Originally posted by Kenshinzen
Beta is weaker as always. Bier, Granite, Arditi are top teams, not sure about the others.
Bier, Granite, Arditi and Texhoma make playoffs. Part of the problem has been agents or groups with 2 teams needing to be in separate conferences.
The older of a couple of these groups teams have been in Beta. Good teams like the Smugglers, Mom and ISFL have reset OR disbanded instead of reloading with younger players. Add in the fact that Alpha has been stronger and it seems the past couple of seasons, 3 of the 4 teams coming up get placed in Beta.
Also there's been a lot of teams coming up that aren't ready build wise to compete with the 9 or so top teams. AAA looks a little weak again this coming season other than SCK and possibly a reloading Ridgecrest. AA is a worse. Semi Pro doesn't look promising so we're probably 2 or 3 seasons away from Key Largo and Wu making a impact in Casual Pro.
Obviously some of the other teams could be slow building or plan on adding players to strengthen their teams on their way to Pro but history has shown that some of these teams are just playing for minor trophies instead of the the Ultimate trophy, Casual Pro Gold.