Greetings all!
We here in the NU community have finally decided it's time for the inaugural edition of the NU World Cup!
First of all, we are excited for this as much as you and we can't wait to get started. However, this is one big issue that needs to be tackled before we do. The meta format has already been decided on as follows:
4 SV NU, 2 SS NU, SM NU, Bo3 (SV, SS, SM)
That's 8 slots with a minimum of 2 subs and a max of 4 subs (10-12 players per team). So, the discussion that will take place here is how we want to play out this tour. It will most likely be a 12-team tour with the following countries being our ideas:
And now the subject of this thread: we would like to hear the community's ideas or thoughts on which style we'd like to play this tour in. There's already a couple of great ideas that have been brought up. They are:
1) Pools: We'd divide the teams evenly (12 / 2 = 6 teams into 2 pools, maybe 16 / 2 = 8 into 2 pools if we get enough country involvement) and then play the tour on a weekly basis. Basically, every slot (SV1, SV2, etc) will play a round robin format with the other players in that slot in their team's pool. The player with the best record out of these games for that slot will get a W for their team's overall record. Whereas, the teams who didn't get the best record, get an L. This would be the same for all the other slots. The top 2 teams from each pool would advance to the playoffs and go from there.
2) Random: The other idea is everybody is not separated by pools, but rather everyone for the given meta they're chosen to play by their respective captain, will be randomly matched against 3 other people for that meta. The scoring is the same, but the idea is the randomness and players wouldn't be limited to only teams within a pool. This format could be expanded to 14 teams and the top 6 advance with the top 2 teams getting byes while the other 4 play in the quarterfinals to advance.
Bear in mind that this thread is for additional ideas and discussion, it's NOT for signups. We'll get to those, don't worry. With that in mind, have at it!
We here in the NU community have finally decided it's time for the inaugural edition of the NU World Cup!
First of all, we are excited for this as much as you and we can't wait to get started. However, this is one big issue that needs to be tackled before we do. The meta format has already been decided on as follows:
4 SV NU, 2 SS NU, SM NU, Bo3 (SV, SS, SM)
That's 8 slots with a minimum of 2 subs and a max of 4 subs (10-12 players per team). So, the discussion that will take place here is how we want to play out this tour. It will most likely be a 12-team tour with the following countries being our ideas:
US West
US Midwest
US South
US Northeast + Canada
India
China
Asia
West Europe
East Europe
Oceania
Latin America
Brazil
US Midwest
US South
US Northeast + Canada
India
China
Asia
West Europe
East Europe
Oceania
Latin America
Brazil
And now the subject of this thread: we would like to hear the community's ideas or thoughts on which style we'd like to play this tour in. There's already a couple of great ideas that have been brought up. They are:
1) Pools: We'd divide the teams evenly (12 / 2 = 6 teams into 2 pools, maybe 16 / 2 = 8 into 2 pools if we get enough country involvement) and then play the tour on a weekly basis. Basically, every slot (SV1, SV2, etc) will play a round robin format with the other players in that slot in their team's pool. The player with the best record out of these games for that slot will get a W for their team's overall record. Whereas, the teams who didn't get the best record, get an L. This would be the same for all the other slots. The top 2 teams from each pool would advance to the playoffs and go from there.
2) Random: The other idea is everybody is not separated by pools, but rather everyone for the given meta they're chosen to play by their respective captain, will be randomly matched against 3 other people for that meta. The scoring is the same, but the idea is the randomness and players wouldn't be limited to only teams within a pool. This format could be expanded to 14 teams and the top 6 advance with the top 2 teams getting byes while the other 4 play in the quarterfinals to advance.
Bear in mind that this thread is for additional ideas and discussion, it's NOT for signups. We'll get to those, don't worry. With that in mind, have at it!