_We’re going to need just a little recruiting help from everybody, because…
WE HAVE AN EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE!!!
Effective 10/1/2019, our two leagues will reorganize into one league with three divisions:
The Golden Donk Division - this is our 1st tier and its members will consist of all the members from the current Golden Donks League plus the 8 Foals who advanced from the Grey Foals League at the end of the quarter. The only way to become a Donk in the future is to advance from the 2nd tier.
The Blue Yearling Division - this is our 2nd tier and its members will consist of most of the members of the current Grey Foals League. The only way to become a Yearling in the future is to advance from the 3rd tier.
The Grey Foal Division - this is the 3rd Tier and its members will consist of the remaining members of the current Grey Foals League plus all new inductees, This is the entry tier accepting nominees with a ranking of less than 3000.
This is being announced now to give us 6 weeks to recruit new members to be inducted into the Grey Foals Division on 10/1/2019. That way more Grey Foals can become Blue Yearlings.
RECRUITING -
We invite all Donks and Foals to help us seek qualified players which will make our league even better and stronger.
Here is a good 5-step format to follow when finding and considering nominating a new member:
- Check out the players at your RP table and check out your RP friends list.
- Click on their name at the table or enter their name into the RP search window to verify that their RP rank is better than 3000.
- If you think that their play is worthy, ask them to send a friend request to me (Badonkidonk).
- It is important to then also send me the name of your nominee, because some of them will send the friend request and others will not. We want to be sure to follow-up.
- If they ask for more information before sending a friend request, simply give them this link to our new Forum. It is here: **The Only Way To Play With The Donks**
If you haven’t read it recently, you should check it out.
FAQ’s - Some of our most senior members have already been consulted about this improvement and here are their most FAQ’s -
- Why must we become one league?
League consolidation is being done at the request of Replay, so that we can expand to another tier. - So why do we want another tier?
A 3rd tier will improve the overall quality of play in the league. No longer will a player from Replay be able to join the 2nd tier by simply buying millions of chips and then messaging that they want to join our league. It will now take at least 3 months of qualifying to play at 2/3 of our tables. - How big will each tier get?
We want to put a cap on each tier and start a waiting list for the 3rd tier. If our membership can tell us how long they want our tournaments to run, we can better estimate where to cap the tiers. On August 14, we had 28 Foals register and the tournament lasted 2 hours and 35 minutes. Is that too long? It seems that most everyone likes our tournament structure, so at this time we do not want to change the structure to control the run time. - How many tiers will there be?
We want our league to remain the most unique and elite league within Replay, so we do not foresee any more expansions. This means there will never be a reason to loosen our ranking criteria beyond 3000. - So exactly who will become a Blue Yearling?
After the best 8 Foals of the 3rd quarter advance to our 1st tier Golden Donks Division, we would like to advance all the remaining Foals to the 2nd-tier Blue Yearling Division. However, it is important that we try to maintain a proper balance of members within each division. All the new new recruits will be inducted into the Grey Foals Division on 10/1/2019 so our current Foals League is not overpopulated. At that time, we will make a determination of how many and which of our current Foals will advance to the new 2nd-tier Blue Yearling Division based on how many new recruits are ready to be inducted and the finish of our current Foals on the 3rd quarter leaderboards. - With members advancing each quarter, won’t the top tier eventually get overpopulated?
Yes, so as posted in our Forum on July 1st, when there are too many Donks, some may need to be moved to the 2nd tier based on their finish in the quarterly leaderboard.
A big thanks to all our members for their help during this transition. It will be challenging, but it will be worth it.
Badonk