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mate, you didn`t win the play off...you lost finals...

The only part of promotion that is guaranteed is to win the league playoff.

The extra promotion is a way to deal with bots, and is in no way guaranteed, and is really a special procedure that is outside the rules, and initially after Season 2, somewhat of an ad hoc procedure. The BB would hope that it wouldn't be needed, and in the future the number of extra promotions will probably decline (for example in the top division in the USA, there were no bots at the end of the season). But the reality is that probably around 1/2 the teams that signup, don't last more than 5 weeks. So especially in the new countries and the new divisions there will be lots of bots. For example, 4 to 6 teams promoted from D.IV leagues in the USA.

I personally think that there is too big of risk of an upset in the playoffs, which diminishes somewhat the value of a good regular season. So arguably, you were lucky to win your conference playoff (while a team that wins the league playoff was perhaps a little more deserving - or at least were lucky 3 times in a row).

yes i know...:)

I wrote: I won my division's playoff games, and I lost the conference playoff match...

I have to play better next season and I won't have problems like this... :)

thanx for the info!

you weren`t lucky...in Serbia was 12 bots in 1st division (!?!) means that 12 teams has been promoted...aprox. 3 from each 2nd division...

i'm complaining cos i deliberately lost some games so i would NOT get promoted because i played scrimmages against teams in the league ahead of me and i got my ass handed to me.