Squads/Teams for new competitve play

My second idea for the day

Make a second competitive version where "squads" are developed by a high ranking members of the community
(members of the community that are ranked in the top 50, or maybe 100 depending on whether this is suitable for the community)

squads are unchangeable for an X number of seasons until the time runs out. people cant leave a squad once they join it and only have the first season worth of time to join a squad
i.e. So if 3 seasons worth of time is given to play these new competitive games you have to join a squad within the first season

Not like coalitions where anyone with prem can be a leader, these high rankers would account for the main high rank leader in the squad and then the rest of an X Number of players would make up the rest of the squad under the leader

Not like coalitions though there are no leaders and officers but everyone can partake in a squad game and premium isnt needed to make one but if this works with competitive players then most would have premium and the other high ranks that play alot and spent alot of time reaching that rank have earned the ability to play as a prem account so to speak

The squads would also be made up of a set number of ranks per squad.
so a rank 11+ makes up the high ranker( or choose the high rankers from the top 50 active players)
then the rest of the squad is made up of a few rank 10's a few more rank 9's and 8's and then as many rank 7's and 6's as is possible to fill the squad but the number cannot exceed the set limit at the start of the X number of seasons


Like coalitions these squads then get to play each other for stuff like sp and bragging rights and maybe a trophy at the end of an X number of seasons time period
Like coalitions they would have to be more than a 1v1

these squads would be able to play a "squad Game" like a coalition game and would get the benefits like that of a cw. and hopefully with the limit on players joining then the standard of competitve game will increase and the amount of games should increase as well with more teams being made if alot of first page players want to test the idea.

i'm also aware that a new reward would be needed cause whats the piont in putting so much effort into a new competitive wing of the game if the rewards are no different. so if anyone has any ideas for that then give a shout out in comments.


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all of this i here could probably be scrapped for just one high ranker to create the squads and then a set number of other players of any rank.

as an example of a squad i'll do a mess one out here
1(15) brianwl,
2(10) khal
3(9-10) skend is rank 10 but if brianwl doesnt want skend then a rank 9 can fill the position of the 2nd rank 10
4(9) waffel
5(9) tripitz
6(8-9) here is r9 but if no rank 9 is suitable then gogok is rank 8 and he can fill this spot
7(8) etc

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this idea came out in about half an hour which isnt the same lenght of time i'd give other larger ideas so there is bound to be alot of things i've overlooked and general criticism.

or any questions there are bound to be a bunch
any opinions or improvements would be appreciated.
thank you

I'm also vaguelly aware of other types of idea's that were made by people if you want to try find them and leave the link in comments so i could edit this idea later depending on what everyone thinks or make a new comment with a revised suggestion

Support!But where is me?

Support.

So like a coalition, but not a coalition then? Why not just play more clan games rather than trying to dilute the game or are you suggesting a complete overhaul of the current coalitions/ clan war/ elo system?

Written by Guest, 26.10.2015 at 20:32

So like a coalition, but not a coalition then? Why not just play more clan games rather than trying to dilute the game or are you suggesting a complete overhaul of the current coalitions/ clan war/ elo system?

yes just a more permanent more individual way of playing competitively. in coalitions the coalition gets the credit so to speak and people jumpt from coalition to coalition all the time.
this would stop all that clan hoping and the people in the teams who win the games and come first are going to be recognized for ever for it . and getting people to play clan games has become difficult lately because of the lack of competitve players coming online

seriously though, coalitions are just too large with too few of them going around stryko tried splitting stalins martians in 2 just too try boost the amount of cw's being played in total. and good luck to him on that its needed badly.

I believe an overhaul of the tournament and competitive element to the the game is due, such as in game tournament engines etc. though there are other priorities at present. But there are some good suggestions, thanks.

