Hi everyone, welcome to the Small Earth 1v1 Promotion/Relegation League season 5!

This season is made up of eight 10-player groups, each set at 5 games at once with a 3-day boot.
There is also 1 expansion group (H), which will have a maximum of 20 players, and up to 7 games at once with a 3-day boot.

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

Group A: https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=18076
Group B: https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=18077
Group C: https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=18078
Group D: https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=18079
Group E: https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=18080
Group F: https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=18115
Group G: https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=18114
Group H: https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=18116

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New Players are welcome to sign up on this thread for Season 6, which will start in early June.

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You can get all the tournament links and league history for last season by checking out the thread from Season 4: https://www.warlight.net/Forum/130836-small-earth-promotionrelegation-league-season-4

Edited 5/14/2016 06:11:48

Small Earth 1v1 League Concept and Rules

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.

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

Season 4
https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=17085
League Champion: huddyj
Runner Up: Buns157

Here is the list of groups for season 5. Please have a look to make sure you have been placed in the correct group.

Groups for Season 5

Group A

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1. huddyj
2. Buns157
3. Gibs
4. Master Bjarke
5. slejer
6. BenSeu
7. Dacian Novac
8. smileyleg
9. TWOLKER
10. Алексей

Group B

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1. Kevin Turner
2. rocky1
3. mslasm
4. Pantelas
5. Lampião
6. KingNorbs
7. Arkanton
8. iNsAnE
9. Don
10. Bonsai

Group C

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1. PanagiotisTheGreekFreak
2. indibob
3. kirdol
4. slydog384
5. ARand0mPlayer
6. BlacKnight
7. Master Turtle
8. Matt431
9. cookie
10. Baer

Group D

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1. Kent
2. zanbato
3. Corvus5
4. Prabster Realm
5. Fleecemaster
6. PhucilliJerry
7. Taji
8. szwenk
9. Ink Splatoon
10. Van Quish (previously 'large shrimp')

Group E

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1. Wenyun
2. boorzuur
3. skull11244
4. Winged Hussars
5. ALE
6. ipg
7. Skilled
8. Coronel Gavilan
9. INSIDE
10. Super Smoove

Group F

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1. japan77
2. DanetDuo
3. Oilspotter
4. lh70
5. Hades
6. Oh Noes
7. ViralGoat
8. DR. Love
9. Turkish
10. Leo

Group G

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1. graemes
2. j willy 47
3. Zombiegriz
4. mario1995
5. New Luna Republic
6. AI
7. Noobster11
8. AyushTheGreat
9. Ameter
10. Oxygen

Group H (Expansion Group)

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1. Andersault
2. Eire16
3. Pegasus
4. mobtrio
5. Jammyb'stard
6. Boomshank
7. THE1AJK
8. DontAttackMe
9. tomjh
10. Onoma94
11. Tac(ky)tical
12. Leinad
13. Cata Cauda
14. Braden Elliott
15. chuck norris
16. Hunta
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Edited 3/22/2016 12:17:17

I`d like to join this thing....is it still possible?

Of course. You can see there is still space in Group H.

Groups F thru H created:

Group F: https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=18115
Group G: https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=18114
Group H: https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=18116

Still room in the expansion group (H) if anyone else want to join the league ;)

I would like to join too.

thanks huddyj, and here's to not finishing last!

Edited 3/19/2016 20:00:31

Group B has already started, and Lampião has the first win of season 5 with a victory over KingNorbs!

Join your tournaments! The season will start as soon as you let it. If there are players who are not joining your group and you want it to start, please message them. If you don't hear back or they are inactive, message me and I will manually start your group.

Try to get in contact with anyone who hasn't joined first before you contact me please.

All the best to all players!

Also, there are 7 spaces available in our expansion group still for new players, so if you want to join please let me know on this forum soon.

Thanks huddyj for organizing and running the league.. .its been a lot of fun so far.... but i like to drop out for after this season...

I would like to join if possible!

Best of luck to all! Hoping for another great season!

No worries Don, been good to have you in the league.

Braden Elliott, you should receive a tournament invitation sometime in the next day or so.

i wish to join

I'd like to join too :)

Lots of new players have joined our expansion group this season, but there is still room for more! If you'd like to join the league simply post a comment on the forum to receive an invitation.

Invitations send to all who have posted so far :)