MM8BDM Duel Ladder

[Orange juice :l]

Today, on CTSF NEWS AT 6: New Tournament Organized To Counterract Stagnati-

Put it down, OJ! It's not going to work!
No, it'll work this time! I've planned this for months!
That's what you said last time! Hand over the keyboard...
IT'LL BE DIFFERENT I SWEAR!
DAMN IT GIVE ME THE KEYBOARD!
NO!!
*Chainsaw revs up*

Anyways, as I'm sure you've noticed the community has been getting rather stagnant, competition is starting to die down, etc etc, pessimism, doom is neigh, more build up, then grand reveal:

Let's All Duel Diligently and Earn Rank
(Or LADDER for short)
[Credit to KD for the witty name]

THE MATCHUPS:
--Closed for Maintenance--

Last Matchups:

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Red VS Darkaura
Mr Shadow VS Megamneromex
Nostalgia VS TailsMK4
Jack Corvus VS Cvideo
Awbawlisk VS Kenkoru
Bikdark VS Jack Corvus

Period before that:

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A player was randomly selected to play two matches.
Bikdark VS Cvideo
Jack Corvus < Kenkoru
Red VS Megamneromex
King Dumb > Darkaura
Balrog X Metalmanu
Awbawlisk > Nostalgia
TailsMK4 X Balrog

THE LADDER:

Awbawlisk          -1,249- [Subscribed to Tri-Daily Duels]
Orange Juice      -1,224-
Jack Corvus        -1,175- [Subscribed to Tri-Daily Duels]
Cvideo              -1,143- [Subscribed to Tri-Daily Duels]
Kenkoru             -1,126- [Subscribed to Tri-Daily Duels]
Korby               -1,097- [Subscribed to Tri-Daily Duels]
Bikdark              -1,094- [Subscribed to Tri-Daily Duels]
Fyone               -1,079-
King Dumb         -1,042-
Metalmanu        -1,000- [Subscribed to Tri-Daily Duels]
Sora                -1,000-
HD                  -1,000-
Geno               -1,000-
Protoman         -1,000-
Gumballtoid      -1,000-
Keep Man         -1,000-
Nostalgia         -997- [Subscribed to Tri-Daily Duels]
SmashBroPlusB -926-
Empty Overture -925-
Watzup7856     -923-
TailsMK4          -916- [Subscribed to Tri-Daily Duels]
Tengu              -904-
Megamneromex -893- [Subscribed to Tri-Daily Duels]
Mr Shadow        -875- [Subscribed to Tri-Daily Duels]
Quickman         -859-
Darkaura          -850- [Subscribed to Tri-Daily Duels]
Balrog              -824-
Bacon               -800- [Subscribed to Tri-Daily Duels]
Galactan           -800-
Jman                -762-
Red                  -743- [Subscribed to Tri-Daily Duels]

THE TEAMS:
2v2:
Superfantastical Scientologists
Tengu, HD

THE MACHO FISHERMEN
Sora, Red

Evil Guys
King Dumb, Awbawlisk

Slyfox Fan Club
Cvideo, Jack Corvus

Team Name: Professional Trolls
Team Players: Kenkoru and Bikdark

Team Name: DEE DOUBLEYEW
Team Players: Bacon and Jman

3v3:

5v5:
Continental Lobsters
Tengu -1000-, Gumballtoid -1000-, HD -1000-, Protoman -1000-, Fyone -1000-

THE TOURNAMENT:
2v2 Round Robin League!

Entrants:

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Superfantastical Scientologists
Tengu, HD

THE MACHO FISHERMEN
Sora, Red

Evil Guys
King Dumb, Awbawlisk

Slyfox Fan Club
Cvideo, Jack Corvus

Team Name: Professional Trolls
Team Players: Kenkoru and Bikdark

Alright OJ, what the flapping f@(& are you trying this time?

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Ok, don't kill me, but this whole thing revolves around a ladder system. Each player has his/her/wartortle's own rank which goes up or down depending on whether they win or lose ranked duels. There will be many ways to earn rank, like regularly assigned random duels, matches you call yourself when someone insults your skills/mother/cat, or miniature tournaments. The ladder also gives players a chance to fight people at their own level.

