Ladder Idea
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2 Mar 2010, 10:00
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I was just talking to 
punkk about several things, among them ladders. I've been approached several times about doing one day cups, and we have a lot of scattered 3v3 scrims in the US, Canada, Mexico, and Chile. A lot of those teams belong to improperly managed unpatched leagues that allow cheaters because they don't think they can compete in leagues. If you're not familiar with the North American ET scene, there are only three 2.6b ETPro servers and only two active pubs. There are several 2.55 pubs that are populated regularly, most of them are Jaymod, NoQuarter, or ETPub servers with silly settings. There are probably 20 or 30 of those. There are five or six 2.55 competitive ETPub servers, and several 2.55 ETPub scrim servers. With the exception of two or three of them, those servers aren't well managed. Basically, it's completely divided and scattered. So punkk and I both agree that a properly run 3v3 cup would help bring proper and diverse competition and help rejuvenate the scene a bit. Then punkk suggested we allow European teams. I might be open to that, but I suggested instead that maybe we include Australian and Asian teams to help boost their scenes. We could buy several servers in California to make the ping difference tolerable. Just wanted to know if any of you from North/South America, Asia, or Australia would be interested in a trans-continental ladder, and if there are any data providers, sponsors, or gaming organizations that would be willing to work with wocen.org in providing quality competition to our community.
punkk about several things, among them ladders. I've been approached several times about doing one day cups, and we have a lot of scattered 3v3 scrims in the US, Canada, Mexico, and Chile. A lot of those teams belong to improperly managed unpatched leagues that allow cheaters because they don't think they can compete in leagues. If you're not familiar with the North American ET scene, there are only three 2.6b ETPro servers and only two active pubs. There are several 2.55 pubs that are populated regularly, most of them are Jaymod, NoQuarter, or ETPub servers with silly settings. There are probably 20 or 30 of those. There are five or six 2.55 competitive ETPub servers, and several 2.55 ETPub scrim servers. With the exception of two or three of them, those servers aren't well managed. Basically, it's completely divided and scattered. So punkk and I both agree that a properly run 3v3 cup would help bring proper and diverse competition and help rejuvenate the scene a bit. Then punkk suggested we allow European teams. I might be open to that, but I suggested instead that maybe we include Australian and Asian teams to help boost their scenes. We could buy several servers in California to make the ping difference tolerable. Just wanted to know if any of you from North/South America, Asia, or Australia would be interested in a trans-continental ladder, and if there are any data providers, sponsors, or gaming organizations that would be willing to work with wocen.org in providing quality competition to our community.
I have one of them in my Xfire and he's stupid. I think I'm going to delete him.
It could be a good initiative for the NA/Asian teams tho and maybe some European teams want to try it, who knows.
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Getting Americans / Australians / Chinese people more to our side would be nice, and indeed if the pings are more equal. Would make it much easier to find a war, and would give you more oppurtunities to play in more good organisated cups instead of the OC/EC or at the random ladderwars. So Good Luck with this possible project ur starting.
Keep the scene alive (H)