[quote author=Ladna link=topic=134.msg1096#msg1096 date=1252647288]<br />[quote author=Xenaero link=topic=134.msg1090#msg1090 date=1252416302]<br />stuff<br />[/quote]<br /><br />more stuff<br />[/quote]<br /><br />Ok, I pretty much get what you guys are saying here and maybe the argument is legitimate, but the only way I would see to be fair is if playoffs are maps that are scheduled but really I think that is pretty unfair and unrewarding to teams that do well.&nbsp; We are trying to make teams competitive and fight for the top, if we don&#039;t have any reward for being awesome then we will see the better teams throwing games possibly to get a better draft pick next season since there is no reason to win except pride.&nbsp; Or perhaps someone has a better idea to set this up, but I think the current way is the best of all proposed solutions with the drafting/franchising system in place.&nbsp; But ideas are great regardless keep em coming!!<br /><br />[quote author=Ladna link=topic=134.msg1096#msg1096 date=1252647288]<br />Now Ralphis pointed out that there&#039;s quite a few notable upsets.&nbsp; But I think he didn&#039;t really say enough about that.&nbsp; Upsets are fucking awesome!&nbsp; When VGR upset PAK it was HUGE.&nbsp; Like, the universe almost exploded huge.&nbsp; Whenever I&#039;m thinking about some of the stuff that makes IDL unfair, I think of how teams have overcome that unfairness and created some epic moments.&nbsp; Yeah, on paper it seems dumb, and it keeps IDL from being some mathematical equation that reduces down to the best team, but it&#039;s just more exciting this way.<br />[/quote]<br /><br />Now without trying to sound like a dick, I think any team can win any map given some good preparation and a solid idea.&nbsp; If you don&#039;t have a solid belief that your team can win any map given some time and effort, how do you expect to win a masterbowl?&nbsp; Ultimately a lot of teams do continue to play in the playoffs how they played in the regular season.&nbsp; Some of these big upsets like pak and vgr were actually split conferences and if I recall correctly the two never met before the playoff game.&nbsp; I would love to personally see IDL back to 12 teams and be able to play this out, unfortunately I think this wouldn&#039;t be very fun without having more teams to flesh out the conferences and keep things interesting.<br /><br />[quote]Outlaw trading!&nbsp; Fuck Nero/SUC/Tenchu/Donut blahblahblah![/quote]<br /><br />I think trading is one of the most important, if underused aspects in IDL.&nbsp; Teams have UNLIMITED TRADES in preseason, but I don&#039;t think any have really taken advantage of testing out all the meat IDL has to offer if they are leery of their 4th player.&nbsp; Very few team to team trades happen throughout the season, and most of the ones that do happen are incredibly reviled or have extremely negative consequences: see kandy being traded and caboose quitting wad, jkist being traded and fast quitting spe, etc, etc.&nbsp; Now you might say that many of these trades have a single factor in common, the nostar effect, and while I think it was really gay of him to dump mortal onto spe to get kist, since mortal is arguably better anyways, its his team and he has not only proven his skill as a captain, but continues to do so.&nbsp; Of course there is donut/tenchu and some others but desperate captains will do desperate things to get what they want.&nbsp; I think the league would be very stagnant and unfun without trading to relieve some of this steam.<br /><br />[quote]Even if we do 3/5, we should leave reg. season matches the way they are.[/quote]<br /><br />I agree its a pretty stupid idea, its like switching from nfl from a 100y field to a 200y field for playoffs, not at all what the players train all season and pre/postseason to do, I think its pretty unfair to set it up like this.<br /><br />[quote]OVERTIME?!?! Who runs these POS servers?[/quote]<br /><br />I also think overtime is an interesting idea, however I don&#039;t think we should be telling teams how they should play, that is up to them.<br /><br />also ladna smells like a dirt farmer :D