Here's the first proposal - let me know your thoughts!
We have 7 people who are definitely signed up - as I see it now we could do with 8 or 12 for ideal numbers; so there's still time to enter
lomdr - Colorado
franks (late starter maybe) - Alberta
Koremu - UK
Curt194 - UK
toastytoast - UK
Safari - (maybe late starter) - Germany
Merlin_89 - Poland
(two others who I've heard from but need to confirm - please reply soon guys):
Spikey_dino - USA
Halfling - UK
Edit: Others:
Rich_The_Fish - UK
QueenAlkie - USA
Ailurus - Netherlands
I'd like to make sure everyone can play at least 1 game a week.
I think it would be good to start next week - but we have two people who are busy for most of July - we can start later, or we can let them lose a game or two and start later. What do people think?
I'm in no rush for the tournament to finish quickly and ultimately I think it's about getting as many games played as possible; because it's the taking part that counts.
I'm a statistics nut, so I'm going to propose something a little different for thous league:
Positive Points Difference will also be used to break tie breaks. To confirm: If PlayerA scores 150 points, while PlayerB scores 125 points. PlayerA's PPD will be +25. PlayerB's PPD will be 0 (NOT -25).
I've taken people's play preferences on board, and I've proposed a multi-rounded league:
Round 1 - BASIC 1v1 Every player will play each other with only the Basic games (this is great experience for any competition players).
You'll score 2 league points for a win; 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss.
Positive Points Difference will also be used to break tie breaks.
All players will be ranked after this stage and 'evenly' put into groups basic on their score.
EG: {1st,4th,7th} (2nd,5th,8th} (3rd,6th,9th} for example.
Round 2 - BASIC And Rivers 1v3 (maybe 4)We'll start with some 3 players in a game (so it's logistically easier to schedule games), but we might have to do 4, if there's 8 players.
This should be fun for those who like multi-player games.
1st - 3points
2nd - 2points
3rd - 1 point.
(tie for 1st/2nd = 2points each) , (tie for 2nd/3rd = 2 point each).
I'm considering a 3rd round, but dont want to ask too much of you all to start with - if we get 12 players maybe we can have 3 x 4 player games to finish so everyone's played some 2player, 3player and 4player games.
The overall winner will be the player who has acquired the most league points.