Lx Ladder 2000+ [Winner: Nanogram]

[Lindax]

Scores for this Sunday are posted.

This tournament finishes this Thursday, at midnight GMT., at which time I will do the last update and declare the winner (unless it's tied, which seems possible).

[<edited>] To clarify: This is Wednesday, September 30, 19:00 hrs. Eastern Standard Time.

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[Culs De Sac]

i would like random, flat, chained, foggy...

and kid I expect RT as soon as possible just so you know..I need to be free to challenge for the crown..and you are impeding by challenging me..I actually have a shot to win this tourney if i take the top spot or so i think...so lets try and dance asap

[Nanogram]

I think the ladder went about 3 weeks too long because it seemed like everyone ran out of steam at the end. Thanks Lindax for a fun tournament and the obvious hard work that went into it.

I would also like to thank Lindax. Let me know if you do this again!

Regarding the high rate of drop-outs, here are a few ideas to keep people in the game:
Set it up as a rectangle instead of a pyramid. This would give more people a shot at getting to the top tier without being blocked by folks who are already in a game.

Increase the points awarded for the lower tiers. A few weeks on the lowest tiers practically eliminates a player's chances. Maybe the scoring could be something like 12,11,10,9,8,7 rather than 12,10,8,6,4,2.

The huge bonus for being on the top tier at the end adds a big element of luck in what should be, (as far as possible), a skill game. You might consider dropping that bonus. You might also want to add some kind of tie-breaker.

[Lindax]

i would like random, flat, chained, foggy...

and kid I expect RT as soon as possible just so you know..I need to be free to challenge for the crown..and you are impeding by challenging me..I actually have a shot to win this tourney if i take the top spot or so i think...so lets try and dance asap

Games are up, invites sent.

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[Lindax]

I think the ladder went about 3 weeks too long because it seemed like everyone ran out of steam at the end. Thanks Lindax for a fun tournament and the obvious hard work that went into it.

I would also like to thank Lindax. Let me know if you do this again!

Regarding the high rate of drop-outs, here are a few ideas to keep people in the game:
Set it up as a rectangle instead of a pyramid. This would give more people a shot at getting to the top tier without being blocked by folks who are already in a game.

Increase the points awarded for the lower tiers. A few weeks on the lowest tiers practically eliminates a player's chances. Maybe the scoring could be something like 12,11,10,9,8,7 rather than 12,10,8,6,4,2.

The huge bonus for being on the top tier at the end adds a big element of luck in what should be, (as far as possible), a skill game. You might consider dropping that bonus. You might also want to add some kind of tie-breaker.

Thank you for your suggestions Nano.

If two (or more) players end up with the same amount of points, there obviously will be a tie-breaker

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[danryan]

You ready for another challenge Lindax? Or isn't it time yet?

[Lindax]

You ready for another challenge Lindax? Or isn't it time yet?

It wasn't when you posted. If you challenge me now, I'll be ready

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[danryan]

Challenge Lindax!

[Lindax]

Challenge Lindax!

Games are up, invite sent.

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[Culs De Sac]

Well i lost... in a few minutes kid will have me beat..so much for trying to win..thanks for hosting Lindy

[Kid Moe]

Kid wins 3-0

[Lindax]

Well i lost... in a few minutes kid will have me beat..so much for trying to win..thanks for hosting Lindy

You're welcome Culs. Hope you enjoyed it at least a bit.

Updated.

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[Nanogram]

I won the match against Highlander.

[Lindax]

I won the match against Highlander.

Updated. Looks like we won't have a tie-breaker after all

8 Hours and 20 minutes to go....

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[Lindax]

And the winner of this tournament is:...........Nanogram!

Congratulations mate!

Looked like it might have ended in a tie-breaker between you an HighlanderAttack, but you pulled it off.

Well, as I mentioned in the first post, this was a bit of an experiment. I think in general it was a success. If I ever do one of these again, I will certainly take all your suggestions for improvement into account.

In the meantime, danryan has started a Doubles Ladder Tournament, based on this one (with my permission btw. ), here is the link to his forum thread: viewtopic.php?f=90&t=97850

I hope that all in all you enjoyed it.

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[danryan]

Congrats to nanogram, he and Highlander were head and shoulders above the field in this one. Well played.

[Nanogram]

Thanks to all for an exciting series of games! Competition was definitely at a high level with this group of players.

[Lindax]

Just a few fun facts:

- We played almost 500 games in a 3 month period

- AAFitz and danryan played the most game: 60 each

- Nanogram played 39 and won 24, which is well over 50%

- Kid Moe had the most losses: 34 (sorry mate)

- Djt5483 only played 3 games = one challenge

- Lindax has the most active games still going on: 4

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