IMPORTANT: To join this tournament, you must have premium.
Also, this league will be a long one. You'll be playing an 82 game regular season schedule. Games are handed in blocks of 3 home games a week, meaning you may play between 3 and 9 games a week, for approximately 14 weeks.
IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO COMMIT FOR SUCH A LONG TIME, PLEASE DO NOT SIGN UP. All sign ups must be done in this thread.
TOURNAMENT SETTINGS
All games will be 1v1, sequential, flat rate spoils, chained forts, and sunny. Each player must pick a team to represent and a home map that uses standard gameplay only. No maps with gimmicks or complex/confusing gameplay will be allowed. I reserve the right to veto any map choices. Map and Team choices will be given in order that they arrive. Please look carefully to may sure don't select a team or map that is already taken. A list of approved maps is provided below.
[spoiler=Maps Approved for this Tournament]Classic - Predators, hagardunor
13 Colonies
8 Thoughts
Africa
Alexander's Empire
American Civil War
Ancient Greece
Archipelago
Arctic
Asia
Atlantis
Australia - Islanders, deanof7
Balkan Peninsula
Bamboo Jack - Stars, Tripitaka
BeNeLux
Berlin 1961
Brazil
British Isles
Cairns Coral Coast
Cairns Metro
Canada - Oilers, spidey
Caribbean Islands
Castle Lands - Senators, Didacus
CCU
Central America
Charleston
Chicago
Chinese Checkers
Crossword - Flames, amazzony
Discworld
Dust Bowl
Egypt: Valley of the Kings
Europa
Europe
Europe 1914
Extreme Global Warming
First Nations North America
First Nations South America
Fractured America
France
France 1789
Germany - Coyotes, Moya
Gilgamesh
Great Lakes - Thrashers, vykingsfan64
Greenland
Haiti - Lightning, IR1SH ACE
Halloween Hallows
High Seas
Holy Roman Empire
Hong Kong - Hurricanes, Vaicius
Iberia - Maple Leafs, BunnRee
Iceland
Imperium Romanum
Indian Empire - Panthers, ckyrias
Indochina
Ireland - NY Rangers, mviola
Italy - Bruins, azak848
Japan - Sharks, deantursx
King of the Mountains
Land and Sea
Macedonia
Madness
Malta
Mexico - Ducks, chapcrap
Middle East
Midgard - Blues, ghirrindin
Midkemdil - Red Wings, Serbia
Mongol Empire
Montreal - Canadiens, rishark1969
Netherlands
Nordic Countries - Kings, Tomod
North America - Flyers, Revlisd
NYC
Oasis
Oceania - Capitals, Conchobar
Philippines
Portugal
Puget Sound
Rail Africa
Rail Australia
Rail Europe
Rail USA
San Francisco
Scotland - Blue Jackets, dazzla35
Seige! - Penguins, mcshanester29
Solar System
South America - Avalanche, RedBaron0
Soviet Union
Space
Sydney Metro
Tamriel
Texan Wars
The Citadel
Triple Alliance
U.S. Senate
Unification Germay
Unification Italy
USA - Devils, denominator
USA Great Lakes
USA New England
USA Rockies
USA Southeast - Blackhawks, rmjw10
USA Southwest
USApocalypse
Vancouver - Canucks, Night Strike
Wales
WWI Ottoman Empire
WWII Australia
WWII Eastern Front - Sabres, skepticCS
WWII Iwo Jima - Wild, SNARF17WD
WWII Western Front[/spoiler]
REGULAR SEASON
The regular season will follow the 2008-2009 NHL schedule - meaning each player will play 82 regular season games. You will receive new games each week. I will make 3 home games per team. This means on average, you will be playing 6 games a week (3 home, 3 away). However, since this will follow the actual NHL schedule, there will be some weeks when you play more, some fewer, than 6 games total.
PLAYOFFS
12 teams will make the playoffs from each Conference. The 3 division winners, and the fourth place team will each get a first round bye. The first round matchups will be 5-12, 6-11, 7-10, 8-9. In the second round, the #1 will play the lowest remaining seed, #2 plays the second lowest, and so on. All rounds will feature best-of-7 series, in the 2-2-1-1-1 format. Home ice advantage goes to the team with the better regular season record. In the event of ties, tiebreakers will be determined first via head-to-head, then by conference record.
STANDINGS
Standings will be updated weekly, or as often as I make a new batch of games. The standings will be posted at the bottom of this post.
THE TEAMS
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
New Jersey Devils - [player]denominator[/player], Space
New York Islanders - [player]deanof7[/player], Australia
New York Rangers - [player]mviola[/player], Ireland
Philadelphia Flyers - [player]Revlisd[/player], North America
Pittsburgh Penguins - [player]mcshanester29[/player], Siege!Northeast Division
Boston Bruins - [player]azak848[/player], Italy
Buffalo Sabres - [player]skepticCS[/player], WWII Eastern Front
Montreal Canadiens - [player]rishark1969[/player], Montreal
Ottawa Senators - [player]Didacus[/player], Castle Lands
Toronto Maple Leafs - [player]BunnRee[/player], IberiaSoutheast Division
Atlanta Thrashers - [player]vykingsfan64[/player], Great Lakes
Carolina Hurricanes - [player]Vaicius[/player], Hong Kong
Florida Panthers - [player]ckyrias[/player], Indian Empire
Tampa Bay Lightning - [player]IR1SH ACE[/player], Haiti
Washington Capitals - [player]Conchobar[/player], OceaniaWestern Conference
Central Division
Chicago Blackhawks - [player]rmjw10[/player], USA Southeast
Columbus Blue Jackets - [player]dazzla35[/player], Scotland
Detroit Red Wings - [player]Serbia[/player], Midkemdil
Nashville Predators - [player]hagardunor[/player], Classic
St. Louis Blues - [player]ghirrindin[/player], MidgardNorthwest Division
Calgary Flames - [player]amazzony[/player], Crossword
Colorado Avalanche - [player]RedBaron0[/player], South America
Edmonton Oilers - [player]spidey[/player], Canada
Minnesota Wild - [player]SNARF17WD[/player], WWII Iwo Jima
Vancouver Canucks - [player]Night Strike[/player], VancouverPacific Division
Anaheim Ducks - [player]chapcrap[/player], Mexico
Dallas Stars - [player]Tripitaka[/player], Bamboo Jack
Los Angeles Kings - [player]Tomod[/player], Nordic Countries
Phoenix Coyotes - [player]Moya[/player], Germany
San Jose Sharks - [player]deantursx[/player], Japan[spoiler=Reserves][player]SuperWang[/player][/spoiler]
STANDINGS
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Notes on the final standings:
Islanders over Senators on head-to-head
Devils over Rangers on head-to-head
Hurricanes over Panthers on better divisional win record
Hurricanes and Panthers over Penguins on better conference win record
Blue Jackets over Sharks on head-to-head
