Once a year...

Originally posted by Blobby
yes, but one query, if this idea was used what would be off the clan leagues? still have them do you think?

This could just add to the whole clan experience.
The leagues are cool, but one more 'league' can just be a good idea...

I think this is an great idea and would give the clains good competion.

You would not even have to finish all games by a certain date. You just say as of, for example, 1st March the yearly clan compo starts. All current games that finsh after this date will be included in new year. It will also encourage people to complete clan games, especially as we near the year end.

This looks like a good idea.

For me, the clan leagues have limited appeal, getting 18 games at once is not every ones preferred way of operating and it is always going to be the clan team with the highest average rating that does well. This all starts to get a bit elitist so we need something else as well that brings everyone into the frame running alongside the current system.

Obviously as we are close to the top of page one (more through longevity than skill, I know) we have a vested interest in keeping the status quo, but why is it also necessary to wipe out, as has been suggested elsewhere, all the history of the previous years and what happens in another years time when the next batch of new clans don't have a chance of getting to the top of a new system, do we have to do this all over again?

The format will need some thought, definitely a cup type of competition over a specific period, but, I do not want to lose the spirit of equal rating challenges which involve one and all.

Mockfrog

Originally posted by Bobla45
How about once a year having a clan winner? Then you could knock all the points back to zero. That way everyone gets a chance every year. It could be like winning the World Series, or the World Cup, or the Super Bowl🙂...well, maybe not like that. Anyway, just a thought.

Originally posted by mockfrog
This looks like a good idea.

For me, the clan leagues have limited appeal, getting 18 games at once is not every ones preferred way of operating and it is always going to be the clan team with the highest average rating that does well. This all starts to get a bit elitist so we need something else as well that brings everyone into the frame running along ...[text shortened]... want to lose the spirit of equal rating challenges which involve one and all.

Mockfrog

I don't really like this idea. A year of people's games would be discarded and the cut off dates could be used tactically.

But I do like the motivation for the suggestion, ie: length of clan's existence and masses of games not being the way to get to the top.

I suggested another system in this thread...
http://www.timeforchess.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=18685

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Originally posted by Grandmaster bater
I suggested keeping the current list (overall) but having an annual list as well. It could actually commence from Jan 1 2005. It would mean going back over the results since then but I'm sure that sofftware could be written to do that.

Originally posted by Ragnorak
I don't really like this idea. A year of people's games would be discarded and the cut off dates could be used tactically.

But I do like the motivation for the suggestion, ie: length of clan's existence and masses of games not being ...[text shortened]... /www.timeforchess.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=18685

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Originally posted by mwmiller
I don't think anyone is suggesting to delete the games or any other of the current statistics after a year.

I think the idea is to leave everything exactly as it now is, but to add a new "yearly counter statistic" feature, similar to what we currently have with the MAP and MAP of the month information.

The new yearly counter would be used to kee ...[text shortened]... the next yearly trophy.

At least that's what I think the suggestion is....

regards, Marc

good idea!!!

-republicans

Originally posted by ddbarnhardt
good idea!!!

-republicans