posted by Abelle

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Promotion and division systems tweaked

No more regional groups

Season 12 Schedule

Pre-Season Sign-up End

Pre-Season matches go live

Pre-Season

Sign-up End

Groups go live

Playday #1

Playday #2

Playday #3

Playday #4

Playday #5

Playday #6

Playday #7

Tiebreakers go live

Tiebreakers

Playoffs go live

Playoffs Jan 18

Jan 19

Jan 20-21

Jan 22 9 CET

Jan 24

Jan 24-28

Jan 29 - Feb 4

Feb 5-11

Feb 12-18

Feb 19-25

Feb 26 - Mar 4

Mar 5-11

Mar 14

Mar 14-18

Mar 21

Mar 21 - Apr 1

Careful! Don't let your team go inactive if you want to keep your division

We want to ensure that teams are playing where they belong so that league games can provide an appropriate challenge across all divisions. No one likes to get stomped, and we've seen a bit too much of that in the past, so we've changed the way promotion works.Now, fewer teams will be promoted by default because of something like a team or two disbanding in their group. Previously, we had teams that struggled to win even one game in their division end up being promoted thanks to this system, and that's something we obviously want to avoid.We've also changed all division playoffs to double elimination to both give teams a better chance of proving themselves but also to cut out instances of defwins leading to promotion.If your team hasn't played in jDL before and you don't want to start from the bottom or even if you just want a chance at a higher division, be sure to sign up in time for Pre-Season Playoffs (only two days left!). Any team can play in the single-game-series/single elimination bracket and their placement determines their division. Pre-Season Playoffs will be played Jan 20-21 starting at 18 CET for Europe, 16 SGT for Asia and 18 EST for America.Instead of splitting groups into regional categories, we'll be mixing together teams in all leagues where possible. In cases where there is extreme ping discrepency, like with North and South America, we'll continue to split some groups by region.Inactive teams will now be removed and sent to the Starter Division in the following season. We deem a team inactive if there has been no activity (mathces played, comments, etc) in over two weeks. Teams with less than five members after signup has closed will also be removed. If you want to be extra careful, here's the full text of the rules