ooh now then now then .....
now this interests me, as i am simming the game NBA LIVE 98, and came up with some NEW FORMATS for competitions!!!
first, i don't believe in this play-everyone-in-the-entire-leage-system setup (so american
) and decided to go the promotion-relegation way .....
the league set-up29 teams - 4 divisions - top division of 8 teams - others of 7 teams - play each other twice - top two go up, bottom two go down
also i would have a
divisional championship, where the top four in each division would play the normal playoff structure best-of-seven matches until a divisional champion is decided!
now since i am such a completist, i also have a straight knockout cup competition, involving all the teams ..... but not just the full teams .....
2on2 / 3on3the bottom 16 ranked teams would play a game of best-of-5 sets (first to 15 points *1/2 points setup instead of the normal 2/3 points setup*) and play normal knockout until the last four. where the two winners would go into the main draw of the top 13 teams PLUS the winner of the semi-final LOSERS in a playoff! (13+2+1) then the same knockout system would apply
but that wasn't enough for me .....
1on1 or shootoutALL PLAYERS would be involved, seperated by their respective division, and these disiplines would include SINGLE/TEAM POINTS (best-of 5 sets, first to 15 points) and SINGLE/TEAM TIMED (five sets, highest scores in 60 seconds)
but it wasn't enough .....
3point shootoutALL PLAYERS would be involved, seperated by their respected divisions, and these disciplines would include 3POINT SINGLE (all play a qualifying round over five sets, then play straight knockout structure) and 3POINT TEAM (five players from each team would play each other team in matches of 8 players)
don't worry if it looks complicated ..... it IS complicated
, and it would certainly be a lot more interesting than the north american way of doing things, all-in-all the whole season would comprise of ONE HUNDRED AND ONE seperate rounds of matches, it's the BIGGEST simmed competitions i've EVER DONE!!! even bigger than my EA HOCKEY SEASON/FIFA07/PES/GENE RALLY simmed competitions!!!!!
i've got all the structures and formats on spreadsheet thankfully
oh and NONE OF THIS existed two weeks ago!