Teams Divisions and Legions

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Simple Breakdown

A Division is a team within [P1] that has successfully submitted to the Ignite Jam and followed the process of dividing in two.

Purpose of Divisions

Divisions encourage mentorship between experienced and new Ignite Jam participants, promoting both Ignite Jam understanding and general game creation mentorship.

Team

• Team: A single group of up to 12 people working on a game or project together.
  • Max 12 members.
    • [P1] staff may place extra people on a team of 12 if there is no other team available for that new person.  

Division

• Division: A team that has successfully submitted to the Ignite Jam and divided into multiple teams with an elected leader of the founding team becoming the Division leader. The top tier team becomes the mentors to all the other teams.
  • Max 3 teams per Division.

Legion

• Legion: A Division that has successfully submitted together, with at least the majority of teams created finishing together. Its Division leader becomes a Legion leader, and its individual teams become Divisions in their own right.
  • Max 3 Divisions per Legion.

Divisions Generally

Benefits of Becoming a Division

Divisions or even Legions get extra points for teams underneath them which submit to the jam together with them. This bonus can help Divisions win the competition and encourages mentorship between teams.

Restrictions for Division

Teams merging into a Division: Any two T1 teams can come together if they have not submitted yet and become a Division. If they do so, they must elect one of the two teams to be the leading team (based on experience) of the Division with the leader of that team becoming the overall Division commander. 

T2 teams cannot do this.

No merging Divisions: Teams that are part of Divisions cannot switch Divisions, but they can leave, become a team, and create their own Division.

Any team can separate from any Division at any time to create their own Division. However, they must not take on teams that were part of other Divisions prior.

Division Separation 

At the end of every competition teams become a Division. If they were a Division before submitting, they are now a Legion. A Legion is the largest possible formation with Division and teams under them. However, there is a maximum of 3 generations in this system. So when the teams within a Legion themselves finish a competition they become new Divisions by themselves creating the seeds of future Legions.