Editing Seasonal Ladder

'''Seasonal Ladder''' is a kind of ladder which was announced by Fizzer on the 23rd of November, 2011<sup class="plainlinks">[https://www.warzone.com/blog/index.php/2011/11/announcing-the-seasonal-ladder/]</sup>. Unlike the other ladders, which are never-ending grinds for top spot, the seasonal ladder is divided into a 60 days seasons, where each season will use different [[settings]]. The first season started on 9 December, 2011<sup class="plainlinks">[https://www.warzone.com/LadderSeason?ID=4000]</sup>.

== Games ==
Each player that plays in a season will get 20 games <sup>[[#Notes|*]]</sup>, and will never play the same opponent more than once.

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 20 games. If a player joins the season late or leaves it early, they are not guaranteed to get 20 games. However, the ladder will try to catch them up with the crowd.

=== Force-finish ===
In order to ensure a winner can be declared and the rankings can be finalized, all games in a season must end by the ending date, which is exactly 60 days after it began. If a game isn't finished when the season ends, Warzone will immediately end it. The winner will be determined by adding up how many armies each player controls on the [[map]], then adding in each player's income times two.

Players are expected to make a reasonable effort to finish a game before the season ends.  If you try to intentionally win a game by force-finish that you would have otherwise lost, the win will be taken away from you.

== Rankings ==
The rankings are determined using the same ELO scale that the existing [[ladders]] use, with one small modification, players who play fewer than 20 games (due to leaving the ladder early or joining late) get a penalty of 65 rating points per game. It’s best to join the season before it starts and stay in it for the whole 60 days to ensure you do not receive a penalty. The penalty exists to ensure that players can't get a game from the system by intentionally joining the season late and riding to a high-rank by getting a few lucky games.

== Rules ==
A player may only play on the Seasonal Ladder with one account per season. Violations will be punished with a suspension on all implicated accounts.

Manipulation of the force-finish in the Seasonal Ladder is not allowed, and the use of vacations towards the end of a season leading to force-finish will be considered especially suspicious. Violations will be punished with a suspension. In egregious cases results may be modified, possibly resulting in the loss of games and/or trophies.

== Notes ==
<nowiki>*</nowiki> - some players may get more games, since there are cases where it's not mathematically possible to give everyone exactly the same amount without duplicates. Getting more games is neither an advantage nor disadvantage. <!---Explain this statement [[User:DanWL60]]-->


== List of winners ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! Season !! Winner !! Started
|-
| Season I || Rubik87	 || 12/9/2011 
|-
| Season II || PaniX	 || 2/9/2012
|-
| Season III || Rubik87	|| 4/13/2012
|-
| Season IV || Fizzer	|| 6/19/2012
|-
| Season V || professor dead piggy || 8/21/2012
|-
| Season VI || unknownsoldier ||  10/22/2012
|-
| Season VII || fatality ||  1/2/2013
|-
| Season VIII  || Heyheuhei || 3/5/2013
|-
| Season IX    || brisk • apex || 5/7/2013
|-
| Season X   || The Duke of Ben || 7/9/2013
|-
| Season XI || Yeon || 9/10/2013
|-
| Season XII  || Ruthless Bastard || 11/12/2013
|-
| Season XIII || Krzychu || 1/15/2014
|-
| Season XIV  || Killua Zaoldyeck || 3/31/2014
|-
| Season XV || JV || 6/10/2014
|-
| Season XVI   || Verzehrer	 || 8/12/2014
|-
| Season XVII || Gol D. Roger || 11/4/2014
|-
| Season XVIII || timon92 || 1/23/2015
|-
| Season XIX  || Rento || 4/22/2015
|-
| Season XX   || Latnox || 7/10/2015
|-
| Season XXI || #Master [QB] || 9/28/2015
|-
| Season XXII  || master of desaster || 12/10/2015
|-
| Season XXIII || Master Jz || 2/11/2016
|-
| Season XXIV || MisterT || 5/16/2016
|-
| Season XXV || timon92 || 8/15/2016
|-
| Season XXVI || USA Biches || 11/2/2016
|-
| Season XXVII || master of desaster || 1/9/2017
|-
| Season XXVIII || Master of the Dead || 3/13/2017
|-
| Season XXIX || Master of the Dead || 6/16/2017
|-
| Season XXX || Rento || 9/3/2017
|}

== See also ==
* [[1 v 1 Ladder]]
* [[2 v 2 Ladder]]
* [[Real-Time Ladder]]

