In all honesty Kev, I'd love to play with you guys more as well as against you more. Organized/scheduled premades have been something I think the bracket needed. For me though, the way things are with living conditions/responsibilities for me, I find it difficult to commit to mic-ing up or even putting sound/headphones on. It'll sometimes work, but rarely.
In regards to the rules that are so heavily debated about on here, I'm not sure I understand such a strong resistance. Things can be debated, sure, but I don't see how not playing in the 10 v 10 is preferred to playing in them without the buffs/speed pots. As of late, having played in the bracket for a couple or so years, I'm fed up with farming mats, trying to get the recipes, etc and frankly don't have the time and have pretty much sworn most of it off. Sure I love my speed pots, but I'd prefer to play in the premade and not use them rather than not have the opportunity if that's what it comes down to. Besides that, If I get a cap in on someone because of my speed pot because the guy chasing me didn't have it, I don't feel like that's a great victory. It would feel far better to win in a situation where either everyone, or nobody has them, everyone on equal ground. It's easier just to say fine, no speed pots. I understand hunters and druid speeds are a PITA and I love keeping ToT when fighting them because of a speed pot. Sometimes it's the only counter. However, in a premade with rules, everyone is in the same boat (2 hunters, 2 druids, what have you).
That being said, if this is really holding up games being planned, you could just schedule a night with the restrictions, and maybe a night for no holds barred premading, everything allowed. It would be crazy, perhaps mega crazy, but maybe people would be more apt to give them up for some premades, if there were also premades with an opportunity to use them. Just a thought. I hate to see things getting held up when the organized games are so much fun.
