TOP 250 Singles League [WINNER: GloriousL]

Selin · Post by **Selin** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:28 am

My first-ever tournament

Requirements:
The registration for the TOP 250 Singles League will be open until Sunday, February 18th, 11:00 a.m. GMT. To be eligible for the league, you have to be on the first page of the scoreboard, i.e. TOP 250 player, at the registration closing time.

Depending on the number of players we will have 2 or 4 groups of 6 players. The groups will be defined according to the ranking of the players. Group 1: 1,4,5,8,9,12 and Group 2: 2,3,6,7,10,11.

You will play 10 matches (6 player games) in each group. The maps are predefined. They will be Classic, Europe, Tamriel, Discworld, Middle Earth, North America, Philippines, Africa, Arctic and Senate (may change if not launched until that time). We will play some matches in parallel, so it won't take us 10 weeks to finish them.

In order to reduce the chance factor to a minimum, all matches will be standard, sequential, no cards. To increase the difficulty of the games they will be chained.

Points for each match:
1st: 10 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 2 points
4th: 0 points
5th: -2 points
6th: -4 points

The first three players of each group will be qualified for the next round. If we start with 2 groups, next round will be the final round consisting of 6 players. They will play another 10 matches, same principles like in the first round. The one with the most points will be the Champion of TOP 250 Singles League.
If we start with 24 players, i.e. 4 groups, round 2 will be 2 groups each 6 players. Each group will consist of 2 first place, 2 second place and 2 third place players. We will define round 2 groups also according to the ranks. The rest is the same as above.

One more issue (see poll):
I plan not having substitutes. If a player does not show up in 2 days, I will ask the tournament moderators to enter a pseudo player and deadbeat. That will be a kind of neutral player. However, I have to check this possibility with the mods. If that's not possible, we will create a new 5 (or 3-4) player game. As some players may not want to have deadbeats in their matches (although this may bring an interesting aspect to the respective match), I made a poll about that issue.

**UPDATE**

Here is the result of our first poll:

Do you like the idea with pseudo players, if a player doesn't show up?
Yes, that's a reasonable option to continue. 40% [ 12 ]
No, that doesn't make sense. Open a new 5 player game. 30% [ 9 ]
No, a substitute is the best solution for this case. 30% [ 9 ]
Total Votes : 30

**UPDATE**

Here is the result of our second poll:

How many rounds should be played before the match is considered as finished and rest of the points are shared equally by the players still alive?
30 - 18% [ 5 ]
40 - 29% [ 8 ]
50 - 33% [ 9 ]
60 - 14% [ 4 ]
other (please specify in your post) - 3% [ 1 ]
Total Votes : 27

As you can see 13 voted for <=40 and 13 voted for >=50.

I decided to take the average of them, i.e. if a match is not finished after 45 rounds (at the end of Round 45), rest of the points will be shared equally between the players still alive. **UPDATE**Games will be finished out normally after they stop counting for the League.

Example 1:
turn 45 and 3 players left
points to be shared= 10+6+2= 18
18/3=6 points for each of those players

Example 2:
turn 45 and 4 players left
points to be shared= 10+6+2+0= 18
18/4= 4,5 points >>> 4 points for each of those players

**UPDATE**

Here is the result of our third poll:

What map should be chosen for Match 10?
Chinese Checkers 33% [ 4 ]
Montreal 41% [ 5 ]
Space 25% [ 3 ]
Total Votes : 12

**UPDATE**

Question:
What if there is a tie in points between two or more players? Who will qualify for the next Round?

Answer:
For the first Round: Those players with equal points will play an extra match.
For the second/third Rounds: We'll first consider won matches in total. The one with higher won matches will be qualified for the next Round. If won games are equal, those players will play an extra qualifying match.

