Hi all, and welcome to Season 10 of the Small Earth P/R League!

This season will begin in April and there are currently open spots for anyone who wants to join.

The Small Earth Promotion/Relegation League is a seasonal group of round-robin tournaments, always on the “Small Earth” map with standard 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.

This season is made up of seven groups of up to 10 players (A through to G). Each is set at 5 games at once with a 3-day boot time.

No rules are changed from last season.

Links for the tournaments of this season:

Group A: https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=22647
Group B: https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=22648
Group C: https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=22649
Group D: https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=22650
Group E: https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=22651
Group F: https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=22652
Group G: https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=22653


New players can join by writing in this thread or sending me a message.


You can get all the tournament links and league history for last season by checking out the thread from Season 9:
https://www.warlight.net/Forum/241594-small-earth-promotionrelegation-league-season-9?Offset=0

Edited 4/3/2017 05:55:03

SMALL EARTH 1v1 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 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 a default – a player becoming inactive or asking to bow out of the league – there can be more promotions and less relegations 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 means fewer relegations and more super-promotions to keep the groups filled.

Payers are kicked from the league if they have 3 or more boots in a season, or 2 boots in two consecutive seasons, unless there is a really good reason for the boots. Kicked players can only return as a new player in the bottom group.
Vacations are honoured, however, any player taking more than 3 vacations in a single season will be kicked from the league and can only return in future season as a new player in the bottom group.

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 is penalized in resolving ties not solved by the head to head rule. Booted players are moved to the buttom 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 tier 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.

Edited 3/21/2017 17:53:07

HISTORY OF THE LEAGUE

No. top finishes 
	       Wins	Runner ups
huddyj  	4	1
TWOLKER 	1	1
Buns157 	1	1
Arkanton	1	1
Hades   	1	0
gogo2711	1	0
Master Bjarke	0	2
PanagiotisTheGr	0	2
iNsAnE  	0	1


gogo2711 is new on the list, after claiming the title last season, in his first season. 
Panagiotis got his second runner up finish, having lost to gogo on head-to-head tiebreak. 

Total seasons played in group A: 
Name    	Number of seasons in A
huddyj          	7
TWOLKER         	7
Master Bjarke   	7
Gibs            	6
Buns157         	6
mslasm          	5
PanagiotisTheGreekFreak	4
iNsAnE           	4
USA biches      	3
Lampiao         	3
BenSeu           	3
rocky1          	3
Arkanton        	3
Dacian Novac     	2
Pantelas        	2
slejer          	2
Bonsai          	2
Hades           	2
Leo             	2
Slats           	1
Pink               	1
Diplomatic Immunity	1
kirdol           	1
slydog384        	1
Philip B           	1
Sultan Kosmitow 	1
Kevin Turner       	1
Aneksen          	1
smileyleg          	1
PhucilliJerry       	1
Super Smoove        	1
DR. Love         	1
gogo2711        	1

TWOLKER and I have now caught up to Huddyj after his retirement. Both of us are in A 
for next season, so top rank is going to change. 

Best debut: 
Arkanton, Hades and gogo2711 1st (s6/s8/s9)
Master Bjarke and iNsAnE 2nd (s3/s6)
mslasm and Sultan Kosmitow 3rd (s2/ s3)

gogo2711 joined the best debuts in the league, having won his debut season with a 7-2 record. 
Actually now 3 out of the 6 players who have won the title have done so in their debut season 
(and only in their debut), which I think is quite amazing.  

Most winning clans: 
Creative Cloud   	4
Lynx             	2
[BR] FUDEW      	1
Icelandic Turtles	1

as gogo is not in a clan, there is no change here. 

