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[El_Scorcho]

I'm not really sure why feedback isn't possible if teams play only one match. As I said, I'm happy to schedule scratch matches for knocked out teams.

As far as I'm concerned, second teams actually playing in the NAFL proper is totally out of the question, so this gives people a little outlet in a totally different competition style as to make as much effort as possible to avoid stepping on the NAFL's toes.

The stipulation that a main league team should have to change if they get relegated is dumb. The romance of the NAFL is that identities carry through the divisions. This kind of thing absolutely should not impact on the NAFL whatsoever.

Just a little comp to fill the gap before NAFL with a loose affiliation because it's NAFL season and there has been some flagged interest in farm type teams. Complexity and length is exactly the opposite of what I'm going for.

 

[Craegus]

The stipulation that a main league team should have to change if they get relegated is dumb. The romance of the NAFL is that identities carry through the divisions. This kind of thing absolutely should not impact on the NAFL whatsoever.

Another reason I didn't go through with that suggestion.

It was a thought and question of would you create another team but at the same time risk losing your first team if things go wrong? But I quickly discarded it as it was not right.

 

[Craegus]

Proposal:

Intercontinental Football League

Football/Soccer competition that follows on from the FLO (Freight Train has given permission to do this) and acts as a faux International Champions League.

- 9 teams participate.

- People bid for a single team (Club type team under same rules as FLO clubs) from one of 7 regions (once bid is in it cannot be changed or relocated), these will be where the "Champions" come from.

- Regions are:
- North and Central America including Caribbean
- South America
- Africa
- East Asia
- West Asia/Middle East
- Western Europe
- Eastern Europe

- A single poll for each region is conducted. The team from each poll with the most votes qualifies. If a region has only 1 team bid then it automatically qualifies, no bids for a region means the second place team with the most votes from all other region qualifies (may apply to more than just one second place team). This would mean that people would have to really consider where to bid to both even out the field and to potentially strategically position themselves for qualification.

- The final 2 spots will be filled by winner of the FLO and ANZ Cup, if both teams the same or from the same designer, then second place in FLO qualifies. These people cannot bid for another team from another region so that no more than one design from each designer is included.

- 2 kits entered, Home and Away, possibly place restrictions on designs for each to avoid clashes (dark vs light)

- Single Round Robin Format with a single bye for each team (9 Rounds total, 4 home and 4 away games for each team)

- Winner takes all, no finals. Should a tie occur then points difference determines winner, should this be tied, most votes for, then result of game between the teams. If everything is tied, a final 1 day poll is held to determine winner.

- Estimated time for actual competition (not including possible delays between rounds and initial selection polls): 9 rounds X 3 days per poll = 27 days

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This competition adds an element of strategy to the bidding process which has not occurred yet in a league style competition. Do people bid for a team in a region that they feel they can design a strong entry, but potentially have to face off against a large number of other bids, or do they choose a less popular region where there is a higher chance of being successful in getting through to the league, but have a harder time creating an identity.

Added to this is the unknown element of who is going to bid for what region and the inability of changing that location once you have bid. So you may put in a bid in to a region with no bids but have several people bid after you in the same region.

 

[HTT]

Lil idea that popped into my mind for a weekly/monthly competition

Sell out of the century (name can be debated)
Basically, each competition, a club will be chosen for designers to create some sort of corporate promo/tie in/sell out jumper. The aim is to create a jumper, as decided by voters, that reflects both the club and the sponsor in a tasteful way.
Like most competitions, the next edition's club is decided by the winner of the previous edition.
Club for the first week to be decided by drawing name on a random generator, because I'm sick of Adelaide always being first, lucky buggers.

As far as timing is concerned, I was thinking entry thread opening on Saturday, running through to the following Sunday before a short poll Sunday night-Thursday.
e.g Entry thread open 8 July-16 July
Poll thread open 16 July-20 July

 

[Grandsun]

THOUGHTS????
NAFL Women's

 

[Fizzler]

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THOUGHTS????
NAFL Women's

 

[El_Scorcho]

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THOUGHTS????
NAFL Women's

If this was going to be done it should be as a one off special round kit in the NAFL, not as an entire separate comp.

 

[SilvaComet]

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THOUGHTS????
NAFL Women's

Looks like someone's stealing my ideas.


