omni

Courage, Saturday January 16, 2PM EST

Ok. Deal.

Would 3-4pm est work for you? For Pacific North Americans, your time goes to 1am in the morning. Hardly evening.

Why are the times so late? For me that range is 9pm to 1am in the morning. Many of my players wont be able to make it as well. Would it be possible to have one in the afternoon? Somewhere like 3-4pm est?

Would it be possible to give captains temporary ref powers just in league arena? It's a lot easier to set up practice matches without having some newb jumping in every few minutes. This way we can scorereset and stuff too.

He meant having aliases as in people being on more than one team at once. Obviously you aren't familiar with leagues. Newb.

Obviously we'll win.

Probably team omni or team namp i think

I dont think I really have a starting team and a sub team. I would put any of them in as starters.

Yes HS isn't like other zones, but no matter how dissimilar two zones are, they all have structured rules for dueling, that does not change. In fact, this spans beyond even just continuum. If you are familiar with any MMORPG with a dueling system you'll know there are structured rules, all of them mostly similar. In each, there are certain do's and don'ts. In this case, dueling with items in continuum is generally a don't. Either way I won't bother to argue over this anymore since d1st0rt said he might have a way to get rid of items in the duel league. Also Arnk, people have tried to vouch for removal of mines, and even prox bombs. Why do you think Masaru's last tourney consisted of both a prox and nonprox competition? Yes thors are an anti run mechanism, but running is also a part of dueling. There is a certain skill involved in that. You're shaving away the skills needed for dueling. Reps and ports make it so dodging is less important, thors make it so running is pointless, bursts allow you to hide in small areas to regain energy rather than actually defending yourself. Just because HS is unique in that there are customizable ships doesn't mean you can't follow the dueling structure of other zones. There were made like that for a reason, so that a duel tourney actually determines a winner based on their dueling skill, and nothing else.

I'm sick of hearing the whole, "we mod for you for free so we should be able to do whatever we want regardless of what all the players want." If you don't want to mod for free and still cater to players' needs, you shouldnt be mod in the first place. I was staff in several zones before too, with about the same pop as hyperspace. Mediocre moderators who whine about being mistreated by players should not have taken the job in the first place, as they should know that it's a part of the job. Again, I don't understand why you won't use a poll. No one addressed this part. Settling this in a democratic way would cause the least trouble. I've talked to most of the players who signed up for the duel league. I haven't heard anyone say that they would prefer specials. How difficult is it to do this one little thing to improve the league? Obviously there is an easy solution. Just tell the players they cant use specials. If mods cant degrant specials, then just have the players burn them away. Spectators can view the player's specials so it shouldnt be a problem. Then if someone "accidentally" uses a special, then it's obvious thats it's intentional. How would this be so difficult to arrange? And Cerium you didn't address anything that we were arguing about. You're just a troll. Stop replying because you just sound like an angry autistic child.

Sure Unix I know a lot of dueling leagues do allow specials, but those specials are controlled and everyone has the same things. And Brain if you're so worried that someone will abuse powers for the one hour that they get to ref the league matches, then just get one of your mods. I'm sure one of them will be able to come on for at least a little while on the weekends to ref matches and do the job that they're supposed to do. Also, why dont you just make a poll? It could be general, or it could be just captains. Ask people whether they want specials to be allowed or not. Isn't that the fairest way to end this dispute? After all this league is meant as an event for the PLAYERS, so shouldn't they get to decide such a detail as this? @kid I agree. I doubt any of the staff plays over a few hours a week, at most. Most staff from other zones are actually active members in the playing population, making them much more accessible and familiar to the players, and making them more aware of their needs. Even if you don't have time to play your own zone, at least listen to the players who are giving suggestions, especially if it is a majority, which a poll would tell us.

News page works well. Dont even have to make anything, just write a sentence or two.

If there is no ?buy option, why not just degrant everyone's specials at the start of the match? This should work with the exception of portals and decoys.

Forget this and just put regular fields back imo.

Trust me, thors will be too overpowered. It will be nearly impossible to run after your nrg hits below 500. They just chuck a thor in your general direction and you're dead. It no longer depends on the skill of running or finishing kills, just thor them right?

The focus shifts from dueling to item usage, which is pretty much basing. What's the point of this "duel" league again? To truly promote team play, the league should make the players focus on their playing strategy and teamwork rather than just having the right combination of items. Depending on the map (which I'm willing to bet will be just the pub map since everyone is too lazy to make a new one just for league), laming will be very common. For example, running into the mini base hole and bursting like hell. Team play has always been about protecting your teammates and finishing off kills. Not about "Ok you get thors, you get reps, and you get ports."

This is stupid. More specials = win. How would it be a duel league if people spam reps, bursts, and thors?

You don't need modules lol. Just say "You cant use specials." Make up a penalty or something.

Good point. NO ITEMS PLEASE

It says 12/13.

Tomorrow is last day of signups

Will there be prizes for the winning team?

Username: omni Captain: Yes Referee: No

I give up on this.