The rest of this thread is pretty much a basic introduction to the league and all. More threads will be posted regarding the contents of this post. The schedule of the league is the following:
Schedule
May 30, 2012 - Confirmation of team participation DUE.
June 02, 2012 - Initial Seedings.
June 10, 2012 - Trolling rules decided on and posted.
June 12, 2012 - List of banned players / those on conditional participation posted.
June 14, 2012 - Schedules released.
June 16, 2012 - Registrations "complete" for Week 1.
June 17, 2012 - First matches played.
Teams Playing in S1 - 47 Teams
Akumu-Inazuma-Ryu
Alliance Rainbow
Alliance Rainbow 2
Apocalypse
Apocalypse 2
Audacious Team
Avail
Beat 'Em Up
Castors Seniors
Charged Brigade
Clan Volo
Divinity
Fast and Wild
Flow
Flow 2
Friends United
Gaming Stars
Game Players Seven
Gaming Elite Team
Gotei XIII
Gravity Team
High Definition
Imperious
Infinite Crisis
Insane Team
Insane Team 2
Koopa Clan
Koopa Clan 8k
MKR
New Generation Watta
Nightfall
Nightfall 2
Night World
No Surrender
No Surrender 2
Revolution
Revolution 2
Shadows of Destruction
Solus Ceterus
Spartan Warriors
TeamGameCave
Team D'OEUF
Team Luxembourg
Ultimate Perfection
Ultimate Race Legends
Underground Kings
Valiance
Wollywogz
Blue - Not confirmed either with not enough people registered, no skype/forum confirmation, or not sure because of trolling decisions to be made.
PLEASE NOTE: Allies are not allowed in this league. Sub-clans/communities are allowed as long as there are no members in these teams that belong to another clan participating in the league.
League Structure
I've been asked multiple times about what's up with the structure so sorry about the wait on telling you guys. Anyways, it's looking like we will have at least 3 divisions, and possible 4. Each division will have 12 teams, split into two conferences. The two conferences play out their season like WCL seasons, where you have 10 weeks of regular season play and see who wins the division.
After this, a kind of sports-themed playoff bracket follows. The top 4 teams in both conferences of a division move onto a playoff system to play the top 4 teams in the other conference. For example:
Where this is Division 1 and Conferences are A & B:
A1 vs. B4
A2 vs. B3
A3 vs. B2
A4 vs. B1
The above system basically plays the top team of a conference against the "bottom" team of the other conference's top 4 teams, and so on. Each series of wars will be best 2 out of 3 matches (basically the first one to two wins advances).
Staff / Council Positions
Yes, applications are still being taken. If you have not noticed the applications subforum for the International League and you are interested in being a Division Admin, Journalist/staff member, or council member, please make your applications there.
Link: https://ilforums.forumotion.com/f21-council-staff-applications
Journalism
You guys may be wondering what the whole Journalism spiel is, so I'll get straight to that as well. Journalism was attempted in the earlier/middle parts of WCL and at random times, mostly recognizable by Raymie. These writings composed of writings on happenings in the divisions and highlighted certain parts of matches and the like. The MKC had a Youtube of THE BIG TITAN speaking awkwardly in front of a camera giving updates on the league.
If possible, I'd wish on kind of merging these two ideas together (except without the awkwardness of a video). We could have people writing and reporting on Youtube happenings going on in the league, as well as featured videos from those in the league and their matches too. I think it's an interesting idea and could be worked on a bit from past ideas so I may very well be trying this out soon.
Thanks for checking this out guys and please feel free to post anything regarding suggestions, opinions, and more.
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