CPL X-Ball lite Divisions

[fred1]

If I got this right these should be next year's divisions at the 1st event:

XSV
Shockwave UK
Consilium Dei
Vision

Stockholm Ignition
Phoenix Russia
Copenhagen Ducks
London Tigers

Menace
Nexus
Powertrip
Syndicate

Tontons
JT Allstars
Joy Division
Cyclone

One rule I thought was pretty lame: If the teams are tied at the end of sudden death, the tie shall be broken by the seeding the teams had entering the tournament. Which means the supposedly better team can just sit back and go for a draw.... shame. What sport, in case of a draw, gives the better seeded team the win.....? Only paintball.

I'm excited to see which teams will gain from the new format and which teams will have trouble adjusting. I think we will see Joy Division back on top....

 

[Steve Hancock]

That is strange, I'd have thought it would have been the lower team that held the higher to a draw that would have earnt the default win.

 

[Edd Hobday]

Originally posted by Steve Hancock
That is strange, I'd have thought it would have been the lower team that held the higher to a draw that would have earnt the default win.

Why would they impose any system like that Seems a stupid way of doing it to me. It there a rule for to sort out tie's in the NXL and PSP (not that they ever happen)? What do they do?

If both teams have scored the same, it doesn't seem right to give one the win because of seeding!
-EDD

 

[Chicago]

In pool play, you should just count tied matches as a tie. You don't want to break ties in pool play because you're giving some teams more play time than other teams.

If after the end of the round you have a tie, you should probably go to head-to-head, then margin of victory, and then maybe after that seeding. Ties that go to seeding should be so rare that it's really the obligation of the lower-seeded team to prove they're the better team by performing better.

In elimination matches, you should break the tie in an additional point or, as PSP will do it next year for D2/D3, a 1-on-1.