07-Nov-2011, 12:32 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-Nov-2011, 12:36 PM by jpguywatchout.)
yes that's exactly it Chris, the reason for a 3rd tier is so medium teams can face other medium teams rather than swtiching places with them.
As it stands, i don't get to play ALL the teams at my own team's comparable skill level (there are some in tier two, but not all). I'd love to play Manny and Carm i.e. the lower-level tier one teams, as my opponents slowly graduate at their skill levels. You can't take my partners, Eric & Erin, who have been playing some really, really weak teams and then thrust them up in tier one, where we could conceivably play Merv and Jon the very next week after playing an all-girl team the week before.
There is a skill-level disconnect, and when we recruit new players/teams the first thing we tell them is that playing in league is all about playing those who are similar in skill level, because the league format evens things out.
I do not believe that is currently the case.
I'm okay with ladder format, as long as there are still 3-team sheets in the middle, since we only have so many tables to play on. The only thing about ladder is the bottom teams tend to stay on the bottom and keep playing each other and keep losing to the same people - but that's just a minor irritant i've heard, and my response is always that it should encourage the crappy teams to get better to get the hell out of there.
As it stands, i don't get to play ALL the teams at my own team's comparable skill level (there are some in tier two, but not all). I'd love to play Manny and Carm i.e. the lower-level tier one teams, as my opponents slowly graduate at their skill levels. You can't take my partners, Eric & Erin, who have been playing some really, really weak teams and then thrust them up in tier one, where we could conceivably play Merv and Jon the very next week after playing an all-girl team the week before.
There is a skill-level disconnect, and when we recruit new players/teams the first thing we tell them is that playing in league is all about playing those who are similar in skill level, because the league format evens things out.
I do not believe that is currently the case.
I'm okay with ladder format, as long as there are still 3-team sheets in the middle, since we only have so many tables to play on. The only thing about ladder is the bottom teams tend to stay on the bottom and keep playing each other and keep losing to the same people - but that's just a minor irritant i've heard, and my response is always that it should encourage the crappy teams to get better to get the hell out of there.