{{Seasonal Ladder seasons}}

[[:Category:Ladders]]
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-'''Seasonal Ladder''' is a Warzone [[ladder]] which was announced by Fizzer on the 23rd of November, 2011<sup class="plainlinks">[https://www.warzone.com/blog/index.php/2011/11/announcing-the-seasonal-ladder/]</sup>. Unlike the other ladders, which are never-ending grinds for top spot, the seasonal ladder is divided into a 60 days seasons, where each season will use different [[settings]]. The first season started on 9 December, 2011<sup class="plainlinks">[https://www.warzone.com/LadderSeason?ID=4000]</sup>.
+'''Seasonal Ladder''' is a kind of ladder which was announced by Fizzer on the 23rd of November, 2011<sup class="plainlinks">[https://www.warzone.com/blog/index.php/2011/11/announcing-the-seasonal-ladder/]</sup>. Unlike the other ladders, which are never-ending grinds for top spot, the seasonal ladder is divided into a 60 days seasons, where each season will use different [[settings]]. The first season started on 9 December, 2011<sup class="plainlinks">[https://www.warzone.com/LadderSeason?ID=4000]</sup>.
 == Games ==
 Each player that plays in a season will get 20 games <sup>[[#Notes|*]]</sup>, and will never play the same opponent more than once.
-On the first day of a season, every player will get 4 games. Every 3 days after that, one more game is added until all players have 20 games. If a player joins the season late or leaves it early, they are not guaranteed to get 20 games. However, the ladder will try to catch them up with the crowd.  It will not create games for the last 11 days of the season.
+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 20 games. If a player joins the season late or leaves it early, they are not guaranteed to get 20 games. However, the ladder will try to catch them up with the crowd.
 === Force-finish ===
 In order to ensure a winner can be declared and the rankings can be finalized, all games in a season must end by the ending date, which is exactly 60 days after it began. If a game isn't finished when the season ends, Warzone will immediately end it. The winner will be determined by adding up how many armies each player controls on the [[map]], then adding in each player's income times two.
-Players are expected to make a reasonable effort to finish a game before the season ends. If you try to intentionally win a game by force-finish that you would have otherwise lost, the win will be taken away from you.
+Players are expected to make a reasonable effort to finish a game before the season ends.  If you try to intentionally win a game by force-finish that you would have otherwise lost, the win will be taken away from you.
-== Ratings ==
+== Rankings ==
+The rankings are determined using the same ELO scale that the existing [[ladders]] use, with one small modification, players who play fewer than 20 games (due to leaving the ladder early or joining late) get a penalty of 65 rating points per game. It’s best to join the season before it starts and stay in it for the whole 60 days to ensure you do not receive a penalty. The penalty exists to ensure that players can't get a game from the system by intentionally joining the season late and riding to a high-rank by getting a few lucky games.
-Once you finish 7 games in a single season, you'll be awarded a rank.
-The ratings are determined using Bayesian ELO (Bayeselo).  See [[Bayeselo]] for details about how this works and how to run your own simulations.
-Your rating will change based on the results of other player's games, too. For example, if you beat a player who ends up becoming the #1 player, you get the full results of beating the #1 player even if they were not #1 when you beat them.
-Players who play fewer than 20 games (due to leaving the ladder early or joining late) get a penalty of 65 rating points per game. It’s best to join the season before it starts and stay in it for the whole 60 days to ensure you do not receive a penalty. The penalty exists to ensure that players can't game the system by intentionally joining the season late and riding to a high-rank by getting a few lucky games.
 == Rules ==
 A player may only play on the Seasonal Ladder with one account per season. Violations will be punished with a suspension on all implicated accounts.
-Manipulation of the force-finish in the Seasonal Ladder is not allowed. Violations will be punished with a suspension. In egregious cases results may be modified, possibly resulting in the loss of games and/or trophies.
+Manipulation of the force-finish in the Seasonal Ladder is not allowed, and the use of vacations towards the end of a season leading to force-finish will be considered especially suspicious. Violations will be punished with a suspension. In egregious cases results may be modified, possibly resulting in the loss of games and/or trophies.
 == Notes ==
