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Once more I guess it needs to be pointed out that this is a meaningless internet game. The obsession with nationalities is absurd as far as I'm concerned.

Ding ding ding we have a winner!

I hope you really mean this and act accordingly, because the best solution by far will be to keep teams together but reshuffle leagues according to world rank and not nationality. You read that right -- leagues consisting of evenly matched teams from all over. A league would look a lot like individual teams do now, with players of all nations playing together as one team. Teams of all nations playing together as one world.

Figure out how many such international worlds you need to have full Division 1, 2, 3 and 4 and shuffle accordingly. Retain forums for each language and retain B3 for each country. Home games at 6PM local time would give an international sense to the game as well. Imagine full competitive leagues in all divisions! Imagine a fair competition for all new teams (none of this starting in a high division crap). Imagine actually growing the game!

Genius. With one little change, home games set to a time zone of your choosing, once at the top of the season for everyone, but unlimited for supporters so that you can have the Tuesday night game at say 9pm your time, but a Saturday home game at noon.

Thank you. It isn't really genius, it is just stepping back and looking at the big picture from the point of view of the game as a whole, not just a me-first look like so many posts here. It does meet all the standards I use to evaluate the suggestions written in this thread, namely:

1. Every team retains its national identity and retains its flag.
2. Every country could continue in BBB.
3. Every country would continue to have its own forum.
4. Countries that do not want to merge with each other would not have to do that.
5. Every world would have a full Division 1, 2 and 3 at least, and probably a full Division 4.
6. The competitive and financial advantages and disadvantages of playing in a macro country or a micro country would be completely evened out.
7. Every team could retain its own history.
8. The drafts could continue as they do now, making it easy to put better players in the draft and have it apply to everyone evenly.
9. Private Leagues could become more important to the game as they showcase teams of the same country.

a +1 and a little musical nod to your willingness to be part of this politicized process


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bXS73L7hXo

I have a suggestion along those lines with regional alignment. Not entirely by time zones, but it does work to create evenly sized leagues that fill at least the first 3 divisions. (278372.1)

Last edited by khenry at 4/16/2016 5:21:44 PM

Just one idea...

cut the leagues full division 4

then set a message like:

"the league you're trying to sign in is full, you can wait until an open spot is available or you can join anthe we suggest you"

I think this would balance the "macros" in a good way