the league.<br /><br />If you never ask for help, why should you expect it? <br /><br />We all know that you&#039;re [i]clearly[/i] the #1 talent evaluator in the league Fastidious. Maybe, prior to each season, we can have you rank our captains and players by weakness and we can baby the &quot;weak&quot; through the season. Most people have a good idea of what they&#039;re getting into as a captain in the IDL, do you think THEY want to have training wheels?<br /><br />[quote author=Fastidious link=topic=178.msg1571#msg1571 date=1267179398]The IDL plays favorites over and over again each season.[/quote]<br /><br />Since last Winter, with the formation of the board, the adoption of the Franchise system, and other changes, please tell me when the IDL has played favorites. Provide examples please.<br /><br />[quote author=Fastidious link=topic=178.msg1571#msg1571 date=1267179398]<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 />[/quote]<br /><br />It&#039;s about standardization. It&#039;s much easier for the people that run the league, the captains, and the players to organize week to week knowing that they&#039;re going to play a standardized game. Why not let two players TDM in ZDDL instead of playing a 1on1? It&#039;s a standardized format to make it easier for everybody to know what to expect week to week.<br /><br />[quote author=Fastidious link=topic=178.msg1571#msg1571 date=1267179398]<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.<br />[/quote]<br /><br />New maps are looked at in depth before every Winter season and I&#039;m sure SmartCTF, along with some other new wads, will get a look for next Winter&#039;s wad (provided it&#039;s finished).