I would prefer a pro league and a semi-pro league. The mods will choose the leagues and have been observing 1v1s when they can. Amit actually asked Jakester to 1v1 the LG to see what league the 41st should be in.
The reason the leagues were later split by skill was because of the massive gap in skill between all the regiments involved in our highly active community. Which we don't have anymore.
Based on what data?
This system of playing through league 2 just to earn a spot in league 1 is pointless, especially when considering over half the regiments won't even be around or returning for the next season after this.
So my question is why would any regiment that gets placed in league 2 want to play through the whole season when winning it only puts them in last place of league 1???
I understand your confusion now, but your confusion in turn confuses me. NANWL is not a professional sports league, such as the NFL, where the same teams are guaranteed to play in the AFC/NFC every season. NANWL's league system has never been persistent from one season to the next in terms of relegation because the NW community is unstable. Regiments rise and fall in the span of weeks and even the ones that seek to be competitive don't seem to hold together much longer than required to participate. Sometimes, serious contenders don't even make it to the end of the season. From Season 4 to 5 and then from 5 to 6, there was no "earning" of spots through the league system. It's all done on perception of ability based on unofficial battles done outside of NANWL.
There is no ascension or descension in the leagues in Season 7 relative to Season 6 because the makeup of this league is almost completely different than last year's. The 45e (defunct) and USMC this year are not the same regiments they were last year. I'd argue that very few regiments are the same now as they were last year, for better or for worse.
The only way to structure the leagues is to find where the skill gap between most regiments is greatest and then created two balanced leagues from there. That's how it was done in prior seasons and that's how it's going to be done again because otherwise, it's simply not fair to the regiments in each league. I'm not going to pretend that it was done properly last year, though. I gave Bean hell for it before, during and sometimes after the season.
