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scraps 8/19/2022 2:03 PM
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I want to be a player representative for the CSC Rules Committee because I want to contribute more to CSC and believe this is where I can best contribute. I joined the CSC Discord during Season 7 and Season 8 was my first as a player. My very first interaction in the CSC Discord was pointing out an issue in the rulebook to those who could fix it. In my opinion, the most important aspect of the rulebook is the clarity and general understanding of the rules as written. Clearly written rules should prevent most issues of differing interpretation and would speed up the resolution of any rules issues that could not be prevented. In any case, my goal as a player rep would be exactly what the name implies: to represent the players. I would consider the Player Rep role as someone who is willing to communicate two-ways. Player Reps should voice the concerns of players to the committee, and they should follow up and explain committee decisions to players appropriately. (edited)
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UPS | Raasck 8/19/2022 2:10 PM
Can verify the story about correcting the rulebook. Was a pretty funny ticket
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ATO | Assass1n 8/19/2022 2:19 PM
Is there anything off the top of your head that you would work on immediately?
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ATO | Assass1n
Is there anything off the top of your head that you would work on immediately?
N1 8/19/2022 2:29 PM
  • Consolidating rules for transactions. Section 2.7 and all of section 5 cover transactions with a decent amount of overlap. There's probably other sections like that.
    • Add a brief glossary of terms to the end. CSC-specific acronyms, names, etc. make the rules slightly less readable to new players. Having all of the definitions centralized makes it easier to look up something you're not used to seeing.
    • Table of Contents. Easy kill would just be taking the current section headings and copying them to the top in order. Similar reasoning to the glossary, better readability/searchability
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TFR | 42Firehawk 8/19/2022 4:18 PM
As a member of rules would you primarily try to make changes to improve readability and understanding of rules, or are there any "material" changes to the rulebook you'd like to make
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TFR | 42Firehawk
As a member of rules would you primarily try to make changes to improve readability and understanding of rules, or are there any "material" changes to the rulebook you'd like to make
N1 8/19/2022 5:50 PM
From my understanding of the current rules, I think any material changes should be based on league sentiment. Take the tech pause change from last season for example. The disagreement that brought the issue to light stemmed from different understandings of a rule that wasn't specific enough. I think the change that was made has clearer language and aligns the rule more with the stated goals of CSC. If I were to propose material changes, based off of general sentiment I've seen lurking the discord:
  • Separate our map pool from being strictly based off of the competitive rotation. Perhaps create some sort of mechanism for league feedback/control on swapping in/out maps. I would guess the majority would choose the official map pool anyway, but the ability to change gives the league more autonomy.
  • Change playoff format, potentially even remove it from the rulebook but set a deadline for the decision and announcement. I'm just going off of stats here, but it seems to me like some tiers’ in-conference playoffs last season were almost a formality. That may be a consequence of how player count, tiers, etc. were decided for that season, but allowing more flexibility could help make the capstone event of the season more exciting.
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TFR | 42Firehawk 8/19/2022 5:51 PM
Thank you, I wanted to understand what other types of positions you may hold as a member of RC outside of the large clarity improvements
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pecan50 🏆🏆 8/20/2022 6:30 AM
You mention player representation as a large portion of your platform. What makes you uniquely positioned or qualified to speak for the average player? You mentioned playoff format and changing how it is in the rulebook, can you be more specific on what you want to change?
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pecan50 🏆🏆
You mention player representation as a large portion of your platform. What makes you uniquely positioned or qualified to speak for the average player? You mentioned playoff format and changing how it is in the rulebook, can you be more specific on what you want to change?
N1 8/20/2022 7:42 PM
My response was too strong for Discord, multi-parter incoming
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pecan50 🏆🏆
You mention player representation as a large portion of your platform. What makes you uniquely positioned or qualified to speak for the average player? You mentioned playoff format and changing how it is in the rulebook, can you be more specific on what you want to change?
N1 8/20/2022 7:42 PM
1. While I may not actively engage with the community as often as other candidates, I do my best to follow and keep up with daily discussions that pertain to the league. I also see my relatively new arrival to the league as an advantage; I will consider every voice that comes to me equally based on what they are saying and not who is saying it. I’m also currently blessed with the free time necessary to have conversations with whoever wants to have them. The most obvious problem to overcome in representing the average player is not having everyone’s ideas communicated. There are fewer players that voice their opinions than players who just are along for the ride. As someone who usually prefers to listen to the conversation more than participate, I think I can uniquely balance representing the players calling for change and the interests of players not voicing their concerns.
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pecan50 🏆🏆
You mention player representation as a large portion of your platform. What makes you uniquely positioned or qualified to speak for the average player? You mentioned playoff format and changing how it is in the rulebook, can you be more specific on what you want to change?
N1 8/20/2022 7:43 PM
2. I would look specifically at rules 10.1.4 thru 10.1.6. In the current rulebook they state, “The playoffs will be played in a Best of 3 format … The Finals will be set up similar to the rest of the playoffs with a Best of 3 structure … Playoff matches will be played against teams within the same conference until the finals.” I think it’s worth discussing what the impact of these rules are on how the playoff format is decided and what the player experience is. From a participant perspective, the first rule tells me that if my team makes the playoffs, we are guaranteed to play 2 maps. The last rule tells me that if my team dominates our conference, we are likely going to the finals. So how do we keep those aspects while allowing greater format flexibility? To start, I would change “playoff” to “postseason” everywhere it appears in the rulebook. Those two words are basically synonyms, but I do think that “playoff” is more likely to imply a traditional single-elim bracket format. Second, change 10.1.4 to state that “Teams that make playoffs are guaranteed to play at least 2 maps” and change 10.1.5 to “The Finals will be played in a Best of 3 format.” Lastly, change 10.1.6 to something more flexible like “Postseason seedings and matchups will be determined by in-conference performance” (edited)
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pecan50 🏆🏆
You mention player representation as a large portion of your platform. What makes you uniquely positioned or qualified to speak for the average player? You mentioned playoff format and changing how it is in the rulebook, can you be more specific on what you want to change?
N1 8/20/2022 7:44 PM
2 cont. What do those changes allow the league to do? Take last season’s Prospect tier as an example. On one side of their playoff bracket was a team that was undefeated in-conference, and the other side had a team whose conference losses were against the team eliminated from the playoffs. Expectedly under the current rules, the Prospect finals was those two teams facing each other. If the postseason was made more flexible, Prospect postseason could have been run something like a CS Major. Double-elim Bo1 Swiss stage with all 8 teams from the tier, then single-elim Bo3 bracket. Each team still plays two maps guaranteed in the postseason; matchups can still be drawn based on conference; and finals are still Bo3, but it’s potentially a much more interesting postseason. At the same time, if overall scheduling for a season needed to be really tight with no room for potential reschedules, a single-elim Bo3 bracket still hits all of the requirements for the postseason.
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pecan50 🏆🏆
You mention player representation as a large portion of your platform. What makes you uniquely positioned or qualified to speak for the average player? You mentioned playoff format and changing how it is in the rulebook, can you be more specific on what you want to change?
N1 8/20/2022 7:44 PM
3. Circling back to your first question, the postseason format rules are not something I would even have considered changing had I not seen others express some disappointment. My thought process behind my proposed changes centers on the impact rules have on the player experience. Additionally, while offering concrete changes that could be made, I hope I’m demonstrating more interest in opening a discussion on why there might be a desire for change.
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