[quote author=Ralphis link=topic=433.msg4039#msg4039 date=1305152672]<br />Only way straight draft could work and balance teams successfully is long term and, as we&#039;ve learned, idl captains generally don&#039;t think long term.<br />[/quote]<br /><br />This is the reason behind assigning general skill level rankings to captains. I agree that when Denny takes over for Nero and gets 1st pick that it totally slants the IDL in his favor. However I would have put him toward the top in skill level. That way even if Nero tanked and got 1st pick, the following season&nbsp; captains would be assigned to new spots. The cool part is that these &quot;rankings&quot; change based on performance and on the skill of other captains (new and old). It&#039;s possible that Bones has fallen off the wagon and is becoming washed up. Hatred is an up and comer who took a terrible team and almost whoopered Ralph. So maybe next season those guys switch tiers. It should be up to the IDL administration as a whole. And really I don&#039;t see there being a ton of disagreement. The priv picking is pretty straight forward as far as order goes. I imagine this to be much the same.<br /><br />[quote]IDL has veteran players who are good but are really bad for the IDL&#039;s growth.[/quote]<br /><br />That&#039;s me I suppose.<br /><br />[quote]Ranking captains and players zddl style is a poor idea and I will always stand by this. In Star&#039;s list, he puts tony below Nautilus. However, as far as ctf skills go, I would rank tony above Nautilus. Who is right? Who makes the decision? Can anyone actually even be right? Is Chaindude still as good a captain/player as I am? Am I better than LordBritish or Jenova or Humanbones? How can these questions be quantified fairly?<br />[/quote]<br /><br />It&#039;s not really hard to give a general idea of captain skill level. I wouldn&#039;t really give captains a 1 though 12 ranking anyway. I mentioned making tiers of captains based on their general skill. Something like:<br /><br />[size=1]Mass<br />Legion<br />Clim<br />--------<br />Naut<br />Prime<br />Strangle<br />--------<br />Tai<br />Rus<br />--------<br />Lb<br />Hatred<br />--------<br />Bones<br />Ralphis[/size]<br /><br />Wherein using your infamous randomization it&#039;s possible for Legion to get picks 1-3 and Naut to get picks 4-6 and so on. I personally think that Naut and Clim are terrible captains, not because they&#039;re terrible players but because I&#039;m sure they will disappear, quit, or worse, make bonehead draft decision and sour their teams on IDL in the future. A bad team in your first season, and I don&#039;t mean bad in the sense of skill, but being on a team with Nautilus in your first season is brutal, ask Kyte if you can find her.<br /><br />[quote author=Hatred link=topic=433.msg4043#msg4043 date=1305211256]<br />lol Xeanero is pissed. Although I am curious to as how this guy got a forums account. Even further more, where the hell did he come from? <br />[/quote]<br /><br />His previous name was Jarin_cz and he&#039;s been around for a long time. He cheated a few times on zdaemon, was banned, and now trolls around because everyone #idl in Europe hates him.