The trolling rule needs revising.

Vettel wrote:idk if anyone said that before because I was too lazy to read everything
best solution in my pinion would be, that both teams need to say "yes" to trolling and not just the host team

sousu1 wrote:Disallow all item use/being lapped.

One of the major reasons that the Japanese metagame has turned out much better than ours is that they have that exact rule in almost every war. People learned to not focus so much on SHOCK DODGE DODGE SHOCK SHOCK DODGE DODGE SHOCK every goddamn war because it started losing them wars and becoming harder to suicide w/o trolling, besides already causing one player to score very low points and put complete pressure on his teammates to score high or else cause failure. Clans in Japan still suicide bag today but this rule has discouraged it heavily and led to more growth in overall community skill and that's something I support absolutely.

Vettel wrote:idk if anyone said that before because I was too lazy to read everything
best solution in my pinion would be, that both teams need to say "yes" to trolling and not just the host team

LoneWolf wrote:I always had thought going back words in this game was such a stupid idea. Its not fun, racing is so much better. If you stop for shock thats fine but trolling and going back words just is pathetic tbh. I mean, even now i do it but honestly i hate dong it its just better off to race.

flc wrote:the debate has been around for ages, but during the last 4 wcl seasons, bash was the one making the decisions and he was extremely biased and rarely actually did anything. I was the one trying to make the trolling rule change back then as well.

SM4e wrote:I'm sure a lot of clans would leave the competition, if trolling was allowed again. Trolling is an oppotunity for weaker clans to have a chance to win. That's why I actually think, it'd be the idea to let the rules the way they are right now because of the high loss of skill.

Agosta44 wrote:Option C without question. Add a subrule about short tracks like Yoshi Falls or Ghost Valley for some protection ie: hit in the back -> falls off -> target shocked -> someone dodges and happens to pass them.

LoneWolf wrote:I always had thought going back words in this game was such a stupid idea. Its not fun, racing is so much better. If you stop for shock thats fine but trolling and going back words just is pathetic tbh. I mean, even now i do it but honestly i hate dong it its just better off to race.

PokeMasterCalvin wrote:Yoyo, it's a game.

Anything in that you can do in the game that isn't hacking or glitching is fair game. Let people troll. And let the haters get mad.

waLuigi me wrote:I don't know if people actually forgot the rule, but trolling is allowed by default. Allowing the host of the match decide whether or not they want trolling is perfectly reasonable. It allows those clans to have trolling matches AT LEAST half of the weeks played. It's a great middle ground and the only reason this was even an issue was because of a ruling last season. While taking item boxes should never have been considered trolling in the first place, that's how the rule was in place. Now lets put it in perspective, that didn't cause im to lose IL. While it caused the match to not benefit them, that's not why they lost IL, they lost IL because they ended the season with less points than KC.

In my opinion, the trolling rule is fine. If nothing is stated, trolling is allowed, otherwise, host gets to decide. I'm not a huge fan of trolling wars, but I don't dislike them either if I'm expecting them. The only thing that may need to be addressed is what is considered trolling for those few weeks that trolling isn't allowed for teams.



EDIT: While I appreciate the vote to allow me to see the opinions of this league, this poll by no means determines the final ruling on this matter. Just wanted to let everyone here know that just in case they couldn't figure out that someone not associated with the staff making a poll has no direct connection to a change in the ruling.