Hello everyone, it's me again. Alright, enough small talk. Let's get down and dirty.

CENTIDEL


Alright first up, we have Centi-hwat...a squad of..insects. Cool. Thirteen aliases to uncover! Now that's a pretty fun game on the side isn't it. Ok so, since everyone's aliased and I have limited information as to who is who....I'd say their top line up would....include all the captains! Centichoro seems to love playing terrier, and enjoys pulverizing anyone who dares to gun duel him. Sorta like...well, a trap door spider! Centigrade prefers the weasel from the looks of things, and every team ideally should run a good weasel for burst potential and fast rep penetration. From the way Centigun plays, he's definitely a duelist. So yeah, bait the duel and then gang bang him like a group of asian thugs (joke). This Centizar fellow is what I would describe as a (ok I couldn't come up with anything). He'd either do something brilliantly fantastic, or something utterly retarded. Yup. My vote for first sub would be either Centient or Centipedes.

FinalSpace

"To boldly go, where no fool has gone before." -FinalSpace. This team has the smallest roster out of the six teams this season, but that's not a bad thing. Every single person on that team are top notch players. Not really much to say, everyone's a powerhouse. My personal favorite line up for this team would include: 7empest, Reap3r, Nadai and Legacy. Street Fighter and 83NJ1 also to be rotated into the line up. From all the teams out there, I'd say it'd be a toss up between FinalSpace and The Dark to having the best teamwork as one unit. You can tell they actually have each other's back more so than the other teams, and as a result of a more patient and strategic plays, may seem a bit more passive by nature. But in reality, their teamed attacks are much more efficient than just going in and hitting anything in sight.

Pharaoh


First we have a squad of insects, and now a squad of dead people. This game gets better and better every time. Another eleven aliases on top of the thirteen from earlier....okay. What can I possibly say about this team?? Tutankhamun appears to be the team's main source of offense. You'll see him charging in first every time whether he's on his first or last life. It really doesn't seem to matter to him. Khufu is like a solid rock you can rely on for both support and assistance. Ramesses has been playing well, hope he can keep it up throughout the season. x3rx3s is Pharaoh's main weasel player i believe. Probably most ideal person to finish the KO's. Akhenaten mastered the arts of spacerift continuum hopping, you won't ever know what to expect from that guy. Amenhotep III pilots the red ship. Just about every team has a red ship in their line up nowadays.

StarFire Elite


Please forgive me for I really don't know what to write about this team. These guys just takes a beating, and keeps on ticking! Personally waiting for the day where these guys can pull off some upsets during the season. With their current roster mind you, not through recruiting other people into the team. Individually, many have good skills and talent. Hard work always pays off. Something Dutch, MizzKitty, Pog and suri. Step it up boys.

Sterling


This team has a monstrous roster, everyone's a literal beast. I feel this team has the highest offensive potential out of the six teams this season. They don't have a weak link to pick on. Ok well maybe they have one potentially...heh. But yeah, any combination of pilots from that roster will make a solid and decent line up. The additions of Rojo, idiot box and Euripedes really help solidify Sterling's road to victory. 

The Dark


Last but not least, The Dark. Reigning champs for N number of seasons. Blink and Da Monkk seem to be in form, so can't wait to see them in action. Yellow Hammer doing what he does best along with the addition of the seven year itch to the roster. I'd like to see thomas receive more play time, perhaps the next rising star?? This team has a very flexible composition in terms of ship variety. Monkk and seven favors terrier, and Yellow can fly terrier and also the spider. The only other team that can fly a spider would be Sterling.



That about wraps up my analysis for season 45. This is going to be a great season and may the best team win!

well it was a bit of a clusterfuck in general but then again it is preseason. Bloody Essence co-hosts with me and I thank him.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgl1Z3R2q9iJ5u1c0-J0MoQ

Matches scheduled for 2019-11-17


PS45-Rd2b @ 3pm ET: Centidel vs Sterling 4v4a 1335618

PS45-Rd2b @ 3pm ET: Pharaoh vs StarFire Elite 4v4b 1335619

PS45-Rd2b @ 4pm ET: The Dark vs FinalSpace 4v4c 1335620

PS45-Rd2b @ 4pm ET: Sterling vs Pharaoh 4v4d 1335621


Sterling have graciously volunteered to play 2 matches this Sunday so I have placed them twice in this week's fixtures. Also, Pharaoh have just joined and I have given them 2 matches in order that all teams have played at least twice before the regular season begins. I have not consulted with the captain of Pharaoh prior to this, so there is a chance they may elect not to play 2 matches on Sunday. If so, that's their prerogative. 

Matches scheduled for 2019-11-10


Welcome to Pre-Season 45...

PS45 - Rd1 @3pm ET: Centidel vs FinalSpace 4v4a 1335290

PS45 - Rd1 @3pm ET: StarFire Elite vs Sterling 4v4b 1335291

PS45 - Rd1 @4pm ET: The Dark vs StarFire Elite 4v4c 1335292

SFE have kindly volunteered to play 2 games on Sunday so all teams can have a game. Would be nice if a different team steps up next week.