But I'm not a pro duelist...

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This was made for duelists of all levels! You'll usually be put up against players closer to you in rank, and you lose much less rank when you lose to someone ranked higher than you. You're also safe from stronger players bullying you for rank.

Nobody duels anymore, you should know that.

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This was designed to make duels actually happen for those who enjoy them. Every 3rd day, the moon crashes into termina players who are subscribed to "tri-daily duels" will receive an opponent for a ranked duel. You can freely resubscribe and unsubscribe to these matches, but not playing a match already assigned will have consequences (exceptions can be made for causes beyond player control). In addition, players can call each other out for ranked duels at any time. Tri-Daily duels will be one match with a RANDOMLY picked map, Call-out duels will be either best 2 out of 3 with typical tournament picks (one player picks his map, another player picks his map, and the final map is agreed upon) or the same as tri-daily matches, as agreed by the players. Fraglimits may either be 5 or 10, as agreed. No timelimits.

Random maps? Seriously?

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The following maps may be vetoed by either player for another random map:
MM5WAV
MM5GYR
MM5CRY
MM7SPR
MM7BUR
MM7DW4
All custom maps unless otherwise stated

So I always have to be ready to duel? Sounds annoying.

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That's why we pulled this solution out of nowhere in the last 10 minutes: You may choose to deny all incoming challenges, but if you issue a challenge, you must accept the first two challenges issued in the next 48 hours.
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For required matches (the first two challenges in the 48 hours following a challenge you proposed): You have 24 hours to begin playing a challenge (if the challenged is able to play later on but the challenger is unavailable later in the 24 hours, he withdraws the challenge. A challenge withdrawl has no penalty to either party, but the challenger must still accept his minimum 2 challenges for the next 48 hours.) If you do not, you are not permitted to participate in the next tri-daily duel nor issue challenges for the tri-daily duel period. However, you may still finish the current period's tri-daily duel. If a Tri-daily duel is not completed, if one player is clearly at fault, they will receive the same punishment, but may receive stricter punishment for repeat offenses. Mutual Confirmation, Screenshot Confirmation, or Board Member confirmation will all be accepted.

Awesome, so I can beat on newbies?

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...Not quite. You can't challenge players with less than 60% of your rank, and rank increase diminishes for challenges issued to players with less than 90% of your rank. You may not challenge a single player twice in 48 hours. In addition, Tri-Daily duels give a 5% incoming rank bonus for the winner that call-out duels do not get.

But what if I REALLY want to beat someone's face off?

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If two players have at least 90% of each other's rank, have challenged each other at least once each, and have both won at least one match against each other, they may mutually agree to a grudge match for 1.75x the rank change. The difference in rank is also ignored, so both players risk the same amount of relative rank. Come at me.

EDIT: Players may also decide beforehand to halve rank changes for a "light duel".

So... it's just a bunch of duels? Big whoop.

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Well, I tried to break up the monotony by giving you guys what you've always loathedwanted: Team Tournaments! In addition to random tournaments to give rank and stir things up, players can join 2v2, 3v3, and 5v5 teams. These teams carry their own rank and may participate in team tournaments and may call out other teams for ranked matches. These tournaments can range from anything to DM, TLMS, CTF, Possession, to Classes, so bring frinds who are ready for anything! Please note, however, that a team's rank will be reset if they ever have less than 51% of their original members. 5v5 teams will be permitted to play with only 4 of their members attending a match. You may only sign up for ONE team in each player count bracket, and these teams will carry over between tournaments.

WADs allowed:

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2mandmitemremoval.pk3 must be used for 2 man DM, as duel mode is unstable. If you can duel without crashing on V2C, be my guest. Zandronum is also permitted, as we have a few Best Ever servers up.
The most up-to-date AMP, CSCM, SHARP, and IX packs may be used for duels, but the map must be mutually agreed upon.
TBG CTF may also be used in CTF.
Classes mods may be used at specified times, typically in team tournaments, but classes have been tiered for balance in team games.
Other mods may also make appearances!