-<nowiki>*</nowiki> - some players may get more games, since there are cases where it's not mathematically possible to give everyone exactly the same amount without duplicates. Getting more games is neither an advantage nor disadvantage.
+<nowiki>*</nowiki> - some players may get more games, since there are cases where it's not mathematically possible to give everyone exactly the same amount without duplicates. Getting more games is neither an advantage nor disadvantage. <!---Explain this statement [[User:DanWL60]]-->
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 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
 |-
-! Season !! Winner !! Started !! Template
+! Season !! Winner !! Started
-|-
-| Season I || Rubik87 || 12/9/2011 || ME WR Warlords on 0
-|-
-| Season II || PaniX || 2/9/2012 || ME WR Diplo-Card
-|-
-| Season III || Rubik87	|| 4/13/2012 || EA&O Neutrals on 3
-|-
-| Season IV || Fizzer|| 6/19/2012 || ME SR
-|-
-| Season V || professor dead piggy || 8/21/2012 || BIV
-|-
-| Season VI || unknownsoldier || 10/22/2012 || ME WR Autodist
-|-
-| Season VII || fatality || 1/2/2013 || Heavy Earth
-|-
-| Season VIII || Heyheuhei || 3/5/2013 || MME WR Randomised Bonuses
-|-
-| Season IX || brisk • apex || 5/7/2013 || MME WR 85% Defense
-|-
-| Season X || The Duke of Ben || 7/9/2013 || 4 Castles FFA
 |-
-| Season XI || Yeon || 9/10/2013 || MME WR LD
+| Season I || Rubik87	 || 12/9/2011
 |-
-| Season XII || Ruthless Bastard || 11/12/2013 || Turkey LD
+| Season II || PaniX	 || 2/9/2012
 |-
-| Season XIII || Krzychu || 1/15/2014 || MME LD Randomised Bonuses
+| Season III || Rubik87	|| 4/13/2012
 |-
-| Season XIV || Killua Zaoldyeck || 3/31/2014 || Guiroma
+| Season IV || Fizzer	|| 6/19/2012
 |-
-| Season XV || JV || 6/10/2014 || Poland
+| Season V || professor dead piggy || 8/21/2012
 |-
-| Season XVI || Verzehrer || 8/12/2014 || MME No Split
+| Season VI || unknownsoldier ||  10/22/2012
 |-
-| Season XVII || Gol D. Roger || 11/4/2014 || Greece
+| Season VII || fatality ||  1/2/2013
 |-
-| Season XVIII || timon92 || 1/23/2015 || Snow Mountains
+| Season VIII  || Heyheuhei || 3/5/2013
 |-
-| Season XIX || Rento || 4/22/2015 || MME MA
+| Season IX    || brisk • apex || 5/7/2013
 |-
-| Season XX || Latnox || 7/10/2015 || MME MA LD
+| Season X   || The Duke of Ben || 7/9/2013
 |-
-| Season XXI || #Master [QB] || 9/28/2015 || Old Ladder
+| Season XI || Yeon || 9/10/2013
 |-
-| Season XXII || master of desaster || 12/10/2015 || French Brawl
+| Season XII  || Ruthless Bastard || 11/12/2013
 |-
-| Season XXIII || Master Jz || 2/11/2016 || MME Commanders
+| Season XIII || Krzychu || 1/15/2014
 |-
-| Season XXIV || MisterT || 5/16/2016 || Red Dead Redemption
+| Season XIV  || Killua Zaoldyeck || 3/31/2014
 |-
-| Season XXV || timon92 || 8/15/2016 || MME Commanders LD
+| Season XV || JV || 6/10/2014
 |-
-| Season XXVI || USA Biches || 11/2/2016 || Floating Rocks
+| Season XVI   || Verzehrer	 || 8/12/2014
 |-
-| Season XXVII || master of desaster || 1/9/2017 || Elitist Africa
+| Season XVII || Gol D. Roger || 11/4/2014
 |-
-| Season XXVIII || Deadman || 3/13/2017 || ME WR Commanders
+| Season XVIII || timon92 || 1/23/2015
 |-
-| Season XXIX || Deadman || 6/16/2017 || Eberron World
+| Season XIX  || Rento || 4/22/2015
 |-
-| Season XXX || Rento || 9/3/2017 || Succession Wars
+| Season XX   || Latnox || 7/10/2015
 |-
-| Season XXXI || Buns157 || 12/9/2017 ||  MME Commerce
+| Season XXI || #Master [QB] || 9/28/2015
 |-
-| Season XXXII || Deadman || 4/25/2018 ||  Biomes of America
+| Season XXII  || master of desaster || 12/10/2015
 |-
-| Season XXXIII || NoMercy || 8/3/2018 ||  Volcano Island
+| Season XXIII || Master Jz || 2/11/2016
 |-
-| Season XXXIV || rakleader || 10/29/2018 || Blitzkrieg Bork
+| Season XXIV || MisterT || 5/16/2016
 |-
-| Season XXXV || Leopard || 2/12/2019 || Hannibal at the Gates
+| Season XXV || timon92 || 8/15/2016
 |-
-| Season XXXVI || Rufus || 5/8/2019 || Timid Lands
+| Season XXVI || USA Biches || 11/2/2016
-|-
-| Season XXXVII || master of desaster || 8/2/2019 || EarthSea
 |-
-| Season XXXVIII || Rufus || 10/18/2019 || Strat ME
+| Season XXVII || master of desaster || 1/9/2017
 |-
-| Season XXXIX || dry-clean-only || 1/30/2020 || Georgia Army Cap
+| Season XXVIII || Master of the Dead || 3/13/2017
 |-
-| Season XL || AI || 5/2/2020 || Landria
+| Season XXIX || Master of the Dead || 6/16/2017
 |-
-| Season XLI || Jake || 7/26/2020 || Yorkshire Brawl
+| Season XXX || Rento || 9/3/2017
-|-
-| Season XLII || Roo || 10/22/2020 || Unicorn Island
-|-
-| Season XLIII || Rufus || 2/4/2021 || Great Lakes
-|-
-| Season XLIV || Hergul || 4/22/2021 || SE 1W
-|-
-| Season XLV || Rufus || 8/3/2021 || Númenor
-|-
-| Season XLVI || Octane || 11/7/2021 || Belarus
-|-
-| Season XLVII || TBD || 2/19/2022 || Post-Melt Antarctica
 |}
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 * [[1 v 1 Ladder]]
 * [[2 v 2 Ladder]]
-* [[3 v 3 Ladder]]
 * [[Real-Time Ladder]]
 {{Seasonal Ladder seasons}}
-[[Category:Ladders]]
+[[:Category:Ladders]]