League General Discussion Thread

@dawgoneit said in League General Discussion Thread:

@dawgoneit does this count for all versions at the same time or can we play 3 games per version

All at the same time.

Example:
If you have a combined total of 12 games done
(say, 9 games BM, 2 games PTV and 1 game OOB)
and your opponent has a combined total of 16 games done, then you are both 10+ games total and can play to 3 wins (best of 5 games) together between the two of you.
This is also across all versions, so you shouldn’t do best of 5 in each version, but best of 5 over all. This is why I use the color code in the combined rankings but no where else.

The idea is to make every player spread themselves around to different opponents, or in other words, keep two or three players from just playing all their league games against each other. This rule also helps making everyone’s rankings more accurate because of the variety of opponents.

As I’ve posted earlier in the year, I am probably going to relax the numbers for 2023 because there are less players and games. Like every 6 games instead of every 10 or something like that, otherwise everybody would have to play everybody.

Thanks for the question - probably helps others understand the league better.

Sure, those are good ideas -
Very exciting during 2022 to have some returning golden oldies - I guess - myself included <cough>

I apologize if I overlooked you, but Ghostglider and Me1945 were especially interesting come-backs

And Karl returning to add mayhem in 2023!

I only have you down for 1 in 2022 - did I miss one or are you talking one in progress

Right, one reported with Andrew
So you’re saying you’re going to have 2 done in 2023, so in progress and you’re waiting 'til tomorrow to bust out of the gate 2 and 0?

The playoff brackets and matchups are done
Time to start your engines!

Many will get to play someone they’ve never played before - the bracket decides!
Exciting stuff. Have fun and be a good sport!

Brackets are in a separate sheet in the standings spreadsheet. You may start immediately.

In the balanced mod, 2nd bracket, both Sovietishcat and Avner get “byes” for the first round due to their #1 and #2 status.

EVERYONE else who signed up can play now

Official league rules for 2023 have been scrutinized and IMPROVED and UPDATED

And even after that they still have some Commander Jennifer flavor to them (lol) she did a lot of good work for the league that we all still enjoy today.

Mostly updated for the 3 different game versions we play, and the number of games required for the playoffs.

One big change is you only need 6 games (across all versions) to be able to play a single adversary to best of 5, and then 12 to go best of 7 (etc). This could potentially add more games played for players who want to keep playing a favorite opponent and/or don’t want to spread themselves around too much. Anyway, based on the number of players and games we have these days it seems more appropriate.

And if any of you love to bid Chinese fighters to the game as the Allies, you will be really mad at me for removing them (AND ARTILLERY) from the rules. Reason is, the flying tigers are obviously supposed to be a unique American volunteer unit, and China needs to earn artillery by having the Burma road open at the beginning of their turn, IMO. But don’t despair, your opponent will probably be OK with them, and if your opponent agrees, you know, in the league you can then generally do it. (I reserve some exceptions)