The International Clan League (ICL)

[chapcrap]

Ok, for Division names, I would try to get something that goes with Premier and Elite. One Division could be Legends Division. I am blank for the others right now.

I would still lower the clans I think. This is kind of big and maybe not everyone will be participating. You should probably get some help to run it to. Because, a season now is 336 games per clan (that's 6048 games total) and that would be play in 4 months. That's a lot of work.

I would have clans be in the same Division every year. If they want to drop out, they have to sit out 2 seasons before being able to come back. I would have a drawing for clans to be able to choose what division they go into. Playing the same teams over and over again will be a nice rivalry. I like the schedule. I'm not crazy about the All-Star game. It seems big and messy.

For the awards, I would define it a little better. Regular season Division winners get medals. Playoff Conference Champions and Overall Champions?

There should also be a minimum and maximum requirement on games played for people.

[MNDuke]

Thanks for the great feedback. I'll work on some revisions and push back when I have something more.

[IcePack]

A good idea would be to PM clan leaders and get a core group of them to semi commit before putting in all the work, and coming up with a general time table thats (mostly) agreeable to that group. Moving ahead without building up a core group of decent ranked clans, and half heartedly planning the timing of the event can really hurt your sign ups.

IcePack

[pearljamrox2]

All-Star Match
All-Star break will be held at the end of season and before the post-season and will last one week. All-Stars will be voted upon by league players and those in the CC community. 1 vote per person. All- Star teams will consist of the 2 conferences playing against each other with voted members of a 25 man team. Each team will vote for a captain. The match will consist of Random maps and standard settings -2 dubs, 2 trips and 2 quads and 1v1 between the captains. Winner of the All-Star match wins home field advantage in the finals for their conference.

I like the idea, but you have to admit the voting process for the All-star team would be crazy and controversial.
I would suggest perhaps the Captain of the team with the best record in each conference gets to choose an All-Star from every clan in their conference, including one from his own clan(along with himself).

That would give you 19 all-stars(one from every clan plus captain of the clan with best record)
2 dubs (4 players), 2 trips(6 players), 2 quads(8 players)= 18 players and then the captains play a 1 vs 1. It's perfect..all 19 players per team get 1 game.

[MNDuke]

All-Star Match
All-Star break will be held at the end of season and before the post-season and will last one week. All-Stars will be voted upon by league players and those in the CC community. 1 vote per person. All- Star teams will consist of the 2 conferences playing against each other with voted members of a 25 man team. Each team will vote for a captain. The match will consist of Random maps and standard settings -2 dubs, 2 trips and 2 quads and 1v1 between the captains. Winner of the All-Star match wins home field advantage in the finals for their conference.

I like the idea, but you have to admit the voting process for the All-star team would be crazy and controversial.
I would suggest perhaps the Captain of the team with the best record in each conference gets to choose an All-Star from every clan in their conference, including one from his own clan(along with himself).

That would give you 19 all-stars(one from every clan plus captain of the clan with best record)
2 dubs (4 players), 2 trips(6 players), 2 quads(8 players)= 18 players and then the captains play a 1 vs 1. It's perfect..all 19 players per team get 1 game.

Noted and I like it. That is a great solution. Thank you very much. The only issue that may arise is if there aren't enough clans participating in the League.

[MNDuke]

A good idea would be to PM clan leaders and get a core group of them to semi commit before putting in all the work, and coming up with a general time table thats (mostly) agreeable to that group. Moving ahead without building up a core group of decent ranked clans, and half heartedly planning the timing of the event can really hurt your sign ups.

IcePack

I've shuffled the idea around to quite a few people from quite a few different groups and received a fair amount of interest and from there I worked up a fairly broad plan, asked around a bit more and continued to refine it and then posted it here. Since then, most of the feedback has been productive if not positive, which leads me to believe this idea is worth investing my time in. I agree with what you say and feel the same that for this to succeed it cannot be done half heartedly, but no one is going to take it seriously unless they see something solid, well documented and planned out. From there the date is arbitrary. I'm hoping to have a fairly finalized outline of the league rules by the end of February. That would leave sign up and implementation and if you wanted to fast track it, you could probably have Conferences and Divisions determined as well as a schedule created by mid April with the first games being sent out May 1st.

[chapcrap]

Names for Divisions:

Legends
Heroes
Conquerors
Emperors
Warlords
Kings

[danryan]

Names for Divisions:

Legends
Heroes
Conquerors Drunks
Emperors
Warlords
Kings

Fify.

[IcePack]

Looking forward to this

[skillfusniper33]

I really like the idea, but man 21 sets per month is going to get crazy fast, especially for the captains who have to send in/create all the games.

I am not to sure if you will be able to get 36 clans to that kind of commitment, especially in the first season, so you may end up with about 4 teams per division.

But keep running with it, this could turn out to be an extremely fun thing to be in.

[MNDuke]

I really like the idea, but man 21 sets per month is going to get crazy fast, especially for the captains who have to send in/create all the games.

I am not to sure if you will be able to get 36 clans to that kind of commitment, especially in the first season, so you may end up with about 4 teams per division.

But keep running with it, this could turn out to be an extremely fun thing to be in.

Well the schedule will be produced ahead of time, so captains and teams will or should have plenty of time to prepare. Depending on interest and feedback, the season size could be reduced. This is just what I have set up, but I am open to all options.

I have updated the front page with the rules and general info and am looking for clans to volunteer to participate or to semi-commit and see what kind of participation level I am looking at.

[Leehar]

Are you in the CLA Duke? I assume so, so have you scouted out who over there is interested?

[TheMissionary]

I would be interested in this, and if it goes through, MM would likely participate (note i said likely). I would be willing to help out with anything as well.

[MNDuke]

Are you in the CLA Duke? I assume so, so have you scouted out who over there is interested?

I am in CLA but I am not our clan rep. This just started coming together and I really hadn't even thought about it. Might not be a bad place to start.

I would be interested in this, and if it goes through, MM would likely participate (note i said likely). I would be willing to help out with anything as well.

Awesome. I'd appreciate any help in getting the ball rolling or any help really. I have somebody interested in helping to run it, yeah anything you could do would be a help. Even if its ideas on how to improve things.

Names for Divisions:

Legends
Heroes
Conquerors Drunks
Emperors
Warlords
Kings

Fify.

I like your thinking dan, but I don't think we need our own division.

How's this:

Premier Conference: Divisions - Heroes, Champions, Pioneers
Elite Conference: Divisions - Legends, Kings, Titans

[MNDuke]

I would like to thank and announce that IcePack will act as the first League Organizer or Commissioner. He contacted me and expressed interest in running/organizing the league or helping. Since I have never ran, nor organized a tournament, I welcome his help and am excited to have him on board. He's already provided plenty of good feedback and advice.

Currently he is on vacation and will be back in April. When he gets back, the plan is for him to help coordinate the first steps for the ICL (sign ups etc as needed).

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