2015 Find League Opponents Thread

Looking for a game or 2, tier 4’s need not apply, I guess
I know I’m on Garg’s hitlist - you ready yet?

Just respond here, please, so everyone can see responses - no need to PM

fresh off an embarrassing playoff run and in the middle of a hideous run of dice, looking for a single league game.  tier 1 preferred.  At the very tip top position of the hitlist? ––>  JDOW.

Bold’s 2015 hitlist:
JDOW
Garg
Me1945
Yoshi (time to join the league my friend, you are more than ready)
hobo
Zhukov
Rasmustb
seththenewb
Wheatbeer

Cheers

See you on the battlefield

oh, and Ghostglider, forgot about you.  Your at #3 and if you want the allies you will be bidding single digits!

Bold: You know how this is going to turn out, don’t you?
JDOW: Nope.
Bold: I think you do. So this is what I’ll offer - you bring me the money and I’ll let her go. Otherwise she’s accountable, same as you. That’s the best deal you’re gonna get. I won’t tell you you can save yourself, because you can’t.
JDOW: Yeah, I’m going to bring you something, alright. In fact, I’m making you a special project of mine. You won’t have to come looking for me at all.

Juan and Roboto - consider yourselves officially added to my hitlist.

Hi Bold, you are also in my hitlist…  :mrgreen:

I will finish my current games vs JWW and Gargantua, and then decide if my 8th game is vs an Elite like I believe you will be, or I post a no show win that I have allready vs a Tier 3. I will also decide if I play more than 8 games this league (will like to play Gamer again and others but not yet sure).

Juan, how could you possibly finish all your games for the year in say Jan, then sit around waiting for November?  I assume with the goal of making the playoffs… that doesn’t sound terribly sporting!  plus, even if you made the top 8, you would be super rusty having not played quality competition for 10 months.  no, i think you should reconsider and take the route of trying to play throughout the year, taking on lots of tier 1 and tier 2 players and earn that playoff spot!

cheers, and here’s hoping you make the right decision.  i think you are probably just joking because i don’t see you going from 66 games to 8.  66 to 26 maybe.  :-)

JDOW, you’re number 1 buddy - you up for a league game yet?

@Boldfresh:

Juan, how could you possibly finish all your games for the year in say Jan, then sit around waiting for November?  I assume with the goal of making the playoffs… that doesn’t sound terribly sporting!  plus, even if you made the top 8, you would be super rusty having not played quality competition for 10 months.  no, i think you should reconsider and take the route of trying to play throughout the year, taking on lots of tier 1 and tier 2 players and earn that playoff spot!Â

cheers, and here’s hoping you make the right decision.  i think you are probably just joking because i don’t see you going from 66 games to 8.  66 to 26 maybe.   :-)

I will explain it, I know it seems strange.  :-)
Perhaps you are right Bold and I will play some more when I finish those 2, not yet decided, because even with 2 losses, I might average > 4,00.  :mrgreen:
I think what I am doing is sporting, last year my target was playing a lot because I had a lot of time for it, and energy in this new gaming experience for me, it was a good way to learn, and perhaps a target was setting a games completed record (I admit it…), this year, once learned the league rules, and following them, I designed a strategy to lead the league for the longest time possible and if possible, at the end (allthough the rules changed once the league was initiated with the Elite level  :-o , and that reduces many chances of success for my strategy).
We discussed last year on options to make the league increase in number of games (motivating players to play more with incentives for number of games + helping beginners to join, most Tier 1,s avoided me when I joined and I avoid beginners now), but the system is other (which is really really good by the way, with different targets).
This year I have less time for playing + want to play other new stiles (created a league with friends with other rules, will play XDAP2 and may be other kind of tournaments).
Cheers

Sounds good Juan to each his own.  I was a proponent of being required to play a certain amount of tier 1 competition to be playoff eligible so someone couldn’t beat mostly tier 2 and enter playoff against tier 1 players who had been playing each other a lot.

Regardless I think gamer we should possibly look closer at the E level.  An eplayer losing to another elite gets only 3 points and losing to a tier 1 gets only 2 points for the loss…  which means probably that beating an elite should be more than 7 or losing to an elite should be more than … Not Exactly Sure But It Seems Some Additional Work On Weighting May Be useful.  Gaming the system is still possible in other words… not that it needs to be eliminated but…

Additionally under these weights o e could beat an even mix of tier 2 and tier 3 players and be at 4.5 or elite level.

Gamers system works great when players spread their games around amongst the tier they are at and a tier above/below.

First, I don’t think that a loss against one “class” of player should ever be worth more than a win against another “class” of player….

Any rule that discourages play between us all should probably be looked at.  It’s a shame that one of the top players wants to just sit on a lead – seems very counter-intuitive to why we are all here, doesn’t it?

I’m now having a hard time getting games because of my early experimentation that has me currently at Tier 4.  I’ll be back to Tier 2 by the the end (like I always am) I have a feeling.  But, it’s actually been hard to find games – I haven’t turned one down, regardless of level.