Selin · Post by **Selin** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:30 am

PLAYERS

Qualified for Round 1 acc. to their ranking on the scoreboard:
(as of Feb. 18th, 11:00 a.m. GMT)

1. steelplayin - 2954
2. juventino - 2946
3. Selin - 2777
4. dividedbyzero - 2448
5. AndrewO - 2398
6. (fakoman - 2356) update replaced by ZawBanjito 2560
7. Kahn - 2346
8. GloriousL - 2323
9. Istan - 2322
10. Blind Date - 2204 (place 74 on the scoreboard)
11. Mepps - 2204 (place 75 on the scoreboard)
12. artur1 - 2154
13. a2zsteve - 2117
14. Evil Semp - 2049
15. Incandenza - 2021
16. AAFitz - 1979
17. acerun3284 - 1962
18. RiskyMadden - 1952
19. (resitnecdan - 1945) update: replaced by poguemahone 1858
20. jaydog - 1897
21. trevor33 - 1879
22. (DimnjacarStef - 1876) update: replaced by egatlas 1841
23. Master Chief - 1871
24. Sargentgeneral - 1827

Substitutes:

1. (poguemahone - 1858) update: he substituted resitnecdan
2. (ZawBanjito - 2560) update: he substituted fakoman
3. (egatlas - 1841) update: he substituted DimnjacarStef
4. subjekt - 2166 update March 12: he didn't want substitute juventino
5. roadwarrior - 1905 update March 14: he wanted to focus on his current tourneys
6. Austex -2224 (March 12th) update March 14: he substitutes juventino for Matches 8 & 9

Not eligible (limit TOP 250 = 1813):

1. Da Bears - 1782
2. quinnster9 - 1774

Qualified for Round 2:

Group winners: arthur1 (65), Incandenza (46), AAFitz (40), ZawBanjito (40)
Group 2nd place: AndrewO (35), GloriousL (35), Mepps (26), juventino (24)
Group 3rd place: a2zsteve (33), Selin (24), Kahn (18 ), sargentgeneral (14),

**Update June 25th:** Incandenza didn't want to join in Season 2. Master Chief replaces him.
**Update June 28th:** juventino didn't want to join in Season 2. jaydog replaces him.
**Update June 29th:** Mepps didn't want to join in Season 2. egatlas replaces him.
**Update July 6th:** Kahn didn't join his matches. acerun3284 replaces him.

1. artur1 (65)
2. Master Chief
3. AAFitz (40)
4. ZawBanjito (40)
-----------------------------------
5. GloriousL (35)
6. AndrewO (35)
7. egatlas
8. jaydog
-----------------------------------
9. a2zsteve (33)
10. Selin (24)
11. acerun3284
12. sargentgeneral (14)

Qualified for Finals:

Group winners: jaydog (55), egatlas (46)
Group 2nd place: GloriousL (47), Selin (25)
Group 3rd place: artur1 (19), AAFitz (19)

GROUPS

Round 1

A: 1,8,9,16,17,24
B: 2,7,10,15,18,23
C: 3,6,11,14,19,22
D: 4,5,12,13,20,21

Round 2

A: 1,4,5,8,9,12
B: 2,3,6,7,10,11

MATCHES

blank: match not open yet
red: waiting for players
green: active
black: match finished

Round 1

|.Week.|.Map................|.Group A.|.Group B.|.Group C.|.Group D.|
o--------o------------------o-----------o-----------o-----------o-----------o
|.1........|.Classic.............|.238696.|.238704..|.243407.|.238718.|
|.2........|.Europe............|.238698.|.238705..|.243408.|.238719.|
|.3........|.Tamriel............|.238699.|.238706..|.243409.|.238723.|
|.4........|.Discworld........|.238700.|.238708..|.243411.|.238721.|
|.5........|.Middle Earth....|.238702.|.238710.|.243413..|.238722.|
|.6........|.North America.|.246701.|.246704..|.246706.|.246707.|
|.7........|.Philippines......|.255573.|.255575..|.255577.|.255579.|
|.8........|.Africa..............|.265079.|.265080..|.265081.|.265083.|
|.9........|.Arctic..............|.292176.|.292177..|.292178.|.292179.|
|.10......|.Montreal.........|.306315.|.306321..|.306325.|.306328.|

