Welcome all to season 17 of the Small Earth Promotion/Relegation League!

Thank you to all our participants in season 16! This league is fun because it is competitive, and every player involved contributes to that competitiveness.
Once again, it's great to see a large number of new players are joining this season, so welcome to you and good luck! Thank you for getting involved!

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The Small Earth Promotion/Relegation League is a seasonal group of round-robin tournaments, always on the “Small Earth” map, with standard settings. Game template: https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?TemplateID=721086

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.

If you would like to join the league, simply ask on this thread. New players will be added to the wait-list, and will begin in an expansion group next season (season 18).

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This season will consists of six groups (A-F) limited to 10 players per group, and three expansion groups (G1-G3), also limited to 10 players per group. Each tournament is set at 5 games at once with a 3-day boot time.

Rule change! Players taking more than 3 vacations in a single season will no longer be kicked from the league. Instead, they will receive an automatic relegation.

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Tournament links for each group are listed below:
Group A: https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=31074
Group B: https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=31075
Group C: https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=31076
Group D: https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=31077
Group E: https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=31078
Group F: https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=31103
Group G1: https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=31104
Group G2: https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=31105
Group G3: https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer/Tournament?ID=31106

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The start date for season 17 will be Sunday, October 27, however players will be allowed an extra week if needed to join their group.
Groups will be created and invitations sent no later than Sunday, October 20. This will give everyone a maximum of two weeks to join their group tournament.

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You can get all the tournament links and league history for last season by checking out the thread from the league restart: https://www.warzone.com/Forum/378000-small-earth-promotionrelegation-league-season-16

Edited 10/25/2019 04:55:23

Small Earth P/R 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 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 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 promotions to keep the groups filled.

Payers are kicked from the league if they have 3 or more boots in a season. Kicked players are allowed to return, but only as a new player in the bottom group.
Vacations are honoured, however, any player taking more than 3 vacations in a single season will receive an automatic relegation.

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 are penalised in resolving ties not solved by the head to head rule. Booted players are moved to the bottom 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 tie 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 10/17/2019 23:35:50

History of the Small Earth League/Hall of Fame (to season 16)

League Administrators (to season 17)
huddyj: Seasons 1-8
Master Bjarke: Seasons 9-13
wakanarai: Seasons 14-15
huddyj: Restart & Seasons 16-17


Hall of Fame

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League Champions (to season 16)
Name: (Winner/Runner-Up)
huddyj (5/1)
AI (3/0)
Hades (2/0)
TWOLKER (1/1)
Buns157 (1/1)
Arkanton (1/1)
Bonsai (1/1)
gogo2711 (1/0)
Hunta (1/0)
Master Bjarke (0/3)
PanagiotisTheGr (0/2)
Baer (0/2)
iNsAnE (0/1)
Green Turtle (0/1)
Juan (0/1)
Suschel (0/1)

huddyj won Group A in Season 16, with Suschel finishing in 2nd position.

League titles by clan (to season 16)
Clan: (Wins)
Creative Cloud (5)
Lynx (3)
M'Hunters (3)
[BR] FUDEW (1)
Icelandic Turtles (1)
Hydra (1)
Outlaws (1)
Not part of a clan (1)
huddyj's victory in season 16 gives Creative Cloud their fifth title.

Most Seasons in Group A (to season 16)
Name: (Number of seasons in A)
Master Bjarke (11)
iNsAnE (9)
TWOLKER (8)
huddyj (8)
Gibs (6)
Buns157 (6)
mslasm (6)
Bonsai (6)
Hunta (5)
PanagiotisTheGreekFreak (4)
Leo (4)
gogo2711 (4)
Lampiao (4)
AI (4)
Oh Noes (4)
Baer (4)
USA Biches (3)
BenSeu (3)
rocky1 (3)
Arkanton (3)
Hades (3)
graemes (3)
Dacian Novac (2)
Pantelas (2)
slejer (2)
smileyleg (2)
Private Pabse (2)
BlacKnight (2)
PhucilliJerry (2)
Slats (1)
Pink (1)
Diplomatic Immunity (1)
kirdol (1)
slydog384 (1)
Philip B (1)
Sultan Kosmitow (1)
Kevin Turner (1)
Aneksen (1)
Super Smoove (1)
DR. Love (1)
Green Turtle (1)
Juan (1)
Cata Cauda (1)
Matt431 (1)
Octane (1)
Suschel (1)
Rheumakay (1)
dauti (1)
Ragnar Lothbrok (1)
GuestNWHSzY (1)
ARand0mPlayer (1)
Seggel (1)

Edited 10/20/2019 23:23:01

Season 17: The New Ranking System

Ranking points will be earned each time you win a game in Group A, B, C, D and E. The higher the group you are in, the more ranking points you receive each time you win, as listed below:

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Group A will give 8 ranking points per win.
Group B will give 4 ranking points per win.
Group C will give 2 ranking points per win.
Group D will give 1 ranking point per win.
Group E will give 0.5 ranking points per win.

All players participating in the league will begin season 16 on with zero ranking points. This allows the League Champion of Season 16 to become our first #1 ranked player.

Points will be accumulated over the 3 most recent seasons of the Small Earth P/R League (from Season 16 onward), with 100% points awarded for the most recent 2 seasons, and 50% points awarded for the season before that. Maximum points would be 9 wins in Group A, giving 72 points for two seasons, and 36 points for the 3rd season, for a maximum possible score of (72+72+36) 180 points.

Please Note: This ranking system is just for a bit of fun, and designed for league bragging rights only. It has nothing to do with normal promotions/relegations.

