CAPPL VII Policy Discussion
Given the increased interest in CAPPL during the past few weeks, CAP mods have found it pertinent to open discussions on it earlier than scheduled. There are a few key issues that need to get resolved prior to opening player signups, and this thread is exactly where that's going to happen. Specifically, I'd like to open discussion on which formats should be featured in the weekly lineups for CAPPL, as well as logistics regarding assistant managers and how to price the managers on a team. Without further ado, I'd first like to touch on format discussion.
The formats used in previous CAP team tournaments have varied greatly over the years, generally depending on which CAP Old Gens and OMs are popular at the time. In the past we've seen OMs like CAP Doubles, Monotype, and LC get placed on the lineups, while every CAP Old Gen from DPP through SM has also been featured. However, it should be noted that not all of these formats have maintained any sort of active playerbase over the years, nor do they all have up-to-date resources for prospective CAPPL players to reference. I think it's reasonable to expect any format featured in CAPPL to have, at the bare minimum, a currently active playerbase and updated resources. Without both of these, we would only be shooting managers in the foot by asking them to specifically draft players to slot every week in an unsupported format. What I want to do is discuss whether or not each of the following tiers should receive a place on our format list.
- CAP Monotype
- ORAS CAP
- DPP CAP
- How many slots should SS CAP receive? Should we continue having a best-of-three match every week?
- How many slots should SM CAP receive?
- Should we include any of the aforementioned CAP OMs and Old Gens? If so, which, and why?
- Do we need to have assistant managers in team tours at all?
- If we do have assistant managers for CAPPL VII, how should we go about pricing them?
- Should managers be allowed to buy themselves in order to play? If so how should their prices be decided?
- Should there be a minimum price for managers and assistant managers? Should there be a maximum price?