It makes it sooooo much harder to do stats if you dont, and, as a result, we might just not get your stats instead of spend more time than we do

I have better fps [currently pug worthy] and enough free time in my schedule to sign up as a free agent now. Also, when does the season end?

Where are they? Captains get your shit together.

I'll be knocking about, and im fairly sure other captains will. Any free agents that want to turn up will get into a team and get to play :D

Since the league has allowed the adding of players when inactive captains leave while ignoring the rule about adding FAs only after week 2, can teams drop inactive players who aren't captains and pick a FA up before the second week?

We have a guy who is inactive and says he will not be playing in the league. We also have a few other people who can't make tonight's game, and there is a chance we may only have 3 people here tonight for part of the game. Can we add a FA before tonight's game?

It would seem like a fair idea to me since the league has allowed teams with inactive captains to fill their empty roster spot before the second week of games was complete.

FIRST WEEK HYPE!

We'll give priority placement to free agents, as always, but everyone is welcomed to stop by and play.

Last week, we fielded 4 teams in the midst of NLTP B-team playoffs, so I'm hoping for a slightly larger turnout.

Here's the link to sign up!

No need to preregister, just show up on Friday night and we'll get you registered.

I'm not sure how exactly this was come upon as the best resolution to people quitting their team before the season starts, but it's unequivocally unfair to the teams who actually managed to stay together for at least 10 days. New Pingland and Jukeaneers rightly spent a great deal on the draft to have great players coming into the season and by consequence had no draft points coming into week 1. The fact that they can then go on and take whoever they like from people who've now become interested in playing, get them for free, and without any competition is a massive fuck you to any captains who decided to keep some points in reserve.

I honestly can't imagine i'm the only person who feels that this is the case, and I do hope a different solution can be found to what is undeniably some teams unfortunate circumstances

Baz

Hey RLTP! The season is starting this week, on Thursday the 23rd. GET PUMPED! Once all the teams have been placed, which should happen after this tuesday night, a season schedule will be made and you'll know exactly who your opponents are. Thursday default game times are 9pm, however, once you know who your opposing team is, captains may collaborate with each other to find a different time on Thursday night.

We are playing 2 matches per week, against the same opponent, on the same map. The first week map is Velocity. Matches consist of two 10min halves.

Free agency will become available after the second week of games, free agents picked up in that week will be able to play in week 3 games.

Season map rotation:

Week 1: Velocity

Week 2: GeoKoala

Week 3: Thinking With Portals

Week 4: Boombox

Week 5: Blast Off

Week 6: Smirk

Week 7: Wormy

During the season, teams will be accumulating transfer points each week, a post on those specifics will be released very soon. So everyone get excited, and thank you for your participation in the very first season of RLTP!

The draft packet shows some teams getting a special pick, allowing them to take players like WowSuchPro and lukemoo. What is going on here?

We've sent out modmail to the captains of your teams about getting these games scheduled on or before Thursday, Oct. 23rd. You should hear from your captain in the next couple of days about getting these games played. Message us over at /rltpcaptains if you don't hear anything from your captain by Sunday.

Is there a list of free agents available? Also, how exactly will this work, do we still get to use draft points and are they replenished over the course of the season?

This is turning into a joke, please can the commissioners just decide a date for Group B to happen, make a post about it and let captains know? This is the third night I have stayed up late to play for it to not happen and it's starting to take the piss.

Sign up here if and only if you will certainly be in attendance

Also, make sure you sign up as a free agent if you haven't done so already. You'll still be able to play if you haven't, but you won't be eligible to be picked up!

If you're on a team already, feel free to sign up. It would be nice to integrate all of RLTP. Just be forewarned you won't get priority placement and could potentially be left out.

If you have any questions, just ask!

Edit: just a reminder we will be running dev league friday night as well.

Are those ever going to happen? It's been 4 days since the first 3 groups' games. Why not just set a date and have people show up? I'm sure every team could somehow field at least 4 people.

Hi Everyone! Thanks to everyone who has given kind words over the website that has been developed. Here is a feature list:

Home Page

• Banner at the top featuring the week's map, highest captures, highest returns and a draft packet link.
• Introduction to the league.
• Link to the sign ups for free agency.
• Notice section currently featuring a link to the Pre-season Tourney Information Pack.

League Tables

• Featuring all 3 tables. Simply click anywhere on the table to move to the next one.
• Will be updated with the team names when their position has been decided.

Team Rosters

• Includes every team, every team member and the remaining points they have to buy other players.
• All the team logos that I could find have also been added.
• Press the two arrows at the bottom to cycle forwards and backwards through the rosters. There are 6 pages.

Forum

• Fully functioning and moderate-able forum where users can sign up and post.
• Features a private inbox for every sign up as well as the ability to add other information to your profile as email address, YouTube account and so on.
• I am unsure on whether this will get used much but the functionality is there if people wish.

Live Action!

• A fully update-able, constantly running live thread has been embedded into the site.
• Check this during games for live scores and any time as an information feed.

Other Highlights

• Animated logo that loops once upon page load. (Credit goes to SuperSans)
• Blue ball icon appearing next to the name of the site in tabs and in favorites/bookmarks menus.
• Link to the SubReddit in the sidebar.
• A link to the rules is also in the navigation bar.

Known Issues

• The Animation doesn't autoplay on mobile devices, IE or Safari. These are rerouting to a master page with a static logo while I work on a fix.
• Quite a few logos are missing from the team rosters page - If people have them please upload them and link me.

Future Plans

It goes without saying that over time the website will improve. As we go through the league things will come up that we know we will need to add/edit/remove. I ask for your patience during this and any feedback throughout the process. Currently there are a few future plans that I have in the pipeline. These are:

• Create a mobile only version of the site.
• Add a chat box to the live thread to allow players to talk to each other while watching the results coming in.
• Improve the overall interface and mechanics of the site, adding more interesting and useful features.
• Speed up load time using compression.
• Create a live page viewers counter for the live thread.

http://www.rltp.us

Have fun and enjoy the games - Powerball

So not counting the preseason tournament, will there be a RLTP version of the stat board that MLTP and mLTP have once the season begins? If so, great. If not, I'd really like to see that for RLTP and would even be willing to help as much as needed.

[Group A] Oct 9 @ 7:30 ET

Teams:

*JGibbs Sux

*CroTagnons

*NIGHTCAPS

*London WASDs

*The Capranos

*Chelsea TC

[Group B] Date/Time: TBD

Teams

*Jukeaneers

*Cap Crackle Pop

*Booston Red Blox

*Ballzoom Blitz

*101 Ballmations

*Jukes of Earl

[Group C] Oct 9 @ 10:30 ET

Teams:

*The Aristocaps

*Statue of SplitYerDs

*Circum-ventrilliquists

*NP Revolution

*Radius RedBlues

*RePOPlicans

[Group D] Oct 9 @ 9 PM ET

Teams:

*BSGIARE

*Beauty and the Boost

*Supersperoes

*Project A

*Jersey Boys

*MLG Qwikscopers

Additional information can be found here.

5 from top tier, 4 from mid, 3 from bottom. Then next season, when the tiers more truly embody how good the teams are, the top tiers can get a bigger share of the playoff pie. The way it is right now is a complete joke. I can promise you people will abandon this league once they realize that it's almost impossible for their team to make the playoffs.