SoC 1v1 Ladder Reset Tournament - Game of Thrones...

[celliottii]

WINTER IS COMING!!!

For the last few years, I've ran the SoC 1v1 Ladder and once a year I do a "Ladder Reset" to shake things up...

"Chaos isn't a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail and never get to try again. The fall breaks them. And some are given a chance to climb, they cling to the realm or the gods or love. Only the ladder is real. The climb is all there is." - Lord Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish

This year, we are proud to announce a Game of Thrones theme to the Ladder Reset...and we are giving away THREE months of Premium membership, plus a newly created medal "GoT Battle of the Seven Kingdoms to the player who actually finishes as the #1 player once the Ladder Reset is complete.

"The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword" - Eddard Stark

The Society of Cooks Official 1v1 Ladder Rules:

[spoiler=Official rules](revised June 9, 2015)

1. The Ladder was originally generated by a player’s Conquer Club score during the initial sign-up period. Any player who signs up from now on will be placed at the bottom of the Ladder and have to work their way up.

2. Any member of the SoC may join the Ladder. Rule #1 does apply. Freemiums may join the Ladder. SoC Students will have to meet the prerequisites before being allowed to join.

3. All Ladder challenges must be posted in this topic thread AND you must send the player you are challenging a PM as well. No other challenges from other threads or PMs will be accepted.

4. All matches are best two (2) out of three (3) games.

5. All games will be on Random maps. Each player is allowed to choose the settings for his/her home map/game. The CHALLENGER must create the third map/game with the following settings: Auto, Seq, Esc, Chained, Sunny, No Trench, No Turn Limit.

6. Polymorph games are allowed. Poly games CAN NOT be 4v4 poly or trench. All other game settings are fine.

7. Freemiums may set up one game at a time.

8. You can only challenge someone who is up to and no more than five (5) rungs ahead of you. For example, you are currently ranked #14…you can only challenge #13, #12, #11, #10, or #9.

9. You can only challenge one player at a time.

10. You cannot challenge someone who is currently being challenged by another player.

11. If you challenge someone AND win, you take over their Ladder rung. The loser will lose one spot on the Ladder.

12. If you challenge someone AND lose, you will retain your Ladder rung, but you cannot re-challenge that player until after you have challenged someone else. For example, you are #9 and challenge and lose to the #6 player, you cannot challenge the #6 player until you challenge either #7 or #8.

13. “12 Hour Fog Courtesy” – The first player in a foggy game must either:
A) Wait 12 hours for the opponent to get a snapshot; or
B) Post in the game chat what their first move was.
This only applies to the first turn of each game. The second player does not need to post their first move.

14. No matches can be reported until all games are completed (best 2 out of 3 games).

15. You can challenge someone who is currently challenging someone else. For example, Tom (#10) challenges Dick (#8)…who is currently challenging Harry (#5).

16. If you challenge someone and win AND that person, who is also challenging someone, beats their opponent, you do NOT double jump. For example, Tom (#10) beats Dick (#8) who also beats Harry (#5)…Tom goes to #8, Dick goes to #5, and Harry goes to #6.

17. If the challenged player (higher rank) wins, that player will move up one spot on the Ladder as a reward. The only exception is the #2 thru #5 players MUST challenge the #1 player and win to achieve the #1 spot.

18. The #2, #3, #4, #5, or #6 player may call “DIBS” to challenge the #1 player if the #1 player is currently being challenged by someone in the Top 6. If the player calling “DIBS” falls out of the Top 6, he/she also loses their “DIBS” to play the #1 player. There will only be one “DIBS” at a time.

19. If a challenge is declined or not answered/accepted within seven (7) days, it will be treated as though the challenger won the match and the challenged player will be charged with a “FORFEIT”.

20. Three FORFEITS and a player will be removed from the Ladder permanently.

21. A challenge may be delayed if both players can agree on a start time (in case of vacations, clan challenges, work obligations, real life, etc.).

22. Sitters are NOT allowed, unless pre-approved by an Admin.

23. A player may request a hiatus from the Ladder if they go on vacation or holiday by stating so on the Ladder thread.
a. This hiatus cannot last more than fourteen (14) consecutive days. The player on “Vacation” or “Hiatus” can be passed by players who successfully win their own challenges. For example, I’m #15 and I go on vacation. While I’m gone, #16 and #17 win their challenges and pass me, I then drop down accordingly.
b. This protects the vacationing player from being assessed a forfeit.
c. The vacationing player must post in the Ladder thread or send a PM to celliottii they have returned.
d. You can skip over a player on hiatus to challenge the next player on the Ladder.

