[quote author=Xenaero link=topic=89.msg701#msg701 date=1238037542]<br />What I mean here is that this is a league run by players, I don&#039;t see why the people not on the board don&#039;t get to discuss and have a say in changes being talked over by the people at the top. Even if there is no influential discussion on the topic, I think it&#039;s important in a community like this one to at least let the people voice their opinions on it. Sometimes it leads to a solution better than the one thought up by a small group of people. It shows trust in the members participating in the league.<br />[/quote]<br /><br />I would say this is a league run by players, just that it&#039;s not a direct democracy. I mean granted, there are some decisions that I think are bad, but the board is mostly just attempts to keep the league fair. From what I know there is no rule against players discussing IDL changes, just that the legislative action should be run through a smaller group of representative players. Similar to a representative democracy.<br /><br />[quote author=Xenaero link=topic=89.msg701#msg701 date=1238037542]<br />This season was a good &#039;start&#039;. I put start in quotations because it&#039;s not really a fresh start, it&#039;s just an overhaul. Not really a major overhaul either.<br />[/quote]<br /><br />I want to run a recap of the things changed from season 4 to 5.<br /><br />Dropped from a 12 team league to 8<br />Selected captains<br />Invite-only<br />Franchise system enacted<br />New map pool (7 wads if I&#039;m counting right) <br />Removed mid-season draft<br />Added administrative game scheduling system<br />Used board-based MVP voting<br /><br />From my perspective those are fairly substantial changes. I mean really there was only 1 team this season that really started at a disadvantage and that was mostly on account of Blair. With a new captain for SPE I think that all 8 teams stand a competitive chance next season, especially with the new draft order amendment. That really is more than can be said for any other season.