Hi there.
Since this is my first Super League participation, im not exactly sure when this season will come to an end. But i believe it is a good time to think about changes for next season.
A few suggestions of mine:
Scoring - Early victory bonus
Okay, it's a little early to criticize our scoring system as only the final ranking table will ultimately show how good it was. However, I think the bonus score for early victories has rather had the effect of articially prolonging some games that would otherwise have been early concessions. In my 1x1 game with Checkmate (Spies), Checkmate continued to play when i got ahead in power graph and conceded right at turn 150/151. In my 1x1 game with TheBirdMan (Ancients) it was a little different as I actually won by 4xPG rule, but I have the feeling he might have conceded earlier as well without the rule.
As a substitute I suggest to either axe the bonus score rule altogether or to only give a bonus score equal to the *9 points that would be gained if the leading player stayed in the lead until turn X (turn 150 for example).
With the latter rule, conceding early has exactly the same scoring effect as dragging a lost game out until turn 150. (This assumes the loser will have the lower power graph all the time.) So the lost game can be conceded right away.
With the former variant, conceding early even denies points to the winner. Since he will still gain the game points for the game (1 point for a 1x1 game), this isn't too bad either. The bonus score only influenced the tie-breaker score anyway.
Since this is my first Super League participation, im not exactly sure when this season will come to an end. But i believe it is a good time to think about changes for next season.
A few suggestions of mine:
Scoring - Early victory bonus
Okay, it's a little early to criticize our scoring system as only the final ranking table will ultimately show how good it was. However, I think the bonus score for early victories has rather had the effect of articially prolonging some games that would otherwise have been early concessions. In my 1x1 game with Checkmate (Spies), Checkmate continued to play when i got ahead in power graph and conceded right at turn 150/151. In my 1x1 game with TheBirdMan (Ancients) it was a little different as I actually won by 4xPG rule, but I have the feeling he might have conceded earlier as well without the rule.
As a substitute I suggest to either axe the bonus score rule altogether or to only give a bonus score equal to the *9 points that would be gained if the leading player stayed in the lead until turn X (turn 150 for example).
With the latter rule, conceding early has exactly the same scoring effect as dragging a lost game out until turn 150. (This assumes the loser will have the lower power graph all the time.) So the lost game can be conceded right away.
With the former variant, conceding early even denies points to the winner. Since he will still gain the game points for the game (1 point for a 1x1 game), this isn't too bad either. The bonus score only influenced the tie-breaker score anyway.
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