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bhall43
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WL title means enough that people put in cares when it comes down to it. The traveling trophy never held any weight once WL was formed. Was more a joke title than anything.
 
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I never heard of the traveling trophy
 
bhall43
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Was another way to hype lolscrims prior to the WL days.
 
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Originally posted by jdbolick
Nah, it failed because people don't care about GLB in general. We've moved on mentally if not physically. Even the WL title doesn't mean what it used to.


Now it's just a method to keep anybody else from promoting to the Moon League. That's what it's all about.
 
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Originally posted by bhall43
WL title means enough that people put in cares when it comes down to it. The traveling trophy never held any weight once WL was formed. Was more a joke title than anything.

Just because something isn't #1 doesn't make it meaningless. A traveling trophy could mean much less than WL title and still have some cares. It fell through for the same reason the rankings committee did. It's too much effort for a game that's old hat.
 
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Originally posted by Wrath Of Conor
So who holds the Pro Traveling Trophy these days?


West Scranton Invaders. Slumming over in OPL they somehow seem to keep having their challenges against non-USAPL opponents.
 
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Originally posted by jdbolick

Just because something isn't #1 doesn't make it meaningless. A traveling trophy could mean much less than WL title and still have some cares. It fell through for the same reason the rankings committee did. It's too much effort for a game that's old hat.


It really does. What is the point of it? The old point was that teams were spread out between leagues and you needed lolscrims to decipher who was the best. The traveling trophy and tournaments had some meaning. The rankings committee had meaning. None of those things have meaning anymore. It is just like power rankings in the NFL. Meaningless. Except in WL it is even less than meaningless because people don't give a shit week to week.
 
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The traveling trophy never determined who was best. There was always controversy about who got to play, plus one game not necessarily meaning superiority, etc. It was always just a trophy for bragging rights, nothing more.
Edited by jdbolick on May 24, 2013 19:27:35
 
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Originally posted by bhall43
WL title means enough that people put in cares when it comes down to it. The traveling trophy never held any weight once WL was formed. Was more a joke title than anything.


We're still salty about losing that one game in Season 10 to Bonn for the traveling trophy.. It would have been a perfect season. Shockers won USA Pro (best pro league by far), Hazy's Tourney, Pro World Tourney (both major tourneys) and finished #1 in the rankings. http://goallineblitz.com/game/team.pl?season=10&team_id=750
 
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Originally posted by jdbolick
The traveling trophy never determined who was best. There was always controversy about who got to play, plus one game not necessarily meaning superiority, etc. It was always just a trophy for bragging rights, nothing more.


Not sure how this remotely proves me wrong. But good luck trying to make any relevance of it.
 
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I mean you can say whatever you want about the trophy..it was sort of a joke the entire time really. There were so many better ways to reveal the top team in GLB and this trophy was more a joke than anything because people could pick and choose their opponent and wait for them like professional championships now....it is the same reason boxing and UFC have become a sham these days...
 
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Originally posted by bhall43
I mean you can say whatever you want about the trophy..it was sort of a joke the entire time really.

Which is why I'm confused about you acting like it can't work now since it won't be super serious. People like gifs and it's another laurel, albeit one absent any real significance. WL teams still sign up for the Pro tournament, right?
 
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Originally posted by jdbolick

Which is why I'm confused about you acting like it can't work now since it won't be super serious. People like gifs and it's another laurel, albeit one absent any real significance. WL teams still sign up for the Pro tournament, right?


I am confused why you think it can work? It didn't work before. Nobody cares about it. Why would it work?
 
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Originally posted by jdbolick
Nah, it failed because people don't care about GLB in general. We've moved on mentally if not physically. Even the WL title doesn't mean what it used to.


 
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Holy crap man make up your mind.
 
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