Group B, Qualification matches for 3rd place:
Classic, 532145
Classic, 532148, 532150 (both optional)

Round 2

|.Week.|.Map................|.Group A.|.Group B.|
o--------o------------------o-----------o-----------o
|.1........|.Classic.............|.568125.|.568179.|
|.2........|.Europe............|.568148.|.568180.|
|.3........|.Tamriel............|.568153.|.568182.|
|.4........|.Middle Earth....|.568157.|.568186.|
|.5........|.North America.|.568163.|.568187.|
|.6........|.Arctic...............|.568168.|.568192.|
|.7........|.San Francisco..|.568170.|.568194.|
|.8........|.Great Lakes.....|.568171.|.568195.|
|.9........|.Siege...............|.568172.|.568197.|
|.10......|.US Senate.......|.568174.|.568198.|

Finals

|.Week.|.Map........................|...Final...|
o--------o-------------------------o----------o
|.1........|.Classic....................|.964165.|
|.2........|.Europe....................|.964166.|
|.3........|.Tamriel....................|.964170.|
|.4........|.Middle Earth............|1011015|
|.5........|.North America.........|1011019|
|.6........|.Cairns Coral Coast..|1011021|
|.7........|.San Francisco..........|1053807|
|.8........|.Great Lakes.............|1053814|
|.9........|.Siege.......................|1053816|
|.10......|.WWII Eastern Front.|1053822|

STANDINGS

Round 1 (updated June 25th)

Code: Select all

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| Group A        |  1 |  2 |  3 |  4 |  5 |  6 |  7 |  8 |  9 | 10 |Total|
o----------------o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o-----o
| AAFitz         |  4 |  2 |  6 |  0 | 10 |  3 |  3 | -2 |  4 | 10 |  40 |
| GloriousL      |  4 |  8 |  6 |  2 |  6 | -4 |  3 |  4 |  4 |  2 |  35 |
| Sargentgeneral |  4 |  8 | -4 | -2 |  2 |  3 |  3 | -4 | -2 |  6 |  14 |
| Istan          |  4 | -4 |  6 | -4 | -2 |  3 |  3 |  4 |  4 | -2 |  12 |
| steelplayin    | -2 |  0 |  0 | 10 |  0 |  3 | -4 |  4 |  4 | -4 |  11 |
| acerun3284     | -4 | -2 | -2 |  6 | -4 |  3 |  3 |  4 | -4 |  0 |   0 |
o----------------o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o-----o


o----------------o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o-----o
| Group B        |  1 |  2 |  3 |  4 |  5 |  6 |  7 |  8 |  9 | 10 |Total|
o----------------o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o-----o
| Incandenza     |  4 |  6 |  3 |  3 |  2 | 10 |  3 |  6 |  3 |  6 |  46 |
| juventino      |  4 |  0 |  3 |  3 |  2 |  0 |  3 |  6 |  3 |  0 |  24 |
| Kahn           |  4 | -4 |  3 |  3 |  2 | -2 |  3 |  0 |  3 |  6 |  18 |
| Master Chief   | -2 | -2 |  3 |  3 |  2 |  6 |  3 | -4 |  3 |  6 |  18 |
| RiskyMadden    |  4 |  2 |  3 | -4 |  2 |  2 |  3 |  6 |  3 | -4 |  17 |
| Blind Date     | -4 | 10 | -4 |  3 |  2 | -4 | -4 | -2 | -4 | -2 |  -9 |
o----------------o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o-----o


o----------------o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o-----o
| Group C        |  1 |  2 |  3 |  4 |  5 |  6 |  7 |  8 |  9 | 10 |Total|
o----------------o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o-----o
| ZawBanjito     |  3 |  3 |  3 |  3 |  6 |  3 |  4 | 10 |  3 |  2 |  40 |
| Mepps          |  3 |  3 |  3 |  3 | -4 |  3 |  4 |  6 |  3 |  2 |  26 |
| Selin          |  3 |  3 |  3 |  3 | -2 |  3 |  4 |  2 |  3 |  2 |  24 |
| poguemahone    |  3 |  3 | -4 |  3 |  6 |  3 |  4 | -4 |  3 |  2 |  19 |
| egatlas        | -4 |  3 |  3 |  3 |  6 |  3 | -2 |  0 | -4 |  2 |  10 |
| Evil Semp      |  3 | -4 |  3 | -4 |  0 | -4 | -4 | -2 |  3 |  2 |  -7 |
o----------------o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o-----o


