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I have to agree with Chessman2004 regarding the size of the teams (sizes can always be adjusted), having large teams does nothing for a site, also you should take into consideration high rated and low rated players. To my knowledge my site is the only site that runs teams that award points to both the top and bottom half of of the team, allowing all players at all levels to contribute to the overall team point structure.
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I, don't get what you mean. Points to both the top and bottome half of the team?
What are these points? How do they work?
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Teams normally work on a point system, a basic setup might be the team that wins gets 10 points and the team that loses gets 5 points. Or take it one more step further and allow the 1st 2nd and 3rd points and combine them with the team total mentioned above for your total. The problem with this method (used by most sites) is it only takes into consideration the team win, and the 1st 2nd 3rd place points (normally the top rated players).
Example - a 6 player team all rated 1900 challenge a 6 player team all rated 1400, the odds of this lower rated team wining any points is slim and the team win for the higher rated team is almost a sure thing (higher rated teams picking on lower rated for points).
But if you award points for the top half and the bottom half (example: top half is 1600+ and bottom half is 1200 to 1599) you get a different story and all players contribute to the over all point score.
In simple terms , if the lower rated team has a good tournament on the top half they will rack up more team points then the higher rated team (because the higher rated team does not have a bottom half) and win the team challenge.
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I think the margin of victory should be used for scoring.
For example, a 6-0 victory should award the winning team, and cost the losing team, more points than, say, a 4-2 victory.
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Whitekings, your example still does not take into consideration the lower rated players.
The whole idea of teams is to allow players to grow, to communicate and foster a team spirit.
Based on the forumula most sites use for teams, a team of 1400's would never accept a challenge from a team of 1800's because in most cases they don't have a chance in hell of winning any points.
But taking my example stated above and adding this information you clearly see that the point structure changes and the 1400's have a chance of winning the team challenge.
Example:
The 1800's challenge the 1400's (easy points for our team)
One of the 1400's is having a great tournament and places first. The 1800's are shocked...grin. (there is more shocking news to come...grin)
Points are awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd (normally the top half) and then points are award to the best performance on the bottom half. You total up the points earned by both teams and the team with the most points is declared the winner.
My system works (formula) on indiv points (transferable to different teams) and the total points for the team.
So in our example here, under these conditions guess which team racked up more points..... let's just say the 1400's are dancing in the streets...grin.
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