From what I see in the discussion back then, what people found most unacceptable was facing opponents whose division was two or more levels higher.
However, it seems that the experience of new teams from medium-sized countries (where teams start in division III) was not taken into account at the time.
Ideally, the weakest teams from each country would be placed in division IV, but it doesn't really seem possible.
Even with this proposal
(327465.1), teams from small countries would probably only reach division III.
To improve the experience for new teams from medium-sized countries,
if changing the bottom two divisions (division III and IV) to fully follow the world ranking—which would still mean at most a one-division-level difference—
still causes a lot of complaints,
then how about this:
only division III teams whose world ranking is never higher than the median world ranking of all division IV teams can follow the world ranking fully, instead of the current method. (This is a modification of the third point in
(323515.5))
(By the way, the current fresh team league allows unsuitable teams to promote based on their record, which also worsens their BBM experience.
This topic is discussed here
(319749.1).)
Last edited by little Guest at 7/25/2025 11:55:32 AM