Welcome all to season 18 of the Small Earth Promotion/Relegation League!

Thank you to all our participants in season 17! This league is fun because it is competitive, and every player involved contributes to that competitiveness.
It's always great to see new players joining, so welcome to you and good luck! Thank you for getting involved!

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The Small Earth Promotion/Relegation League is a seasonal group of round-robin tournaments, always on the “Small Earth” map, with standard settings. Game template: https://www.WarLight.net/MultiPlayer?TemplateID=721086

At the end of each season, the top players of each group are promoted to the next group above. Bottom players are relegated to the next group below. Middle players remain in the same group.

If you would like to join the league, simply ask on this thread. New players will be added to the wait-list, and will begin in an expansion group next season (season 18).

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The format for this season has changed, with a premier A group, 2 parallel B groups, 3 parallel C groups, and 4 parallel D groups. There will no longer be any double promotions, however with more players able to play in higher divisions, I am hopeful it will give an opportunity for new players to climb the ranks quickly. Each round-robin tournament is set at 5 games at once with a 3-day boot time, and limited to a maximum of 10 players.

No rule changes.

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Tournament links for each group are listed below:
Group A: https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=32818
Group B1: https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=32819
Group B2: https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=32820
Group C1: https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=32821
Group C2: https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=32822
Group C3: https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=32823
Group D1: https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=32824
Group D2: https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=32825
Group D3: https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=32826
Group D4: https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=32827

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The start date for season 18 will be Sunday, March 8, however players will be allowed an extra week if needed to join their group.
Groups will be created and invitations sent no later than Sunday, March 1. This will give everyone two weeks to join their group tournament.

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You can get all the tournament links and league history for last season by checking out the thread from Season 17: https://www.WarLight.net/Forum/389644-small-earth-promotionrelegation-league-season-17

Edited 3/1/2020 07:23:45

Small Earth P/R League: Concept and Rules

Concept

The Small Earth Promotion/Relegation League is a seasonal group of round-robin tournaments, always on the “Small Earth” map, with standard settings. At the end of each season, the top players of each group are promoted to the next group above. Bottom players are relegated to the next group below. Middle players remain in the same group.

The league is meant to appeal to players who want to see, over the course of several seasons, where their natural level of competition might take them. For new, skilled participants, this means patience in getting to the levels where they will be challenged. Hopefully, that is part of the fun. The idea is to see how quickly you can progress, how long you can stay high, or how long it takes to stop a skid.

Rules

The league is run with a balance of predictability and flexibility. Final decisions are made by the league administrator with an attempt to consider input of league players.

The model will typically be to have the top three promote and the bottom three relegate but there are exceptions. Where there is a default – a player becoming inactive or asking to bow out of the league – there can be more promotions and less relegations to fill the vacancy. Where this happens in several groups there can be a lot of shuffling. The principle, though, is to usually have at least one player from each group relegated. Several retirements means fewer relegations and more promotions to keep the groups filled.

Payers are kicked from the league if they have 3 or more boots in a season. Kicked players are allowed to return, but only as a new player in the bottom group.
Vacations are honoured, however, any player taking more than 3 vacations in a single season will receive an automatic relegation.

Placements in a round-robin are determined by number of wins. In the event of a tie, placements are determined by head-to-head results among the tied. Occasionally, there are loops of ties that cannot be resolved by the head-to-head rule. If this is the case, ties will be broken by the following (in order of preference):

1: No. of Boots. Boots are penalised in resolving ties not solved by the head to head rule. Booted players are moved to the bottom of the tie, and head-to-head is applied again between players with the same amount of boots.
2: Overall win/loss ratio. (The total wins of each player you defeated versus the total wins of each player you lost against). It comes down to the number of wins by the players that a player have won against. Note Head-to-Head reapplied after, if this solves the tie for some but not all.
3: Tie-break tournament. (Unless such a tournament would cause lengthy delays for the league)
4: Average turn-speed (Last resort. only if a tie-break tournament fails to resolve the tie, or would take too long to complete)(where a tie-break tournament has resulted in another tie, average turn speed within the tie-break tournament will be used to split the tie)

Anyone can join the league, members and non-members alike, simply by request in the most recent “Small Earth Promotion/Relegation League” forum thread. New players begin in the bottom group or in an expansion group. Promotions from expansion groups depend on numbers within the new groups.

Before the beginning of each season, a summary of the movements will be announced to allow for questions or corrections. The league works most smoothly if those who wish to bow out let the administrator know before the new season begins instead of simply declining to play after the groups have been determined and tournaments begun.

