If it was a 100% an assessment of my ability as you now claim, then the above part is completely redundant. I don't know why you would post any of that.
Skill assessment was for 2nd slot. I mentioned that more eager to learn friendly players existed to let you know that there were more players wanting to have 1 team game slot.
It's important to understand that different set of standards were used for 1st team game slot and 2nd team game slot. 1st slot would require friendly attitude and will to improve skill level. 2nd team game slot would require actual skill demonstration.
Option 1 - Eternity decides that Bodski is suitably skilled - but that is unfair since 'Giving Bodski 2 slots would mean that one of these players would get 0 spots and it was not fair'.
If Bodski is suitably skilled, he would fall into a different category. If his skill level was high enough, he would be considered someone who could act as team leader and carry the team to the victory. Under these circumstances it would be determined that Bodski can have more slots as it would allow us to do better in Clan League. For example most of our top players had 2-3 slots, and they had extra slots because of their high level of skill.
So either you would come to a conclusion which you believe was unfair, or you would come to the conclusion that I should only have one slot.
If player demonstrates a high level of skill, it is fair for him to have 2 slots. If a player demonstrates lower skill level, it is not fair for him to have 2 team slots.
The ONLY fair conclusion you could reach (according only to the words you have used in this thread) was to allocate me one template.
False, the reason why Volcano Islands 2v2 game was made, was because Nave and I were undecided on the situation. The conclusion would be based on your performance in that game and Nave and I would have done our best to assess your skill level fairly.
Do you think that you were best placed to assess my suitability as a partner for Texx ?
It was never a question that you should play with Texx, the question was whether you should play 1 or 2 slots.
I believe you base suitability on how close of a friend you are to someone. I base suitability on demonstrated skill level. My goal is to evaluate things like the quality of move suggestions, the speed of communication, ability to remain calm and so on... I have experience leading teams in the past and have beaten many strong players as well. I was sufficiently qualified to assess your suitability for 2nd team slot.
I think that it is obvious that Texx and I are best placed to assess whether or not I am a suitable partner for Texx
That might not be the case. When someone is close friend to someone, they might overlook some of their flaws. On top of that there were many players who wished to help us out in Clan League and giving you extra slot would mean disappointing some other players.
Look at things this way. Let's say a random Harmony player makes a claim that he is best suited for X template. Then 2nd player shows up and says he's best suitable for same X template. If you follow the logic same templates might be demanded by multiple players. At this point it would become necessary for Clan League managers to decided which one of these "best suited" players would get the slots.
When it comes to assigning slots, there were much more players on our roster than Texx and Bodski. Nave and I were trying to form a roster which would suit the needs of everyone, not just Texx and Bodski.
when asked for his top 3, from a set of players, with many who are more highly skilled than me, Texx listed 1. Bod, 2. Bod, 3. Bod.
Texx was not the one in charge of final clan roster. Furthermore Texx and Bodski already were on one team together. There's a limited amount of slots available and satisfying everyone is impossible. At some point some player had to get 0 or less than expected amount of slots. Clan League only offers 18 slots in total and our clan had many more interested players than 18.
there is a considerable difference between the skill level I am able to demonstrate when playing with you and the whole package of mine and Texx's suitability as teammates.
The least you could have done is to give your best effort in Volcano Islands 2v2. It's impossible to judge your skill level if you don't even try. Maybe things would have worked out if you gave team work a chance?
To my way of thinking, skill level is a small piece of that pie.
If Texx's teammates' skill level is low, Texx will need to make more decisions on his own and if he has nobody to consult (due to their low skill level) then Texx might do more mistakes.
Skill level is always important. That's why we wanted more players on slots. This way more people would get some training and in future Clan League seasons we would have more strong players.
