Strat-O-Matic Baseball 365

Heck, you haven't even created my Event 2 league yet!

LOL! It's a post borne of extreme frustration.

J-Pav wrote:LOL! It's a post borne of extreme frustration.

The plight of the tyrant, I am afraid.

It would be easier to be tyrannical if I had some guillotine access.

Like a good Caesarian ruler, I'm also toying with decimation. I'll just create seven leagues instead of eight and let them fill first come first served one time. The last 12 who don't make it into a league are permanently removed.

Now there's an idea for next year!

Model this after English soccer...finish last in your division, you are out, others move on, till we get to a final 12.

I know it's partially some derangement syndrome on my part, but I am regularly trying to consider the very kind of thing you just mentioned. I've messed around with approaching it from the other side, too. Winning a number of rings gets you straight into the semis, that sort of thing.

I'm also mulling over a "Masters" field type of credentialing. That is, to play in the 2016 Tour, you need to provide a link to a league you won in 2015.

There is a very fine line between being too inclusive and too exclusive. There is also the problem of rewarding early wins while losing managers who fall behind to a subsequent lack of interest.

All in all, the format we use now seems to do a pretty good job of turning out a deserving tour champ, not to mention pretty deserving semi-finalists who compete for that title.

J-Pav wrote:Do you have your Event 3 team ready??

Salary Cap: $80,000,000 (standard)
DH Rule: No
Free Agent Drop Penalty: 5/10/20

Correct? Everyone should have a team prepared to join a league.

Note to J-PAV and group - per my (pervious) PM to JPav, and at JPav's invitation, I've formally joined the 2015 tournament. Geoff