PC: T20 Blast Tournament - Series 1 - (Round 2)

[mazd]

Hey @AngryPixel, *cough* squad completed *cough* how is life?

 

[AngryPixel]

You should consult some doctor for that cough. Its getting quite severe.

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@SamP , once everyone has completed their squad, can we have an icon player per squad? Let each team select any great player throughout the history of the game and keep it for all the seasons. But they can player just 5 matches per season.

 

[mazd]

Yeah Pixel you were a bit late to recommend that. Already asked Sam about that. The answer was no. Wants to make it as realistic as possible.

 

[AngryPixel]

Oh. Must have missed it.

 

[mazd]

Nah mate I pmed him

 

[grkrama]

samp wouldn't it be easier for you if the respective members create their own teams and you just check up the stats and attributes?

 

[_Sam_]

I'm happy to put them together like I've started .

I think for the majority we'll use MunkeyMomos county players anyway with a few adjustments here and there .

 

[_Sam_]

One thing I haven't quite considered is whether everyone will play everyone home and away. If we do then that's 16 games, which is 16 weeks so about 4 months. Or we could do a randomly generated schedule with 4 home games 4 away so 8 games over 8 weeks which is only 2 months?

We should probably wait to see if things such as home advantages are possible maybe.

 

[AngryPixel]

Definitely home and away system. Length of tournament is not a worry. It would be interesting to see managers banter in the lead up to the game every week. Also the home advantage is a really important strategy.

 

[ChinamanSpin]

Are the home team going to be choosing the pitch? If so, which I think we should do, home and away would be great fun. Durham have a pace bowling team whereas others have very good spinners, so home advantage could be crucial. Teams might have to employ a second reserve though, because 4 months is a long time, and plenty can happen in people's personal life.

I don't have any issues with a 4 month, 16 game tournament though. Finishing after 8 games might be a bit of an anticlimax, whereas the 15 man squad will be properly used with 16 games.

 

[_Sam_]

4 months though, I think people would get a bit bored after that amount of time and it wouldn't be quite as enjoyable .

 

[AngryPixel]

Only those who will loose will get bored. People who would have chance to finish in top 4 will be interested till the end

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If you wanna decrease the length of the tournament then we can have 2 matches per week. On a normal weekend it should be pretty easy for a team to finish its two matches.

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But we have to somehow create a schedule where home and away matches both are not on same weekend. There should be atleast one week gap between them.

 

[grkrama]

I would say 2 months but probably 2 games a week.

 

[_Sam_]

I would say 2 months but probably 2 games a week.

I think some people may struggle a bit with that scheduling though as most would want to play at weekends. Lets just get a general opinion from people then.

 

[grkrama]

4months is too long not even real leagues sustain interest over such a long time, Even a month or two of intense matches is better than a drawn out one.