So that means if htere are 10 member only settings and the total amount of vetoes would be 10 then all non members would have no vetoes left while the members can actually veto whichever of the like 80 templates or so by then they don't want to actually play. This would give members actually a very big advantage having the option to choose to veto whichever they like and non members would have all their votes gone by just not being a member.

Weekly update

Top 5 games of the week:

 MoD vs Buns             - http://warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12759427
 Timinator vs Panagiotis - http://warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12727767
 MoD vs Pardon           - http://warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12791601
 Malakkan vs Timinator   - https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12737474
 Wini vs Njord           - https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=12781373

Current Top 20:



Rank 1-5

1. Buns picks up 6 wins on the trot to march back into 1st place! He also has a big win against 
   MoD this week which helps his cause.
2. Eventful week for MoD with a 11-5 record. He briefly managed the all time high of 1869, but 
   his losses drag him back down. His rating is down 39 points from last week.
3. Bad week for me as well. I have a 2-2 record and fall 12 points. No change in rank.
4. Panagiotis has 6 wins this week against the likes of MoD, Timinator and Pardon which 
   catapults him to 4th place. He gains a total of 97 points!
5. Timinator rejoins the ladder after his vacation and has a bad week going 2-3.

Rank 6-10

6.  Great week for AwesomeGuy who wins 5 out of 5. He rises 54 points, but there is no change 
    in his rank.
7.  Stunning week for Njord who wins 10 games on the bounce to rise to 7th gaining 18 ranks! 
    He also gains 143 points and has the best improvement this week.
8.  Another busy week for Pardon who finishes 17 games to end with a 10-7 record. His rating
    falls by 25 points.
9.  Beren win 2 games to gain 26 rating points. No change in rank.
10. Bad week for Malakkan who has a 9-11 record. However he falls only 11 points as he has 
    some big wins as well.

Rank 11-15

11. Yulian Provoke has a 6-7 record and drops 17 rating points. He also falls by 3 ranks.
12. Drunken Master plays 17 games this week to end with a 10-7 record. He also gains 52 points
    and 6 ranks. 
13. Smileyleg has finished 0 games this week and drops one rank.
14. Bad week for Wini who has a 3-8 record. He drops 87 points and falls down from 4th to 14th. 
15. Platinum has a 1-2 record and drops by 18 points.

Rank 16-20

16. LeQuébécois_Benoit loses one game to drop by 7 points.
17. culpa is ranked for the first time on the ladder and debuts at 17. Interested to see how 
    he fares.
18. Cluster has a 2-3 record this week and gains 2 points.
19. TheRiverStyxie picks up 3 losses to drop 44 points and 6 ranks.
20. Tjoex picks up 3 losses as well to drop 39 points and 5 ranks.

For the first time in the history of MDL, we have a top 10 where all players are rated 1600+
Here's to another week of competitive gaming!

Edited 1/30/2017 19:21:23

the reports are cool touch :)

Agreed, the reports are awesome, as are the links for the games of the week. What would y'all think of doing a short video or stream analyzing these games?



Speaking of videos, one minor issue... The Strategic Greece template on the MDL is very different from the one used in the recorded WGL session. The differences include a different number of picks (6 in the video vs 5 in the MDL), different base wage (4 in the video vs 5 in the MDL), different number of starting armies (3 in the video vs 5 in the MDL), wastelands (none in the video vs 10 of 6 armies in the MDL), and very different bonuses (several bonuses [ie Epirus] are worth 1 additional wage on the MDL vs in the video, Athens gave NE Peleponesse one of its territories that it had in the WGL, and 2 bonuses in Turkey have been reapportioned into 4 bonuses in the MDL template).

In other words, the video is pleasant, but it presents a VERY different game from that which will be played on the MDL.

Removed the video for the Strat Greece template.

If someone can host streams to analyze games, that would be awesome! I'm sure we can get some of the top players to commentate.

weird that the strategic greece settings were different in the video. could have swore we did a WGL with exact same settings.

