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Clan League: Season 2 (2009-2010) - Info, Discussion, Q&A

PostPosted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 8:55 am
by jpcloet
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Welcome to the Clan League: Season 2 (2009-2010). After a very successful Season 1 and declaring THOTA the Champions, we are now ready to move into a league format that will hopefully be repeated each year going forward.

A number of positive changes to setup and execution have been added as requested by players and clans alike, as well as a nice surprise.

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Setup
  1. Participants must be CLA eligible (do not have to be a current CLA member clan), meaning they have completed at least one 20+ challenge and adhere to the 1 competitive clan rule. Clans that meet the 1 clan rule, but may not be completed a 20+ challenge can be added upon the discretion of the Clan Directors
  2. There will be 4 Divisions being 2 Premier Divisions (8 and 8 Clans), and a Secondary Core Division (8 and 8 Clans) that may not completely fill to 8 each.
  3. Unlike Season 1, the Divisions will not play each other (until playoffs), but will act as promotional and relegation Divisions. Explained graphically below.
  4. Clans will be placed in the Season 2 league based on performance in Season 1 and also influenced by their Clan Ladder Ranking
  5. Each clan will play their 7 other division mates 8 games home & away for 112 total games (8 games * 2 home/away) * 7 clans
  6. Each team has 14 play weeks (generally every-other week), and 16 full league bye weeks (there are 3 weeks off at Xmas and New Years)
  7. No team is a home team more than 2 weeks in a row (to minimize game order pressure), however, your clan may be on the road for 3 weeks in a row.
  8. All maps and games are equally weighted at 1.00 for all league results.
  9. The top 2 Clans in each division will be promoted automatically (where applicable), and will also have a small Playoff
  10. Playoffs and relegation will be a 9-4-4 with each side choosing 4-2-2 as described below as the regular season format. The higher ranked clan will get to choose the additional doubles settings. In the Championship round, the final settings will be British Isles (most commonly used map in Season 1), Doubles, No Cards, Sunny, Chained, unless the 2 finalists can come to a timely agreement on map and settings.
  11. The bottom 2 Clans in each division will be relegated automatically (where applicable)
  12. The 6th place (3rd last) will have a Relegation Playoff against the next lower Division's 3rd place team. Winner will get to play in the higher Division the next Season.
  13. Schedule is slated for the Season to run from September 6th, 2009 to April 17th, 2010
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Challenge Settings
  • 4 Doubles - Clan's Choice of Settings
  • 2 Triples - Clan's Choice of Settings
  • 2 Quadruples - Clan's Choice of Settings
That means there are now 22 spots to fill, rather than 20. However, there are also less overall games and more time to fill them.
  1. No Freestyle, No Speed, No Beta Maps.
  2. Given that a clan will only be making 56 home games and that there are over 100 maps available, plus considering some element of home advantage, no map can be chosen more than twice during the regular season. Maps can be chosen for a 3rd time in the playoffs, but then not again. That means at a minimum, your clan will be using 56/2=28 home maps.
  3. Random maps are allowed to be used as much as the home team chooses.
  4. Does not have to be fixed teams. Players can play in more than 1 home game and more than 1 away game.
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Execution
  • Season 2 has been approved by admin to be run with game creation rights!(But limited to the Clan Directors)
  • The primary contacts are asked to order games 2 weeks in advance (using a standard format, hopefully aided with an Excel Order Form for those that would like some tools to help with this.), 1 week at the latest and will need to post in the Clan Season 2 Order Thread - All orders are FINAL
  • The Clan Directors will then make the games and send the information to both clans' contacts for that week.
  • The league contact is responsible for tracking their home maps. If you order a repeat map, it will be made into a random map.
  • The league contacts (and clan partners) are all responsible for making sure their clan fills games
  • NO games will be remade
  • Clans will default the game if they put too many players into any game.
  • Clans are asked to fill the games within 1 week. If a clan is late, they will receive a warning the first time. The second time, they will be defaulted for half of the late games (rounded down), and then if it happens a third time, they will be defaulted on all games.
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Clan Action Required
Each Clan Needs to Post the Following
  • Clan Name
  • Primary Contact
  • Secondary Contact
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The Clan All-Star Teams
Using the Tournament Stats script, the Clan Directors will be naming a First Team (Doubles-Triples-Quads plus 2 reserves) 11 Player All-Star team, along with a Second Team All-Star squad. Other accolades and trophies are being considered.

show: All-Star Teams
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Other Notes
The league results will be added to the appropriate ladder
Season 3 considerations - Games expansion to 4-3-3 or larger
Any deemed abuse should be brought to the attention of the Clan Directors
Foe Lists should be temporarily lifted

Going into Season 3, teams are then relegated and promoted. Other clans will "Switch" at the same level to provide some variety from season to season. Spots marked Stay and In are clans that would remain in the same division. (Not sure why I used 2 different words :? ) Relegation has been canceled.


