What will be different in War #2?

[coinich]

On selecting opponents, suppose there could be a tiered system?  After the first round, three tiers are created with four teams each, the score determining which tier a team is in.  At the end of every round, its reorganized again by wins and losses.  Each match however is randomized within the tiers, so that a lower tier team ATM wouldn't be fighting an undefeated opponent.

[miniwally]

is there going to be war betting?

Yes.

What happened last war with the betting?

[coinich]

I think Antagon won.

[Dragoon1140]

When it comes to War #1, Antagon won everything.

[Toimu13]

SG for the voting can we include an "anti sniper rule"
where after the last bid is placed, the time is increased to 12 hours so the other can counter bid? it would make for a better betting system, and more "fun"

As a said earlier on chat, the problem with this is that it will extend bidding for some pro players, while bidding for newer players will end.

If we add time to prevent sniping, it should be for the whole auction and not just one player, other wise it will cause all kinds of undesirable problems.  Thiis will give all the masters time to fill out their rosters.

I think that is what SG means here:

SG for the voting can we include an "anti sniper rule"
where after the last bid is placed, the time is increased to 12 hours so the other can counter bid? it would make for a better betting system, and more "fun"

Yes, of course. Because of global timezones, we cannot have a specific time when the bidding will end because that would be unfair to people who sleep at that time.

Each new bid will set the clock back to "24 hours left", and will also increase the minimum bid by 1 card. By increasing the minimum bet, we can make sure that the bidding will not go on forever.