Yeah, whatever how do I sign up

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In-Game Names:
Times typically available:
Subscribe to Tri-Daily duels: (This can be changed at any time with no penalty)
Requested Rank: 1000 or 800 (I'm giving the option to handicap yourself so you don't get steamrolled as everyone starts out. Think of it as a casual bracket that you can outgrow.)
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Register a team!
Team Name:
Number of players (2, 3, 5)
Team Players:

We can't do this without feedback from the community, so if you have any ideas to make this die thrive, feel free to suggest them! I'm also willing to give out the specifics for rank generation if you want them. PM me for the behind-the-scenes or to get into the development discussion (yes, there were other people behind this).

PEOPLE WHO HELPED MAKE THIS AND YOU SHOULD TOTALLY LISTEN TO:
--Me. What?--
Orange Juice

--Devchat that insulted my ideas and now serves as judgement call board--
Awbawlisk
Bikdark
King Dumb

[Tengu]

In-Game Name: Tengu
Times available: Find me on Skype. (Airman.Tengu)
Subscribe to Tri-Daily Duels: Yes
Requested Rank: 1000

[Awbawlisk]

In-Game Names:Obelisk the Tormentor/aerofalcon100 (yea...)
Times typically available: Plx skype, also school is coming p in a week
Subscribe to Tri-Daily duels: yemen
Requested Rank: 1000

[Jc494]

In-Game Names: Jack Corvus, Jc494
Times typically available: Heavily depends on real life stuff. If I'm not busy, then generally everyday, usually around 14:00 PM (GMT+1) - 2:00 AM (GMT+1), I don't usually sign into Skype until later, say around 8:00 PM (GMT+1)
Subscribe to Tri-Daily duels: Yus
Requested Rank: 1000

As for poll: CTF plox also we could use my amazing bad maps since some of them are quite small!!111!!!1

[Accel]

In-Game Name: EmptyOverture
Times available: Usually after 2 PM PST, but I'd prefer if I were just contacted via PM, or on Skype (EmeraldOmega)
Subscribe to Tri-Daily Duels: Yes
Requested Rank: 1000

[Orange juice :l]

I'm probably going to remove the requirement that people accept a duel every day, because looking back on it it does seem strict.

[Tengu]

I have a question.



Will there be banned classes?

[King Dumb]

In-Game Names:  Villain and <VI> Villain
Times typically available: Saturdays and Sundays, most of the day. Late nights Fridays and Saturdays pretty much every weekend.
Subscribe to Tri-Daily Duels: Unfortunately, not at the moment.
Requested Rank: 1000

[Orange juice :l]

No, but teams will be restricted. For example, if one player were to choose a very powerful class, his teammate would be stuck with a less powerful class.

[Quickman1497]

In-Game Names:Quickman
Times typically available: friday ,but more Saturdays and Sundays , heavily depends on the time difference .If I'm not busy, then generally  around 1:00 PM (GMT-5) - 22:00 PM (GMT-5)
Subscribe to Tri-Daily duels: yes
Requested Rank: 1000

[HD_]

In-Game Names: Fuck it I'll tell you if it's me
Times typically available: 9 AM-8 PM
Subscribe to Tri-Daily duels: Yes
Requested Rank: 1000

inb4 my rank ends up as 0

[Tengu]

Registering a Team:


Name: Superfantastical Scientologists

Team type: 2v2

Members: Tengu, HD

[Watzup7856]

In-Game Names: Watzup7856, Sonic da hedgehog!!!!!!!!!!!!, Ness, Lucas
Times typically available:4pm - 10pm
Subscribe to Tri-Daily duels: nope yes
Requested Rank: 1000

[DarkAura]

In-Game Name: DarkAura
Times typically available: Any time
Subscribe to Tri-Daily duels: Yes
Requested Rank: 950

[Sora]

Red: sora do work and post this

Team Name: THE MACHO FISHERMEN
Number of players : 2
Team Players: MACHO FISHERMAN SORA
                        MACHO FISHERMAN RED

So I guess I'm signing up

In-Game Name: Sora
Times typically available: Weekends exclusively now that school and college have started
Subscribe to Tri-Daily Duels: Not currently, no
Requested Rank: 1000