History of the Small Earth League/Hall of Fame (to season 16)

League Administrators (to season 18)
huddyj: Seasons 1-8
Master Bjarke: Seasons 9-13
wakanarai: Seasons 14-15
huddyj: Restart & Seasons 16-18


Hall of Fame

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League Champions (to season 17)
Name: (Winner/Runner-Up)
huddyj (5/1)
AI (3/0)
Hades (2/0)
TWOLKER (1/1)
Buns157 (1/1)
Arkanton (1/1)
Bonsai (1/1)
iNsAnE (1/1)
gogo2711 (1/0)
Hunta (1/0)
Master Bjarke (0/3)
PanagiotisTheGr (0/2)
Baer (0/2)
Green Turtle (0/1)
Juan (0/1)
Suschel (0/1)
graemes (0/1)

iNsAnE won Group A in Season 17, with graemes finishing in 2nd position.

League titles by clan (to season 17)
Clan: (Wins)
Creative Cloud (5)
Lynx (3)
M'Hunters (3)
[BR] FUDEW (1)
Icelandic Turtles (1)
Hydra (1)
Outlaws (1)
GG (1)
Not part of a clan (1)
iNsAnE's victory in season 17 gives GG their first title.

Most Seasons in Group A (to season 17)
Name: (Number of seasons in A)
Master Bjarke (11)
iNsAnE (10)
huddyj (9)
TWOLKER (8)
Gibs (6)
Buns157 (6)
mslasm (6)
Bonsai (6)
Hunta (5)
PanagiotisTheGreekFreak (4)
Leo (4)
gogo2711 (4)
Lampiao (4)
AI (4)
Oh Noes (4)
Baer (4)
graemes (4)
USA Biches (3)
BenSeu (3)
rocky1 (3)
Arkanton (3)
Hades (3)
PhucilliJerry (3)
Dacian Novac (2)
Pantelas (2)
slejer (2)
smileyleg (2)
Private Pabse (2)
BlacKnight (2)
Suschel (2)
Rheumakay (2)
dauti (2)
Ragnar Lothbrok (2)
GuestNWHSzY (2)
ARand0mPlayer (2)
Slats (1)
Pink (1)
Diplomatic Immunity (1)
kirdol (1)
slydog384 (1)
Philip B (1)
Sultan Kosmitow (1)
Kevin Turner (1)
Aneksen (1)
Super Smoove (1)
DR. Love (1)
Green Turtle (1)
Juan (1)
Cata Cauda (1)
Matt431 (1)
Octane (1)
Seggel (1)

Edited 3/4/2020 06:17:18

Hi i would like to join

Season 18: The Ranking System

Ranking points will be earned each time you win a game in Group A, B, C, D and E. The higher the group you are in, the more ranking points you receive each time you win, as listed below:

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Group A will give 8 ranking points per win.
Group B will give 4 ranking points per win.
Group C will give 2 ranking points per win.
Group D will give 1 ranking point per win.
Group E will give 0.5 ranking points per win.

All players participating in the league will begin season 16 on with zero ranking points. This allows the League Champion of Season 16 to become our first #1 ranked player.

Points will be accumulated over the 3 most recent seasons of the Small Earth P/R League (from Season 16 onward), with 100% points awarded for the most recent 2 seasons, and 50% points awarded for the season before that. Maximum points would be 9 wins in Group A, giving 72 points for two seasons, and 36 points for the 3rd season, for a maximum possible score of (72+72+36) 180 points.

Please Note: This ranking system is just for a bit of fun, and designed for league bragging rights only. It has nothing to do with normal promotions/relegations.

Current Player Rankings (to season 17)

Rank	Points	Name
1	104	huddyj
2	88	Suschel
3	88	Rheumakay
4	84 	iNsAnE
5	72	dauti
6	72	graemes
7	56	GuestNWHSzY
8	56	Ragnar Lothbrok
9	44	Hunta
10	40	PhucilliJerry
11	38	k.o.
12	36	bzox
13	32	SNDBX
14	30	Ameter
15	30	Baer
16	26	rocky1
17	24	Fc Bayern
18	24	ADHDnl
19	22	kirdol
20	21	KaitoS
21	20	Tof
22	20	ARand0mPlayer
23	17	Meldarion
24	12	Thorben
25	11.5	mslasm
26	11.5	Matt431
27	11	jac
28	11	Hasdrubal
29	10	Cata Cauda
30	8	Seggel
31	7	Lew
32	6	Checkmqte
33	6	koso
34	5	Kevin Turner
35	5	Diestramenos
36	5	Tainted Monk
37	4.5	Hergul
38	4	Brian the Brave
39	4	BlacKnight
40	4	Olja
41	4	Hazlenut
42	3	s1gmoyd
43	3	Andre Laufmöller
44	2.5	Octane
45	2	hi
46	2	Bonsai
47	2	Menda
48	2	tris
49	2	Taji
50	1	ZZA
51	1	Viking1007
52	0.5	Star-Lord

