CRC Update #2

S40 signups are booming! We're already over 100 registered players and that pace isn't slowing down, so do NOT miss this historic Season 40 of NALTP. Visit mltp.gg to help with player rankings, pen draft comments, or sign up yourself! Come back every day for updates — the field keeps growing.

Again, this season is 7 weeks with single elimination playoffs. Key dates:

• 08/23 — Majors Experienced Signup & Removal Deadline
• 08/30 — Majors Draft (Minors/Novice drafts to follow later in the week)
• 09/06 — Labor Day Weekend Break
• 09/13 — Week 1 for all leagues
• 10/25 — Week 7 for all leagues
• 11/15 — Championship Week 👑

We're about 2 weeks out from the Majors experienced signup deadline (8/23), so we'd like to provide more info on crucial league decisions.

As previously announced, this season will have:

• At least 8 teams in Majors and Minors.
• Trades available for roster management.
• Snauction draft format planned for all tiers.

Furthermore:

• TagPros will remain 15 seconds long.
• Position preferences are non-binding (no restrictions).
• Microphone restrictions enforced only above the NLTP level.
• Pre-season DEPs, trades, and OOLs are allowed, but we intend to use extreme caution and rely on a new Talent Evaluation Committee in these sensitive areas.
  • If you would like to apply for this committee, signups are still open here.
• DEP applications are due before the signup deadline.
• We will be reviewing signups for significant availability issues, which may result in signups being removed. You will be contacted by a CRC member if you are in danger of removal.
• Players must disclose their ranked account name to the CRC.
  • ELO will be visible on your signup; your ranked account name will not.
  • As with smurf checks, we will work with the moderators to validate account relationships.
  • If you have not played ranked, that's okay — we will validate accordingly.
• There will be an 8-cap mercy rule added to the game settings.
• Default times will be limited to 30-minute intervals between 8:30pm ET and 10:30pm ET.
• Availability restrictions will not be applied in Novice. However, if a player indicates significant availability issues in their signup, their signup will be scrutinized as mentioned above.
• Mid-draft trades of drafted players are at the price paid — a team's roster value can never exceed its initial budget.

We have more GMs to announce — please contact a CRC member if you'd like to join! Here's the current list:

Majors (7)

• GOOBR — TBD
• no name — TBD
• Tumblewood — Secure, Contain, Prevent
• Russ — Portland Tileblazers
• Toppy — FWO
• SmallyBigs — TBD
• Meowza — Furballers

Minors (4)

• AJ — TBD
• Russ — Portland Tileblazers
• Toppy & DAD — FWO
• timmysumball — Fraggle Block

Novice (2)

• Taurus & Turbo — The Handoff God
• Tinderfella & timmysumball — The Swipe Rights

FLY is still organizing a prize pool for Season 40 — please reach out to her directly if you'd like to contribute. The TPFG has agreed to work with us to include TagPro Shop Tagcoins as part of the prize pool, with further details to come.

And once again, sign up for NALTP S40 right here: mltp.gg/signup

— S40 CRC (FLY, mex, Bam, Spheroid & fender)