3-round Playoffs coming to 24-team leagues

[bernieh]

Hey there!

Going forward, [b:9438f053bd]24-team leagues will now culminate in an expanded 3-round playoffs[/b:9438f053bd]. I know, right?

[i:9438f053bd]* - This affects the 2010 Season and All-Time Greats VI player sets ONLY. Currently running 24-team leagues that are about to start their playoffs next week will NOT change to this new 3-round format; all others will.[/i:9438f053bd]

Previously, the winners of each of the 4 6-team divisions in a 24-team league met in a 2-round postseason (Semi-Finals, Finals). Now, 4 Wild Card teams are being added to the mix, of course defined as the 4 best records out of the non-division winners. They'll match up with the 4 Division Winners in a 5-game Quarter-Finals, after which 4 teams will advance to the 7-game Semi-Finals, and then the 2 left standing will meet in the 7-game Finals.

Got it? Best-of-5, Best-of-7, Best-of-7. Just like the big leagues!

We'll still be awarding 7 total prize credits (1 more than twice that of 12-team leagues), but with a significant modification to reward you for winning your division:
- The 4 division winners: each receive 1 free credit
- The loser of the Finals: receives 1 more free credit
- The winner of the Finals: receives 2 more free credits

Additional notes:
- There will be no clause preventing a Division Winner from meeting a Wild Card team from their own division. With the additional round and qualifying teams, it'd be just too confusing.

- It was necessary to keep the current 4-division structure the same for a variety of logistical and technical reasons.


MADNESS...?

THIS IS SPARTA

[geekor]

Ok, now I want to play a 24 team league!

[motherscratcher]

That sounds really great to me.

A few of us tried to get some interest in a 24 team league at my home website. I think I'll go dig up that thread and try again.

[Ragnarokpc]

Yeah, this makes the 24-team leagues sound a lot better. I'm not a big player of the sets you mentioned, but it seems worth more of a try now.

[nevdully's]

:mrgreen:

HOLY CRAP!!! This is a BIG DEAL!!!

[b:376c96f3d7][u:376c96f3d7]BERNIE IS IN THE HOUSE!!![/u:376c96f3d7][/b:376c96f3d7]

[FRANKMANSUETO]

Awesome news Bernie. Any chance of an option for an AL and NL League and the winners of each meet in a REAL Strat World Series?

[Ragnarokpc]

Well it'd be cool to have like an AL/NL, DH/no-DH (like mlb) but I'm guessing it'd all be a bit of a pain and then you'd have to have the ability to choose AL or NL (DH or no-DH accordingly) and I don't see that being real feasible. Most people here seem to prefer DH leagues. I can imagine the DH division filling fast and then the league sitting stagnant for a while as managers willing to do no-DH trickle in. I'd do no-DH but yeah . . .

[OakAth72]

Nice format Bernie, excellent job. Let the games begin!!

[nevdully's]

I'd like to start an 80m dh league now....I like to invite any to join. Lets get behind this to show Bernie we appreciate his efforts.

Keep in mind at 80m with 24 owners, a new layer of thought to a draft card might be needed...Also while 100m might still be a blast with such a deep pool, any higher cap leagues might lead to some very bad draft results with a real challenge to better the team, so proceed with caution.

[Palanion]

Wow!!! :shock: :shock: :!:
If I had not blown my wad (one credit) on doing a frenzy recently, I would totally join a new 24-team format.
Well, i guess I'll have to wait until the fall (or so), when the fervor has died down of course.