The good old days

[The Fugitive]

I'd love to see the scores being split between the arenas, and completely seperate.  Would it stop the milk running, no, but those that worry about the being"top dog" would most likely spend more time in that one arena. Now "Baldeagl" ( not saying hes a score hoar ) Likes working the LW arena, someone else might find it too hard to be a "top dog" in LW ( read "squeeker" ) so he spends most of his time in MW, or EW.

I think in the long run, the EW, and MW arenas may pick up more population due to this, and even tho some of these guy would have started to use these arenas to build a good "score" they will learn how import the score board really is, but which ever arena they are in will feel more like their "home arena". They will be practiced in those planes, and use to fighting in that era, feel more comvertable. I'm sure they would "tour" the other arenas, I know I would if I could find fights in the other arenas.

I can't see any "negatives" for making the scoring being completely independent in each arena other than that "Getting your name on the webpage" at the end of a tour, but I'm sure some math guy could come up with an equation they could use to crown the "best of the best".

[SlapShot]

It seems that a lot of folks defend the EW and MW with knee-jerk reactions because they don't want to fly in the LW again.

There is nothing knee-jerking about my reactions when some say that closing down EW/MW will solve the LW score/rank problems ... it's simply stupid to say that and I remind them of that. Change the scoring system .... I agree with that whole-heartedly.

However much they don't want to fly in the LW, they cannot claim that the EW/MW is a good system, nor can they claim (with a straight face) that it is even an adequate system. It's a poor system.

Don't lay it all on the EW/MW ... it's is bigger than that and you know it ... the "poor system" as you call it, trancends all arenas, so lets attack it from that standpoint.

[Krusty]

I wasn't saying your comments were knee-jerk. It's not the first time the issue of closing one or both EW/MWs has been brought up, and often the only arguments against it sound of knee-jerk "I don't wanna lose my arena" shouts. Again, wasn't pointed at folks in this thread.

Seems to be no reason to include scores from EW/MW into LW, does there? Other than simply to keep track of scores, I mean. We've had several arguments to separate it, though. I do hope HTC lends an ear and considers it.