2015 League General Discussion Thread

9th is decided by the system - there are no judgment calls.  I am just applying the system.

I like a certain level of competition, but at some point it becomes stress and work and I ask myself why I’m not just playing fun games.

one thing is certain: I also ask myself the same question, on a lower level. There must be something compelling.

PS: Didnt mean judgement calls, just him being 9th by PPG!

@alexgreat:

PS: Didnt mean judgement calls, just him being 9th by PPG!

Thanks, just didn’t want anyone getting the wrong idea!  I just moderate and compile, I don’t play kingmaker!

@alexgreat:

although I admit Axis wont take it lightly if someone will relegate him to 9th. in the end ;)

ah, haha it’s ok, really, i’ll still be a&a friends with that certain someone!

while i’ll admit (again) that i had sorta made it a personal goal to achieve the highest tier this season, and wasn’t happy about the shakeout event, really i am ok with it. i had gotten over it shortly after it happened and after we all agreed it needs to be fixed. all is good  :-)

as far as the playoffs, i honestly didn’t have it as one of my targets, at least not until gamer got me all fired up and had me feeling like i need to prove myself haha but i’m also ok with not making it. again all is good (although i must say the idea of sneaking in just to knock out Juan is quite appealing!)

if allies attack iraq and it fails, can axis now land planes there during ncm?

@axis-dominion:

if allies attack iraq and it fails, can axis now land planes there during ncm?

That’s right.  It works this way with all neutrals.  When they’re attacked, they join the other side, so are friendly territories to the other side

@Gamerman01:

@axis-dominion:

if allies attack iraq and it fails, can axis now land planes there during ncm?

That’s right.  It works this way with all neutrals.  When they’re attacked, they join the other side, so are friendly territories to the other side

ok good to know! thank you

Yeah, feel free to land UK aircraft on Yugoslavia after a G1 hit and run  :-D

as the 2015 season is winding down, will games carry over to 2016 or any 2015 leftovers just effectively vanish?

All games always carry over - no league games are ever lost
Soon I will be taking signups for post-season playoffs

All playoff games will also count for 2016

For the 9-16 ranked playoffs you dont need 8 games necessarily, right?

I think Gamerman has said 4. Is only 8 for the top tier.

Under rule 3c of the PUBLIC league playoff rules……  :-)

“Any players who have completed 4 or more games, and who did not qualify for the League Champion Playoff may sign up to enter the additional league playoffs. These playoffs will also start with 8 players each, and will be seeded by PPG (with byes or play-in games as necessary)”

@Gamerman01:

Under rule 3c of the PUBLIC league playoff rules……  :-)

“Any players who have completed 4 or more games, and who did not qualify for the League Champion Playoff may sign up to enter the additional league playoffs. These playoffs will also start with 8 players each, and will be seeded by PPG (with byes or play-in games as necessary)”

So only eight people can only enter the playoffs that are for people other than the League Champion Playoffs?
Or people play eight players and then one out of the eight people advances to next round?

No, no, there are multiple additional playoffs as necessary, as dictated by the number of signups.  Each one is independent.  On the Ranking spreadsheet, look for another sheet/tab for the 2014 playoffs where you can see.  We had 3 total playoffs last year.  bmnielsen and soulblighter each won their 8-man playoffs.

@MakeMaps:

@Gamerman01:

Under rule 3c of the PUBLIC league playoff rules……  :-)

“Any players who have completed 4 or more games, and who did not qualify for the League Champion Playoff may sign up to enter the additional league playoffs. These playoffs will also start with 8 players each, and will be seeded by PPG (with byes or play-in games as necessary)”

So only eight people can only enter the playoffs that are for people other than the League Champion Playoffs?
Or people play eight players and then one out of the eight people advances to next round?

At this point, there are more elite players participating in the league than ever before.  So now it seems possible that the best player in the league could fail to make it into the Top 8.  Maybe we should switch to a 16-person tournament for the league championships (next year, if not this year).  We’d just have to make it clear ahead of time that the league championship playoff is potentially a 4-6 month commitment (given that it would go 4 rounds).

Uh, thanks to the two of us, the championship game is still being played, 1 year later.  If you can’t crack the top 8, I don’t think you deserve a shot at the title, no

Chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and with 8 matches in the first round instead of 4, that would slow it way down.  If it took as a year this time, adding another 8 would probably add at LEAST 6 months.

Thanks for the input

@Gamerman01:

Uh, thanks to the two of us, the championship game is still being played, 1 year later.  If you can’t crack the top 8, I don’t think you deserve a shot at the title, no

Chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and with 8 matches in the first round instead of 4, that would slow it way down.  If it took as a year this time, adding another 8 would probably add at LEAST 6 months.

Thanks for the input

Well, it would only be one added game.  Then again, I just noticed that one of the semifinals took 7½ months to play 15 rounds.  That averages to one round every two weeks.  So I guess your assessment would be correct.  ;)

I like the idea of the top 25% being able to qualify, maybe even more.  Too bad we can’t go with that idea of 4 flights of 4 people playing each other (3 games total), followed by a final flight of 4.  That would only be two rounds deep, so it would actually be quicker than the 3 played now, and also more thorough.  A single elimination knockout for a dice game is a bit much.  Even chess tournaments are rarely done that way….  :wink:

Then again, that part doesn’t affect my life.  But it would lead to less in-season manipulations to get to the final eight by a few choice players…