Current Player Rankings

Rank	Points	Name
1	64	huddyj
2	48	Suschel
3	48	Rheumakay
4	32	dauti
5	24	GuestNWHSzY
6	24	PhucilliJerry
7	24	Ragnar Lothbrok
8	24	ADHDnl
9	20	iNsAnE
10	16	graemes
11	16	ARand0mPlayer
12	16	Hunta
13	14	Baer
14	14	rocky1
15	12	SNDBX
16	12	bzox
17	10	Ameter
18	10	k.o.
19	10	Tof
20	10	Fc Bayern
21	10	kirdol
22	8	Seggel
23	8	mslasm
24	8	Hasdrubal
25	5	KaitoS
26	5	Meldarion
27	5	Diestramenos
28	4	Thorben
29	4	Checkmqte
30	4	Olja
31	3	jac
32	2	Bonsai
33	2	Taji
34	2	Kevin Turner
35	2	Cata Cauda
36	1.5	GeniusJKlopp
37	1.5	Matt431
38	1	Brian the Brave
39	1	s1gmoyd
40	0.5	Star-Lord

Edited 10/20/2019 23:35:30

Season 17: Groups

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Group A: 10 players
1st-7th in Group A
huddyj
Suschel
Rheumakay
dauti
GuestNWHSzY
PhucilliJerry
Ragnar Lothbrok
1st-3rd in Group B
ADHDnl
iNsAnE
graemes

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Group B: 10 players
8th in Group A
ARand0mPlayer
4th-6th in Group B
Hunta
SNDBX
bzox
1st-4th in Group C
Baer
rocky1
Ameter
k.o.
1st-2nd in Group D
KaitoS
Meldarion

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Group C: 10 players
7th in Group B
Checkmqte
5th-7th in Group C
Tof
Fc Bayern
kirdol
3rd-5th in Group D
Diestramenos
Thorben
jac
1st-3rd in Group E
Cata Cauda
GeniusJKlopp
Matt431

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Group D: 10 players
8th-9th in Group C
Hasdrubal
Taji
6th in Group D
Kevin Turner
4th in Group E
Brian the Brave
1st-2nd in Group F1
ZZA
BlacKnight
1st-2nd in Group F2
Lew
Tainted Monk
1st-2nd in Group F3
Hazelnut
koso

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Group E: 10 players
5th in Group E
s1gmoyd
3rd-5th in Group F1
tris
{101st} Syphen
Pavluski, dropped out, replaced by mslasm from Group B
3rd-5th in Group F2
Hergul
Octane
Andre Laufmöller
3rd-5th in Group F3
Menda
hi
Viking1007

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Group F: 10 players
6th in Group E
Star-Lord
6th-8th in Group F1
Linws2
Roele
Not Hitler
6th-8th in Group F2
Fizzer
(Teishi) mōshiwakearimasen min'na
roan
6th -8th in Group F3
888
Boakill
BST

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Group G1: (10 players)
Aaariel
Andy Howard
Captain Trips
Dianne Abrams
Exile
jimmy
krinid
Kwame
Saleen147
sunsetslimited

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Group G2: (10 players)
Arth
battlebot
DrApe
(chaos) I stabbed the lord and got chat-banned
Lena
LMJ
Nekschot
optism
Savania
Serpens Solidus

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Group G3: (10 players)
Blindigo
Dummy
Glass
Kris
Kryger
Matthew
RAS
riskboy88
swiekr
the Bloody-Nine

Edited 10/25/2019 04:48:26

Season 17: Wait-List + Dropouts

Drop-Outs
Taji (declined Group D)
Akai the Guy (inactive, removed from Group G1)


Wait-List
El steveo XIII https://www.warzone.com/Profile?p=3270703393
Spencer https://www.warzone.com/Profile?p=53112309202

Edited 10/25/2019 04:52:22

Season 17: Final Group Standings

Edited 10/17/2019 23:46:56

Season 17: P/R Guide

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G1	G2	G3

A   	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
B   	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
C   	0	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
D   	0	0	3	4	3	0	0	0	0
E   	0	0	0	3	4	3	0	0	0
F   	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	4	4	2 'F' groups next season
G   	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	6	6	allows more promotions from G
Leaving	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kicked	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Edited 10/17/2019 23:55:05

Season 17: Updates

All Groups have started early apart from Group C and Group A. Good luck to all!

Edited 10/25/2019 04:54:29

Invitations have been sent for all groups!

Gl hf all

looks cool. Looking forward to it.
gl everyone :)

Woo! We’re in boys! Glhf

hey guys
i updated the sheet for S17

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12afl9z8HGkipNLbgGEKItI2r85egLlSC9s6AusqVF0w

feel free to suggest things for optimization

gl&hf @all

How do I join?

Thanks huddyj for organizing the league again and thanks Rheumakay for the Spreadsheet. Looks great!
@huddyj: I think you forgot me regarding the category "most seasons in A". Should be 1 now;)

Good luck everyone for Season 17!

Quick suggestion;

As group F is no longer designed for new players, should it be added to the spreadsheet?

Good luck to everyone this season!

@Suschel, thanks for picking that up. I forgot to add in all the players who had just had their first season in Group A. Fixed now.

@ Teishi, Group F is included in the spreadsheet. Group A to E are on the S17 tab, and Group F and the 'G' groups are on the Q17 tab. I think the reason for this is that the ranking system I introduced only gives points once a player reaches Group E or higher, so it's a natural place to split the pages.

@El steveo XIII, you join by posting on this thread. I'll add you to the waitlist.

The current player rankings have now been added to "The New Ranking System" section for those interested. :)

Sorry i mentioned it just at the old thread (https://www.warzone.com/Forum/378000-small-earth-promotionrelegation-league-season-16?Offset=101)
huddyj guessed it right - since you cant reach points for the ranking system i put F on the Q17 page

Edited 10/21/2019 15:44:23