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[Cue @SplatCue]

@Kbot_273 Yes, this falls on the shoulders of TOs- but it seems the only way forward, because we can't expect the players to organize in this way- because they won't.

[Cue @SplatCue]

@Kbot_273 Players have been asked to form consistent teams for years, and I don't think it'll work by just telling them. We need to foster an environment that encourages team building, through planning consistently good events.

[Cue @SplatCue]

@Kbot_273 I think for the most part, these league events are isolated- that the teams that participate in them are only good for the duration of the tournament. The Resurgence League was a great idea, but something like it would have to be run consistently enough to keep teams together.

[Cue @SplatCue]

@Kbot_273 Sorry, I didn’t see this! I don’t actually think the team thing has been tried to the extent I’d imagine it being effective, and I’ve personally been curious about filling the gap there. Motivation is another issue altogether, but someone’s gotta start somewhere.

[Cue @SplatCue]

@JoyTheDataNerd Might be falling off*

[Cue @SplatCue]

@JoyTheDataNerd Could also be a skill level issue- There’s a lot of lower level/skill capped tournaments that might be seeing an uptick, whereas more established uncapped tournaments might be fine.

[Joy @JoyTheDataNerd]

I’ve made a slightly longer write up on the other site but while this isn’t a smoking gun, it’s more evidence that smaller tournaments might be cannibalizing larger ones for players

Thanks to Cue for the inspiration and for his marvelous analysis

[Cue @SplatCue]

@JoyTheDataNerd Here's a better chart:

[Cue @SplatCue]

This trend is still ongoing, and we now have seen 44 tournaments in a single week (11/18 - 11/24). On that week, 15 tournaments were held on Saturday, 11/23.

[Cue @SplatCue]

Last week, https://t.co/0RLWeHVBf5 hosted 36 tournaments- the most ever in a single week.

While this is a great achievement for Sendou, we need to do much better as TOs collectively in addressing this bloat. We can't continue to fragment the player base as badly as we are now.

[Cue @SplatCue]

@JoyTheDataNerd Forgot to label but left side is tournament count, and right side is average player count.

[Cue @SplatCue]

@elymentalW I’ll come up with something tonight- Most of this data collection is manual 😭😭.

[Cue @SplatCue]

Last week, https://t.co/0RLWeHVBf5 hosted 36 tournaments- the most ever in a single week.

While this is a great achievement for Sendou, we need to do much better as TOs collectively in addressing this bloat. We can't continue to fragment the player base as badly as we are now.

[Cue @SplatCue]

There's a lot of colours on this chart, and it might get compressed, but in summary around half of the tournaments each month are actually non affiliated to any org.

However, some orgs do make up a significant proportion of the total tournaments hosted every week.

[DavfernapeTheAggroJrMonke @DavidPhilipos]

@SplatCue Can u break it down by org? Cuz surely there aren’t that many tournaments being ran by different people right?