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[Craig25]

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[Bilbo1_OC]

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!!!

We have a winner of Super League 14!!

Finally, after what seemed to drag on for longer than the first day back at work after an extended holiday, only once over 8300 games have been decided can we declare our SL14 champion! This one has come right down to the final games of the Super League Premier Division. With four players within one win of taking the season. The fourth seed, “The Devil” Devante was absolutely pipped at the post with it being closer than FIFA World Cup USA women’s elimination match to Sweden (check out the video replay if you have no clue what I’m talking about here).
The Magician from Florida who pulled a rabbit out of the hat!
The Supreme Strategist.
Everyone be up standing.
Give a huge round applause to this seasons winner by a whisker (wins on time difference).
Let’s all give a huge shout out for

“Alaka” joshzam



The other non-elimination spot is held onto by Devante, whilst ‘The Jet’ bigjumbo, “The Mouth” Clanlord Carl and “The Knife” maroshka851 all take a single league slide down to the Championship next season.

The “Lord of Your Ring” Bilbo1_oc has lost his special powers and gets handed his first ever demotion in Super League glory sliding down to League 1. Whilst one of our esteemed fighters, aad0906 has decided to bow out of the competition after reaching the Premier League glory, but would have been joining the hobbit in League 1.

The Moon Door, triple league demotion spot, and a trip back down to League 2 is left to weaselshane, who battled well, but ultimately failed to dent the competition in this, their third tilt at glory.

League 15, Average Rank:1805, 10 Runners
Well after a gruelling season League 15 has been taken out by the fourth seed, “The Other Lord of Your Ring”, smegal69. Going through the season without losing on their home map in Prohibition Chicago has helped secure the win. Pushing him all the way to the finish was the first seed, anonymus, but alas they will fall one or two points short of glory but in a worthy second place. The other places can still jump around a little other than the final spot, where General Roy has dropped through the moon door.

That leaves three Leagues remaining to be called for Season 14.

SEASON 14 CHAMPS:

Premier League – joshzam
Championship – bamage
League 1 - Avi8or
League 2 – Ukey
League 3 – direwolf
League 4 –
League 5 – yonstineru
League 6 –
League 7 –
League 8 – Charle
League 9 – Handsomewhitecat
League 10 – *Pixar*
League 11 – BrianSD
League 12 – Puddleglum
League 13 – sailor488
League 14 – FUUF
League 15 – smegal69
League 16 – Huyuk
League 17 - Lord Banner
League 18 – RomLOL
League 19 – Ewebasher
League 20 – LFAW
League 21 – PereiroSaus
League 22 – dar2play
League 23 – Caymanmew
League 24 – SoN!c
League 25 – middleton
League 26 - kgbpizza

Results and Fixtures
In case you are interested in looking at some more detail of how your opponents and friends are going, you can find lots of data on a separate google sheet. All of our games, results and future fixtures can be found here (we recommend you bookmark this):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... 1216461369

Have fun soldiers and ‘may the dice forever be in your favour’.

[pranburi]

In please, Tribal War Israel

[middleton]

Yes please. Random

[sealordgalandral]

Hello, I would like to join. If possible I would like to choose Random Map as my choice.

[wolfdragon36]

I would like to join please

[shoop76]

REST SEASON

[Craig25]

To enter the Super League you need to read the Rules again, then re-enter with all the required information. Until then, you ain't in, GL!

I would like to join please

[Showt3k]

ill join, home map Baltic Crusades

[Nucker]

In please. Stalingrad

[Cakebatter]

I am on holidays July 7 to 14 and will have no electronic devices. Id like to take a 'rest' if I may... I guess thats Season 14?

[Craig25]

Yip, you are on a REST SEASON July and August. So whichever League you end up in after this Season concludes. That is where you will re-start on the 4th August.

Njoy your holiday!

I am on holidays July 7 to 14 and will have no electronic devices. Id like to take a 'rest' if I may... I guess thats Season 14?

[plurple]

steamworks isn't really working for me I'll go back to AOR3

[josko.ri]

count me in.
Classic map

[Bwana]

I need to take a rest season for Season 14.

Thanks,
Bwana

[Bilbo1_OC]

count me in.
Classic map

I guess this means we've all got about 9 seasons left of possible winning before Josko takes over the Premier

Welcome josko

[Craig25]

Were you Guys not meant to be starting a Tournament together? It would be great to have something as good as the Super League to play in.

Josko, Bilbo?

count me in.
Classic map

I guess this means we've all got about 9 seasons left of possible winning before Josko takes over the Premier

Welcome josko

[Bada0Bing]

Rest season please.

