[quote author=Tenchew link=topic=517.msg5049#msg5049 date=1318781648]<br />[quote author=Ladna link=topic=517.msg5046#msg5046 date=1318708774]<br />If IDL had its way, Lockwolf, MionicDonut, Tenchu, Rexnor, and GhostlyDeath would be free to terrorize 3 fresh new players each season, as long as they somehow limp into playoffs every other season.[/quote]<br /><br />I don&#039;t think these judgements are exactly fair. I can&#039;t speak for the rest of those guys but let me remind you those events occurred [b]over three years ago[/b]. That&#039;s a pretty long time on the Internet. I&#039;ll admit, HWB was a complete disaster. I was plagued with scheduling problems and other personal shit that was going on that summer. But again, that was years ago and I&#039;m a different person than I was back then. I&#039;m absolutely confident that if I stepped up and managed a team this season, it would be worlds different from HWB. I&#039;m no league expert, but if you continue to hold these largely negative views on players (who have the potential to do a great deal of good for the league, mind you) over shit that happened in a different freakin&#039; decade, well then it would seem you&#039;re just hindering future growth.<br />[/quote]<br /><br />I don&#039;t really think the IDL is holding this against you now. I was drafted 3 times in the beginning seasons of the IDL and flaked each time. They still allowed me to come back and eventually I became captain once I had my shit together.<br /><br />The issue with you, Tenchu, is that nobody sees you play. If you want to be allowed to be considered for captain or even the draft, you should probably play in priv and be involved/active in #idl.<br /><br />Overall, I don&#039;t see the league holding this against people for things that happened ages ago. I&#039;m a prime example of a guy who was given a second, third and fourth chance even when I didn&#039;t deserve it. You can&#039;t be mad at the IDL for not making you a captain if you&#039;re not even active. That&#039;s not how it works.<br /><br />[quote=&quot;Fastidious&quot;]Don&#039;t you think more parity would be good for growth?&nbsp; Can&#039;t changing the draft help parity?&nbsp; I don&#039;t know about you guys but I think it&#039;s boring that certain captains usually dominate season after season.&nbsp; Is it really so wrong to make it tougher for them?&nbsp; Is it a crime if no team has an undefeated record again?[/quote]<br /><br />What exactly are you proposing then? I continue to hear people say &quot;change the draft,&quot; but Mass has been the only person to explain how he&#039;d want it to change and his outlook on it&#039;s potential result. To this point, I&#039;ve seen nothing that would be an improvement over the current system. I have heard allowing people to pick their own spots, and I&#039;m not totally against that. But I, as well as people from the IDL board, would like to hear what people mean who are in favor &quot;for draft system changes.&quot; <br /><br />You aren&#039;t incorrect about certain captains dominating. But as much talk as there has been about Ralph, you have to understand he&#039;s only won 2 masterbowls out of 10. So it&#039;s not like he&#039;s in the finals every season. The reality is, most teams that win end up being completely stacked. Generally, these teams consist of two all-stars and a very capable 3rd, the last few winners suggest this:<br /><br />IDL Summer 2011 (Season 10): DMR (LB, Nostar, Gyross)<br />IDL Winter 2011 (Season 9): BSK (Jenova, DevastatioN, RottKing)<br />IDL Summer 2010 (Season 8): BSK (Jenova, Stallion, Saber)<br />IDL Winter 2010 (Season 7) SUC (Ralphis, Nostar, Fastidious)<br /><br />And the list will continue to go on. I&#039;m not saying these great players/captains don&#039;t make a difference but they&#039;re not dominating with a bunch of scrubs. They&#039;re getting great players. Changing the draft won&#039;t make the rest of community great, but if we can somehow get more capable captains who aren&#039;t incapable of doing anything positive on the field, then that&#039;s definitely a step in the right direction. <br /><br />The other reoccurring word I&#039;ve seen is parity. I am not against parity at all, nobody is. But we&#039;re not going to achieve parity by screwing the good captains. It&#039;s going to have the opposite effect. For example, it&#039;s not parity if we give Legion (sorry buddy, this is just an example!) 1# and #12 type talent while we give Ralphis 24# and 25# type talent. Legion winning the masterbowl while Ralphis almost going winless is not parity. So far, from how people want to achieve said parity, this is what would happen if we went through with it (or at least, odds would be in favor of it happening). Parity is defined as being equal, not flipping the league 180 degrees and giving the less-winning players that advantage while screwing the good ones. <br /><br />How can we achieve parity? I&#039;ve already said it and you know where it&#039;s going so I won&#039;t repeat what&#039;s already been said thousands of times. 