I want to start by saying I have nothing to do with any of the legislative processes of this dumb league.<br /><br />[quote author=ItalianStallion link=topic=171.msg1760#msg1760 date=1272598398]<br />There should be a different method to deal with server disputes.&nbsp; Rather than just settling on TT, which would favor one team over the other.&nbsp; Maybe split each round on a different server?&nbsp; Or some other method than to just go straight to TT.<br />[/quote]<br /><br />While I realize that canucks are ill-equipped, I wonder if you have really given any thought as to what this entails. First, the reason people play all the games on 1 server is for stat collection. Also it really blows to have to move servers mid-game. the TCM v WAD series showed the awesomeness of this idea in practice. We whooped u good solely on the basis of server selection. To be fair though, we gave you every opportunity to beat us. 3 (or 4) rounds on RN wasn&#039;t enough I guess<br /><br />There will always be server disputes so having a steadfast server rule for a game with an odd number of rounds provides another problem of fairness. You&#039;d need some kind of tie-breaker rule, which ushers in new unfairness. <br /><br />At this point I can tell you&#039;re not following so let me put this into practice.<br /><br />Let&#039;s say that I move to Oregon and get a server there that is best for me, host IDL server stuff, etc. Do you wanna play even one round where I ping 10ms and you ping 150ms? Do you want to be miek? Additionally I&#039;ll draft miek and josh for a triple threat of low pinging gr8ness. You can see how this is shaping up.<br /><br />Without regard to that hypothetical, the sheer number of complaints from 3 round games being decided with server choice will be astronomical. IDL admins needing to be present for every game or a server going down resulting in scheduling problems and bickering....etc etc etc...suffice to say it&#039;s a lot of hassle to NOT have a default option. <br /><br />The pragmatics of it are that you want a server that you&#039;re better than everyone on. The problem is that you have no $ or power. These are obstacles for you (option below).<br /><br />And you should at least be aware that east coast servers are just as unfair for half of IDL as Midwest servers, if not more so on the basis of average ping,(east coasters don&#039;t ping that poorly to TT while many people have +100ms to RN, for example). Interestingly enough, the main complaint about TT is packet loss, not ping. If you feel strongly about needing a better connection, then I can see two options for you:<br /><br />1.) lobby in forums for some change (currently and consistently useless, see the board conspiracy below)<br /><br />2.) donate some of your money or expertise to making the default server better for you<br /><br />I can see that you want some semblance of fairness in the server set but I would reevaluate how you go about getting that fairness. I would settle on an option that isn&#039;t lobbying the board, who, in a majority, would suffer from such a rule change (miek, ladna, goatface). Equal representation is a bitch, but at least ours has some transparency and gives us stuff for free.<br /><br />To be fair though I agree that sometimes TT has some stupid lag and packetloss. On the other hand, I&#039;ve never played a game of zdaemon in my whole life that didn&#039;t have one of those things present or both. If you find yourself butthurt about the server, do something proactive instead of just trying to phrase something different out of &quot;I want something better for me.&quot; That argument has not be heard well and really if you&#039;re being beaten by a server set you&#039;re not good enough anyway. I&#039;ve played on RN, Horizon, Unfy and DE just as well as I play on TT. You just have to not play frag all the time, which is sadly what you do. Maybe signing up for IDL would influence someone to pay attention to this. You could try that.