Hi everyone, this is the official thread for the Small Earth 1v1 Promotion/Relegation League season 4.

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The season will be starting on Sunday, January 31, with a reminder sent one week prior (24th) to those players who have not yet accepted their tournament invitations. Any player who does not join by the 31st will have to rejoin the league next season.

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This season is made up of 8 groups, with a maximum of 10 players in each group.

Here are the tournament links so you can follow the league's progress:

Group A: https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=17085
Group B: https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=17086
Group C: https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=17087
Group D: https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=17088
Group E: https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=17089
Group F: https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=17138
Group G1: https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=17136
Group G2: https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=17137

New players can continue to sign up for a spot in either Group G1 or Group G2 until the season starts as space allows.

You can get all the tournament links and league history for last season by checking out the thread from Season 3: https://www.warlight.net/Forum/118271-small-earth-1v1-pr-league-season-3

Edited 1/17/2016 09:40:48

Small Earth 1v1 League Concept and Rules

Please note that these rules and the league concept have been taken with only minor adaptations from the ME promotion/relegation league, and I wish to give credit to those who are running that league for putting them together originally. For those wishing to find out more about that league, here is a link to their latest thread: https://www.warlight.net/Forum/130085-promotionrelegation-league-season-18

Concept

The Small Earth Promotion/Relegation League is a seasonal group of round-robin Warlight tournaments, always on the “small earth” map with coin 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 default – a player becoming inactive or asking to bow out of the league – there can be more promotions to fill in 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 mean fewer relegations and more super-promotions to keep the groups filled.

Any player inactive in 50% or more of their games during any tournament is deemed to be out of the league and can only return as a new player in the bottom group, unless they can give a valid reason for their inactivity.

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: Overall win/loss ratio. (The total wins of each player you defeated minus the total wins of each player you lost against)
2: Tie-break tournament. (Unless such a tournament would cause lengthy delays for the league)
3: Average turn-speed (only if a tie-break tournament fails to resolve the tie, or would take to long to complete)

Anyone can join the league, members and non-members alike, simply by request in the most recent “Small Earth 1v1 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 of it let the administrator know before the new season begins instead of simply declining to play after the groups have been determined and tournaments begun.

Edited 1/17/2016 09:24:14

Each Season the winner of Group A is crowned League Champion.

Season 1
https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=15283
League Champion: TWOLKER
Runner Up: huddyj

Season 2
https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=15662
League Champion: huddyj
Runner Up: TWOLKER

Season 3
https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=16316
League Champion: huddyj
Runner Up: Master Bjarke

Edited 1/17/2016 09:25:52

Here is the list of groups for season 4 (excluding new players). Please have a look to make sure you have been placed in the correct group. Each group will have 10 players.

Groups for Season 4

Group A

1:  huddyj                   (Remaining in Group A)
2:  Master Bjarke            (Remaining in Group A)
3:  mslasm                   (Remaining in Group A)
4:  Pantelas                 (Remaining in Group A)
5:  rocky1                   (Remaining in Group A)
6:  Gibs                     (Remaining in Group A)
7:  Kevin Turner             (Promoted from Group B)
8:  Buns157                  (Promoted from Group B)
9:  slejer                   (Promoted from Group B)
10: BenSeu                   (Double-Promoted from Group C)

Group B
1:  TWOLKER                  (Relegated from Group A)
2:  USA Biches               (Relegated from Group A) (Late withdrawal) Not being replaced
3:  Lampião                  (Relegated from Group A)
4:  PanagiotisTheGreekFreak  (Remaining in Group B)
5:  kirdol                   (Remaining in Group B)
6:  KingNorbs                (Remaining in Group B)
7:  Dacian Novac             (Remaining in Group B)
8:  smileyleg                (Promoted from Group C)
9:  indibob                  (Promoted from Group C)
10: Arkanton                 (Double-Promoted from Group D)

Group C
1:  slydog384                (Relegated from Group B)
2:  Don                      (Remaining in Group C)
3:  iNsAnE                   (Remaining in Group C)
4:  Diplomatic Immunity      (Remaining in Group C) Late withdrawal
5:  Master Turtle            (Remaining in Group C)
6:  Ryzys                    (Promoted from Group D)
7:  Legacy                   (Promoted from Group D)
8:  ARand0mPlayer            (Promoted from Group D)
9:  Kent                     (Double-Promoted from Group E)
10: BlacKnight               (Double-Promoted from Group E)

Group D
1:  Алексей                  (Relegated from Group C) Moving up to C due to Diplomatic's withdrawal
2:  Matt431                  (Remaining in Group D)
3:  Des                      (Remaining in Group D)
4:  boorzuur                 (Remaining in Group D)
5:  Prabster Realm           (Promoted from Group E)
6:  Wenyun                   (Promoted from Group E)
7:  cookie                   (Double-Promoted from Group F1)
8:  zanbato                  (Double-Promoted from Group F1)
9:  Bonsai80                 (Double-Promoted from Group F2)
10: Corvus5                  (Double-Promoted from Group F2)

Group E
1:  Fleecemaster             (Remaining in Group E) Moving up to D due to Алексей's promotion
2:  DanetDuo                 (Remaining in Group E)
3:  Winged Hussars           (Remaining in Group E)
4:  ipg                      (Remaining in Group E)
5:  ALE                      (Promoted from Group F1)
6:  skull11244               (Promoted from Group F1)
7:  szwenk                   (Promoted from Group F1)
8:  Taji                     (Promoted from Group F2)
9:  PhucilliJerry            (Promoted from Group F2)
10: Baer                     (Promoted from Group F2)

Group F
1:  Coronel Gavilan          (Relegated from Group E)
2:  Lord of Shadows          (Remaining in Group F)
3:  Skilled                  (Remaining in Group F)
4:  Mr. Legi                 (Remaining in Group F)
5:  Oilspotter               (Remaining in Group F)
6:  japan77                  (Remaining in Group F) Moving up to E due to Fleecemaster's promotion
7:  Masterpierround          (Remaining in Group F)
8:  Gardo91                  (Remaining in Group F)
9:  lh70                     (Remaining in Group F)
10: (2 open spots available due to japan77's promotion)

Group G1 & Group G2
Open to any new player or returning player

Finally, here is a list of the new players for season 4. These players will be randomly assigned to this
season's expansion groups: either Group G1 or Group G2.