There are over 250 match videos to view on G-Spot TV! See gallant subspace warriors of the past several seasons battle it out for space supremacy!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgl1Z3R2q9iJ5u1c0-J0MoQ

I have tried to reach few players in hope of a co-cap. Furthermore, my envisioned master plan would require Rage(or sterling relatable) to bring back Sterling and Da Monkk/Yellow to reach for TD. I'm looking at Saiyan to notify Nacre and lure in +1-2 Ex Assassins (oh yes, lift Nacre's ban already wtf). Most importantly, there are currently some players practicing somewhat active - this pool of (20?) players would need to form a team and fill the rosters. I'm counting on SFE, as always. This would result in 4-6 teams. League startup ASAP with the support and help from Peeking/Hallu. Any questions?

-N

Important info for 1-2 teams participating in the next season of peeking duck league:

Nacre banned until June 30, 2020.

Please contact our league sysop to get thorough background checks on all of your rostered players. You need to make sure he is not hiding among you.

You certainly dont want peeking duck waiting until the playoffs to convert all of your matches and troll the league.

Hello,

It's time to get a new season underway so sign up your squads here.  We're looking to start pre-season matches on 28 July, roughly three weeks from now.  Let's get it on...

Matches scheduled for 2019-06-30


Season 44 - Pro Finals Match 2 @3pm ET (BO3 SFE leads 1-0): The Dark vs StarFire Elite 4v4a 1333266

Season 44 - AML Finals Match 2 @3pm ET (BO3 Rockit leads 1-0):Rockit vs Peeking Had 1 Job 4v4b 1333267

Game 3s **if necessary** to be played immediately after

Let me just preface this by saying I'm not convinced you have infallible proof that scag is a-virus. If you have nothing to hide, post your entire investigation - methods and findings. For this post I'll pretend you do have solid proof.

Regarding how you're handling the results, there are multiple levels of fuckery at play. You need to take a serious look at yourself and what you're doing.

Topic 1: Faulty assumptions

Knowledge of someone's identity doesn't put us at fault. Knowledge of the illegal action would. You assume (based off pure hearsay) that our team knew scag was a-virus and use that as justification for penalizing the team. There are so many problems with that:

1. It's impossible for us to know to who he is.
2. He never said he was a-virus at any point in time.
3. Even if we did know (which we didn't, we only suspected it), it wouldn't matter because what you're looking for is awareness of his illegal actions;
4. WE DO NOT KNOW THE EXACT DATES AND DURATIONS OF BANS HANDED OUT BY YOU AND HALLUCINATION. Thus, we thought a-virus' ban had run its duration and he opted to play under a new name. I shouldn't have to type this, but the general consesus is that players logged into the zone aren't banned.

Topic 2: Poor application of precedents

If you want to apply preceding penalties, you need to consider the totality of the cases, not just one detail. You should find a case where a team unknowingly registered a banned competitor and he played multiple games without anyone recognizing him. It doesn't happen. Not catching him immediately would be a legendary failure on the part of the league administration. Thats what you've accomplished here. Realistically a-v would never have been on the field because he wouldn't have been registered. Take accountability for your shortcomings.

Topic 3: Mismanagement

This could have been resolved quickly and with minimal damage. Your inability to identify him in a timely manner and your poor decision making blew the problem way out of proportion. You're handing out penalties for a problem which you are partially responsible for. It is your job as a league admin and sysop to check the eligibility of all players in your league at the beginning of the season and continually as they are added. Thats how it works in every zone in subspace. If you're too busy IRL to be the league admin, the answer is simple - dont be league admin anymore.

The league is now absolutely broken. Not because of scag or A-V, because of you.

You had 2 objectives:

1. Remove the supposedly banned player
2. Eliminate his impact on the league to maintain its integrity

But you screwed up #2. Surprised a lot of players and made them feel trolled, like they wasted their time and effort. Destroyed the standings and caused a shitshow resulting in SFE being in the pro finals. Everyone suffers now. TD will have the most meaningless participation trophy in SS history, winning the "pro" league finals vs arguably the worst team in the league. Your legacy as league admin will now be "the guy who put the final nail in the coffin."

You should have done the following:

Approach every team that played against scag and ask if they want to re-play the matches. If they do, you set it up (allowing only the players who were rostered at the time the match was played). If they dont, its obviously for good reason. I'm pretty sure (almost) none of the teams would want a rematch. Everyone would be happy, and the league's integrity would be preserved.

One more thing. Scag was recruited from SFE. Had we left him there, would you be making the same decisions now? I suspect we would never hear about this...

Topic 4: Dictatorship

Are you here to serve the community, or dictate the league according to your will? If the vast majority of the community has a problem with something you did, you probably did something wrong. Try being diplomatic. Stubbornly defending your terrible decisions doesn't make you a good leader. You now have a team boycotting the league and you dont see a problem with it. Whats more important here, the league, or your power over it?

Topic 5: Conflict of interest

If you skip to around 2:10 in the video below, we can see our beloved league admin saying some awful things about the community hes supposed to serve:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMlESt_edg4

(Peeking+)> Seriously though, 95% of the remaining population in this zone are the dregs of human society
(Peeking+)> the sooner they're euthanized the better

And now, a couple months later, he's acting against the best interest of a community he wants dead. Shocking.




Please note: the fuckery is exponentially greater if there isn't solid proof. I hope there is. Waiting for it.