[quote author=Ladna link=topic=517.msg5046#msg5046 date=1318708774]<br />top player(s) and a poor captain:<br /><br />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&#039;ll just say when I was on Ghostly&#039;s team in season 2 he had the wisdom to basically let me take over as captain (and I was a dick and pretty much forced him to do that).&nbsp; Penultimate went 4-0-1 (1 tie) I think after I was on that team.&nbsp; So I personally would not lump him in with those others but I see your general point.&nbsp; There are some players not fit to captain.<br /><br /><br />[quote author=Ladna link=topic=517.msg5046#msg5046 date=1318708774]I don&#039;t believe I have the same shot as Ralphis at a Masterbowl.&nbsp; I personally believe any system in which I do is gay, because all that means is I beat Ralphis with a handicap.&nbsp; Who would ever be happy about a win like that?[/quote]<br /><br />I see what you are saying, but the IDL is a team event.&nbsp; I feel like you are saying because you are not a good a captain as others you should always have a worse team.&nbsp; I don&#039;t believe that should be the case.&nbsp; I think since you are a bit weaker you should have a slight edge when it comes to the draft which would lead to more equal teams (but probably still worse than Ralphis).<br /><br />[quote author=Ladna link=topic=517.msg5046#msg5046 date=1318708774]When I play in IDL, I play to win.&nbsp; Having fun is secondary, being nice is secondary, building IDL is secondary, etc[/quote]<br /><br />Just an aside but I play for fun primarily, but competition makes it fun.&nbsp; Without that it&#039;s not fun.<br /><br />[quote author=Ladna link=topic=517.msg5046#msg5046 date=1318708774]When I captained FLS, we had [b]GRUELING[/b] ODA02 practices before Week 1 when our team played against Ralphis/Fastidious/Nostar.&nbsp; I&#039;m proud of my teammates that they put up with it, and I&#039;m proud of the way we played that game, even though we lost.&nbsp; Were we disadvantaged because I was on our team?&nbsp; Absolutely.&nbsp; Did that make me work even harder?&nbsp; Absolutely.[/quote]<br /><br />But let&#039;s be honest the fact Ralphis/Fastidious/Nostar can even end up on a team is pretty much bullshit and a failing of the IDL, isn&#039;t it?&nbsp; That&#039;s a hugely stacked team that is almost automatically going to contend for a MasterBowl.&nbsp; In this case any captain not being a top player is fucked versus such a team.&nbsp; Isn&#039;t that a little fucked up and wrong?<br /><br />[quote author=Ladna link=topic=517.msg5046#msg5046 date=1318708774]If someone don&#039;t have that will to compete and win, then they&#039;re not fit to be a captain.[/quote]<br /><br />Would anyone work less hard if they have more parity between teams?&nbsp; I don&#039;t think so.<br /><br />[quote author=Ladna link=topic=517.msg5046#msg5046 date=1318708774]So don&#039;t condescend to me and tell me that in order to beat better captains I need a handicap.&nbsp; If you think I&#039;m not good enough to be a captain then I accept that, but don&#039;t say I can play IDL and here are some training wheels.&nbsp; Fuck that.[/quote]<br /><br />I&#039;m just saying why not make it more competitive?&nbsp; I forget the specifics, so maybe you can tell me, but didn&#039;t you stop captaining because you lost an edge in picks (Whiteboy or something?) due to removal of franchising?&nbsp; If true it sounds like you want that edge back to achieve more parity in the league and without that extra parity you aren&#039;t interested in captaining.&nbsp; Would that be correct?<br /><br />[quote author=Ladna link=topic=517.msg5046#msg5046 date=1318708774][b]TL;DR[/b]: Quit fucking around with the draft, dismiss all captains at the end of every season, and pick the best captains at the beginning of each season.<br />[/quote]<br /><br />Amen, sounds good to me.