23. You cannot challenge a player that is currently listed on the Ladder as being either on “Vacation” or on “Hiatus”.

24. If a player is on "Hiatus", that rung can be skipped when issuing a challenge, but by only one rung. For example, Tom is on Hiatus at #10. Dick is at #13, and #12 and #11 are currently being challenged by other players. Dick can jump over Tom and challenge Harry at #9.

25. All decisions by the Admins of the Ladder are final.[/spoiler]

"There is a beast in every man and it stirs when you put a sword in his hand." - Ser Jorah Mormont

2016 Game of Thrones Ladder Reset Rules

[spoiler=SoC GoT 1v1 Ladder Reset Rules]1. No new Ladder challenges will be accepted after September 15, 2016. The Ladder will reset on October 1, 2016. Any active challenges on October 1, 2016 will not count for the Ladder. If all challenges are complete before October 1, then the Reset may happen sooner.

2. As always, all Ladders stats and medal counts will carry over from Ladder v4.0 to Ladder v5.0.

3. Just like the Seven Kingdoms being at war with each other, so will Ladder players. The Ladder will be "nuked" with wildfire. All Players will be placed into a pool with no rank.

4. Players will challenge each other following current Ladder v4.0 rules.

5. All Active players will be listed in a new post that will be made on September 30, 2016. No challenges can be made until 0001 October 1, 2016 CC Time.

6. All Active players will be listed in a new post on this thread. This post will be used to pick your opponent and will be refreshed several times a day.

7. All Players can only issue ONE (1) challenge. Once a challenge is issued, please post it like normal. Challengers will then have their name turned RED. Challenged players will have a strikethrough through their name. Players with a strikethrough in their name cannot be challenged by someone else.

For Example: Tom challenges Dick, so it would look like: Tom and Dick. Dick then challenges Harry, so it would now look like this Dick and Harry.

9. The Ladder has always moved chronologically, so the FIRST person to post their victory, will be placed #1 and that loser will be at the bottom of the Ladder. The SECOND person to post their victory will take the #2 spot and the loser will take the second to last spot...and so on. It doesn't matter who challenges who, winner moves up and loser moves down. Because of the various Reset Twists, winners must post their victory. Loser posting a loss will not be recorded.

10. Win your second match, move up five spaces (including taking over #1)...Lose your second match and move down five spaces.

11. All Players have seven days to issue their challenge. Those players who have not been challenged or issued their challenge will be randomly placed into a 1v1 match using best two (2) out of three (3) games with Esc - Chained - Sunny - No Trench settings.

12. ALL Players must participate in the Reset. No one can request to be placed at the bottom of the Ladder.

13. Once all of the initial matches are complete and all Twist matches have been completed, the Ladder Reset will be finalized with the updated standings from the Twist scenario matches. In other words, the Ladder Reset will be complete once all of the matches have been finished.[/spoiler]

"Anyone can die." - Arya Stark

For those you not familiar with my Ladder Resets, I always have a few twists to make them interesting.

[spoiler=SoC GoT 1v1 Ladder Reset Twists]"Jon Snow" aka Twist #1 - Win both of your matches with a score of 2 - 0 (or 3 - 0) in each match, you automatically move up to #1 and choose one player to drop ten (10) rungs. Jon Snow has won two major battles (defense of Castle Black and retaking of Winterfell), but was betrayed by his Night's Watch brothers.

When a player chooses to invoke this scenario, it will be applied immediately. The player chosen to drop ten (10) rungs must be named when the victory is reported, otherwise the player choice will be forfeited.

"Cersei Lannister" aka Twist #2 - Lose both of your matches with a score of 2-0 in each match, you automatically move to the bottom of the Ladder, but, you can challenge for the #1 spot. "Cersei" (the Challenger) will choose the settings for all three games (no 4v4 poly or any poly trench or speed or manual or freestyle games). If "Cersei" wins, the Challenger moves to #1 and the loser moves to the bottom of the Ladder. Cersei lost both her sons (Joffrey and Tommen - who were kings), but was able to retake the Iron Throne from the High Sparrow and his influence by blowing up the Great Sept of Baelor with wildfire.

