#8 2009-12-09 10:02 by Hooraytio (85.228.247.XXX)

I totally agree, and i know who has been in div1 and who hasnt im just a bit tired when i see comments like "clan X should be one div higher next season". Also it is mostly followed by the same comments everytime anyway: "are you joking?" "we suck" "we would get raped" etc etc

Ppl who are constantly on about moving this and that clan up one division must understand that even though a clan might win div2-4 it doesnt automatically mean that they should be moved up next season. The clans who mostly play official games will not have time to prac enough to fit into a higher division and they dont aspire to reach a higher division either. Unless a clan is totally raping their division or is trying to get into a lower division just to win all games easy i would say it is up to each clan to decide where to play next season...

I for one think its rather nice to meet the same clans many times to build up some nice rivalry :). There are some clans i have enjoyed playing versus a lot during the seasons of nqr, eql and ladders: Demolition crew, always close games and decider on dm3 :D. Baconmen, same here close games and nice opponents. Dybbuk, not active anymore but they beat my clan several times until we finally won during eql3 or 4. Psychohaloons crew, played them a lot during the nqr ladder and also a few league games. Osams, this clan has been up and down in the division system and ended up in my division now and then. Always good games vs them.

I realise that it is fairly easy to build up these kind of rivalrys in this small community since it is pretty likely you will end up in the same division often but still, with the community being this small it is a bit destructive to always move clans up without taking into account how big the skill gap is between 2 divisions. If they get raped too hard they will just start to idle

#7 2009-12-09 09:38 by HangTime (87.127.194.XXX)

^Well one thing you have to remember is that some players have already experienced play in the top division. Perhaps it just turned out that they weren't up to competing with the uberleet0rs. Or maybe they even won some titles but are now rusty and not playing at that level anymore.

Quite a few players from [O] and Boefje have played div1 in the past so it's not like they haven't given it a shot.

I've played several seasons in div1 4+ years ago and the truth is I'm simply not at that level anymore. At the time I probably lost more games than I won but I still wanted to play there. Nowadays fact is I probably wouldn't look out of place in div3 judging by my performance in mix games.

#6 2009-12-09 07:52 by Hooraytio (85.228.247.XXX)

Feels like qw is more about having fun at your own level than improving and reach a higher division. There are clans/players who aspire to reach the top but these are in minority

#5 2009-12-08 19:57 by ok98 (85.230.80.XXX)

And we (o) have 7maps lost in div2. What would that look like in div1? probably 0maps won

#4 2009-12-08 17:38 by niomic (192.194.13.XXX)

nothx :E

I don't think we have the consistency for div1. We've played a total of one prac map this season and as you can see from the results, they are quite varied.

#3 2009-12-08 16:43 by votary (85.228.218.XXX)

3clans from div2 up to div1 next season?

Oblivion/Boefje/da?-) GG's.

#2 2009-12-08 02:09 by niomic (89.27.30.XXX)

No doubt this game was make-it-or-break-it for us. It was very important that we at least got the chance to see if we have what it takes to go to the playoffs.

I would also like to thank B for putting in the effort to make this happen, and we'll be sure to setup our next game so that both teams have mutually agreed to a time.

Since we are playing again soon in semi-finals, I don't feel like commenting on this game that much. I consider our next game to be the real one!

#1 2009-12-08 00:00 by soma (134.130.51.XXX)

At this point I would like to send my sincere gratitude to Boefje and Springs in particular. They had asked us to schedule several times throughout the season, but since Elguapo is currently in Italy and cyrax was in the hospital for a while, that never really happened. Then last night we were already hoping to play (and Boefje patiently waited until 23:30), but our 4th didn't show up. Hadn't it been for today's game, it would have been very fair to award Boefje with a WO against us. Following this, we were hoping to play today, but one of our members had to leave to work at 21:00, so we had to start playing early. Despite not being warmed up or having best lineup, springs tried hard to spontaneously make the game happen. Sportsmanship at its' best.

Soo... thanks to Boefje/springs for playing even though the conditions really sucked for them. You'll get your deserved revenge in playoffs.

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