If Gen could be a ladder for match play on OGL would you guys/girls be interested in playing? If so I need to know the type (ie 1v1, 3v3 etc). The general process is that i need support from 10 teams (in a 1v1 ladder it would be 10 players). If we come within one or two teams, I will send a set of rules to my League Official for consideration. This could potentially bring outsiders to the game from other Q3 mods or other games completelty. What are your thoughts?

If you don't know what OGL is go to www.worldogl.com

That's not what I'm worried about right now. Right now I just want to know if there is support behind the idea so I can prepare the rules and such for the LO.

If you want to start a ladder, go for it.

However...

The biggest problem is that Gen is most definately NOT designed for 1on1. The classes are balanced around medium-sized FFA matches.

Earth, for example, is deadly in a FFA, but will have a very hard time competing in a 1on1 environment due to his slow speed. Slipgate, in particular, slaughters Earth 1on1.

However, I can see a lot of potential for 2on2 up to 4on4 matches. A mixed group will have all the bases covered. The classes are very good at shoring up each other's weaknesses. A Strogg/Slipgate combo is nasty, as you can dominate close, mid, and long ranges. Earth/Doom is a good combo as well.

I won't be playing in any sort of league simply because I don't have the time, although I think it's a damn good idea. I'd love to see a Gen ladder, on one condition: if it's not run by the OGL

The OGL is horribly mis-managed. I've played on several ladders for CTF and Rocket Arena over the years (q2 CTF, RA2, and RA3), and every OGL ladder I've been on has been complete and utter shit, while the various others were a pleasure to play on.

Unless you can prove to me that the OGL is no longer arbitrary in its decisions, can actually enforce its own rules, and promotes FUN instead of incessant bitching about its administration, I will not post news about it on the WireHead site.

You can create the ladder if you wish, but publicizing it will be up to you if it falls under the OGL.

Like I said, you can do it if you want, but unless the OGL has vastly improved in the six months since my last experience with them, I won't give it my full support.

Aye. 2v2 would be great. I'm not saying I'd play in the ladder myself, b/c, I, like most here, don't like to play competitively. However, I would like to see it done for the fact that it might get more ppl interested in the mod, etc. These guys have worked way too damn hard for it not to have a huge following behind it.

I agree w/ everything con and pho said pretty much. Except for the OGL ladders and such, as I haven't had any experience w/ them myself.

And pho, I don't think she'd need any help from the mod crew at all. I think she's just asking what you guys would think about it if she were to run one. So I'm pretty sure most of it she would be doing herself as she'd be overseeing the ladder and such. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Doesn't make sense to me. unless it's a simple loop earth - doom - slipgate - strogg - arena - and back to earth again, it would be coding hell, too.

Mind you, an option that forces a random class with the exception of the current, so that one never gets the same class twice in a row, would be a nice addition to Gen in general, and would kind of make the random class more useable for this kind of thing aswell.

As my time is very limited these days that's a no for me, but it could be a good way to attract new players, who do like to compete with each other.

I need to be sure that if the ladder is created that players will actually play on it. So what i really need is player support, and yes teh ladder would be supporting the .99e.

I'm sorry I forgot to say that I was thinking something like cpma but in generations

That works for me Pho.