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[Dylan8]

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NAFL Women's

i love you

 

[Freight Train]

If this was going to be done it should be as a one off special round kit in the NAFL, not as an entire separate comp.

That's actually not a bad idea.

 

[Craegus]

If this was going to be done it should be as a one off special round kit in the NAFL, not as an entire separate comp.

That's actually not a bad idea.

Agree, but it was massively voted against in the last poll.

 

[Grandsun]

What are peoples thoughts on a Bigfooty Champions Challenge Cup- Winners of the major Aussie Rules leagues on bigfooty play each other?

 

[Craegus]

What are peoples thoughts on a Bigfooty Champions Challenge Cup- Winners of the major Aussie Rules leagues on bigfooty play each other?

Has been discussed before and never got anywhere, so I am guessing it is the same again.

 

[Grandsun]

Has been discussed before and never got anywhere, so I am guessing it is the same again.

Ok we could pop the question again

 

[Grandsun]

Does anyone have a list of the current comps that are held annually?
I currently have:
NAFL
NAFL Reserves
Football League Oceania
Can-Am
Fictional Football League
Cross Code Rugby Challenge
Australian Association of Basketball
FIRA
Twenty20 Australia

 

[Barrybran]

So basically Freight Train v El Scorcho for twelve rounds?

 

[SilvaComet]

Calendar needs to be made ASAP.


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[Grandsun]

Calendar needs to be made ASAP.


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Tbh I was going to make one up to save ppl work but was seeing what ones I missed

 

[El_Scorcho]

What are peoples thoughts on a Bigfooty Champions Challenge Cup- Winners of the major Aussie Rules leagues on bigfooty play each other?

The problem is that templates and presentation quality move forward so quickly that the most recent entry always has a huge advantage.

I'm happy with the current balance of competitions. We have plenty to design for. If people want more stuff to do, weekly comps are great, or league comps that go for a very short amount of time, say 2-3 weeks once entries are in.

 

[fancyscum]

Lil idea that popped into my mind for a weekly/monthly competition

Sell out of the century (name can be debated)
Basically, each competition, a club will be chosen for designers to create some sort of corporate promo/tie in/sell out jumper. The aim is to create a jumper, as decided by voters, that reflects both the club and the sponsor in a tasteful way.
Like most competitions, the next edition's club is decided by the winner of the previous edition.
Club for the first week to be decided by drawing name on a random generator, because I'm sick of Adelaide always being first, lucky buggers.

As far as timing is concerned, I was thinking entry thread opening on Saturday, running through to the following Sunday before a short poll Sunday night-Thursday.
e.g Entry thread open 8 July-16 July
Poll thread open 16 July-20 July

This sounds interesting, would you limit it to current club partners or open it up to any brands to give a greater variety/quality of entries? I'd shorten the comp right down to a week so like: Sun-Weds for entries and then Thurs-Sat for a poll, this way you really keep things moving along and hold people's interest. Also, what about 'Battle of the Brands' for a name?

 

[HTT]

This sounds interesting, would you limit it to current club partners or open it up to any brands to give a greater variety/quality of entries? I'd shorten the comp right down to a week so like: Sun-Weds for entries and then Thurs-Sat for a poll, this way you really keep things moving along and hold people's interest. Also, what about 'Battle of the Brands' for a name?

I reckon I'll open it up to any brand, but depending on popularity obviously, theme based or realistic reincarnations could be done. As for timing, I'd wanted to ensure people had plenty of time to design, but you make a good point. What are your thoughts on Fri-Mon for entries and Tue-Thu for the poll? Allows everyone to dedicate their weekend to it

 

[fancyscum]

I reckon I'll open it up to any brand, but depending on popularity obviously, theme based or realistic reincarnations could be done. As for timing, I'd wanted to ensure people had plenty of time to design, but you make a good point. What are your thoughts on Fri-Mon for entries and Tue-Thu for the poll? Allows everyone to dedicate their weekend to it

The board is generally quiet on the weekends in terms of design stuff, so thats why I thought breaking the two stages half way through the week would have been more effective but I am sure there are others who have been around longer than me that are probably better informed on what would be the best split.

 

[Grandsun]

Proposal:

Intercontinental Football League

Football/Soccer competition that follows on from the FLO (Freight Train has given permission to do this) and acts as a faux International Champions League.