Edited 3/4/2020 06:22:59

Season 18: Groups

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Group A: 10 players
iNsAnE
graemes
huddyj
dauti
Suschel
Ragnar Lothbrok
Hunta
bzox
Ameter
SNDBX

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Group B1: 10 players

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Group B2: 10 players
ADHDnl
Baer
KaitoS
rocky1
Meldarion
ARand0mPlayer
Fc Bayern
kirdol
Tof
Matt431
Thorben
jac
Cata Cauda
Lew
koso
Tainted Monk
BlacKnight
Hazelnut
Kevin Turner
Brian the Brave

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Group C1: 10 players

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Group C2: 10 players

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Group C3: 10 players
Hasdrubal
ZZA
Hergul
mslasm
Andre Laufmoller
Octane
s1gmoyd
hi
tris
Menda
Viking1007
Fizzer
Linws2
Roele
Star-Lord
(Teishi)
Not Hitler
roan
888
Boakill
jimmy
Andy Howard
Saleen147
(chaos) I stabbed the lord and got chat banned
DrApe
optism
Glass
Kryger
Dummy
Diestramenos

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Group D1: (10 players)
Aaariel
krinid
Dianne Abrams
sunsetslimited
Exile
Arth
Savania
Nekschot
Serpens Solidus
LMJ
battlebot
Lena
Kris
Blindigo
the Bloody Nine
riskboy88
swiekr
PhucilliJerry
El steveo XIII https://www.WarLight.net/Profile?p=3270703393
Spencer https://www.WarLight.net/Profile?p=53112309202
adamg5 https://www.WarLight.net/Profile?p=96105677638
surdiac https://www.WarLight.net/Profile?p=2010025324
cf1986 https://www.WarLight.net/Profile?p=6855558732
kryzelfiz https://www.WarLight.net/Profile?p=5159826367
Tac(ky)tical https://www.WarLight.net/Profile?p=9733643221
Lunar Creep https://www.WarLight.net/Profile?p=9755066413
Master Bjarke https://www.WarLight.net/Profile?p=9755066413
polymath https://www.WarLight.net/Profile?p=18104102265

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Group D2: (10 players)

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Group D3: (10 players)

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Group D4: (10 players)

Edited 3/1/2020 11:08:27

Season 18: Wait-List + Dropouts

Drop-Outs
Lew
Menda
Aaariel
Lena

Wait-List

Edited 5/23/2020 06:55:42

Season 18: Final Group Standings

Season 18: P/R Guide

Season 18: Updates

Group format for Season 18: Maximum 10 players per group.

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Group A (1 Group of 10 players)
1st-6th remain in Group A (6 players)
7th-10th relegate to Group B (4 players)

Group B (2 Groups of 10 players)
1st-2nd in each group promote to Group A (4 players)
3rd-7th in each group remain in Group B (10 players)
8th-10th in each group relegate to Group C (6 players)

Group C (3 Groups of 10 players)
1st-2nd in each group promote to Group B (6 players)
3rd-7th in each group remain in Group C (15 players)
8th-10th in each group relegate to Group D (9 players)

Group D (4 Groups, maximum 10 players per group, expansion group)
1st-2nd in each group promote to Group C (8 players)
3rd in each group (4 players) will play a single-elimination tournament, with the winner receiving the final Group C promotion
4th-10th will remain in Group D (up to 24 players)

I would like to join, if that is still possible.

Thank you.

thanks for organizing huddyj! im looking forward to coming in 1st!

id like to join

I have been playing a bit these last couple days, so I have decided that I would like to sign up for the next season :)

I'll join so long as there is no more than 2 games at a time.

it is 5 games at once...

Hm, I think I won't join then.

No worries @ LND, I know 5 games at once can't suit everyone.

@ Tac(ky)tical, you'll be in this season. Welcome back.

@ Master Bjarke Wow, it's been a long time, glad to have you back! Hope your skills aren't too rusty, as there are a lot of good SE players here! ;)

@polymath, you can join as well :)

Edited 2/28/2020 05:16:24

Tournament invitations have been sent to all players from last season. New players will receive their invitations soon.

I used a randomizer to distribute players across the parallel groups in each tier, so I apologize if it turns out some groups are tougher than others.