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Sorry, dakar, but that's not in the works. The logic, in my mind, behind 10 or more is simple: If the world has some "odd" trading practices, we can stop it. 4-6 owners won't get it done.
12/3/2008 1:41 PM
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Your 2nd post was another idea that I shelved. An "Owner Exchange". Put your name on the list and the world you need filled. Another owner would add his name/world. With enough owners, we'd find some matches.
12/3/2008 1:43 PM
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But I don't need any worlds filled so I'm not sure how committed I'd be to keeping up the list.
12/3/2008 1:44 PM
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I tried to start an add in the classifieds that would have owner post their names if they were willing to take a team...once they have taken a team and nolonger wish to be on the list they come in and remove it. but it never got off the ground...I think it would be much easier to fill leagues if you know who was willing to join
12/3/2008 1:49 PM
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Quote: Originally posted by dakar on 12/03/2008Hmmm....that last post was written semi tongue-in-cheek, but you know something that might really be worth considering?  Let worlds 'bid' on your services.  Rescue the worlds that have the highest percentage of people willing to 'pay it back'.  Look for worlds that have owners willing to volunteer to join in the effort to save the next league by joining the MikeT movement.  If team A needs 6 to fill, and 3 owners are willing to volunteer to take over another team in another struggling movement, then choose them over World B that needs 10 but only has 2 owners willing to help out.  Something to think about.

That's actually not a bad idea, though. One of the problems with world swaps ("I'll join yours if you join mine") is that they're usually undertaken on the same rollover cycle. That's rough.
12/3/2008 1:50 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted By travisg on 12/03/2008
Quote: Originally posted by dakar on 12/03/2008
Hmmm....that last post was written semi tongue-in-cheek, but you know something that might really be worth considering? Let worlds 'bid' on your services. Rescue the worlds that have the highest percentage of people willing to 'pay it back'. Look for worlds that have owners willing to volunteer to join in the effort to save the next league by joining the MikeT movement. If team A needs 6 to fill, and 3 owners are willing to volunteer to take over another team in another struggling movement, then choose them over World B that needs 10 but only has 2 owners willing to help out. Something to think about.

That's actually not a bad idea, though. One of the problems with world swaps ("I'll join yours if you join mine") is that they're usually undertaken on the same rollover cycle. That's rough
The other problem with this is one or both of the owners in an owner swap are one and dones...and this doesn't help out the league at all.
12/3/2008 1:52 PM
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TG, it doesn't have to be. But owners would have to hold up their word. If I were to join someone's world now to fill it, I'd ask them to be "available" when one of my worlds roll. An IOU of sorts. Requires a certain amount of trust.
12/3/2008 1:52 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted By MikeT23 on 12/03/2008Sorry, dakar, but that's not in the works. The logic, in my mind, behind 10 or more is simple: If the world has some "odd" trading practices, we can stop it. 4-6 owners won't get it done
And that makes sense to me, just seems like you get more bang for your buck by getting 2 or 3 leagues going at once....especially since they are most likely better run leagues to begin with. In fairness though, those worlds with just a few owners needed should get up and running on their own eventually anyway.
12/3/2008 1:56 PM
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i like the idea of having 10-12 guys that can push a veto thru if it needs to be.
12/3/2008 1:57 PM
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i would NOT veto an erffy pic right now...
12/3/2008 1:58 PM
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If this concept has legs and is done more than once, I would be willing to sign up for it in the future. Just hate the idea of getting into yet another league with all of them rolling over at the same time.
12/3/2008 1:58 PM
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I think it has legs. I imagine, in the next week, a lot of owners will be re-evaluating their worlds and their desire to "stick it out".

If that works like I expect, many of them would rather join "new" worlds in groups over solo.

And, if that happens, WifS should give me a lifetime supply of HBD teams.
12/3/2008 2:02 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted By dakar on 12/03/2008If this concept has legs and is done more than once, I would be willing to sign up for it in the future. Just hate the idea of getting into yet another league with all of them rolling over at the same time.
I felt the sameway I was actually cutting back teams however in this setting with going into a league with 10-13 quality owners where we can have an impact I willing to give it a go.
12/3/2008 2:02 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted By MikeT23 on 12/03/2008
I think it has legs. I imagine, in the next week, a lot of owners will be re-evaluating their worlds and their desire to "stick it out".

If that works like I expect, many of them would rather join "new" worlds in groups over solo.

And, if that happens, WifS should give me a lifetime supply of HBD teams.



Now the real reason comes out.
12/3/2008 2:07 PM
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