Just as Cersei exerted patience in her revenge, you may as well...but don't wait too long.

"Daenerys Targaryn" aka Twist #3 - Win both of your matches with a score of 2 -1 in both matches, you automatically move up an additional 5 rungs, but cannot take over the #1 position. The Mother of Dragons has had numerous conquests, but has also faced defeat. Her determination to retake her family's Iron Throne (and her dragons) drives her to persevere through insurmountable odds to claim victory in her battles...but the final battle still remains to be fought.

”Arya Stark” aka Twist #4 - Lose both of your matches with a score of 2 -1 in both of your matches, and you can automatically rechallenge BOTH of your opponents to a rematch. Defeat either one or both and you swap places with them. You cannot claim the #1 Ladder rung by using the “Arya Stark” twist. Arya Stark is a scrapper. She has her list of people who she plans to kill for wronging her or her family. She is determined and vicious...just ask Lord Walder Frey and the Hound.[/spoiler]

"Hodor" - Hodor

[spoiler=Special Rules for SoC GoT Ladder Reset Tournament]These rules will only apply to the Ladder Reset.

Special Rules/Conditions for the GoT Ladder Reset

1. Only the first two matches will be used to determine Twist scenarios.

2. If a player is going to use their “Twist scenario” they must state it in the challenge.

3. The #1 Player may have to face more than one Challenger at the same time. Remember, everything runs chronologically. A #1 player may be dethroned while facing off against other challengers...those challengers would then lose their opportunity to be #1 and those games will not count for Ladder standings.

4. All medal counts and stats will be placed on hold during the reset.

5. The rules from SoC 1v1 Ladder v4.0 will apply to all matches, except the notation made in the "Cersei Lannister" twist.

6. DIBS is not allowed during the Reset.

7. All Challenges must posted in this thread. Any challenge posted in the normal SoC 1v1 Ladder Challenge thread will not be accepted.

8. All games must be posted in this thread. Any games posted in the normal SoC 1v1 Ladder Challenge thread will not be accepted.[/spoiler]

All active SoC 1v1 Ladder members will be automatically entered into the Game of Throne Ladder Reset Tournament.

If you are not currently an active member, but wish to join, then please follow this link and sign up there. http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewto ... 1&t=194552 No sign-ups will be allowed on this thread. Deadline for signing up is September 15, 2016.


Good luck to everyone...Just remember, "When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground." - Cersei Lannister

* As I am also a participant in this tournament, ElricTheGreat and/or dhallmeyer will assist on any rulings that involve my games to protect the integrity and ethical nature.

[celliottii]

Reserved for Active Player Pool...

MGSteve
ElricTheGreat
torres44cm
mackadoo
dhallmeyer
macbone
tamaynet
ganguscalm
Russde
Lord Arioch
ben.cleuch
josko.ri
benga
General Bax
celliottii
chapcrap
t4mcr53s2
Silly Knig-it
Charle
TimWoodbury
Philbro
bobbythomson
Mad777
grt
DrT

Remember, if a player's name is in RED, that means they challenged someone. If there is name has been struck through (Chuck), then they have already been challenged.

[Lord Arioch]

I frigging hate GoT but i must say this seems to be the best out of that really bad serie! Book and/or movie take ur pick!
Good work cell i will send u a sausage to gnaw on through the winter:)

[macbone]

Heh. Sounds fun, Celliottii!

[MGSteve]

Rule 3 should read: All Ladder challenges must be posted in this topic thread AND you must send the player you are challenging a PM or wall post as well.
Otherwise the wall post, which we've long used, will not be allowed and walling is so much quicker than PMing.

Rule 12 needs to be reworded as it's from the days of challenging only 3 ahead: For example, you are #9 and challenge and lose to the #6 player, you cannot challenge the #6 player until you challenge either #4, #5, #7 or #8.

And Rule 24: For example, Tom is on Hiatus at #10. Dick is at #13, and #12 and #11 are currently being challenged by other players. Dick can jump over Tom and challenge Harry at #9.

Three ahead again. The situation described would need no exception for the #10 player's hiatus and no jumping as there is less than 5 spaces between them. So let's change it to: For example, Tom is on Hiatus at #10. Dick is at #15, and #14, #13, #12 and #11 are currently being challenged by other players. Dick can jump over Tom and challenge Harry at #9.

Think that will save some rule questions and such bother down the road. Or is that down the ladder?

