Season I of Seasonal Ladder started today, and I already see interesting pairs like The Impaller vs. Fizzer, lol

Much to my dismay :)

What does everyone think of the game settings so far?

Fun fact: After territory selection, you can use history right away to see what your opponent's picks were -- you don't need to wait until the game is over.

|> Fun fact: After territory selection, you can use history right away to see what your opponent's picks were -- you don't need to wait until the game is over.

I discovered that fun fact right after the game start :P

Fizzer, how is that possible? Is it true of all games now or some specific aspect of that ladder template?

Never mind, missed the light fog bit in my first glance at the template.

Makes sense then that you should see their order priority since you already know where they are starting.

How many completed games does it take before people get ranked? Is it also 10? If so, could you lower it / disable it for the seasonal ladder? Otherwise we won't get to see any ranks during 2/3rds of the season, or even all season long if people don't finish their last games early enough.
And maybe add a number to the names, indicating the number of games they have already completed that season?

|> *How many completed games does it take before people get ranked?*

5

97 way tie for first place!

Can this trend continue? Experts say: No, no it will not.

I noticed no player has received more than 5 games yet, even those who have already finished all 5 of them - is this so by design, are games only played in pairs of 5? So all players have to wait for the last 1-5 games to finish, before the following 6-10 games commence? Or is the ladder broken? Just curious.

From http://wiki.warlight.net/index.php/Seasonal_Ladder:

|> *On the first day of a season, every player will get 4 games. Every 4 days after that, one more game is added until all players have 15 games.*

The season is 6 days old. Therefore, in two days, everyone will get their 6th game.

I am too lazy to actually *read* the wiki :-( sry

Couldn't you wait 20 more days and start the season on January the 1st?

I'm wondering how new players actually get games...

say there's 80 players in the ladder with 5 games.. then 3 new players join.. the first day each of them gains 1 game.. now no one has another game to give for 2 more days, but you have 3 games that need to be filled.. new player 1 and 2 can play each other, and tomorrow 2 and 3, or 1 and 3.. but you can't give new player 1-2-3 new games without forcing someone out of the limit set by Season I rules..

Fizzer mentioned in another thread here that newcomers get one game per day until they catch up.

http://warlight.net/Forum/Thread.aspx?ThreadID=2544

And it was also said that some players may have to play 16 games during the season, simply due to mathematics (they'll be neither rewarded nor penalized for this).