Now i know this is normally a feedback/Suggestion type topic... but it is hard to judge what has been chatted about in there or acknowledged by the powers that be... and it is more of a discussion to see what other people actually think about it ahead of a formal suggestion. So here goes.

1) There is alot of team based data on the WCG site.

2) Most teams would not find it all that positive to view, and thus not as motivating to fold more as it could be.

3) Teams should be shown based on team size. Allowing 3-4 Top 10 groups based on size to encourage smaller teams.

When you view the team based rankings your see the likes of Slash, IBM, TW and MOT on top, basically off in a land of their own. Basically Competing at a level that the rest of WCG (90% of the people) aren't ever going to reach.

This must suck for Joe team that has 20 members and has little chance of growth. Therefore when they look at the mountains of Data they are always on page 20. When really they should be rewarded/patted on the back just as much as identity-less slob in a Big Team A.

Now the idea is that of the top points per day page or something you have the top 10 of several groups. And then you could go through that by clicking on the sections to get the the whole list like we have today.

i.e you have a top 10 for the whole grid.
Top 10 for teams with less then 100 Members.
Top 10 for teams with less then 50 Members
Top 10 for teams with less then 25 members.

As such the teams that are small (and while we wish they would just join TW and be done with it) can then compete against one anther in a visible place. Without having to then dig though 5-6 pages of team stats to find themselves. Plus it allows other teams to view the other top teams who are doing just as dedicated a job as MOT/TW without the membership base.

Now why did TW and MOT not need this to encourage them to reach the top? TW is a site that is over 6 years old and has 20k registered members. When we raced through the lower numbers we always knew where we were going to end up. MOT? They are very focused and recruit based upon their goals. They aren't bound by geography/corporation or even Website boundaries. They attract a much more dedicated folder then most other teams.

The MOTvTW rivalry has increased our numbers dramatically... how many other teams would benefit from a higher profile through better representation of existing WCG data?

Cliff Notes

Teams should be shown based on team size. Allowing 3-4 Top 10 groups based on size to encourage smaller teams. The data is already in the DB, it is just a case of representing it better. It would increase the total output of the WCG.