shiloh
Tiering Lead
s/o Ticken for the art
With Lower Tiers now officially out of SPL XII, this year will see the return of LTPL for the third time, however the format for this year will be quite a bit different. With a lot of tiers now out of SPL, alongside the want for a bit more inclusion, LTPL this year will be aiming to have the tiers UU, RU, NU, PU, Ubers, LC, DOU, BSS, and Monotype. In order to fit these tiers in, we could either give each tier one slot, and have it be 9 slots a week with one of each, or we can try out a different format that might be a bit more fun, and would still bring the spotlight to multiple tiers.
The format we are going to try this year will be the one used by a tour on a different forum (that appears to be missing now) called Origin Mixed League. Heres a rundown on how it will work. Prior to each week going up, the managers will get together and each side will pick 5 tiers that they want to play for the upcoming week, these two 5 tier selections are then combined, and we have our matchups for that week. Once managers know the 10 slots that they will be playing in the upcoming week, they will then submit a lineup with the roster that they draft to fill those 10 slots. I'll include a rundown of how it works in the hide tags.
On Saturday Team 1 picks the tiers UU NU PU LC and Ubers, while Team 2 picks RU NU PU BSS and Monotype. This means that this week, the week will look like.
UU: Team1 vs Team2
RU: Team1 vs Team2
NU: Team1 vs Team2
NU: Team1 vs Team2
PU: Team1 vs Team2
PU: Team1 vs Team2
LC: Team1 vs Team2
Ubers: Team1 vs Team2
BSS: Team1 vs Team2
Monotype: Team1 vs Team2
Managers then submit the lineups during Sunday, and they play throughout the week as usual.
UU: Team1 vs Team2
RU: Team1 vs Team2
NU: Team1 vs Team2
NU: Team1 vs Team2
PU: Team1 vs Team2
PU: Team1 vs Team2
LC: Team1 vs Team2
Ubers: Team1 vs Team2
BSS: Team1 vs Team2
Monotype: Team1 vs Team2
Managers then submit the lineups during Sunday, and they play throughout the week as usual.
Now that all of that is out of the way, this thread will be for manager signups, and I am currently looking at having 8 teams for this tournament. 2 Managers are allowed for each team, but managers can sign up solo if they desire.
At this point I expect everyone who signs up to know what roles a manager is expected to fill, so I will not go in depth on it. Team names will be decided after managers are chosen, so no need to pick a team from last ltpl during signups as there will be no retains or linkage to the prior edition. This also means that managers from last time may not be given priority when it comes to managing this year, as it will all depend on current activity levels and playerbase/metagame knowledge. Managers will likely also be allowed to purchase themselves as well for a certain cost.
So with that, managers signups are now OPEN, and I implore anyone that even thinks they would have a small chance to apply, as you never know what could happen. I'm only going to leave manager signups open for a few days as I want to get this tour started asap, so don't hold back if you think you want to do it! And if you have any questions feel free to pm me on discord @shiloh#5526 as I will be the sole host this time as I don't plan to play or manage.
This thread will probably close this sunday, so good luck to everyone n_n
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