Top Eleven's New Cup Format

[MDKII]

As the Cup format has recently been changed, we've decided to offer a bit of insight into the reasoning behind these changes and what we aimed to achieve.

You can read the article.

[johnny token]

nice

[July Fourth]

Obviously, the first idea to come to mind was to lower the level-gap between managers, maybe pitching teams that weren’t more than four levels apart against each other. This would still lead to too large of a power gap, though, both in terms of ground structures and player quality the higher levels had access to.

Don't know why they didn't go along with this 'Level Banded' format, would of at least kept some easy preliminaries for the strongest teams instead of playing another team as powerful as yours on day 1, plus as we all know the new cup format doesn't favour any token buyers.

http://forum.topeleven.com/top-eleve...ntaged-24.html

Plus when I did an unofficial poll, It showed strong support for the 'level banded' format and even the old cup system got more support than the current new format.

http://forum.topeleven.com/top-eleve...-you-like.html

[Kukilon]

At least with the old format you had something to strife for, that you could some day be able to win it.

This new setup only helps lower quality teams at their league level that competes against lower level with higher quality teams since they can buy much better players cheaper after the season has begun. It annoys me that some semi-active managers I have met will be able to get the cup before me just because of how you have constructed it.

[assilah]

If i read your reply , Kukilon, i believe that you think i am s!uch a manager who 'TOKENS' himself up! A pity you think like this because i only spend tokens between seazons and do you really think each one is a hit!!!!! Hell no , you can say it's a 50/50 deal,so not always a win-win situation ! The knive cuts both ways ,my friend, and when it goes bad,you LOSE bad .So calmly i climbed up and when i bought i tried to do it in function off what i put in my head when i begun, double position players with equal qualitys in every position! Just because i think , and who am i, that's the way for a good balanced team.For the rest i wish you all the best. Greetings

[PricopGeorgeCătălin]

love this one!

[Stafford]

So that's why I thought that my opponents this Cup season were a bit weaker than the previous seasons!

[Morgan O'Bree]

As the Cup format has recently been changed, we've decided to offer a bit of insight into the reasoning behind these changes and what we aimed to achieve.

You can read the article.

you might have let something slip by, since i got as opponent teams 10 points stronger than me (25 vs 35/38) so uhm.

[assilah]

I like it and why i do that is because you have a point! This is TOPELEVEN but now you can show you're ability as a teammanager! And that meanes that you cannot buy very good players and wait in your chair for the results to follow. Now you,as i tried from the beginning,have to form a groupe off players and also see your team has 2 good ones for the same position! Rotation can be a very important isseu here,as well as tactics. I LIKE THIS VERY MUCH BECAUSE NOW YOU HAVE PLENTY MORE POSSIBILITIES TO CONCQUER YOUR OPPONENT! GOOD CUP FORMAT CHANGE!!!!!

As the Cup format has recently been changed, we've decided to offer a bit of insight into the reasoning behind these changes and what we aimed to achieve.

You can read the article.

[dv8r]

Looks like this is here to stay...