[Inside ECL: Preview of the Final]

Guys I think you're arguing because the overall rating is not a detailed enough fake videogame rating. Can we get into more specifics please? Like what's that guy's hand-eye rating?? Most importantly what's that guy's durability attribute???

You know... "Advanced" stats and shit...

[Inside ECL: Preview of the Final]

So... Like, half of that Nordic team is Laser HT guys from Xbox. Good to see at least some Xbox guys in the finals.

Also, this giving each other videogame ratings thing is a lame gimmick in my opinion. But I mean, to each his own, you guys... The rest of the interviews is fine.

[An update on the website status and league format]

@gzell60 In the first tournament there will always be top teams that will wreck bottom teams in group stage, no matter what seeding you come up with. Without divisions it's just a cold hard fact. 

I am well aware of CH tournaments and not to give anything away because I don't even know what Kenu and the boyzzz will ultimately implement, but measures will certainly be taken in tournament design to mitigate the "bad team quitting" phenomenon, with divisions obviously in the future but even in this tournament. My take is seeding is an extra layer of sugar on top of the icing on the cake that is ECL. 

[An update on the website status and league format]

1 hour ago, gzell60 said:

If you want to have a few teams leave the tournament early on, then that is certainly a very good idea.

I will compile my own list later.

Why? Can you accurately explain to me why that would happen? 

[An update on the website status and league format]

And then what? How will you assess the quality of the lists you may receive? How will you justify using them in any way? I know it doesn't matter for this topic as seeding accuracy really doesn't matter much, but in principle I am against trusting people with personal judgment calls. They are all the less trustworthy now as a good third of the PS4 community was not on Playstation before this year. 

[An update on the website status and league format]

Jimi and I think someone else had already suggested using the 6v6 leaderboard for seeding, then using randomizer. It's not worse than devising seeding based on who you think is better than who.

[First screenshots of the actual site]

Yeah I forgot user ID on the website. When I think about it, it's the best thing to use.

[First screenshots of the actual site]

The problem I have with using player names for "real life" and "simulation" purposes are of 2 kinds:

 - Privacy: I don't want to give away my real name to just anyone.

 - Confusion: Several guys use the same player name. Not only that, people also change player names for maximum confusion. I don't know if you can change PSN ID's but I reckon it's like gamertags and it happens far less often than changing player names in NHL.

So those are my arguments against use of player names and real names. Even though it might feel better for some to use player names, I am convinced that using PSN's works better. Besides, on the topic of real life, simulation and taking things seriouslye, e-sports pros on LoL and such, taking things seriously to the point of it being their job, and they don't have a problem using online nicknames. Just sayin'...

Anyway that's my opinion, I'm not gonna change it and I reckon no one is gonna change their minds about it no matter what. But I like discussing things. And it's not like it's a big deal either, I'll just write a fake name on your website just like on CH and it'll be fine just like on CH.

[First screenshots of the actual site]

I did complain lol. 

Also one more thing I'm gonna complain about even though I don't really care, I think using player names in all those things is stupid. It's better to use gamertags and PSN ID's. It's one of the things I always found stupid on CH, and I think it's one less table to record in your database maybe? I dunno... 

[First screenshots of the actual site]

Ok I see your point. It was a wrong assumption on my part. Looks like I won't be reporting games anytime soon anyway so that doesn't change anything for me and I reckon some people will share your enthusiasm about more advanced stats (am I right, @MartindalexC ?? ). 

[First screenshots of the actual site]

It does look really cool. Now, have you decided what stats are gonna be recorded? I suppose this is only a concept and you included all the game stats but we're not gonna record stuff like time of penalties taken for instance.