I think there are just only a small % of competitive players and then even in large clans there are very few players online I don't think this will ever change tbh

Written by Hammer, 02.11.2015 at 00:49

I think there are just only a small % of competitive players and then even in large clans there are very few players online I don't think this will ever change tbh

compettitive players as you meant(europe,3v3,cw)arent the only comp players here...Everything are competitive except rp(nowadays)

Written by Cold Case, 02.11.2015 at 06:43

Written by Hammer, 02.11.2015 at 00:49

I think there are just only a small % of competitive players and then even in large clans there are very few players online I don't think this will ever change tbh

compettitive players as you meant(europe,3v3,cw)arent the only comp players here...Everything are competitive except rp(nowadays)

this was meant in a way to try get more people playing competitively on a greater range of maps, scenario teams would be built as well as default world teams and EU teams, and if a leader is thinking clearly he will try get people as close to his own time zone to increase the chances of people being online the same time as him cause often times what i see happening a coalition will have 40 players and only use 5 of them

ALso if you look at the amount of players that can get into ONE Coalition then split that down into groups of 8 or 9 that would boost the amount of teams in the game and thus (hopefully) boost the amount of competitive games played,

though i'm not insane and do know that this idea, if ever taken on by the admins, would be a long way down the line after all the bug fixes and more practical improvements or they're own pet projects.

I don't know man I mean I mean is an interesting idea, I would say it could be something more on lines of a tourney though, people sign up squads made even then across a season people play each other over various maps to earn a trophy, but is still just like a clan unless clans were capped at 15 or x no. players to Divide and create more clans and cw

No support. Stupid idea

Written by minusSeven, 02.11.2015 at 08:21

No support. Stupid idea

Agree, but I tried to be more polite lol

Written by minusSeven, 02.11.2015 at 08:21

No support. Stupid idea

give a reason why you don't like it, maybe then we can change it, If your saying its stupid because its complicated just go away, if you don't have a reason i'm gonna assume your talking shit for fun

Written by Netre, 02.11.2015 at 10:38

Written by minusSeven, 02.11.2015 at 08:21

No support. Stupid idea

give a reason why you don't like it, maybe then we can change it, If your saying its stupid because its complicated just go away, if you don't have a reason i'm gonna assume your talking shit for fun

because it is too complicated and just won't work on this game. Coalitions the way they are is fine now. Also we don't have enough players to implement this idea properly anyway.

Written by minusSeven, 02.11.2015 at 12:31

Written by Netre, 02.11.2015 at 10:38

Written by minusSeven, 02.11.2015 at 08:21

OK I'll budge on the way i explained it was immersive to say the least,
but a simplified version amounts to groups of around 10 on a team who play weird team games for fun with any number of teams in the game.

and coalitions aren't fine,there are 50 coalitions and there are about 20 competitive coalitions while loosely using the term competitve, and out of those 20 that could be classed as acitve/competitive about 200 players make up 10 of them(cough not enough players? cough),, all competitive players tend to want to get into a famous coalition instead of making or building one themselves [nothing wrong with that] " but often times a lower ranked player will simply be overlooked and never partake in a cw because a higher ranked member could play instead BUT "oh he's in a game can you wait a few minutes" and then the game never gets played. In smaller groups of players that wouldn't be an option.

unless something can be done to curb that trend then this game really needs an alternative.

or not even and alternative more like a parallel project to coalitions. when you think about it people duel all the time and it hasnt got the least bit of an effect on cw's so we can just keep both for ever and see which one becomes more popular.
you wouldn't even need that first idea about higher ranks setting them up, though i would put a restriction on who can set one up if its to be a purely competitive game type.

Written by Hammer, 02.11.2015 at 08:13

I don't know man I mean I mean is an interesting idea, I would say it could be something more on lines of a tourney though, people sign up squads made even then across a season people play each other over various maps to earn a trophy, but is still just like a clan unless clans were capped at 15 or x no. players to Divide and create more clans and cw

i suppose it would probably work in a tourny sort of way but tournaments never really work that effectively. coalition capping would get in the way of the none competitive faction of the community though who i'm not really trying to address with this idea.
this was a crude idea to begin with and was hoping others would supply and other idea's so all idea's are welcome.