So, my only worry about “E” status is that it will make possible games against top players even less likely, which is the real reason why I wanted to play league… :(

@DizzKneeLand33:

First, I don’t think that a loss against one “class” of player should ever be worth more than a win against another “class” of player….

OK, it’s not.  You get 3 for losing to Elite, you get 3 for beating tier 4.  It’s not more.

Any rule that discourages play between us all should probably be looked at.  It’s a shame that one of the top players wants to just sit on a lead – seems very counter-intuitive to why we are all here, doesn’t it?

This is Juan’s problem.  Also, he revealed more of the story.  He was going for as many games as possible last year, this year he is trying to be ranked as high as he can, but he is also interested in doing league with his friends and playing in XDAP tourney.  Juan’s behavior and decisions should not be used as evidence that the system is flawed.

I’m now having a hard time getting games because of my early experimentation that has me currently at Tier 4.  I’ll be back to Tier 2 by the the end (like I always am) I have a feeling.  But, it’s actually been hard to find games – I haven’t turned one down, regardless of level.

Just tell people this.  I don’t believe you’re having problems getting games because you’re currently tier 4.  I want to play you.  I said tier 4’s need not apply, but I know you won’t stay there.  Besides, the reason I didn’t want to play tier 4 is because it would not be competitive at all.  I know you’re not really a tier 4, and won’t be once you’ve had a few more games.

So, my only worry about “E” status is that it will make possible games against top players even less likely, which is the real reason why I wanted to play league…. :(

Again, I will accept your challenge.  I am the defending league champion, and looking to repeat.  You can play me, right now.  No one has accepted my challenge yet.

@Gamerman01:

@DizzKneeLand33:

So, my only worry about “E” status is that it will make possible games against top players even less likely, which is the real reason why I wanted to play league…. :(

Again, I will accept your challenge.  I am the defending league champion, and looking to repeat.  You can play me, right now.  No one has accepted my challenge yet.

How does “E” status make possible games against top players less likely??  Am I the only one playing for fun here, and not for points?
Dangit, the point system is to help us all know how good we or the competition are.  I suppose there will always be people who look at it as a high score and want to see how high they can get, as if it’s a pinball game or something.  Give me a break.  Just play each other and let the system rate you.

By the way.  518 games were recorded during 2014.  We are currently on pace to eclipse that, on pace to complete 657 games.  Apparently somebody likes the system.

I just don’t understand this - people won’t play me because my tier is too low.  I wish everyone would report to me by private message every time they are denied a game because their current ranking is too low.  There are plenty of people to play within one tier of yourself, even when you are tier 4. 
Tell me again why I should be spending hours of my time playing someone who has absolutely no chance of beating me?  And I play them anyway, sometimes.  I know others don’t, but don’t they have the right?  It’s not the system that’s to blame, you would have great players denying games to terrible players anyway, no matter the system.

Sorry, on the first part I was referring to Bold’s statement of making losses to Tier E worth more – under the current system that’s not the case, which is why I like the current system.  :)

As far as Juan is concerned, it’s true that is his problem.  I just hope others don’t do the same thing.  Of course, this is so much better than it used to be – I mean, didn’t it used to be something like 4-0 and you were in the final round or something?  I can’t remember exactly now, but I’m so glad that it’s not that!  The current league/Gamer’s system is great – and anything that encourages play is I think what we are all looking for…

Juan will just miss out, I guess.

On the other hand, I won’t.  :)  I will gladly accept your offer for a game – the best way to get better is to play the best!

Did you want me to bid here?  I’ll start the bidding at 23, but you can PM me from there if you like (either way is fine with me, just don’t want to spam the thread here any more than I already have lol)

We could bid here, but PM makes sense.

@DizzKneeLand33:

Sorry, on the first part I was referring to Bold’s statement of making losses to Tier E worth more – under the current system that’s not the case, which is why I like the current system.  :)

Oh!  Thanks for the explanation - I didn’t understand.
Bold, you know how to find me.  Please stop roiling things up on the boards.

Elite status is going to be a fun and exciting thing for everyone.

You should understand that pretty much everyone’s PPG will be a bit higher than last year as a result, because everyone who plays elites will get an extra point for each game, and each person who plays a player who played an elite will also benefit, and so on.  Players at 4.50 or above will also ride the wave as a result.

40 days into the year, the rankings are starting to take a little shape.  It’s fun to watch, and I am eager to get a result or 3 of my own in there.

i was not trying to criticize the system at all, i think it’s doing a fantastic job.  i don’t think it can really be improved for the intent it exists for, which is really to encourage gameplay and help find the right competition.  inevitably there will be those who intentionally or unintentionally game the system and you are right dizz, it’s to the detriment of those players really.  if someone plays mostly tier 2 and 3 and makes the playoffs, they will simply be embarrassed and what’s more, they are holding back their own improvement.