Then we will stick you with the other DMGs.
Obviously we are going to put people where they are supposed to be. Others can attest to other peoples ranks. For example if someone I know is saying they are silver 2 when in fact they are a nova 4 then they will be placed in the nova 4 category. Not to mention if people are going to lie about their ranks for an SG Scrim league then they most likely won't be allowed to participate. This is supposed to be a fun event not a major championship.
So far here is the suggestion on how to determine the teams:
-Everyone will be placed randomly on a team.
-We will gather a list of all the players and ranks.
-Every player will be placed against one another according to the ranks. So in essence we are putting all the Nova 4's together, Nova 3's together, and so on...
-We will start at the top. For the examples sake we will say the top rank is a DMG.
Example:
6 Teams, 6 DMGs
Each team will randomly get 1 DMG
5 MG2s
Each team with the exception of 1 team will get an MG2. That final team that does not get the MG2 will get 2 of the next highest rank, most likely an MG1. This will occur down the line until everyone is randomly assigned to the teams.
Now a lot of people fluctuate as well. For example my rank varies from an MG1 sometimes to a DMG, I mainly stick around MG2. Ranks such as Nova 3 & 4, and Silvers 2-4 really don't vary much in skill. Same goes for MG1 & MG2, etc. Once you get higher up the rankings the bigger the gap in performance but really losing out on a Nova 4 on your team while everyone else has one shouldn't effect you that much if you receive 2 nova 3's.
The only other alternative that I have thought of is imposing a draft. We would list out everyones ranks and have captains. However, determining captains would be difficult and last time we had a draft it was an absolute nightmare.
Feel free to provide any other suggestions, like I said this is all still in the works.
As for the timing I think it would be nice to have multiple events like this so we could potentially start one soon and start another in the summer as well.