Removed the video for the Strat Greece template.

If someone can host streams to analyze games, that would be awesome! I'm sure we can get some of the top players to commentate.

I am thinking about starting a friday night stream series to touch on a variety of topics. Perhaps this can be an aspect of it.

I would vote against LD and Commanders. I would like to see more limited full dist. I put mine in the poll sent out...

https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?TemplateID=636221

Added a new feature called Weekly Report. It can be found on the home page.


It basically automates the reporting you see every week. You can check the difference from a week ago on MDL for every ranked player!


Edited 2/1/2017 09:19:33

For whatever it may be worth to those following this thread, we still will continue to publicly highlight the achievements and track the changes of the top of the MDL leaderboard

I am a fan of any maps LD or commanders, so long as they provide interesting strategic play. I have no opinion on vetos - I personally don't use any.

For me the only issue with commanders is that it would cut out non-members. As a member I'm completely fine with commander games only popping up against other members (who haven't vetoed it).

I think LD should be in. Turkey LD, WR or 16% WR is one that I'd like to see :-D

Though I guess it was SR when it appeared.

Edited 2/2/2017 02:55:27

@Chris

I would like to see more limited full dist. I put mine in the poll sent out...
https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?TemplateID=636221

Could you post some example games?


@All
I agree that MDL should have one LD template as most of the other formats are well represented(MA, no-split, extra armies, armp cap etc). However, commander/bomb card templates are not an option as they are member-only features which cut down the player base.

Not too keen on Math Wolf's suggestion to auto-veto such templates for non-members as it obviously gives members an advantage. But I'll think about.

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This is the LD template I'm considering. It is something different to France and Turkey LD. It also features auto distribution, but plays out surprisingly well. Thoughts?

Ancient Greece LD - https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=9640237

More games on Ancient Greece LD: https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=10980

It is indeed surprisingly good, the games are rarely decided on picks. It is a good template and is definitely worth adding to the ladder.

If Ancient Greece uses a setting as different as auto distribution, then I would recommend including another more vanilla/common LD template in addition.

This would give members actually a very big advantage

How do they get a big advantage? They still have to play and win the game, which is from a big pool of maps and settings.

This is the LD template I'm considering. It is something different to France and Turkey LD. It also features auto distribution, but plays out surprisingly well. Thoughts?

Ancient Greece LD - https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=9640237

I haven't played it myself, I would like the templates to keep an edge - and these kind of settings definitely give the excitement of diversity. I would be all for this one, but I think it would be nice to have an LD included that has some manual distribution as well.

A completely unrelated note: it would be nice if in the games, the date and time of creation was marked somewhere. This way I have some idea of how much I should stress about accepting a game. Since it's not marked the game might have been made an hour ago or three days ago as far as I can tell.

Edited 2/2/2017 23:57:37

How do they get a big advantage? They still have to play and win the game, which is from a big pool of maps and settings.

Say you have 5 vetoes per player and 2 member-only templates on the ladder.

Based on MW's suggestion, a non-member only gets 3 vetoes on the ladder(coz the 2 templates are auto-vetoed). On the other hand, members will get a choice of 5 vetoes which is obviously an advantage in terms of controlling what templates you play on/avoid.

A completely unrelated note: it would be nice if in the games, the date and time of creation was marked somewhere. This way I have some idea of how much I should stress about accepting a game. Since it's not marked the game might have been made an hour ago or three days ago as far as I can tell.

You can always look at the game itself to see the creation time(you have 3 days to join). Initially, I did display the creation time on player profiles. But the page is difficult to read on smaller resolutions, and so the column was removed.

You could allow members free vetoes on any template that is member-only, rather than extra vetoes that can be used on any template.

Alternately, having 2 extra vetoes isn't exactly a huge advantage in a strategic sense and it might be nice for there to be another inducement for people to buy memberships.

That is the only LD template that I like to play and the only 1v1 Auto distribution template that I like to play so I whole heartedly support this addition.