Great! That's very good feedback, Cprice.
In regards to high caliber teams not joining - I can understand this early in the game. There currently only is one Tier for both our Highlander and 6v6 ladders, but the more teams join in, the more naturally they will shift to the right tier - and at that point it becomes a lot easier for IM teams to compete with each other.
I've also used IRC for a long time (haven't we all) and we built the online platform because it actually is much simpler to set up a time to play. It's obvious to us that the LIVE option will add a lot of value to the platform and I digress, setting up a time for a scrim makes no sense indeed (thus a LIVE option). My question becomes, are you only interested in a live option, or would you simply like to have it ADDED on top of the hourly queues?
Remember, IGL is an Amateur league. Our focus is on bringing MORE people into the game you love and we simply cannot do that unless you guys make the first step. Simply signing up and showing your support will drive more people to join.
Prizing will always attract people - but this is not the route we're interested in taking for attracting people as it sends the wrong message for our positioning (it contains implications that would push away amateurs, thereby defeating the purpose of the league). There will most absolutely be prizing for high tiers and sponsored events/tournaments/playoffs, but we're still at the early stage and we can't move forward unless there is some sort of support from our TF2 community. Hopefully that makes sense.
Our servers grab a bunch of information (stats/logs included) and at the moment it's simply a matter of visualizing the stats properly on the site. Unfortunately, we're capped on resources and only have 24 hours in the day. We want to get our event tech out prior to continuing the polish on ladders - but it's definitely on the way.
As a complementary note to the 404 page - it doesn't exist yet on the live website, but the match results page is being released next code push we're doing (every Monday).
Thanks for your feedback!
Great! That's very good feedback, Cprice.
In regards to high caliber teams not joining - I can understand this early in the game. There currently only is one Tier for both our Highlander and 6v6 ladders, but the more teams join in, the more naturally they will shift to the right tier - and at that point it becomes a lot easier for IM teams to compete with each other.
I've also used IRC for a long time (haven't we all) and we built the online platform because it actually is [i]much[/i] simpler to set up a time to play. It's obvious to us that the LIVE option will add a lot of value to the platform and I digress, setting up a time for a scrim makes no sense indeed (thus a LIVE option). My question becomes, are you only interested in a live option, or would you simply like to have it ADDED on top of the hourly queues?
Remember, IGL is an Amateur league. Our focus is on bringing MORE people into the game you love and we simply cannot do that unless you guys make the first step. Simply signing up and showing your support will drive more people to join.
Prizing will always attract people - but this is not the route we're interested in taking for attracting people as it sends the wrong message for our positioning (it contains implications that would push away amateurs, thereby defeating the purpose of the league). There will most absolutely be prizing for high tiers and sponsored events/tournaments/playoffs, but we're still at the early stage and we can't move forward unless there is some sort of support from our TF2 community. Hopefully that makes sense.
Our servers grab a bunch of information (stats/logs included) and at the moment it's simply a matter of visualizing the stats properly on the site. Unfortunately, we're capped on resources and only have 24 hours in the day. We want to get our event tech out prior to continuing the polish on ladders - but it's definitely on the way.
As a complementary note to the 404 page - it doesn't exist yet on the live website, but the match results page is being released next code push we're doing (every Monday).
Thanks for your feedback!