Diophantine
Banned deucer.
I always get excited whenever Rage does a mass ping in the RoA server in hopes that I will be able to play some niche old gen tiers. Many people vote on the tiers and there seems to be a lot of enthusiasm about them, yet when the ladders come out, they seem desolate. During the RS200 ladder, I got three games over the entire month, two of which were in the same day. During the GSC NU ladder, I got two games in total. It's frustrating to get excited about something and barely be able to play it. So I thought about how this could be changed.
Change 1: Introduce monthly forum tournaments alongside or replacing the ladders for the spotlight tiers.
Reason: Tournaments give all participants guaranteed games. Tournaments for niche tiers such as these typically see more games played than ladders. If you want to keep the monthly ladders up, that is fine. More chances to play. Room tours are not enough - people don't really have enough time to prepare for them.
Change 2: Reduce the amount of spotlight tiers per month.
Reason: Currently, there are three spotlight tiers per month. If we keep the ladder format, it means that interest in the tiers is thinly spread. If we are to keep the ladders, I believe it would be best to funnel all interest into one ladder.
Feel free to discuss below. Would love to hear other people's opinions, and perhaps maybe we can improve the monthly spotlight tiers.
Change 1: Introduce monthly forum tournaments alongside or replacing the ladders for the spotlight tiers.
Reason: Tournaments give all participants guaranteed games. Tournaments for niche tiers such as these typically see more games played than ladders. If you want to keep the monthly ladders up, that is fine. More chances to play. Room tours are not enough - people don't really have enough time to prepare for them.
Change 2: Reduce the amount of spotlight tiers per month.
Reason: Currently, there are three spotlight tiers per month. If we keep the ladder format, it means that interest in the tiers is thinly spread. If we are to keep the ladders, I believe it would be best to funnel all interest into one ladder.
Feel free to discuss below. Would love to hear other people's opinions, and perhaps maybe we can improve the monthly spotlight tiers.