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Clan League (Season 2) - Index:

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Re: 2009-2010 Clan League [Signups due Aug 15th]

PostPosted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:49 am
by Stroop
Clan name: Nemesis

Primary Contact: Stroop
Secondary Contact: HardAttack

Re: 2009-2010 Clan League [Signups due Aug 15th]

PostPosted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 11:08 am
by Hopscotcher
Clan Name: Outlaws & Highwaymen

Primary Contact: Hopscotcher
Secondary Contact: Pander88uk

Re: 2009-2010 Clan League [Signups due Aug 15th]

PostPosted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 1:07 pm
by soundman
Clan name: The Last Warriors

Primary Contact: soundman
Secondary Contact: azezzo

Re: 2009-2010 Clan League [Signups due Aug 15th]

PostPosted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:45 pm
by lokisgal
Clan - The Immortal Assassins

Contacts
Primary - lokisgal
Secondary - ahunda

Re: 2009-2010 Clan League [Signups due Aug 15th]

PostPosted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 3:40 pm
by Lubawski
EMPIRE

Primary contact: Lubawski
Secondary contact: chephren

Re: 2009-2010 Clan League [Signups due Aug 15th]

PostPosted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 3:55 pm
by cena-rules
Clan - Mythology
Primary Contact - cena-rules
Secondary Contact - Peanutsdad

Re: 2009-2010 Clan League [Signups due Aug 15th]

PostPosted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 4:59 pm
by Masli
Clan Name: Knights of The Round Table

Primary Contact: Bruceswar
Secondary Contact: Foxglove

Re: 2009-2010 Clan League [Signups due Aug 15th]

PostPosted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 5:46 pm
by Bruceswar
Clan Name: Knights of The Round Table

Primary Contact: Bruceswar
Secondary Contact: Foxglove

Re: 2009-2010 Clan League [Signups due Aug 15th]

PostPosted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:48 am
by Bones2484
Clan name: Generation One

Primary Contact: Bones2484
Secondary Contact: dtellis

Re: 2009-2010 Clan League [Signups due Aug 15th]

PostPosted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:48 am
by hwhrhett
Imperial Dragoons

Contact 1: hwhrhett
Contact 2: Nesterdude

Re: 2009-2010 Clan League [Signups due Aug 15th]

PostPosted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 3:16 pm
by GrimReaper.
Agents of Chaos

1. GrimReaper.
2.andy_is_awesome
3.DarthBlood Darth will be included in any PM's because school is starting soon for me. just in case i cant get on my Co-Leaders will be in the loop

Re: 2009-2010 Clan League [Signups due Aug 15th]

PostPosted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 3:40 pm
by b00060
Clan Name: Grim Reapers

Primary Contact: b00060
Secondary Contact: elmerfudd

Re: 2009-2010 Clan League [Signups due Aug 15th]

PostPosted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 11:13 pm
by reptile
low will be joining season 2 again... i will get back to you with the second contact.

Re: 2009-2010 Clan League [Signups due Aug 15th]

PostPosted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 4:48 am
by Chariot of Fire
The Odd Fellows Union

Primary - Chariot of Fire
Secondary - Shatners Bassoon

Thanks

Re: 2009-2010 Clan League [Signups due Aug 15th]

PostPosted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 5:51 am
by DAAAAAAANG
The Brethern of the Fat Mermaid

Primary Contact - FrancisBoyle
Secoundary Contacts - GallantPellham and BoganGod

Re: 2009-2010 Clan League [Signups due Aug 15th]

PostPosted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 6:25 am
by e_i_pi
reptile wrote:low will be joining season 2 again... i will get back to you with the second contact.

List me as secondary for LoW. I'm trimming back my CC time, but clan organisation is something I can always do.

Re: 2009-2010 Clan League [Signups due Aug 15th]

PostPosted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 6:33 am
by slowreactor
Eternal Empire

Primary Contact - slowreactor
Secoundary Contact - InsomniaRed

Re: 2009-2010 Clan League [Signups due Aug 15th]

PostPosted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:34 pm
by MarVal
  • Clan Name
    • De Veroveraars der Lage Landen
  • Primary Contact
    • MarVal
  • Secondary Contact
    • SirSebstar
Grtz
MarVal

Re: 2009-2010 Clan League [Signups due Aug 15th]

PostPosted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 4:13 pm
by hiddendragon
Black Sheep In!!!
contacts: hiddendragon/littlebrother2k7

Re: 2009-2010 Clan League [Signups due Aug 15th]

PostPosted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 10:36 pm
by Kilazul
Soldiers of War

First Contact - skillfusniper33
Second Contact - Kilazul

Re: 2009-2010 Clan League [Signups due Aug 15th]

PostPosted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 9:17 am
by ga7
Left4Dead

Primary Contact - banana_hammocks
Secondary Contact - ga7

Re: 2009-2010 Clan League [Signups due Aug 15th]

PostPosted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:55 am
by ralphcptc
++The Legion++ will participate

first contact: ralphcptc
second: chemefreak

Re: 2009-2010 Clan League [Signups due Aug 15th]

PostPosted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 12:11 pm
by Fruitcake
The Bullet-proof Bandits will participate.

Primary contact: Fruitcake

We will advise as to the secondary contact after the next Board Meeting.

Re: 2009-2010 Clan League [Signups due Aug 15th]

PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:58 pm
by waseemalim
Fruitcake wrote:The Bullet-proof Bandits will participate.

Primary contact: Fruitcake

We will advise as to the secondary contact after the next Board Meeting.


nice to see you guys growing some stuff down there.