Hi all, and welcome to Season 11 of the Small Earth P/R League!

This season will begin on the 3rd of June 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=23266
Group B: https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=23267
Group C: https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=23268
Group D: https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=23269
Group E: https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=23270
Group F: https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=23271
Group G: https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=23272


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 10:
https://www.warlight.net/Forum/251637-small-earth-promotionrelegation-league-season-10?Offset=0

Edited 5/29/2017 10:55:07

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.

HISTORY OF THE LEAGUE

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

Hades claims his 2nd title as the first to have done so, except for when huddyj dominated. 
Bonsai claims runner up and is new on this list. 

League titles by clan:
Clan            	Total wins
Creative Cloud  	4
Lynx            	3
[BR] FUDEW      	1
Icelandic Turtles	1


Hades secured another title for Lynx.


Total number of season finished in group A

Name    	Number of seasons in A
TWOLKER                  	8
Master Bjarke           	8
huddyj                       	7
Gibs                    	6
Buns157                   	6
mslasm                       	6
PanagiotisTheGreekFreak 	4
iNsAnE                       	4
USA biches               	3
Lampiao                  	3
BenSeu                      	3
rocky1                       	3
Arkanton                    	3
Bonsai                   	3
Hades                    	3
Leo                     	3
Dacian Novac              	2
Pantelas                	2
slejer                    	2
gogo2711                	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
Hunta                     	1
Semicedevine               	1

Edited 8/17/2017 07:35:22

***Groups for this season***

GROUP A	
	Players
A	Hades
A	Bonsai
A	Master Bjarke
A	Leo
A	Hunta
A	gogo2711
A	Oh Noes
B	Green Turtle
B	AI
B	Insane
	
	
GROUP B	
	Players
A	Twolker
B	graemes
B	Lampiao
B	Smileyleg
B	Baer
B	Matt431
C	BlacKnight
C	Gibs
C	Pantelas
D       Juan
	
	
GROUP C	
	Players
B	DR. Love
C	Andersault
C	indibob
C	rocky1
D	Fc Bayern
D	BADA
D	Kevin Turner
D	Cata Cauda
E	Hasdrubal
E	Ameter
	
GROUP D	
	Players
C	KingNorbs
D	Private Pabse
D	Ragnar Lothbrok
D	j willy 47
D	Oilspotter
E	Soul Survivor
E	MoneyMakingMitch
E	celticfringe
E	ARandomPlayer
F	the Royal Canadian Empire

	
	
GROUP E	
	Players
D	Jammybstard
E	kryzelfiz
E	Midazolam
F	Weatherman900
F	mobtrio
F	Coronel Gavilan
F	kitler
F	Bayern munchen is the best
G 	MikeTheShortOne
G 	Etienne
	
	
GROUP F	
	Players
G 	jacob
G 	flufydragon
G	Archdruid
G	xxroid
NEW	PhucilliJerry
NEW	Tof
NEW	Drizzy Drake
NEW	Domass
NEW	Hado #88
	
	
	
GROUP G	
	Players
NEW	Mort
NEW	Kezzo
NEW	Sandgroper
NEW	ncognito
NEW	bigbear
NEW	Kaerox
OPEN
OPEN	
OPEN	
OPEN	

Edited 8/17/2017 07:16:06

New players joining next season:
- Mortar man
https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=6825793393
- Winston Churchill
https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=5751002104
- Mort
https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=6683873992
- MilesAhead
https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=4879493212
- Lew
https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=9179805175


Players leaving after this season:

Edited 8/14/2017 16:26:11

___________________________________________________________________________________
RESULTS - FINAL STANDINGS

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________
GROUP A			
	Players 	Result	Place	Next season?
B	AI      	7-1	1st	
B	Green Turtle	6-2	2nd	
A	gogo2711	5-3	3rd	
A	Master Bjarke	4-4	4th	
B	Insane   	4-4	5th	
A	Leo     	4-4	6th	
A	Hunta    	3-5	7th	
A	Bonsai  	2-6	8th	
A	Oh Noes  	1-7	9th	
A	Hades			Declined



__________________________________________________________________________________
GROUP B			
	Players 	Result	Place	Next season?
B	Baer    	8-0	1st	A
D	Juan    	7-1	2nd	A
B	graemes  	6-2	3rd	A
A	Twolker 	4-4	4th	
B	Smileyleg	4-4	5th	
C	BlacKnight	3-5	6th	
B	Lampiao 	2-6	7th	
B	Matt431 	1-7	8th	
C	Pantelas	1-7	9th	
C	Gibs	         		did not join




__________________________________________________________________________________
GROUP C				
	Players 	Result	Place	Next season?	Tiebreakers
B      	DR. Love	7-1	1st		
D	BADA    	6-2	2nd		
D	Kevin Turner	4-4	3rd     		2-1 1-0
E	Hasdrubal	4-4	4th      		2-1 0-1
C	indibob 	4-4	5th     		1-2 1-0
E	Ameter  	4-4	6th     		1-2 0-1
C	Andersault	3-5	7th		
D	Fc Bayern	3-5	8th		
D	Cata Cauda	1-7	9th		
C	rocky1			Declined	



