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i cant remember who suggested this to me but what if the prem playoffs (for 6v6) were played like a tournament on one day rather than stretching on for weeks
the positives of this would be that the finals would be more hype and you cant get a PLAY OR BAN incident. also the season wouldnt take as long so it wouldnt overlap with the beginning of the next highlander season
the problem is that if you couldnt play the date of the playoffs (set at the start of the season) there would be no negotiation

each game would take a maximum of 2 hours to play (assuming nothing goes wrong) which is 6 hours total. since something always goes wrong you could add in an hour of leeway between the quarter and semi, and the semi and final. so the tournament would last a max of 8 hours. the tournament could start at 14-15CET and end by 22-23CET

personally i think this would be much better than the current system and im curious as to what others think of it

The way playoffs work would need to change so all teams played the same amount of matches.

It’s a good idea, but ultimately it depends on whether or not Prem teams would prefer this over the current format (which is still very good). Maybe spreading it over 2 days would be better?

“Only prem players have Life”

Would be way better really, but could also go disastrously wrong.

Might be an idea to use similar timing to ESEA, where they have the playoffs on one day and then the final has a day of it’s own. Obviously that’s on lan so it’s far easier to organise, but it would be the ideal system I think.

I feel like the main issue with this system would be that it’d be near impossible for teams to warmup properly for those games. I doubt anyone would want to play the most important games of their season at 14 CET without a proper warmup…

I like the fact that the current system gives teams time to prepare, but I think there is an excessive amount of time wasted. The 3 week playoff period could be condensed in to 1 week with set play dates known from the start of the season (if you can’t play QQ).

The quantity and quality of practise available for the top 4 seems to drop off a cliff edge beyond the mop up week anyway. Keeping things more condensed seems like a slam dunk.

So to the OP I request a compromise: you say 1 day, I say 1 week!

It is like this to accomodate the teams more (we are all in it for the fun, aren’t we?). Having fixed dates for the playoffs would certainly better for specatators and hype and would also remove a lot of the drama involved in the process of scheduling the playoff matches. However, there is always the risk of lower quality games cause one team might not have their main lineup ready on the set date – which actually happens on a regular basis with the current system as well.

+1 to this idea. It would also extend the period in between seasons.

edit: typo