Ladle/Guidelines/Voting

Ladle Voting

The decision-making process for Ladle-related issues was sketchy at best before the voting system was in place. Previously, community members might make a forum poll or some complaint thread, and people would argue a point. Very little was ever accomplished and every change was a challenge to authority of sorts.

At one point, people began to question the nature of the Ladle rules themselves and the authority for which they had been created. [1] It was clear something needed to be done. By February 2009, just about everything related to the Ladle was in question again. A discussion of rules broke out, but this time it was about not just what rules we should have, but how to decide on them as a community.[2] Lackadaisical pointed out a vote from Ladle-16 where the teams successfully decided on settings.[3] Eventually it was decided to try out a quarterly voting schedule using the previous method from Ladle-16. The first quarterly vote coincided with Ladle-21 and has been used rather consistently, with great success. [4]

The process is simple. Every third Ladle, a discussion thread is created to talk about Ladle issues. Ideas are flushed out, argued, and generally put through the ringer. One week before the Ladle sign-ups close, a voting thread is created. The thread contains the choices for the teams to vote on. Only teams signed up can vote, one vote per team (if you have a large clan with 2 teams, that means 2 votes). Voting closes when sign-ups close.

Past Votes

Ladle	Issue	Choices	Result
L-16	score_hole	1 point, 0 points	0 points
	2v2 fortress conquering	conquerable, unconquerable	unconquerable
	scoring distribution	10/0, 6/4	6/4
	winzone / deathzone	yes, no, expanding, when?	no
L-21
	team_max_players	6v6, 7v7, 8v8	6v6
	score_hole	1 point, 0 points	0 points
	scoring distribution	10/0, 6/4	6/4
	brackets / team placement	random, seeded	random
	servers	random, balance of EU/US	balanced
	rotate finals between US/EU servers	yes, no	yes
	coordinated server names	yes, no	yes
	team must play with the names listed on the Challenge Board	yes, no	yes
L-24
	team_max_players	6v6, 7v7, 8v8	6v6
	score_hole	1 point, 0 points	0 points
	2v2 fortress conquering	conquerable, unconquerable	unconquerable
	scoring distribution	10/0, 6/4	6/4
	brackets / team placement	random, seeded	random
	finals are best of 3	yes, no	yes
	Ladle start time	same, 1 hour early, 1.5	1 hour
	Ladle should be on which day	Saturday, Sunday	Sunday
	Ladle should be 2 days	no, Sat/Sun, consecutive Sundays	no
L-27
	moderators	global, team leaders, both	global
	Ladle start time	17:45 GMT, 18:45 GMT	18:45 GMT
	double elimination	none, light, full	none