__________________________________________________________________________________
GROUP D			
	Players 	Result	Place	Next season?    Tiebreakers
D	Ragnar Lothbrok	8-0	1st		
D	Private Pabse	7-1	2nd		
C	KingNorbs	5-3	3rd		
E	MoneyMakingMitc	4-4	4th		
D	Oilspotter	3-5	5th     		2-1 1-1 boots:0 1-0
E	ARandomPlayer	3-5	6th	        	2-1 1-1 boots:0 0-1
E	Soul Survivor	3-5	7th	Removed for boo	2-1 1-1 boots:4
F	the Royal Canad	3-5	8th	        	0-3
E	celticfringe	0-8	9th		
D	j willy 47			Declined	



__________________________________________________________________________________
GROUP E				
	Players       	Result	Place	Next season?    	
D	Jammybstard	9-0	1st	
E	Midazolam	6-3	2nd	
F	Weatherman900	6-3	3rd	
G 	MikeTheShortOne	5-4	4th	
E	kryzelfiz	5-4	5th	
F	kitler   	4-5	6th	
F	mobtrio  	4-5	7th	
G 	Etienne 	3-6	8th	
F	Bayern munchen 	2-7	9th	
F	Coronel Gavilan	1-8	10th	




__________________________________________________________________________________
GROUP F				
	Players        Result	Place	Next season?
NEW	Tof     	5-1	1st	
NEW	Octane  	4-2	2nd	
G 	jacob    	4-2	3rd	
NEW	PhucilliJerry	3-3	4th	
NEW	There is no suc	3-3	5th	
G	Archdruid	2-4	6th	
NEW	Domass     	0-6	7th	removed for boots
G 	flufydragon			did not join
G	xxroid	        		did not join



__________________________________________________________________________________
GROUP G				
	Players 	Result	Place	Next season?
NEW	Master Turtle	4-1	1st	
NEW	Kaerox   	4-1	2nd	
NEW	bigbear 	3-2	3rd	
NEW	Kezzo   	3-2	4th	
NEW	tomjh   	1-4	5th	
NEW	Sandgroper	0-5	6th	
NEW	Incognito			did not join

	

Edited 8/14/2017 16:13:14

P/R Guide


Preliminary groups next season.

GROUP A

A
A
A
A
A
A
A
B
B
B


GROUP B

A
A
B
B
B
B
C
C
C
D


GROUP C

B
B
C
C
C
C
D
D
D
E

GROUP D

C
C
D
D
D
E
E
E
E
F


GROUP E

D
E
E
E
E
F
F
F
G



GROUP F

E
F
F
G
G
G
G
G
NEW
NEW
NEW
NEW
NEW
Open slots for more player

Edited 8/14/2017 16:40:05

Looking on F and G groups, I recommend that you make 2 F groups (F1 and F2) so each of groups will be equall toward promotion to higher group. If, by the chance there will be more players added, let 3rd group be there.

If at the end of the season there are enough existing players to create unique F group, best positioned players should end there, and the rest, with new players will go to G group.

Regarding current proposal, some of new players will go to group F and the rest to group G, what I consider unfair.

I'll join

Count me in too, please

bigbear and Kearox have been added to the league in group G.

/Hasdrubal: I think two groups would be a fine way of doing it next season. This season will be done with qualifier, as I created those before you wrote this. I dont see why you consider it unfair though, when it is actually decided by a game rather than pure ramdomness?


Tournaments for this season are now live! Please join as soon as possible everybody. I was thinking about starting it next friday, but that may be a bit short time to join. Maybe start full groups at that time and give a bit more time for people who are yet to join? What do you guys think?

p.s. there are still open spots in group G for new players, just let me know as soon as possible if you want to join the league :)

Or, you can (if there will be no more player) push all F and G players in single group (right now it is number of 13 players). When I joined, I was in last group with 20 participants.

Wow. Season 9 I didn't get promoted nor demoted. Season 10 I get a double promotion. I guess it just goes to show how much stress can impact your play...

I can't play this league I'm afraid, not enough time at the mo. So I'll have to drop out, need to keep that 67% group A ratio too so I can lord it over you all.
Thanks Bjarke and huddyj for all the work. You guys are awesome.

Sad to hear Hades :(. Hope to see you back in the future.



I am starting full groups now. Any players who are still to join their group have gotten a message about it, but I will wait a bit with starting those (luckily we got A going straight away - we are slow in that group). I will wait untill some time next week before starting a group without someone, as it have not been that long since people got invited for groups.


p.s. Last call for new players who want to join this season. Please write me very soon if you want to join.

Edited 6/2/2017 18:28:55

I'll make a return to this competition :)

when will this start?

Season 11 already started. You can see the tourney links in the first post

I would like to join the next season

I accidentally asked to play this season in my message, I meant next season