What improvements could be made? The setting up of the teams seemed a little haphazard but I suppose the tournament has been fun for a first time (in NS2).
One thing I thought was to make the group matches 2 games on one map. The way it is set out, a semi final can end in 3 games whereas a group stage match is 4.
I feel like if you want to give the later rounds a more imposing feel then you should make them longer. At least in comparison to the preceding rounds.
"But then it would take too long and the asteroids would hit us before we end the tournament". Hmm.
I really don't see why that is the case. If anything, I find the Nations Cup to be more meaningful than any other tournament because you see a bunch of players jumping from team to team (Eissfeldt has been in so many teams I think he's been in an NS3 team at this point) and you don't get the feeling that a team has much character (obviously there are several exceptions but you get the point).
I would like to see the Nations Cup be the premier event. The only counter to it is that the best players will not be in the Nations Cup come final time because with a "club"-based system you can poach talent until you have the greatest amalgamation of players.
One thing I thought was to make the group matches 2 games on one map. The way it is set out, a semi final can end in 3 games whereas a group stage match is 4.
I feel like if you want to give the later rounds a more imposing feel then you should make them longer. At least in comparison to the preceding rounds.
"But then it would take too long and the asteroids would hit us before we end the tournament". Hmm.
I really don't see why that is the case. If anything, I find the Nations Cup to be more meaningful than any other tournament because you see a bunch of players jumping from team to team (Eissfeldt has been in so many teams I think he's been in an NS3 team at this point) and you don't get the feeling that a team has much character (obviously there are several exceptions but you get the point).
I would like to see the Nations Cup be the premier event. The only counter to it is that the best players will not be in the Nations Cup come final time because with a "club"-based system you can poach talent until you have the greatest amalgamation of players.