What's your favourite 3vs3 format used in ET competitions?

by **LInsoDeTeh** » 24. April 2010, 13:40

What's your favourite 3vs3 format used in ET competitions?

LE1 - LE6, SL0 - SL1
Large (seeded) Divisions, 3 points for a win, 0 for a loss, no draw, no bonus points, optional fun playoff

LE7, SL2
Large (seeded) Divisions, points given by maps won, no draw, no bonus points, optional fun playoff

UL1
Large (random) Divisions, points given by maps won, 2-2 bonus point, playoff for the winners of all divisions

LE8 - LE9, UL2, SL3 - SL4
Large (seeded) Divisions, points given by maps won, 2-2 bonus point, optional fun playoff

LE10 - LE11, UL3 - UL4, UL7, SL5 - SL6
Large (seeded) Divisions, points given by maps won, 2-2 and 3-1 bonus point, optional fun playoff

UL5
Small (seeded) Divisions, Division 1A and 1B, points given by maps won, 2-2 and 3-1 bonus point, Playoffs for D1A/D1B winners, Match for 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th place, Relegation

UL6
Small (seeded) Divisions 1+2 in two stages, large Divisions 3-10, points given by maps won, 2-2 and 3-1 bonus point, no playoffs

by **tcq** » 24. April 2010, 14:45

For sure the sl3 system, where you could see the difference in won and lost maps.

by **Arkone** » 24. April 2010, 15:44

It would be the LE10-11 and SL5-6 system for TMO and TMS environments but I prefer the UL5 system for United so quite difficult to answer in this case =)

by **Johny** » 24. April 2010, 18:51

Go UL1 system as STC system

btw esl premier league system is nice too but with tmu it looks difficult to work : i purpose to do 45 sec map on all enviro + multilap map on all enviro ( 5 lap, ~ 35 sec per lap ). Match : 1 tmo map, 1 tms map 1 stad - 2 tmo, 1 tms - 2 tms 1 tmo.

Just approximative idea

EDIT : Forget the 45 sec map, 1 min map is better for team league

by **JumperJack** » 24. April 2010, 18:57

Arkone wrote:It would be the LE10-11 and SL5-6 system for TMO and TMS environments but I prefer the UL5 system for United so quite difficult to answer in this case =)

i agree 100% here.

by **Zooz** » 24. April 2010, 19:23

Random divisions are a hilariously bad idea.

by **Zell** » 24. April 2010, 19:55

Zooz wrote:Random divisions are a hilariously bad idea.

Really? I'm all for the UL1 option actually.

I've never seen the need to improve the STC format, and it's been enjoyed without problems for a long time (except for the addition of loser brackets which caused some arguments).

Random divisions would cause the division proposal topic to be a whole 25 pages less than what it currently is.

The only change I'd make is let 2 or 3 teams go through to the playoffs instead of 1. That would give a chance for most div1/2 (and probably a few div3/4) teams to have a relaxing time for the first half of the league, and conserve their energy and motivation for the second half, which is apparently hard to do with the current structure.

by **Zooz** » 24. April 2010, 20:27

With small divisions a lot of teams will have to sit out a long playoffs period, with large divisions there will be many boring matches of d1-3 teams crushing d7-10 teams. And in a standard playoff system everything depends on one match or you're out, although a loser bracket gives another chance. It will also mean a longer league where in the end only 8 or less teams are actually playing in it.

In TMU the levels of the teams are fairly predictable and despite some whining, decent divisions can be made. In UL1 that wasn't really the case due to TMU being new and all.

by **Forgot10** » 24. April 2010, 22:37

I'm totally agree with Zooz.

by **NT_nosteam** » 24. April 2010, 23:05

I'm totally agree with Forgot.

by **deikka** » 25. April 2010, 01:29

by **LInsoDeTeh** » 25. April 2010, 11:33

deikka wrote:5v5

Yes, this is indeed the best 3vs3 format. :help:

by **Zell** » 25. April 2010, 15:10

Insomnia wrote:
deikka wrote:5v5

Yes, this is indeed the best 3vs3 format.