Idea For Leagues (rolling leagues sort of set up)

**Rickles**

I just got to thinking, instead of having all of the leagues at the same time, why not have a few each month.

Have like 3-4 different competitions over a month or two, and then start up a few new ones.
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It would benefit by allowing a whole lot more participation, from both people who have never looked into leagues and from people who are overwhelmed or unallowed to have too many songs. Also the whole, "whens the next leagues round starting up" will be out. No more waiting. Yes people will have to wait for their competition of choice, but they can choose to do other competitions in the meantime. Scorehero will always have a sort of competition going. Instead of a weeks worth of sign ups twice a year.

I think this would benefit the league Community in enormous ways, In turn helping scorehero be ever more awesome. Of course effort from both staff and members will be required i think this is a great idea to raise our competitive edge. Instead of who is 1st on the leader boards it will be who won the last league. That person will be crowned champion, in turn helping restore the sense of the god like players.
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Thoughts? I think it's great but I'll understand if you don't want to fix what isn't broken.
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**elx** · Joined: 17 Feb 2006 Posts: 1657

Partly, the long delay isn't the norm, and it's possible to get a season rolling a couple weeks after the prior one ends. Most of the leagues that don't get the signups to run, more than likely wouldn't either way.

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**Rickles** · Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 12:32 am Post subject:

**IWillKickU** · Joined: 06 Dec 2007 Posts: 2830 Location: In the Undertow

I would like to see rolling leagues too. I think it would be cool if we had seasons. Something like:

Jan-Feb - GH1, GH2, GH80s
March-April - RB 1
May-June - GH3, GHA
July-Aug - RB 2
Sept-Oct - GHWT
Nov-Dec - Off Season

That way, everyone who wants to could participate in every game league, and no one would have to choose between doing GH2 or GH3 because their sign up slots are full. I also think that it would be less work for commissioners because there would less leagues running at a time. It would mean less songs per week to generate, because all leagues for each game could use the same list of songs each week. And it would also raise the level of competition because ALL of the top players would be competing in the same game, rather than having elite player #1 in GH3, while elite player #2 is in GH2. I put RB1, RB2, and WT by themselves because there would (presumably) be different leagues for G/B/D/V/FB/Duets etc...

I think that a big reason that WT vox and WT drums got cut this season is because the people who were interested wanted to use their few league slots elsewhere since there were SO many games to choose from. If it were set up like this, a guitar player who also likes to sing could use one slot on WT-G and one on WT-V, rather than one on WT-G and one on GH2 or GH3.

EDIT: Rickles: I posted this before I read your second post, but as you can see, I completely agree with you.

**jamesw** · Joined: 02 May 2008 Posts: 1264 Location: Canada

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**googleimage** · Joined: 23 Aug 2007 Posts: 1229

I think the rolling leagues is a good idea that will increase enrollment in the leagues that are offered, simply due to the fact that you have a lot of dedicated players who would join 3 or 4 leagues if they had the time. But they will join all of them if they only have to do 1 or 2 at a time. Plus, you have the players who will sign up for an older game if, say, GH3 isn't running.

That said, I think you can definitely offer a handful of games per season and maintain that degree of choice. And you can also adjust the schedule to account for the fact that GHWT is going to get more sign-ups than GH1 - so GHWT can run more frequently.

This idea might not single-handedly save leagues that would otherwise get cancelled, but it is likely to improve the leagues that would run regardless. You can break the player pool into more divisions and create a more competitive environment when players don't split off in so many directions.
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**doubleornothin** · Joined: 30 Aug 2006 Posts: 266 Location: South Jersey

This could be a problem though.
Instead of having to wait a few weeks/months for your desired league, you'll be forced to wait an entire year.

**bambaniasz** · Joined: 03 Jan 2008 Posts: 256 Location: Warsaw, Poland

**Rickles** · Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 2:40 am Post subject:

**shinycow17** · Joined: 20 Dec 2007 Posts: 261

I kinda like the idea but the mods/staff that run the leagues wouldn't ever get a break. Seems like it would take up a decent bit of their time.
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**knightmetallica3** · Joined: 29 Apr 2009 Posts: 55 Location: Harrisonburg, VA

full band league? Its not what you guys were talking about but no were else seems like a good place to post this... It would be the same set up as all the other leagues but with a full band. Obviously no GH1,2,80's, or 3. But it would be set up like Co-op leagues only for GHWT, Metalllica, GHSH, 5?. And then RB1 and 2 good idea bad idea?
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**SAW4135** · Joined: 17 May 2008 Posts: 750 Location: Moline, IL

While I do see how this is a good idea, I know that I would only be able to really participate in leagues over the summer (I.E. now). During the school year, I'm pretty busy, and I'm sure that might hold true for others as well.

Granted, I've never signed up for leagues in the past, but I can't help but think some other people are in the same situation I am

I do, however, see how people may want to do more leagues. Maybe after this league has been run, the Mods might consider adding to the number of leagues people can sign up for.
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