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Tournament WCAP Format Discussion
- Thread starter spoo
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prob too ass to even be playing but my opinion is like
SV CAP
SV CAP
SV CAP
SS CAP
SM CAP
ORAS CAP
BW CAP
DPP CAP
you could omit oras and BW cap if you’re worried about signups, but I feel like CAPPL tiers are fine enough
SV CAP
SV CAP
SV CAP
SS CAP
SM CAP
ORAS CAP
BW CAP
DPP CAP
you could omit oras and BW cap if you’re worried about signups, but I feel like CAPPL tiers are fine enough
Please don't include bw/dpp. Even in cappl half of their pools dont promise good quality.
I think 6 slots with SV/SV/SV/SS/SM/ORAS is more 'manageable' for all teams in terms of prep, and as a result you should have a higher quality tour.
I think 6 slots with SV/SV/SV/SS/SM/ORAS is more 'manageable' for all teams in terms of prep, and as a result you should have a higher quality tour.
I support a Fairy Gens version of the tournament. Or opt to add some lower tiers, like UU/DOU or LC
Option 1: looks funny, and tbh i would like try cap uu.
Sv
Sv
Sv
Ss
Sm
Oras
Uu
LC
Options 2: balanced between each slot. Although double SS It might seem boring to many.
Sv
Sv
Ss
Ss
Sm
Sm
Oras
Oras
Options 3: (In my opinion, the one I see as most feasible for the adaptation of new members/teams)
sv
sv
sv
sv
sv
ss
sm
oras
I have 4 Option but I don't know Would you all like this even or not
Option no 1
SV
SV
SV
SS
SM
ORAS
LC
Monotype
Option 2
SV
SV
SS
SM
ORAS
LC
Mystery Gift
Mystery Gift
Option 3
SV
SV
SS
SM/ORAS
LC
Mystery Gift
Option 4
SV
SS
SM
ORAS
BW
DPP
I think this in not that Much of logical And I am new also in this so this is my First post in CAP But I made 2 option for 8 slot and 2 for 6 slot. I think This should be Little interesting. What are your thought
Option no 1
SV
SV
SV
SS
SM
ORAS
LC
Monotype
Option 2
SV
SV
SS
SM
ORAS
LC
Mystery Gift
Mystery Gift
Option 3
SV
SV
SS
SM/ORAS
LC
Mystery Gift
Option 4
SV
SS
SM
ORAS
BW
DPP
I think this in not that Much of logical And I am new also in this so this is my First post in CAP But I made 2 option for 8 slot and 2 for 6 slot. I think This should be Little interesting. What are your thought
Honestly I really want WCAP to succeed because I love CAP. But wasn't one of the points of WCAP to get more people to play CAP under a unified country/region? So why are we adding more tiers without any consideration?
Unfortunately, the CAP community is significantly smaller than any of the lower tiers' communities. In those WCoP discussions threads, there's always a major concern that the teams are unbalanced if they add lower tiers. But we should be concerned whether smaller teams can form at all. In that sense, we are more comparable to the oldgens WCoPs, which have all used 6x OU (RBY, DPP, BW).
I think we should only stick to SV OU (and fairy gens). Having most of the slots be the same format tremendously helps smaller countries collaborate, and there are much more resources for SV OU and fairy gens (outside of CAP). I think these are the only formats that are even viable for WCoP. I would like to see 3/4x SV OU, SS OU, SM OU, and maybe ORAS OU, but I think you could go further with all SV OU.
(For rosters, I've seen 2-4 subs per region allowed. 6 slots would require 8-10 players per country, while 8 slots requires 10-12.)
Unfortunately, the CAP community is significantly smaller than any of the lower tiers' communities. In those WCoP discussions threads, there's always a major concern that the teams are unbalanced if they add lower tiers. But we should be concerned whether smaller teams can form at all. In that sense, we are more comparable to the oldgens WCoPs, which have all used 6x OU (RBY, DPP, BW).
I think we should only stick to SV OU (and fairy gens). Having most of the slots be the same format tremendously helps smaller countries collaborate, and there are much more resources for SV OU and fairy gens (outside of CAP). I think these are the only formats that are even viable for WCoP. I would like to see 3/4x SV OU, SS OU, SM OU, and maybe ORAS OU, but I think you could go further with all SV OU.
(For rosters, I've seen 2-4 subs per region allowed. 6 slots would require 8-10 players per country, while 8 slots requires 10-12.)
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4 SV
1 SS
1 SM
Imo this is the dream option, supporting the lower tiers can realistically just be done by passing or giving players the SM OU rain sample. Actually no, the dream option is 6 SM but alas, that'll never win. Fr tho don't add DPP and BW, those pools are already abysmal if we're being completely honest and DPP in particular sucks even with a good pool! My opinion for doing WCAP is already known, so might as well suggest for SM so I get to play it more.
1 SS
1 SM
Imo this is the dream option, supporting the lower tiers can realistically just be done by passing or giving players the SM OU rain sample. Actually no, the dream option is 6 SM but alas, that'll never win. Fr tho don't add DPP and BW, those pools are already abysmal if we're being completely honest and DPP in particular sucks even with a good pool! My opinion for doing WCAP is already known, so might as well suggest for SM so I get to play it more.
are there any objections to full sv? full sv is for sure the best way to run wcops for less played tiers, oldgens are going to be totally scraping to the point where nobody actually plays the tiers in any of the games not just like dpp bw. full sv is fire when everyone plays together :D
This just isnt true at all, cap is similar enough to OU that anyone with any experience in those tiers can do well in CAP (re: chrispbacon in pl last year, literally anyone in the ss cap money tour where neither finalist had played cap before), we also have literal years of resources for sm and ss and VERY motivated posters and mainers for dpp-oras, there is 0 way someone that knows what ou is and has even the slightest bit of a work ethic or motivation should struggle in an Oldgen. And speaking for sm and oras because theyre what im familiar with, weve got frequent players from like, 3/4ths? Of the regions i expect to see. Iirc bw has a very culturally diverse pool asw. "People not playing the tiers" is a non issue.
As for objections to full SV, while having everyone on the team play the same tier obv makes prep easier, literally all our oldgens (not oras) are highly beloved with passionate as fuck players who love them, I think itd be very unfair to ignore that devotion and appreciation to do full SV. While full SV would also help differentiate the tour from pl/cl i just think it wouldnt be as appreciated by the cap mainers.
Full SV might be too boring, but i do somewhat agree that it would be best to prioritize fairy gens since those tend to be the tiers with the biggest variety of players from around the world. There should be at least one of Sv, SS, SM and ORAS. Id support something like 3 sv then 1 each of the other tiers.