[thegroover]

Vote on change to escalating sets from flat rate.

Reasons:

flat rate is pure luck what you get. One player can get 2 or 3 red sets the other 3 rainbow,

Escalating involves some strategy as a player can avoid getting a card to make his next set worth more.

The only luck factor with escalating is when a set becomes available. i.e. after 3, 4 or 5 cards. But that is the same with flat rate.

flat rate on some random maps means games can take a very long time. Escalating will speed up results on those maps.

Escalating is being used in the Cup.

[Enormastitz]

HOME MAP CHANGE TO WW2 Ardennes Please

[Wheelwright]

I would like a REST SEASON for each of the next 2 seasons please. I'm outdoors a lot of the summer away from the computer as much as possible.

When I return, I would please like to change my home map to Battle For Iraq!

Thanks so much,
Wheel

[weaselshane]

Sepp Poll please.

So I am sure you love SBSL as much as me so much so in fact that I want more.

So (drum roll,please) here is my suggestion. For Season 20 (or before if you like 15 maybe? We celebrate by combing 2 leagues into be

The Prem and Champ would be one league for one season only. League One and League Two would be one league for one season.

So you think your the champ - well can you do it over a full season? 38 Match ups? Let’s see what you got!

[Clanlord Carl]

Vote on change to escalating sets from flat rate.

Reasons:

flat rate is pure luck what you get. One player can get 2 or 3 red sets the other 3 rainbow,

Escalating involves some strategy as a player can avoid getting a card to make his next set worth more.

The only luck factor with escalating is when a set becomes available. i.e. after 3, 4 or 5 cards. But that is the same with flat rate.

flat rate on some random maps means games can take a very long time. Escalating will speed up results on those maps.

Escalating is being used in the Cup.

I tried to reason with Craig on this but he wasn't having it. Flat rate is the highest luck combo.

[pranburi]

Please can I change my home map to Battle for Iraq. Thanks.

[Craig25]

Firstly, on Super League. The concept, formulated after running most of the largest Tourneys on CC was to have an ongoing Tournament that allowed the best 2 Player RISK Players to rise to the top of the Tournament over time. And to give other players the challenge of improving to rise closer to the top. In order to allow this to happen, firstly, there had to be enough games in a Season to partly off set luck, but, the Season also had to be fast moving. Flat Rate was specifically chosen for that reason. As were the other game settings.

Auto - To maximise participation and speed of games.
Seq - To maximise Participation.
Adj - Requires more skill.
Foggy - To make it more complicated to favor better players.
Banned Maps - To insure the slowest Maps did not slow the Tourney down too much.

On Flat Rate versus Escalating. At the start of a 2 player game, ESC is actually more predictable. And that is actually a bad thing for the higher Ranked Player. It is the polar opposite of what you think.

In Flat Rate, the increased un-predictability of FR actually gives the Higher Ranked Player more opportunity to come back if going 2nd. While it still offers them the chance to build a lead at the start if going 1st to withstand the possibility that they will be unlucky on cards. And it is only a chance, on either thing. But the proof of this is in 13 Super League Seasons. Where, the best players have undoubtedly risen to the top to dominate the Tournament. And Good players who start late, cut their way through the lower Leagues very quickly. Undoubtedly, in ESC there would be a similar trend, however, read above, it would not be to the same extent.

Furthermore, at the end of every Season. Outcomes of games need to be predicted to an accurate level so that players finish in the position that their play deserves in the League. In ESC, towards the end of games, who has a set in the fewest number of cards dictates a huge number of outcomes and swings game outcomes dramatically. This makes it much harder to predict the outcome of games as accurately in FR, therefor could extend the length of 2 month Seasons. And also, the more luck involved with ESC spoils (at this stage in the game), detracts from what the Super League is set up to be.

ESC was trialed in the Cup. But, at the end of Rounds, it causes huge problems for swift completion to the Next Round. In FR, it is much easier to predict results of long games where the outcome is clear cut.

As such, FR versus ESC will not go to a Sep-Poll. Only things that go to a Sep-Poll are things which could improve the original concept of the Super League.

On that, we have also had a Poll on increasing the size of the Premier. I was for it, but, the players voted against it. So it didn't fly. The aim was to give Premier Players an equal chance of sustaining their position in the Premier. Currently circa 30% of players in most leagues get RELEGATED. In the Premier, it is always at least 60%!

I think the choices were 12 Player Premier, 14 Player Premier or No change - No Change won. Weaselshane's idea is dramatically different to that so maybe this has scope for another Sep-Poll? More input is required though before we go to the Polls!