o----------------o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o-----o
| Group D        |  1 |  2 |  3 |  4 |  5 |  6 |  7 |  8 |  9 | 10 |Total|
o----------------o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o-----o
| artur1         |  6 |  4 |  4 |  3 |  6 | 10 | 10 | 10 |  6 |  6 |  65 |
| AndrewO        |  6 |  4 |  4 |  3 |  6 |  0 |  6 |  2 |  6 | -2 |  35 |
| a2zsteve       |  6 |  4 |  4 |  3 |  0 |  6 |  0 | -2 |  6 |  6 |  33 |
| jaydog         | -4 |  4 |  4 |  3 |  6 |  2 |  2 |  6 | -2 |  0 |  21 |
| dividedbyzero  |  0 | -2 | -2 |  3 | -2 | -2 | -2 |  0 |  0 |  6 |  -1 |
| trevor33       | -2 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -38 |
o----------------o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o-----o

Round 2 (updated October 2nd)

Code: Select all

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| Group A        |  1 |  2 |  3 |  4 |  5 |  6 |  7 |  8 |  9 | 10 |Total|
o----------------o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o-----o
| jaydog         | -2 | 10 |  4 |  3 |  6 |  4 | 10 |  4 | 10 |  6 |  55 |
| GloriousL      | 10 |  0 |  4 |  3 |  6 |  4 |  6 |  4 |  0 | 10 |  47 |
| artur1         |  6 |  6 |  4 |  3 | -2 | -2 |  0 |  4 | -2 |  2 |  19 |
| ZawBanjito     |  2 | -2 | -2 |  3 |  6 |  4 |  2 |  4 |  2 | -2 |  17 |
| sargentgeneral |  0 |  2 |  4 |  3 |  0 |  4 | -2 | -2 |  6 |  0 |  15 |
| a2zsteve       | -4 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -40 |
o----------------o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o-----o


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| Group B        |  1 |  2 |  3 |  4 |  5 |  6 |  7 |  8 |  9 | 10 |Total|
o----------------o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o-----o
| egatlas        |  4 |  3 |  3 | -4 | 10 |  4 |  6 |  4 |  6 | 10 |  46 |
| Selin          | -4 |  3 |  3 |  3 |  6 | -4 | 10 | -4 |  6 |  6 |  25 |
| AAFitz         |  4 |  3 |  3 |  3 |  2 |  4 | -4 |  4 | -2 |  2 |  19 |
| Master Chief   | -2 |  3 |  3 |  3 |  0 |  4 | -2 |  4 |  6 | -4 |  15 |
| acerun3284     |  4 |  3 | -4 |  3 | -4 |  4 |  2 |  4 |  0 |  0 |  12 |
| AndrewO        |  4 | -4 |  3 |  3 | -2 | -2 |  0 | -2 | -4 | -2 |  -6 |
o----------------o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o-----o

Finals (updated December 15th)

Code: Select all

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| Finals         |  1 |  2 |  3 |  4 |  5 |  6 |  7 |  8 |  9 | 10 |Total|
o----------------o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o-----o
| GloriousL      |  4 |  3 |  4 | 10 | 10 | 10 |  8 | 10 | 10 | -2 |  67 |
| AAFitz         |  4 |  3 | -4 |  0 |  2 |  6 |  8 |  6 |  6 |  6 |  37 |
| artur1         |  4 |  3 |  4 |  2 |  6 | -4 |  0 |  0 |  0 |  6 |  21 |
| egatlas        |  4 |  3 |  4 |  6 | -2 | -2 |  2 | -2 |  2 |  0 |  15 |
| jaydog         | -2 |  3 |  4 | -2 |  0 |  2 | -2 |  2 | -2 |  6 |   9 |
| Selin          | -4 | -4 | -2 | -4 | -4 |  0 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -34 |
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artur1 · Post by **artur1** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:39 am

me to if I may

Trevor33 · Post by **Trevor33** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:08 am

nice idea (except for discworld being one of the maps

)

i'm in

Post by **Evil Semp** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:29 am

I'll play

Anarkistsdream · Post by **Anarkistsdream** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 11:17 am