- 9 teams participate.

- People bid for a single team (Club type team under same rules as FLO clubs) from one of 7 regions (once bid is in it cannot be changed or relocated), these will be where the "Champions" come from.

- Regions are:
- North and Central America including Caribbean
- South America
- Africa
- East Asia
- West Asia/Middle East
- Western Europe
- Eastern Europe

- A single poll for each region is conducted. The team from each poll with the most votes qualifies. If a region has only 1 team bid then it automatically qualifies, no bids for a region means the second place team with the most votes from all other region qualifies (may apply to more than just one second place team). This would mean that people would have to really consider where to bid to both even out the field and to potentially strategically position themselves for qualification.

- The final 2 spots will be filled by winner of the FLO and ANZ Cup, if both teams the same or from the same designer, then second place in FLO qualifies. These people cannot bid for another team from another region so that no more than one design from each designer is included.

- 2 kits entered, Home and Away, possibly place restrictions on designs for each to avoid clashes (dark vs light)

- Single Round Robin Format with a single bye for each team (9 Rounds total, 4 home and 4 away games for each team)

- Winner takes all, no finals. Should a tie occur then points difference determines winner, should this be tied, most votes for, then result of game between the teams. If everything is tied, a final 1 day poll is held to determine winner.

- Estimated time for actual competition (not including possible delays between rounds and initial selection polls): 9 rounds X 3 days per poll = 27 days

------------

This competition adds an element of strategy to the bidding process which has not occurred yet in a league style competition. Do people bid for a team in a region that they feel they can design a strong entry, but potentially have to face off against a large number of other bids, or do they choose a less popular region where there is a higher chance of being successful in getting through to the league, but have a harder time creating an identity.

Added to this is the unknown element of who is going to bid for what region and the inability of changing that location once you have bid. So you may put in a bid in to a region with no bids but have several people bid after you in the same region.

This sounds like a good idea!! GET AROUND IT BOYS!

 

[PhenomenalV1]

Has there ever been a "back from the dead" competition revolving around designing new uniforms for defunct teams regardless of code?
I think something like that would be pretty interesting.

 

[fancyscum]

PROPOSAL: AFLX - FESTIVAL OF THE BOOT! (anyone with a better name, help me pls.)

A 'quick fire' league comp that captures the carnival like spirit of everyone's favourite sport they know nothing about, AFL X™. Each designer will be tasked with creating a wacky AFL pre season/rugby sevens, nines etc./t20 cricket style guernsey for their own AFL club, if they were to participate in the upcoming AFL X™ competition. Only a single kit is needed for an already established identity that each poster is familiar with, so hopefully this boosts entries and cuts down the time needed for people to get their designs in.

Once entries are closed clubs will be distributed into pools (trying to keep double up clubs separated west coast could be a challenge though based on uptake, whilst making sure that there is an even spread of talent across the pools.) which keeps the tournament down to around ten rounds with polls every weekday (the height of traffic on here imo) or every two days to keep things moving along and hopefully complete the season under a month in length, ending with a short finals series. This idea could very well be done in a weekly comp, but at the end of the day, entries can be scarce for less exiting/popular teams and some designers have mentioned the time strain of 'weeklies' so I feel as though this quick fire comp format could work better.

What would I (the designer) need to do?

-Figure out which AFL club you support (pretty straight forward I'd reckon!)

-Create a single AFL X™ kit (guernsey, shorts & socks, front and back) for your team using their current guernsey manufacturer.

-Not much is off limits in terms of design although there must be an adequately sized sponsor on the front and back as well as on the shorts, with stuff like numbers on the front, names on the back and even short sleeves all acceptable.

- Sponsors should be either club partners already (doesn't necessarily have to be current guernsey sponsors) or perhaps a local charity or even a foundation run by the club.

-I believe the comp will just use the standard AFL logo for now but if the AFL were to release a logo then we could use that, or if someone here has a concept they would like to put forward then I am happy to use that.

I would be more than happy to run it given I have a good idea how to go about it now, but if someone else would like to put it on then I'm happy to hand it over too, provided they can see it through from start to finish. I'm happy to discuss and improve anything above given that this idea is still pretty fresh and probably has some gaps.