Originally posted by Vanilla Thunder
Originally posted by Painmaker
Glad to see the efforts of several Pro League champions to put together an inter-regional tournament is coming to some sort of fruition this season. Most observers probably won't appreciate just how hard it has been to convince championship teams to dedicate the time to compete outside their own regions, as well as put their reputations on the line in a tournament that offers no formal reward. There were still a couple of cases where other regional representatives were needed (for example, where defending Pro League champs have been gutted).
Thanks to all the those who are participating, and a special thanks to the guys who put in the time to organize it! I'm excited to see how this turns out and hope it becomes a continuing GLB tradition.
It's probably tough because it's so useless.
My personal belief (not to be interpreted as being that of the teams that are actually working hard at making this work) is that these two posts do an excellent job of summarizing the journey to making this concept a reality.
On the one hand, you have the owners/gm's of 8 teams that represent regions of teams that arguably contain some of the best and most dedicated agents in the game, trying to do something to mitigate the slowness and boredom that is becoming more prevalent in the game. Perhaps that is just my perception, as my time to play is limited by real life and I don't keep up with the "politics" of the game. But I bet dollars to doughnuts you will find a growing sentiment amongst agents and owners that something needs to be done to stimulate interest in the game, and prevent agents from just dropping out of the game completely.
In his post, Painmaker points out that it was no small effort to get some teams to participate in the concept. Instead of a response that acknowledges the work these teams (and their regions) are doing, the response from Vanilla Thunder, a moderator and perceived administrator of the game (don't know the hierarchy, only expressing my observation) is that the concept is "...probably tough because it's so useless."
As others have pointed out, there have been other attempts to make this work and get it integrated into the game, and I am now starting to understand why the frustration amongst other agents and owners is growing. Personally, I view the fact that this has been attempted multiple times by various owners/agents, indicates a feature like this would be a cool addition to the simulation, and would help maintain long-term interest in the game. The perception this response gives is one that the game admins simply don't care what owners/players want.
It's one thing to say that there is a lot of infrastructure work and changes to the game that need to be done before working on some type of World Cup concept. It is something entirely different to just dismiss the hard work and efforts of these owners and teams as "useless". Way to encourage owners and agents to spend time thinking of creative ideas to generate continued interest in the game.
Nicely done.
Originally posted by Painmaker
Glad to see the efforts of several Pro League champions to put together an inter-regional tournament is coming to some sort of fruition this season. Most observers probably won't appreciate just how hard it has been to convince championship teams to dedicate the time to compete outside their own regions, as well as put their reputations on the line in a tournament that offers no formal reward. There were still a couple of cases where other regional representatives were needed (for example, where defending Pro League champs have been gutted).
Thanks to all the those who are participating, and a special thanks to the guys who put in the time to organize it! I'm excited to see how this turns out and hope it becomes a continuing GLB tradition.
It's probably tough because it's so useless.
My personal belief (not to be interpreted as being that of the teams that are actually working hard at making this work) is that these two posts do an excellent job of summarizing the journey to making this concept a reality.
On the one hand, you have the owners/gm's of 8 teams that represent regions of teams that arguably contain some of the best and most dedicated agents in the game, trying to do something to mitigate the slowness and boredom that is becoming more prevalent in the game. Perhaps that is just my perception, as my time to play is limited by real life and I don't keep up with the "politics" of the game. But I bet dollars to doughnuts you will find a growing sentiment amongst agents and owners that something needs to be done to stimulate interest in the game, and prevent agents from just dropping out of the game completely.
In his post, Painmaker points out that it was no small effort to get some teams to participate in the concept. Instead of a response that acknowledges the work these teams (and their regions) are doing, the response from Vanilla Thunder, a moderator and perceived administrator of the game (don't know the hierarchy, only expressing my observation) is that the concept is "...probably tough because it's so useless."
As others have pointed out, there have been other attempts to make this work and get it integrated into the game, and I am now starting to understand why the frustration amongst other agents and owners is growing. Personally, I view the fact that this has been attempted multiple times by various owners/agents, indicates a feature like this would be a cool addition to the simulation, and would help maintain long-term interest in the game. The perception this response gives is one that the game admins simply don't care what owners/players want.
It's one thing to say that there is a lot of infrastructure work and changes to the game that need to be done before working on some type of World Cup concept. It is something entirely different to just dismiss the hard work and efforts of these owners and teams as "useless". Way to encourage owners and agents to spend time thinking of creative ideas to generate continued interest in the game.
Nicely done.
