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   Throwing an idea out to see if it gets traction.

On a site before we had a battle league run, the general idea was you have a list of sign ups, and do weekly matches. Everybody battles each other once, so it's a way to get some good match ups, and the frequent battles mean people get sharper, and better at crafting battle verses.

The way I'd look to run it would be 16 line battles, no flips, normal text, one round a week. If you sign up to battle you'd be expected to vote on other battles as the next fixtures wouldn't go up until the previous ones were closed.

Thoughts?

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Jay Homicide Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Standard Member Joined: 11 November 2009 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 1329 Text Rank: Unranked Stats: 9-3-0 Form: WWLWWW	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jay Homicide Report Post Likes(0) Quote Reply Topic: Battle League Posted: 07 July 2017 at 4:28pm
	Throwing an idea out to see if it gets traction. On a site before we had a battle league run, the general idea was you have a list of sign ups, and do weekly matches. Everybody battles each other once, so it's a way to get some good match ups, and the frequent battles mean people get sharper, and better at crafting battle verses. The way I'd look to run it would be 16 line battles, no flips, normal text, one round a week. If you sign up to battle you'd be expected to vote on other battles as the next fixtures wouldn't go up until the previous ones were closed. Thoughts?

iLL ScriptureZ Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Standard Member Joined: 13 May 2014 Location: NJ Status: Offline Points: 2477 Text Rank: Unranked Stats: 11-5-1 Form: LWWLWW	Post Options Post Reply Quote iLL ScriptureZ Report Post Likes(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 July 2017 at 4:30pm
	I've seen it executed in the past when forums were really poppin' and I've seen it on forums today where it lacks. Lots of no shows are to be expected and tbh voting lacks as is. Requesting more people to vote on things would be hard to do. Not to shit on your parade I don't see many people actually participating even though they might say they would right now.

Rutter knows best Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Moderator Joined: 15 March 2014 Location: Manny hood Status: Offline Points: 4529 Crew: EMPIRE Text Rank: Unranked Stats: 44-12-0 Form: WWWWLW	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rutter knows best Report Post Likes(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 July 2017 at 4:45pm
	We have considered it, but when the battlefield is as dead as it is does t give us much faith. I am hoping to do a second season of the 1-2 league. If that was booming I'd def look at doing it but, we even had a prob with voting and no shows with that.
	#bananas

Cuba Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Moderator Legendary Assassin Joined: 14 June 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 12329 Text Rank: Unranked Stats: 47-22-0 Form: WWWWLW	Post Options Post Reply Quote Cuba Report Post Likes(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 July 2017 at 5:51pm
	My thoughts are as follows: Respect to Jay first and foremost for stepping up and offering to do something. Second...my view has changed a little bit over time. I think build it and they will come. Both topical twist and 1-2 punch league have demonstrated you can have success with a league format. General advice would be to design your format to be flexible enough to absorb people dipping in and out. You also need to have a way of keeping people's skin in the game. IC2 voting slowed when people were eliminated. Voting was crazy when everyone was still in the format. I'd also encourage you to be creative with the ways you keep people interested and try to cater to all groups. As long as people are interested they'll vote to keep it moving. If it's heading somewhere that has a finale I think that's a good idea too. We could talk about title shots, HOF recognition and things like that if it was popular. Last thought from me is I'd consider shorter line battles. 4-8lines be my suggestion. Though equally you could make it flexible and change up the line limits as you go through.


Lord Puente Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Final Boss Joined: 05 July 2016 Location: Florida Status: Offline Points: 1814 Text Rank: Unranked Stats: 4-2-0 Form: LWWWLW	Post Options Post Reply Quote Lord Puente Report Post Likes(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 July 2017 at 8:18pm
	I concur with Cuba. I think this will have more success if it is 8 line max. Especially to kick it off, its best to set it up that it won't take too much time for someone. This making it quick and easy as well as votes could be shorter and won't be seen as a "hassle". This is why the 1-2 was so successful.