Ink Splatoon: https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=1859062976 (Starting in F to fill open slot)
large shrimp: https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=5736257348 (Starting in F to fill open slot)
Incognito: https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=6434001838
Zombiegriz: https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=1739086855
Hades: https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=9641690283
Ameter: https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=8222615559
New Luna Republic: https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=7452811158
Turkish: https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=8830137536
Leo: https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=9958065141
j willy 47: https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=1748144088
GeorgeM: https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=7841556925
mario1995: https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=7455604520
AyushTheGreat: https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=9061457735
AI: https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=6561482549
Oxygen: https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=2661281372
INSIDE: https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=105380470
Oh Noes: https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=4614813982
DR. Love: https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=2549715390

Edited 1/28/2016 00:39:20

Tournament invitations have now been sent for Group A, B, C, D, and E. Group F, G1, and G2 will be receiving their invitations soon. Make sure you join before January 31 so you don't miss out!

Well, Here goes nothing
Also thanks DI, I get to move up to E Yeah!
Thanks Huddyj for hosting this.

Ok, all tournament invitations have now been sent, so please check them and accept them.

There is still room for 5 new players in the expansion groups.

Competition!: Lets predict top 3 in each group and see who does best. Everyone predict 3 players in each group to finish in the top three spots and you get 1 point if they are in the top 3 and another point if you guess their exact rank. I will give 100 coins to whoever gets the most points :)

Fleecemaster in all positions.

Sounds good Master Bjarke. I suppose predictions need to be in before the season starts on January 31?

Group A- Master Bjarke, huddyj, Buns
Group B- Arkanton, USA Biches, Smileyleg
Group C- Master Turtle, Legacy, Don
Group D- Cookie, Fleecemaster, Des
Group E- ALE, szwenk, Baer
Group F- Largeshrimp, Lord of Shadows, skilled
Group G1- Hades, Oh Noes, j willy
Group G2- Turkish, Ameter, AI

Edited 1/20/2016 03:25:07

My predictions:

A: huddyj (1st), Master Bjarke (2nd), Buns157 (3rd)
B: TWOLKER, Arkanton, Dacian Novac
C: Don, Master Turtle, Ryzys
D: cookie, Wenyun, Des
E: szwenk, ALE, DanetDuo
F: Ink Splatoon, Mr Legi, Oilspotter
G1: INSIDE, Hades, Oh Noes
G2: Turkish, AI, Oxygen

Also, the order of placings is like my first group prediction, so in that case I think that I'll finish third, and so on...

EDIT: Fixed predictions

Edited 1/19/2016 20:20:35

i whould like to sign in for the G

I'll just do my group.

Group D:
1. Prabster Realm
2. Wenyun
3. Fleecemaster

A - Master Bjarke, huddyJ, Buns 157
B - Twolker, USA Biches, Smiley leg
C - Алексей, Slydog, Master Turtle
D - Matt431, Prabster, Corvus5
E - Baer, Skull, Ale
F - Mr Legi, Ink Splatoon, Large Shrimp
G1 - Hades, Oh no, inside
G2 - Turkish, AI, Noobster

Edited 1/28/2016 13:51:20

Group: 1st, 2nd, 3rd

A: huddyi, Bjarke, Buns
B: smiley, twolker, arkanton
C: Ryzys, Immunity, Turtle
D: cookie, Des, Fleece
E: ale, taji szwenk
F: Ink, Legi, shrimp

G1: noes, hades, inside
G2: ai, turkish, ameter

Edited 1/20/2016 11:06:24

My predictions:

A: Buns157 (1st), Buns157 (2nd), Buns157 (3rd)
B: TWOLKER, Arkanton, Dacian Novac
C: Don, Master Turtle, Ryzys
D: cookie, Wenyun, Des
E: szwenk, ALE, DanetDuo
F: Ink Splatoon, Mr Legi, Oilspotter

Can't do G1 or G2 yet.

Also, the order of placings is like my first group prediction, so in that case I think that I'll finish first, second and third, and so on...

Edited 1/19/2016 15:49:38

Thanks for the league it looks like season 4 will be fun.

A: huddyj, Buns157, Master Bjarke
B: Arkanton, TWOLKER, USA Biches
C: Master Turtle, Ryzys, Don
D: cookie, Wenyun, Des
E: szwenk, ALE, Taji
F: Masterpierround, Mr. Legi, Oilspotter

In this specific order....

A: huddyj, Master Bjarke, buns
B: Arkanton, USA biches, Dacian Novac, (smileyleg if USA doesn't join)
C: Алексей, Don, Master turtle
D: cookie, zanbato, bonsai80
E: Taji, PhucilliJerry, szwenk
F: Mr.Legi, Ink splatoon, Lord of shadows (skilled if Lord of Shadows doesn't join)
G1: Oh Noes, Hades, Inside
G2: AI, Turkish, Ameter (don't know much about AI, looks like an alt)
May as well give me those coins now

Edited 1/28/2016 00:06:17