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Im in.

Duffil
Frost
or
Huaizcheng?

cool koop wouldnt be the same without u

got all 3 bookmarked but ive agreed with akuma 2 leave duffman 4 him so he can make the xbb all star team

after so many seasons of duffman & xie being enemies i thought it would be cool 2 have them together 4 a season like when magic & bird got 2 be on the dream team :)

Huaizcheng is amazing (for the 12 minutes a game before he fouls out lol)

JW Bulls would definitely like to make another appearance ;)
jw

Is in.

Only if is space.

im in!!!

Alrighty, as promised Fishy I'll kick off the organization and do the ladders each week.

We currently have 17 teams. The max for one league is 16, the minimum is 4. At the moment, looks like we'll be splitting into two leagues again.

Are we going to go with the Federations model again?
Here's how the federations were organised last season, and I guess will carry over into this season:

Sharks:
Urmummas (ABBL)
Koopasaurus (ABBL)
Baxter Bogans (II)
TeamAkuma (II)

Calamari:
Goldfish (ABBL)
Seagulls (ABBL)
Western Titans (II)
Moorditj Magick (III)
Shepperton Shooters (III)

Kingfish:
Chumunga (II)
Vipers (II)
JW City Bulls (II)

Unassigned:
UWA Panthers (III)
Kynlala Knights (III)
Coin Collectors (II)
Yarra Park Bears (II)
Home Axis (II)

1. So I'm thinking - lets do away with KingFish and go back to the old days where it was the epic struggle between Sharks and Calamari. Unless there are any objections?

2. Captains to be nominated for each federation - each federation can sort that out on their own and get back to me.

3. Unassigned players to be assigned to a federation. I dont think we want to waste a whole lot of time mucking about with a draft etc. I am a dictator - I will decide which federation each team will go. Each unassigned team can let me know their preference, I will try to be accomodating but at the same time fair.

4. Targeting start date to be next friday.

5. Will leave the signups open until Monday morning. By that point, we will start setting up the leagues. If you have signed up, make sure you have enough supporter. Don't be that one guy/girl that delays the start of an entire private league season!

Let's get cracking!

I wish to be part of the Shark Face Gang......


can we go thrift shopping? wut wut, wut!

awesome work akuma well worth letting u get duffduff
(although i got ganked by mllama, whitebeard & some brazillian random when i was trying to get dell & vidas)

but kingfish r long history the 3rd fed was the platypussies

have 2 ask latino who is a member but they r a bit like the kgb all hush hush & top secret i tried 2 join & they wouldnt let me in something about smelling like a wet pussy.....

The fishbowl has been stagnant or even declined in the last 3-4 seasons due to rapid expansion. We thought that expanding would lead to a more active and interesting private league but really it diversed all the active teams into different federations. So instead of 2 really fun and interesting feds, it led to 4 average at most federations. Of course the calamari would deny this and claim that their fed has 10k posts per day.

This is not only happening in the fishbowl but also in the world stage, the BBB, where the top ranked teams around world play in one private league similar to what the Fishbowl tried to emulate. Several season ago there would up to 6 PL's in the BBB but now there seems to be only 2 PL's running. The decline is due to mismanagement or disinterest/staleness.

I agree that we should have 2 fed's and 1 PL. If it meant we have a 16 team PL, then its something we should consider.

17 interested teams already and I doubt there has been time for everyone to see. I don't think two divisions is bad and I do think a 15 week PL that then has finals as well is really long. I would much rather see two 10 team leagues and I think a lot of the division III teams would probably prefer that too. Then again Akuma is now the boss so I am more than happy to let him run the show. I agree too much expansion can be a problem and maybe back to two Federations (if we need them at all?) is better than having a soulless empty one.

Last edited by yodabig at 3/8/2013 5:41:13 AM

I agree with you Koop - I even experienced it myself. At one point I think we had 3 or 4 PLs going?? North South East West??

The Fishbowl grew far too big for its own good. There is a huge amount of effort involved in setting up and running 4 PLs in parallel, as I'm sure Yoda would know. And for what benefit? The banter between teams, the competitiveness between federations died down because it was diluted. If I'm in the North league, I really couldn't care less about what's going on in the East our South.

There was also some incessent whining and moaning about how the leagues were run, etc. which made things a little less fun.

Let's get back to basics. Let's get back to how it used to be when it was fun. Let's fire up the old rivalry. Sharks vs Calamari. Let's do things because they're fun, not because we have to.

There are 17 teams that have signed up, but of those, I've noted a number of teams have said they'll play "to make up the numbers" rather than saying "yes i want to play." If we get enough participants to form 1 active league, I would prefer to do that rather than have 2 leagues comprised of several teams that are in just to make up the numbers.

I know this will create a league where ABBLers will be facing off Div 3 players, but lets instigate a handicap system (by points) to make life a little tougher for our ABBLers.

I've rambled. Sorry.
Happy to hear your thoughts all.