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[El Switchblade]

With the release of the schedule I've got a couple of pilots that CANNOT make any scheduled match. Any chance we can open up the rosters for a few days to replace some folks? Pretty please?

[El Switchblade]

With sugar on top?

[QueenBlade]

Have you also noticed you can schedule the match to another day? As long as the match that is due during that week is completed by Sunday of said week.

[Ritter ohne Furcht und Tadel]

Some German units have the same question. Can we replace people or subsequently appoint people? the matches fall exactly in the summer vacation, and we have a lot of players with family. which are then partially traveling four weeks.
In the German forum already existed to the demand for up to 16 players for the event.
We have a new moderator, who still needs to ask himself, and therefore take the answer a little longer.

[x Nin x]

I feel for any teams that are struggling with player issues, this thing hasn't started yet, seems like replacing a roster slot shouldn't be a big deal.

[John1352]

The problem is 80% of the teams will have somebody they'd like to switch out, and it is not really fair to only let some teams swap people.

Many teams will be happy to reschedule matches, as long as you do it when it suits them better, which may or may not suit you.

[El Switchblade]

With the release of the schedule occurring AFTER creating rosters, PGI should allow ALL teams a 3-5 day open roster period to replace pilots that simply cannot participate.

[x Nin x]

El Switchblade, on 30 May 2016 - 08:15 AM, said:

With the release of the schedule occurring AFTER creating rosters, PGI should allow ALL teams a 3-5 day open roster period to replace pilots that simply cannot participate.

^ This

[x Nin x]

I also know of 3 teams that have had at least 1 player simply go dark in the past days/weeks.....a real bummer if there is no recourse for the other 11 guys on the team. Again, this is still week 1, it doesn't seem unfair to allow a roster change.

[dj_]

Let the war of attrition begin.

[Deathshade]

yep. time to bring in the ringers now that you know who you are playing.

I think PGI has it locked down for a reason. They verified each player and team before proceeding. I wonder how many teams submitted and didn't get to play.

[x Nin x]

Deathshade, on 01 June 2016 - 04:35 PM, said:

yep. time to bring in the ringers now that you know who you are playing.

I think PGI has it locked down for a reason. They verified each player and team before proceeding. I wonder how many teams submitted and didn't get to play.

I don't get it. Why wouldn't you already have your team stacked with all the "ringers" at first anyway. The issue is about folks who have gone dark, or can't make the schedule, not skill....

Im confused

[lpmagic]

Deathshade, on 01 June 2016 - 04:35 PM, said:

yep. time to bring in the ringers now that you know who you are playing.

I think PGI has it locked down for a reason. They verified each player and team before proceeding. I wonder how many teams submitted and didn't get to play.

pretty sure somewhere near 70 teams did not make it past the vetting, If I remember correctly the total number of teams before vetting was 220+ ish and we are now down to about 150 total...so, many did not make it

[lpmagic]

I doubt VERY much that they will make allowances to add or replace roster slots. I understand vacations, and the, well, interesting schedule they have created, but from past experience, the biggest single reason to not allow roster changes is that teams (and there would be some that would try, trust me) will find a better player and try to swap them in. That does not mean I think that you are not in a crappy position, it sucks, badly and I hope you can make it through!!! but i doubt they will waver much on this.

[Jarl Dane]

Also, there may have been a lot we did not know going into this.. but everyone knew the matches would be fought over the summer.

[Deathshade]

x Nin x, on 02 June 2016 - 07:37 AM, said:

I don't get it. Why wouldn't you already have your team stacked with all the "ringers" at first anyway. The issue is about folks who have gone dark, or can't make the schedule, not skill....

Im confused

By ringers, I mean that if PGI opens up team changes, you will see ringers appear during the months of competition. Competitive players will be drawn to the tournament if they didn't get originally involved early on. The evolving player base of PGI new comers is changing all the time. Good players come back or are born by 24/7 type playing.

[Hunter Watzas]

Cheers to the teams that have 8 or 9 active players on their roster... may the clients ever be in your favor.

[El Switchblade]

lpmagic, on 02 June 2016 - 12:15 PM, said:

I doubt VERY much that they will make allowances to add or replace roster slots. I understand vacations, and the, well, interesting schedule they have created, but from past experience, the biggest single reason to not allow roster changes is that teams (and there would be some that would try, trust me) will find a better player and try to swap them in. That does not mean I think that you are not in a crappy position, it sucks, badly and I hope you can make it through!!! but i doubt they will waver much on this.

A "ringer" by its very definition is a fraudulent substitution. The rules/logs/referees should be able to suss those out, and there is nothing having stopped that from happening during initial sign up. To use that as a basis for your statement doesn't sound correct. That being said, don't we want the best of the best? New players, competitors, and interest in MWO spiking because of this tournament is a GOOD THING! Most professional sports have trade/draft cutoffs, and it doesn't hurt the sanctity of those sports. CAL and TWL (plus a host of other "player" run leagues I've been in) allow roster changes during certain windows. Meh, I'm just whining about the level of effort I have to put in to make this work. I know others have to as well. Moving on. Thanks for the conversation.

[GermanPartisan]

I second the OPs request. We are facing the problem that one guy who would love to play with us just messed up its sign in and now were stuck with 2 people who will most positively never return (cause of the ridicoulus schedule of yours/the sheer amount of matches) and one guy who would love to play with us but cant. We need and option to replace people in this Round Robin Phase of the tournament.

Teams should be locked the earliest in the next phase. No one could anticipate such a sheer amount of matches in before the tournament started.

WE NEED AND OPTION TO SWITCH ONE OR TWO PEOPLE OUT.

Edited by GermanPartisan, 06 June 2016 - 05:26 AM.

[Rushin Roulette]

Oh come on.

It was known well before the tournament schedule that loads of teams in the US and Europe will be competing and that every team will have to play every other team during sometime before December the 9th minus time for PGI to organize flights to Canada for the finalists.

The official schedule is crap due to the fact that it is limited to 1 fight per day per team (EU schedule at least) on 3 days a week, but there is the possibility of messaging your opponent and organizing a better time slot as long as it happens before the end of the week you are meant to play in. It doesnt even have to be played in the same week. You can even theoretically pull a September match forward and play it tomorrow if you and your opponent agree on this.

If some of your members cant make a certain day.. then show some initiative and message your opponents informing them of your play schedule and when you can make it. You may be surprized, but other teams may also be facing the exact same problem as you are and will be very happy to re-schedule.

If some of your members cant make it because they give up due to needing to play so many games... why the heck did you invite these players to join your team if they werent ready to play 50-100 matches in total even before the schedule was announced?

Re-Scheduling is possible and shouldnt pose a problem, especially as you are provided with all the relevant data to contact your opposing team captain, therefore replacing players is not needed. Players giving up half way through is an internal problem and should not be permitted.