Boost discord's Competitive Leagues

66 votes

I believe that Discord's competitive leagues are an important part of the Colonist community, and lately I noticed a big loss of advertising space for them.

My suggestion here is to make the existence of these leagues more evident on the website.

A good part of the players that have been faithful to Colonist for years only continue to frequent the platform because of the big leagues (namely: Catan Championship, Koc, C. Community and CPI). I'm one of them. I would have abandoned the game a long time ago if I hadn't discovered this world that, imo, revolutionizes the way of playing Catan every day. Only those in the leagues know how clever the games are and how much the strategies developed in recent years underscore the beauty of skill in Catan.

I know the focus today has been ranked games, but there are many faithful players in these leagues. And many others waiting for this opportunity to become loyal if a little more publicity is done. We all win.

Under consideration Suggested by: Shanks1700 (16 Dec, '22) • Upvoted: 24 Sep, '23 • Comments: 13

Comments: 13

16 Dec, '22
Shanks1700
... And I only regret not discovering this powerful and beautiful space sooner. [2/2]
16 Dec, '22
Caetiri
I would not still be playing on colonist without Catan Champs. I enjoy the games FAR more there than ranked. I would not have bought an expansions without Champs. I would not be throwing any money colonist's way without champs. Death of discord leagues would lose colonist A LOT of money.
16 Dec, '22
Giggs4Pups
I only play on Colonist.io BECAUSE of the Discord Group CATAN COMMUNITIES (CC). CC IS the best place to play. They have tournaments every weekend using Colonist.io and they are the BEST run TOURNAMENTS around. The way to join games is AWESOME...you can tell if the game is full or not with the Game BOT. Also, you meet cool people and have fun and competitive games. Colonist.io does not Police their community. Sometimes games on Colonist can be toxic. CC has a way to report players and there are moderators so games are competitive yet respectful. WE NEED COLONIST.IO to support our Discord Communities through advertising...It will only benifit them.
16 Dec, '22
Penar
Actual good suggestion
16 Dec, '22
karm
I think its a great suggestion. Supporting the competitive discord communities where there are actual cash prizes and opportunities to play with the best in the world will only attract more people to colonist. There is an untapped market in the competitive player base. Advertising these discord communities like Catan Champs etc would only bring more people to colonist since all games played in those servers are on colonist. Collaboration is always good
16 Dec, '22
Nigel Wiggins
Less toxic
Like
Fresh air
Gentle breeze
Calm waters
18 Dec, '22
Anora
I used to play on the random lobbies of Colonist. At the same time, I was playing in the free matches on Catan Universe. As soon as I found Catan Community, I abandoned Catan Universe in favor of Colonist and never looked back. The quality of play on the discord servers is so much higher, and the experience of interacting with other discord players is so much more wholesome and enjoyable as well. I know I would not be playing online Catan if not for Catan Community, and so many players play regularly because of these discord servers.

A person might play just as frequently on a discord server or on ranked, but if you want that person to continue to play day-in and day-out for years, promoting discord participation is key.
21 Dec, '22
Falcao32
Catan championship is great server and it brings lot of people playing on colonist only because of catan championship. I will play much less game on colonist if there is no servers like catan championship,koc or community....
21 Dec, '22
Juliow
I started playing Catan in CU, the app was meh and the players in matchmaking were awful and bad so I left it. On my search of a better place to play I found out on Reddit different Catan communities and Colonist aswell. Since then I never stopped: tournaments, leagues, competitive matches, etc etc., players are still bad :P but I have lots of fun. Boosting these communities exposure ingame is a win-win for everyone!
21 Dec, '22
Aleks
Competitive Leagues are awesome! have not seen so many brutal catan players in one place. If "little more publicity" is all that needed - lets have it!!!!
21 Dec, '22
katnocap
Absolutely on board with this idea. Catan is all about the community and bringing actual people together. Play bot games or auto ranked is definitely not as engaging or fulfilling as playing with people from one of the many great catan discord communities out there. Please do this!
21 Dec, '22
Shanks1700
It's great to see that many people here think like me and are only playing because of the leagues.

I'll be honest. There is an opportunity here. An opportunity to jumpstart Catan's future, and if you'll forgive me for being frank, that opportunity won't come only with ranked games. A new, much smarter way to play Catan has been developed in recent years across leagues. And this can be commercialized in the future and leveraged for a competitive and, why not, professional scene.

Speaking in concrete terms, today some streamers already do a good job with the Catan of leagues. For example, DavidGeorgeTheProducer often has more than 100 people on his streams during monthly semi-finals of the Catan Championship League. And that's a HUGE advertisement for Colonist! People are constantly asking what is the game being played and for sure discover colonist by his channel.

My suggestion: put a "Tournaments" tab right next to Leaderboards. And watch the future unfold.
21 Dec, '22
DominatedWin
Discord servers provide the more organized and convenient competitive leagues. The random people who ruin competitive play are easily dealt with on discord competitive leagues. Without discord server leagues, I would not have the patience to play on colonist. For people who play serious, it is important to advertise communities that will allow such hopeful players to play with the reliable players. Long term success for everyone can be found with this or other platforms in the future can use these communities as a launching point for this market.