Edited 3/21/2017 18:16:42

GROUPS FOR THIS SEASON

GROUP A	
	Players
A	gogo2711
A	Bonsai
A	Hades
A	mslasm
A	Master Bjarke
A	Leo
A	TWOLKER
B	Semicedevine
B	Oh Noes
B	Hunta



GROUP B	 
	Players
A	DR. Love
A	iNsAnE
B	Baer
B	Lampiao
B	Matt431
B	Smileyleg
C	graemes
C	Suschel
C	AI
D	Green Turtle




GROUP C
	Players
B	rocky1
B	Gibs
B	KingNorbs
C	BlacKnight
C	ALE
C	indibob
C	Pantelas
D	Pardon99
D	Andersault
E	Dogberry




GROUP D
	Players
C	j willy 47
C	Kevin Turner
D	Private Pabse
D	BADA
D	Jammybstard
D	Oilspotter
E	Ragnar Lothbrok
E	Cata Cauda
E	Fc Bayern
F	Juan




GROUP E
	Players
D	ARandomPlayer
E	Hasdrubal
E	Ameter
E	MoneyMakingMitch
F	Soul Survivor
F	Naglfar
F	Zanbato
F	Midazolam
G 	kryzelfiz
G 	celticfringe



GROUP F
	Players
E	Coronel Gavilan
F	the Royal Canadian Empire
F	Bayern munchen is the best
F	Weatherman900
G 	Oliver
G	mobtrio
G	Gears of war
G	blat.be-bop
H	kasse84
H	kitler



GROUP G	
	Players
F	Etienne
G	Captain Trips
G 	Winged Hussars
G 	nitras
H	flufydragon
H	Archdruid
H	xxroid
NEW     jacob
NEW     MikeTheShortOne 
        

Edited 4/3/2017 06:02:40

WAITLIST AND DROPOUTS

Waitlist to join next season: .

Incognito
Tof
Kezzo
PhucilliJerry
Drizzy Drake
TheDom
Domass
Mort
Byakuya Kuchiki
Sandgroper


Player leaving after this season:

Naglfar
Suschel
Pardon99
Gears of war
Dogberry
Captain Trips
kasse84
mslasm

Edited 5/17/2017 15:47:47

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RESULTS - FINAL STANDINGS

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will be updated as groups finishes in season 10
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GROUP A			
	Players 	Result	Place	Next season?
A	Hades   	7-1	1st	A
A	Bonsai  	6-2	2nd	A
A	Master Bjarke	6-2	3rd	A
A	Leo     	5-3	4th	A
B	Hunta   	5-3	5th	A
A	gogo2711	4-4	6th	A
A	mslasm   	2-6	7th	Dropping out
B	Oh Noes  	1-7     8th	A
A	Twolker   	0-8	9th	B


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GROUP B			
	Players  	Result	Place
D	Green Turtle	9-0	1st
C	AI      	6-3	2nd
A	Insane   	6-3	3rd
C	Suschel  	5-4	4th
C	graemes  	5-4	5th
B	Lampiao 	4-5	6th
B	Smileyleg	3-6	7th
B	Baer    	3-6	8th
B	Matt431 	2-7	9th
A	DR. Love	2-7	10th


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GROUP C				
	Players 	Result	Place	Next season?
C	BlacKnight	7-1	1st	
B	Gibs    	6-2	2nd	
E	Dogberry	5-3	3rd	Dropping out
D	Pardon99	5-3	4th	Dropping out
C	Pantelas	4-4	5th	
D	Andersault	4-4	6th	
C	indibob 	2-6	7th	
B	rocky1  	2-6	8th	
B	KingNorbs	1-7	9th	


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GROUP D			
	Players 	Result	Place	Next season?
F	Juan    	7-2	1st	B
E	Fc Bayern	7-2	2nd	C
D	BADA    	6-3	3rd	C
C	Kevin Turner	6-3	4th	C
E	Cata Cauda	6-3	5th	C
D	Private Pabse	4-5	6th	D
E	Ragnar Lothbrok	4-5	7th	D
C	j willy 47	2-7	8th	D
D	Oilspotter	2-7	9th	D
D	Jammybstard	1-8	10th	E


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GROUP E				
	Players 	Result	Place	Next season?    	Tiebreak
E	Hasdrubal	8-1	1st		
E	Ameter  	6-3	2nd		
F	Soul Survivor	5-4	3rd	                 	Points win against: 23
E	MoneyMakingMitc	5-4	4th	                	19
G 	celticfringe	5-4	5th	                	17
D	ARandomPlayer	4-5	6th	                       	1-1, 1-0
G 	kryzelfiz	4-5	7th	                    	1-1, 0-1
F	Zanbato 	4-5	8th	Removed for boots	boots resolves the tie
F	Midazolam	3-6	9th		
F	Naglfar 	1-8	10th	Dropping out	


