Thanks to the support of a couple of esteemed assistants, chanson311 and KeithStar, I am pleased to announce that there will be a Season 5 of the league.I have had to clear out all names from the database, so it's easier to manage and determine who is still an active player with active interest in the league, so you will need to sign up again if you want to take part.
SEASON FIVE BEGINS MONDAY 10th SEPTEMBER
GUIDANCE FOR PLAYERS:
Please visit the league5 website , register there (even if you were registered previously via the league4 site) with a username that matches your Forum username, and post your league colour preference(s) on this thread..
You will be assigned a colour and division by chanson311 before the start of the season. Those of you who played last season will be assigned the correct division - those of you who didn't will be assigned a division based on your rating.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
There are five leagues (which will have divisions within them):
* Blue: aimed primarily at West Coast U.S. timezones
* Green: aimed at East Coast U.S. timezones
* Yellow: aimed at European timezones
* Orange: aimed at European timezones
* Red: aimed at Asia/Pacific timezones
FULL RULES:
* You must be signed up on the league5 section of my website, with a username that matches your Forum username. If you aren't listed on that webpage, you are not in the League.
* Season Five runs from Monday 10th September for SEVEN weeks.
* There are five leagues (Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange), split into divisions with eight players in each.
* Each player plays each other player in their league once, in a three-game match. You always play 3 games, regardless of whether someone is 2-0 ahead. (Reasons will become clear in the SCORING section.)
* Players will be paired up with one match to be played each week. If you cannot play a scheduled match in a given week, then try to set a match date for a future week with your opponent. If you are uncontactable for the whole week then you get an auto-loss. Feel free to play non-scheduled matches with people you've not yet played in your league, if you're both available and want to play. (Getting matches in early can be useful in you are going on holiday, for example.)
* When players have agreed a mutually convenient time for a given match, they should meet in the chat room at the agreed date and time. (I recommend specifying times in GMT+0 to avoid confusion and using the clock on the league page as the definitive time in GMT+0.) Not turning up gets you a Warning. Two warnings = auto-win for your opponent.
* Anyone who goes AWOL during the first five days of the league will be removed and replaced. Be sure to check your profile on the league site and Private Messages so you can arrange your games. Exception: if you will not be around for those first five days, let people know in advance, and be sure to get your games in when you return.
* Who goes first in the first game in a match is decided randomly. The other player goes first in the second game (just quit and restart the game if the in-built random selection gets it the wrong way round). The last match is again decided at random.
* Results should be posted on the league5 website, via the Report a Match link (available when logged in), and also on this forum (either in this thread or the match-making thread for the relevant week). We log things twice in case something goes wrong with the website, and it also bumps the thread(s).
* Within a match, you cannot make any deck changes.
* Between matches (i.e. between opponents), you can change your deck as much as you want, including Hero.
* The winner of division 1 in each coloured league gets 500 Shadow Crystals.
* At the end of the season, the top 2 players in division 1 of each league will face off in a single-elimination tournament to decide the overall winner for Season 5. Season 5 winner gets 4000 Shadow Crystals.
* Between seasons, there are also promotions and relegations as follows: the bottom two players of each division (except the lowest division) are relegated to the one below; the top two of each division (except division 1) get promoted to the one above.
SCORING:
* you get 1pt for playing a match
* you get 1pt for winning a match
* you get 1pt for each game you win
Winning 3-0 therefore gets you 5pts. Winning 2-1 gets you 4pts. Losing 2-1 gets you 2pts. Losing 3-0 gets you 1pt for turning up. Not turning up gets you 0pts.
EXPECTED MATCH-TIMES PER LEAGUE:
RED:
Monday: 10AM GMT+0 --> 3PM GMT+0
Tuesday: 10AM GMT+0 --> 3PM GMT+0
Wednesday: 10AM GMT+0 --> 3PM GMT+0
Thursday: 10AM GMT+0 --> 3PM GMT+0
Friday: 10AM GMT+0 --> 3PM GMT+0
Saturday: 1AM GMT+0 --> 3PM GMT+0
Sunday: 1AM GMT+0 --> 3PM GMT+0
YELLOW and ORANGE:
Monday: 7PM GMT+0 to 11PM GMT+0.
Tuesday: 7PM GMT+0 to 11PM GMT+0.
Wednesday: 7PM GMT+0 to 11PM GMT+0.
Thursday: 7PM GMT+0 to 11PM GMT+0.
Friday: 7PM GMT+0 to 11PM GMT+0.
Saturday: 9AM GMT+0 to 11PM GMT+0.
Sunday: 9AM GMT+0 to 11PM GMT+0.
BLUE:
Monday: 10PM GMT+0 --> 4AM GMT+0
Tuesday: 10PM GMT+0 --> 4AM GMT+0
Wednesday: 10PM GMT+0 --> 4AM GMT+0
Thursday: 10PM GMT+0 --> 4AM GMT+0
Friday: 10PM GMT+0 --> 4AM GMT+0
Saturday: 1PM GMT+0 --> 4AM GMT+0
Sunday: 1PM GMT+0 --> 4AM GMT+0
GREEN:
Monday: 10PM GMT+0 --> 2AM GMT+0
Tuesday: 10PM GMT+0 --> 2AM GMT+0
Wednesday: 10PM GMT+0 --> 2AM GMT+0
Thursday: 10PM GMT+0 --> 2AM GMT+0
Friday: 10PM GMT+0 --> 2AM GMT+0
Saturday: 1PM GMT+0 --> 2AM GMT+0
Sunday: 1PM GMT+0 --> 2AM GMT+0
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Originally Posted by Lady Apsara
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