Announcement OMMPL Format Discussion Thread

[Clas]

Hello all, I'd like to formally announce that OMM will finally have its own PL, though obviously without any CA reward or similar. It's scheduled for around the end of February, but we're working out the date internally still. That being said, there's still a few things to work out:

1. 6 or 8 teams?
2. How many formats? We have 9 Official Mashups, but that's not a great number for team tours. Do we use 6, 8, or 10, and do we add a Bo3 format in that format list?
3. What formats should we include? Should we have a Bo3 format?
4. Should we have flex slots?
5. Should we allow oldgens?
6. How are players assigned to teams (auction, snake draft, blind draft)?
7. Do we want to enforce franchises (potentially allowing for retains in the future)
8. How many managers? Should we require 2 or even 3 managers, or no?
9. Should we allow self-buys, and if so then for how much?
10. What should the starting budget be?
11. Should tiers not played be an aspect of player signups?
12. How should tiebreaks be handled?

Anything else that we missed? Please give your opinions!

 

[Yoru97]

1. Either or, probably 6
2. 9.
3. 10, the 10th being Bo3 that has a different 3 OMMs every week
4. What's a flex slot? Flex slot sounds fun.
5. We have enough officials, so unless the Bo3 contains old-gens occasionally, no.
6. Auctions are fun.
7. That sounds fun!
8. 2.
9. Yes, cost of 2 managers should be ~30% of the total budget.
10. 130K could work, mainly just thinking off the idea of 10k per required player number.
11. I don't personally care.
12. First thought is Bo3/5, but we have an odd number of Official OMMs, so technically we could just do all 9.

 

[Clas]

1. personally would prefer 6
2. 10; that way we can have all 9 official mashups + a bo3 format
3. if 6 then we go with pokeaaa snm lcmnm ggvgc pokebh camove, if 8 then forgo either staaab or mnb imo, if 10 then bo3 last w/ camove pokeaaa lcmnm/snm imo
4. not this iteration imo
5. if we have flex slots then yes but only if theyve got proper resources like bwputdaaa and g8tsaaa
6. auction
7. interesting concept but imo no, the team names are part of what make pls so fun
8. 2
9. yes, 13.5k each just like in ompl
10. 100k
11. yes
12. bo3 - both teams slash 3 formats and protect 1, !randpick with remaining formats to determine 3rd slot

 

[Miss Crisis]

1. 6
2. 10
3. 9 official mashups and a flex slot. bo3 should be something with a ton of resources, development, and flexibility, such as camove vggc because it's vgc-derived
4. nothing in the entire world would make me happier. we have weird stuff here and we should let it shine. keep the players on their toes, and we'll all have fun along the way :)
5. in the flex slot
6. auction pretty please
7. nah, let us be weird every year instead of locking us in. plus i'm pretty sure the only franchise would end up being absolposters lol
8. 2 managers minimum, i don't see a reason why you'd need 3 and it would cost you a third self-buy
9. yes, we should use a standard benchmark or adjust the percentage based on how many signups there are
10. 100k
11. please disclose this in your signup it will make your life easier, just keep in mind that getting picked will be pretty hard without broadening your horizons
12. what clas said

thanks to everyone who got us this far, proud to see this community grow to a point of a larger team tournament.

 

[aerobee]

1. 6 if 8 or 10-slot tour, 8 if 6 slots
2. 6 or 8 is most practical imo, compared to TPP the tiers will appeal to a less wide playerbase so OMMPL has to make do with less starting slots imo. Highly doubtful 60 starter-caliber players (or ~84 draftable players) sign up
3. 6 slots: Camove/PokeBH/LC MNM/PokeAAA/2 of STAAAB/STABnMega/bo3 Mayhem
   8 slots: Camove/PokeBH/LC MNM/PokeAAA/STAAAB/STABnMega/bo3 Mayhem/1 of STAB Ubers/GG VGC
   10 slots: 9 officials + bo3 Mayhem (maybe a bo3 slot and axe mixnboosted, almost never seen that format played or engaged with)
   
   Highly recommend Mayhem, any encouragement of non-OMM signups is worthwhile. Alternatively normal randbats with Mayhem custom rules for better balancing (this makes some Abilities non-shareable)
4. Probably not, some officials have a very small active playerbase and some metas would be flexed more than others – better to guarantee significant metagame development for everything
5. Yes if there's demand/flex slots are a thing
6. Auction
7. Unsure
8. 2 tops, 3 would unnecessarily detract from the player pool
9. Depends on # of slots, ~15k sounds about fair for 10 slots? Somewhat higher if 6/8 slots
10. 100k
11. Yes
12. No opinion

 

[Quinn]

1 either works
2 10 slots
3 the 6 most played ones + 2 flex slots with unofficial ones + remaining official slots. If theres no flex slots i reccomend a lc mashup slot that rotate weekly instead of mnm. Mnm is already in mnnpl and its easy to transition from other lc mashups to other.
4 yes
5 Idts unless very populair formats exist
6 Auction
7 no retains suck if the tournament formats arent consistent
8 2 selfbuys 2 managers
9 10k for each player you have to min draft (8 slots 100k // 10 slots 120k)
11 sure
12 standard

I really would like flex slots with tiers that got resources or a lc mashup slot with rotating tier weekly

 

[Axzel]

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