Brands and Stuff

[Beketov 9,025]

Why do I keep agreeing to all these pesky theme weeks. Makes me need to actually fit a theme instead of just my usual incoherent ramblings. Anyway, this week if I want that sweet sweet bonus TPE I need to take about brands and shit so let's do that.

 

Fun fact for those of you who don't know, the brands system we announced last season is a very different beast from where it started not long before. I don't recall exactly what it was (though I believe @Banackock originally brought it up) but it was basically just a little side thing that didn't do much. Some points got made and someone brought up a tournament with it which is where things exploded; especially once @Quik got involved. Anyway, you all know where it went.

 

What's interesting is kinda where it all started more or less. See, back in the day we had the super cup which was awesome but also a major pain in the ass since we needed to draft teams for it every 2nd or third off-season (I don't remember how often it ran) and it would make the off-season drag on for way longer than it needed to. I kinda love the Sponsor's Shield for this reason. Because the "drafting" was all done in advance it means that we can get that sweet off-season glory we all want (to help hide all the boring off-season stuff those of us in blue are dealing with) without all the extra hassle. That's great and it should be a lot of fun. Unfortunately it also leads to the problem of all the hype kinda just...dying. Don't get me wrong, brands seemed hyped as hell when it all started but once they got set they kinda just disappeared. I guess that's the whole point of this theme week but still. I wonder if we don't need to figure out some kind of way to keep the hype train and rivalries and what-not going while the tournament itself isn't running. It's something to consider. With the Super Cup there was never hype outside the actual tournament but that's because we didn't know our teams until it was tournament time. I like the idea behind sponsor's more but if we only get a hyped event every 2 seasons and nothing with them the rest of the time it's bound to lose it's appeal.

 

Anyway, I'm reserving my judgement, just figured I'd talk about it. What would you like to see done with the brands system to make it more interesting when a tournament isn't actively being run?

 

P.S Haterade > All

[Victor 10,940]

3 hours ago, Beketov said:

What would you like to see done with the brands system to make it more interesting when a tournament isn't actively being run?

Think the GMs should be incentivised to poach players and/or do stuff like weekly rankings and otherwise generate hype.

 

*I say GMs, I mean BMs