[celliottii]

Rule 3 should read: All Ladder challenges must be posted in this topic thread AND you must send the player you are challenging a PM or wall post as well.
Otherwise the wall post, which we've long used, will not be allowed and walling is so much quicker than PMing.

Rule 12 needs to be reworded as it's from the days of challenging only 3 ahead: For example, you are #9 and challenge and lose to the #6 player, you cannot challenge the #6 player until you challenge either #4, #5, #7 or #8.

And Rule 24: For example, Tom is on Hiatus at #10. Dick is at #13, and #12 and #11 are currently being challenged by other players. Dick can jump over Tom and challenge Harry at #9.

Three ahead again. The situation described would need no exception for the #10 player's hiatus and no jumping as there is less than 5 spaces between them. So let's change it to: For example, Tom is on Hiatus at #10. Dick is at #15, and #14, #13, #12 and #11 are currently being challenged by other players. Dick can jump over Tom and challenge Harry at #9.

Think that will save some rule questions and such bother down the road. Or is that down the ladder?

1. Good catch, Steve...
2. Fixed everything so the rules flow properly now.
3. Why didn't you catch this last year when we revamped the rules???

[MGSteve]

ummm... I wasn't watching?

[celliottii]

ummm... I wasn't watching?

ok...I'll buy that...I wasn't watching either...

[ElricTheGreat]

ummm... I wasn't watching?

Chuck ... Steve is too shy to say he didn't have HBO back then

[dhallmeyer]

'Fraid I'm gonna need some handholding here. This is more complex than my tired brain can handle.

[ElricTheGreat]

Here we go folks

I will get this started by challenging josko.ri !!!

My Games:
Game 16892821
Game 16892825

[celliottii]

'Fraid I'm gonna need some handholding here. This is more complex than my tired brain can handle.

Dhall,

Very simply just choose one person from the Active List (above) who doesn't have a strikethrough their name (ETG challenged josko, so josko now looks like this josko).

Then post that challenge in this thread and play it like a normal SoC 1v1 match.

Winner needs to post the results.

[celliottii]

Last night, I was sent a PM asking who reports the match results. Because reporting the win could affect standings and potential Ladder Reset Twists, I have added the following to Rule 9 for the Special Rules section.

Because of the various Reset Twists, winners must post their victory. Loser posting a loss will not be recorded.

I also received a PM for better clarification of the "Jon Snow" Twist.

Q: Since most matches consists of three games, can the Jon Snow twist be used if a person wins the first two games and loses the third or if the person wins all three games.

A: Yes. Before the "Jon Snow" Twist can be enforced, I will verify that the winner actually won the first two games in both matches. This also applies to the "Cersei Lannister" Twist.

As there is only one active challenge, this will not affect gameplay.

Chuck

[celliottii]

Here we go folks

I will get this started by challenging josko.ri !!!

My Games:
Game 16892821
Game 16892825

The first challenge has been recorded...

[celliottii]

My turn to challenge...House Hodor challenges TimWoodbury

Game 16893597 - Home Game
Game 16893601 - Tie-Breaker

PM'd the challenge.

[TimWoodbury]

accept and ill be posting ur challenege in a momemt Game 16893718 password Ladder

[iamkoolerthanu]

Sooo can I join or do I need to wait until the firs 2 matches are complete? Only active players from last ladder gets to participate? Or...

[celliottii]

Sooo can I join or do I need to wait until the firs 2 matches are complete? Only active players from last ladder gets to participate? Or...

Sorry, Kooler, but the deadline for signing up was September 15th. You'll have to wait until Ladder Reset is complete before you can officially join the Ladder.

[ElricTheGreat]

hi

I have received a reply on my wall from josko,ri ...

I have 7 days deadline to join your SoC games. I will use some more days before joining.because on vacation now

Am I stuck or can I withdraw my challenge and challenge someone else?

... or since he did not ask to be put on Hiatus is it a forfeit if we cannot come to an agreement of when to start our battle? (as this is a time sensitive GoT event)

Or is he right and can hold me hostage?

In either case I would recommend that anyone else who is not ready to participate in this Reset Tourney make their intentions known so as to not affect the battles of the rest who are ready to battle. I believe there was plenty of time (notice) given before this was to begin so that requests to withdraw or be moved to Hiatus.

I have left a message of josko.ri's wall letting him know I do not want to wait and that I am posting here asking to cancel the challenge so that I can get started.