I'm in.

gav88111 · Post by **gav88111** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 12:51 pm

I'm in.

Selin · Post by **Selin** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 1:40 pm

Anarkistsdream, you have a score of 876, not eligible for the league.

gav8811, your score is 1482. The last one on TOP 250 list have approx. 1800 points recently . So you have to work hard until Sunday to meet the requirement for the league.

resitnecdan · Post by **resitnecdan** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 1:44 pm

I'm in although I don't know if no cards is such a good idea. Just have a look at that first game on your My Games list (I'm guessing it's first there - it is at my list) and you see what I mean. Besides that, great idea.

Incandenza · Post by **Incandenza** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 2:59 pm

resitnecdan wrote:I'm in although I don't know if no cards is such a good idea. Just have a look at that first game on your My Games list (I'm guessing it's first there - it is at my list) and you see what I mean. Besides that, great idea.

I'll definitely play, but I'm with resitnecdan on the wariness of no cards. A no cards 2.0 game can go on until the next millenium.

Besides, as I've said before elsewhere on this site, there's still a ton of chance/luck in a no cards game, it's just a different kind from flat or escalating.

Either way, tho, sounds like fun.

Selin · Post by **Selin** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 4:24 pm

Incandenza wrote:
resitnecdan wrote:I'm in although I don't know if no cards is such a good idea. Just have a look at that first game on your My Games list (I'm guessing it's first there - it is at my list) and you see what I mean. Besides that, great idea.

I'll definitely play, but I'm with resitnecdan on the wariness of no cards. A no cards 2.0 game can go on until the next millenium.

Besides, as I've said before elsewhere on this site, there's still a ton of chance/luck in a no cards game, it's just a different kind from flat or escalating.

Either way, tho, sounds like fun.

You may be right with the world map. After this poll finishes, we can make a poll about that and replace it with another map.
You can never eliminate the luck factor completely, but i think its less in a no card game, because you take one major luck component (cards) completely out.

Istan · Post by **Istan** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 4:43 pm

I would like to play.

egatlas · Post by **egatlas** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 4:57 pm

I'm in.

GloriousL · Post by **GloriousL** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 5:36 pm

Add me in, would love to play this!

AAFitz · Post by **AAFitz** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 6:18 pm

me too

Master Chief · Post by **Master Chief** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 6:34 pm

I'm in. I've dropped from about 80th to my current 200ish... hopefully I'll still be above 251 by the time the tourney starts!!

Kahn · Post by **Kahn** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 6:39 pm

ill play

Sargentgeneral · Post by **Sargentgeneral** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:44 pm

im in.

I also am not sure about all the games being no cards. Im ok with the maps, but i would prefer some kind of cards.

UCAbears · Post by **UCAbears** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:50 pm

awwww man I cant play.

Mepps · Post by **Mepps** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 8:15 pm

I'm in.

maniacmath17 · Post by **maniacmath17** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 8:34 pm

ill play if the cards are escalating

Scorba · Post by **Scorba** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:44 am

maniacmath17 wrote:ill play if the cards are escalating

David_Wain · Post by **David_Wain** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 3:22 am

Scorba wrote:
maniacmath17 wrote:ill play if the cards are escalating

reverend_kyle · Post by **reverend_kyle** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 3:25 am

David_Wain wrote:
Scorba wrote:
maniacmath17 wrote:ill play if the cards are escalating

jaydog · Post by **jaydog** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 3:48 am

i will play

TOP 250 Singles League [WINNER: GloriousL]

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