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GROUP F				
	Players          	Result	Place	Next season?
H	kasse84         	8-0	1st	
F	the Royal Canadian Empi	6-2	2nd	
G	Gears of war    	5-3	3rd	dropping out
F	Weatherman900   	5-3	4th	
G	mobtrio         	4-4	5th	
E	Coronel Gavilan  	3-5	6th	
H	kitler          	3-5	7th	
F	Bayern munchen is the b	2-6	8th	
G 	Oliver   	0-8	9th	Removed for boots


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GROUP G				
	Players	Result	Place	Next season?

	Players 	Result	Place
NEW	MikeTheShortOne	5-1	1st
F	Etienne 	5-1	2nd
NEW	jacob   	4-2	3rd
H	flufydragon	3-3	4th
H	Archdruid	3-3	5th
H	xxroid  	1-5	6th
G	Captain Trips	0-6	7th

Edited 5/26/2017 08:22:18

Season 10 P/R Guide:

Group A
9 players, 0 leaving. 8-9 relegates. 
Next season: 7A, 3B

Group B 
10 players, 1 leaving. 1-3th promotes, 4-8th stays, 9-10th relegates. 
Next season: 2A, 4B, 3C, 1D

Group C
9 players, 2 leaving. 1-3th promotes, 4-8th stays, 9th relegates
Next season: 2B, 3C, 4D, 1E

Group D
10 players, 0 leaving. 1st superpromotes to B, 2-5th promotes. 6-9th stays. 10th relegates. 
Next season: 1C, 4D, 4E, 1F


Group E
10 players, 1 leaving. 1st superpromotes to C, 2-5th promotes, 6-9th stays, 10th relegates (leaving league)
Next season: 1D, 4E, 3F, 2G

Group F
9 players, 1 leaving. 1st superpromotes to D, 2-5th promotes (1 leaving league), 6-9th stays. 
Next season: 4F, 4G 

Group G
7players. 1-2nd superpromotes to E, 3-6th promotes. 7th stays.  
Next season: 1G, 7NEW, 2OpenSpots

This makes the last two groups 8 players currently.

Edited 4/26/2017 10:25:33

also if anyone would be interesting in posting current standings in e.g. their own group, during the season, it would be more than welcome :)

hi Master Bjarke
can you add me to the league?

Yea I have added you now :)

Thanks for your effort in continuing this league :)

Currently Group E is in a heated race to see who will be in last place (to join). ARandom Player and Ameter are in danger of losing, as I have secured 8th place. Only time will tell how this matchup will turn out!

The groups will start next weekend, so that is deadline for people to join their group.

I would like to join, if there's still space available.

sure. Invite sent :)

Most groups have all players joined, or is awaiting 1 player to respond. I have send a mail to all not joined. Group G have only 2 players joined so far out of 9 (although Mike have only just been invited), so might end up as a small group.

Edited 3/28/2017 10:51:35

The new season have now begun. Group A and C will have only 9 players as ALE declined and Semicedevine did not join. I expect there to be 2 relegation spots from those group this season (assuming no drop outs). 2 players in G and 1 in F did not join, but of course no relegation spots anyway from G and F will have 1-2 relegation as things stand at the moment.
Group B have not been started as I await Lampião to come back from vacation tomorrow and have a chance to join the group. I inviteted the wrong Lampião at first (probably because I keep spelling it Lampiao and then invited the player named that), so he was not invited untill he was on the vacation allready.

On that note I will like to say that mistakes like that can happen but that is also part of the reason that the comming groups are posted on the forum, so that everyone can see when the season starts and check that they are in the group that the expect to be in :)

Good luck all! :)

Can I start next season?

Hi all, and welcome to Season 9 of the Small Earth P/R League!

Correct this in opening thread - this is Season 10, not 9. Thanks.

Can I start next season?.

I can put you on the wait list for next season and you can join when that starts. Season 10 groups have just begun.

Alright, thanks!