If the invites lapse I wish to challenge [player]grt[/player] instead using the same games ... pw= ladder

[josko.ri]

hi

I have received a reply on my wall from josko,ri ...

I have 7 days deadline to join your SoC games. I will use some more days before joining.because on vacation now

Am I stuck or can I withdraw my challenge and challenge someone else?

... or since he did not ask to be put on Hiatus is it a forfeit if we cannot come to an agreement of when to start our battle? (as this is a time sensitive GoT event)

Or is he right and can hold me hostage?

In either case I would recommend that anyone else who is not ready to participate in this Reset Tourney make their intentions known so as to not affect the battles of the rest who are ready to battle. I believe there was plenty of time (notice) given before this was to begin so that requests to withdraw or be moved to Hiatus.

I have left a message of josko.ri's wall letting him know I do not want to wait and that I am posting here asking to cancel the challenge so that I can get started.

If the invites lapse I wish to challenge [player]grt[/player] instead using the same games ... pw= ladder

What I meant by my response is that first day when you challenged me is not ideal for me to join but some next days within the 7 days deadline will be more suitable for me to join due to easier schedule.

From my understanding of rules, challenged players have right to join anytime within the 7 days deadline, and i just informed you that my joining will be a little bit later but still within the deadline.

So from my side there is no need for Hiatus because I will accept every challenge within the deadline and there is also no basis for forfeit because I did not reject the challenge.

[MGSteve]

Think he's gotcha, Elric.

I wanna challenge the great, the one and only, bt, [player]bobbythomson[/player] with Game 16895338 and Game 16895339. Prepare to meet your doom! And watch out for the white walker. He's itching for battle.

[celliottii]

I'm not going to re-quote everything that was said from Elric and Josko, but here is my ruling:

Josko is right.

Rule #19 states, "If a challenge is declined or not answered/accepted within seven (7) days, it will be treated as though the challenger won the match and the challenged player will be charged with a “FORFEIT”."

Josko answered the challenged and did not decline it. He stated he needed a few days until his schedule cleared up, but will accept the challenge.

Now, if this was a challenge on the normal SoC 1v1 Ladder, I would allow ETG to challenge another...But it's not. This is the Ladder Reset - Game of Thrones.

(I'm using my words now, so don't get your panties in a bunch please)

If you are familiar with Game of Thrones, everyone gets "screwed over" at some point by betrayal, assassination, secret deals, hostages, etc. When I designed this Ladder Reset, I left certain loopholes in the Reset to accommodate for people to get "screwed over" as well. This is just one of them.

Bottom line - The challenge from ElricTheGreat to josko.ri stands. Elric cannot challenge another player. Josko has answered the challenge and has seven days to accept or decline the challenge.

[torres44cm]

I would like to challenge Mad777 if hes available, but a I'm a little confused on the twist listed, how and when they apply, as some challenges have the twist post with their challenge and others do not, post a twist. So a little clarification pls.

My games are
Game 16895649
Game 16895656

[celliottii]

I would like to challenge Mad777 if hes available, but a I'm a little confused on the twist listed, how and when they apply, as some challenges have the twist post with their challenge and others do not, post a twist. So a little clarification pls.

My games are
Game 16895649
Game 16895656

I've got your challenge recorded...

The Twists do not come into play until after you have completed your first two matches (you challenging someone and someone challenging you).

Once those two matches are complete, depending on what your scores are will determine if you qualify for a particular twist.

Example 1: Tom challenges Harry and wins 2-0 (or3-0) and then he's challenged by Dick and Harry wins that match 2-0 (or 3-0), then Harry is qualified to use the Jon Snow Twist.

Example 2: Curly challenges Larry and loses that match 3-0. Then Curly is challenged by Moe and wins that match 2-1. Curly is not qualified for any Twist scenario.

I mentioned this before, but this will be the only reiteration...With the exception of the Jon Snow twist, a twist can be invoked at any time, as long as the Ladder Reset is still active.

[bobbythomson]

I accept the challenge in the name of Billy the goat, sacrificed at my father's hands 45 years ago this summer - this will be Billy's revenge. Fear the Goat, Billy the Goat. I will post the game in a moment.

Think he's gotcha, Elric.

I wanna challenge the great, the one and only, bt, [player]bobbythomson[/player] with Game 16895338 and Game 16895339. Prepare to meet your doom! And watch out for the white walker. He's itching for battle.