Season #3!

[Markus Heinsohn]

Allright folks, the servers are currently creating the leagues for Perfect Team Season #3 We will have the following leagues, with over 5800 teams total:

Gold: 42
Silver: 69
Bronze: 84

The new league naming system will be in place now too, for more info on that see here: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...d.php?t=296604

Congratulations to everyone who made it to the Gold level, and good luck to every Perfect Team player for Season #3!

Cheers,
Markus

[freedavebrown]

Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

Allright folks, the servers are currently creating the leagues for Perfect Team Season #3 We will have the following leagues, with over 5800 teams total:

Gold: 42
Silver: 69
Bronze: 84

The new league naming system will be in place now too, for more info on that see here: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...d.php?t=296604

Congratulations to everyone who made it to the Gold level, and good luck to every Perfect Team player for Season #3!

Cheers,
Markus

252 Divisions in gold leagues and I end up in a division with the same team that won my division by 30 games last year. . . is that just incredibly bad luck or is the promotion weighted to encourage that?

EDIT: There are also only two teams in the entire league with career winning percentages over .700. Both in my division.

[Markus Heinsohn]

Originally Posted by freedavebrown

252 Divisions in gold leagues and I end up in a division with the same team that won my division by 30 games last year. . . is that just incredibly bad luck or is the promotion weighted to encourage that?

EDIT: There are also only two teams in the entire league with career winning percentages over .700. Both in my division.

Well, that is indeed incredibly bad luck... consider it a challenge

[Malova]

Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

Well, that is indeed incredibly bad luck... consider it a challenge

I am in Gold .276 and some of the same teams that have made the playoffs with me since the rookie league are promoting with me.


Is it not random? Or is it structured the same teams will continue to promote together if they win accordingly.

[stealofhome]

Originally Posted by Malova

I am in Gold .276 and some of the same teams that have made the playoffs with me since the rookie league are promoting with me.


Is it not random? Or is it structured the same teams will continue to promote together if they win accordingly.

Yes, I always imagined that it was something like a pyramid structure as I have seen the same teams going up the ranks.

[omniart]

I'm getting mighty tired of playing the same teams again and again. In my opinion, the teams really need to be reshuffled each season.

[Markus Heinsohn]

Originally Posted by Malova

I am in Gold .276 and some of the same teams that have made the playoffs with me since the rookie league are promoting with me.


Is it not random? Or is it structured the same teams will continue to promote together if they win accordingly.

There is some amount of shuffling, but we also try to keep teams together so that rivalries can develop. It's a matter of taste I guess.

[Zorro]

Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

There is some amount of shuffling, but we also try to keep teams together so that rivalries can develop. It's a matter of taste I guess.

Yes , In my Gold League there is a mixture of both. I seem to have that every year we move up. Good job..

[BusterKing]

How about a live chat area for each league, part of the home screen that would also flag the other team that you sent a message to?

[Markus Heinsohn]

Originally Posted by BusterKing

How about a live chat area for each league, part of the home screen that would also flag the other team that you sent a message to?

This would be a moderation nightmare unfortunately, so for now we stick to the Discord channels

[bailey]

I'm in a division with a 128 game winner, 2 defending bronze level champions, and 1 bronze level champion loser. All in the same division. All the teams in this silver league were promoted from bronze, where are the un-promoted, non-relegated defending silver teams?

[stl jason]

Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

There is some amount of shuffling, but we also try to keep teams together so that rivalries can develop. It's a matter of taste I guess.

on the subject of rivalries... I know there's a "team-by-team" report at the league level for win-loss against each opponent... is there any way to get a 'lifetime team-by-team' report to show long term rivalries and how a team has fared against someone over many years?

[Janks]

Originally Posted by bailey

I'm in a division with a 128 game winner, 2 defending bronze level champions, and 1 bronze level champion loser. All in the same division. All the teams in this silver league were promoted from bronze, where are the un-promoted, non-relegated defending silver teams?

I have a un-promoted, non-relegated team in S286 I like to call that status stagnated. Relegate--Stagnate-Promote


The best record is 178-146 (.549) down to 139-185 (.429). There are many playoff teams (only 9 with no playoffs) in the league and one champion. I'm right in the middle of the pack with a 160-164 (.494) with no playoff experience.

[Fyrestorm3]

Originally Posted by omniart

I'm getting mighty tired of playing the same teams again and again. In my opinion, the teams really need to be reshuffled each season.

I'm of the complete opposite opinion. It's been great fun climbing the ranks alongside a few familiar teams. Yeah, it also means I've been stuck with a couple of heavy hitters, too - and gotten eliminated by them in the playoffs - but that only gives me more incentive to try and take them down this year. I quite enjoy being familiar with the teams I'm playing.

[PyreDruid]

Originally Posted by omniart

I'm getting mighty tired of playing the same teams again and again. In my opinion, the teams really need to be reshuffled each season.

That's kind of my issue too. I'm loving the game, but gets a little stale seeing the same people with godly rosters season after season because I'm just barely good enough to sneak into the promotion group.

The game itself is a ton of fun, and trying to beat those better teams is a good challenge, but 3rd season in a row being totally outclassed in my conference (and not getting lucky and stuck in an atrocious division), I wish the matchmaking was a little better. It's not much of a rivalry potential when they're running out Max Scherzer as a #5 and I'm trying to moneyball it.

[omniart]

Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

There is some amount of shuffling, but we also try to keep teams together so that rivalries can develop. It's a matter of taste I guess.

I can appreciate that people will feel differently on this. To me it has felt like I have opened three packs of cards and received the same cards in each pack. I want to be able to explore this universe! I want to see new teams! New logos! New rosters using cards that I haven't played against yet! (And I want to be able to use the Player Search function and look up the ratings splits on some of these cards.) I want some adventure!

[moalkha]

Same feeling for me. After playing with the same teams for 3 years now I hope to avoid promotion at all cost to get rid of them.

[asaintsfan]

Originally Posted by markus heinsohn

there is some amount of shuffling, but we also try to keep teams together so that rivalries can develop. It's a matter of taste i guess.

i like this alot!!

[Will_L]

Originally Posted by Malova

I am in Gold .276 and some of the same teams that have made the playoffs with me since the rookie league are promoting with me.


Is it not random? Or is it structured the same teams will continue to promote together if they win accordingly.

I'm in G276 also. Good luck!

[Janks]

Originally Posted by asaintsfan

i like this alot!!

So you do like beating Santa...