[quote author=Ralphis link=topic=723.msg7467#msg7467 date=1346610484]<br />When SICL started up, one of the founders (maybe Tenchu? I forget who) came to us and asked if they could use all of the infrastructure we had already created at the time. We allowed them to because we thought that bolstering competition on Skulltag would possibly help push some of those players into participating in the IDL. It worked to an extent but not in the way we originally projected.<br /><br />The league (SICL) was basically a dismal failure, each season becoming worse, more watered down than the last. A select handful of players from these leagues tried out the IDL after they saw how poorly run the SICL was. Though the IDL benefitted from picking up a few players, it shined a light on what could be taken from Skulltag&#039;s &quot;competitive community&quot;. Their league itself was representative of key traits the migrant players we&#039;ve seen come over this way: apathy and disrespect.<br /><br />A large portion (not all) of the SICL players no-showed games, no-showed their teams, aliased on teams, and would go out of their way to disrespect other players and teams with regularity. Many Skulltag players who came to the IDL no-showed games, no-showed teams, and showed a general lack of respect for the IDL.<br />[/quote]<br /><br />Yes that was me, and good god what a catastrophe that was. It was literally impossible to keep a league of that size operating with the immature morons that were Skulltag players. Ugh. I put a lot of work into getting that entire thing prepped, worked with Tony to get a decent website and forums up, and gathering players to participate only to basically get spit in the face by most of the players (including a few of my own friends). Never again.