@simon33 indeed a good question.
But I would not bother with it @Colt45554 as long as the game thread isn’t up. And that implies for me that no Real decission and comitment was made by the other Player.
It happens from time to time when players realize that they put to much on their plate and agreed without knowing the other Player that well to play a best of three or something like that.
There a plenty players in the league now so you should still find easily replacement for the miss.
If you don’t, contact me via PM.
@simon33 @aequitas-et-veritas thanks for the responses, gentlemen. It has not happened to me. I was just curious if there was precedence for this throughout the League years.
As simon alluded to, if bidding was done via PM then it might break forum etiquette to release that private conversation to accuse a game dodged.
And AEV, the “too much on their plate” bit is a good normal reason not to start a game but in this hypothetical, Opponent Y could abuse to dodge
I would suggest to not insist on making the game count but to just not play the weasel anymore and advise anyone else in the league to do so, too.
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Will there be a 2nd playoff?
@Amon-Sul I believe that as long as there is enough interest (and there certainly seems to be) there can be a 2nd and even 3rd and 4th playoffs.
We have 18 or 19 signed up so it’s looking like a 2nd and a 3rd probably -
That said, I’m here to announce that I’m leaving the signup period open a bit longer (Through Sunday seems about right)
My apologies - I was a bit late announcing the signup period, and I am concerned that some might miss the boat as a result of my poor timing.
@gamerman01 said in League General Discussion Thread:
We have 18 or 19 signed up so it’s looking like a 2nd and a 3rd probably -
That said, I’m here to announce that I’m leaving the signup period open a bit longer (Through Sunday seems about right)
My apologies - I was a bit late announcing the signup period, and I am concerned that some might miss the boat as a result of my poor timing.
So we ll soon have a play off bracket written in the Excel table?
@Amon-Sul correct!
Is there a reason we don’t have a playoff with 16 people or 24 people in one big bracket? I could see it taking a long time, but besides that i dont see a reason why not.
@WindowWasher i think this is something that should be considered. I think the main reason is, sometimes these games takes FOREVER. What is the “record” to decide a new champ? 1.5 years? 2 years? Could be more stict on time and “always” honor the 72h limit
But i would vote yes to a 16 bracket for the championship. I think it is a good suggestion and will also create more interest.
also, I feel like 3 moves a week should be the limit, I’m able to play only friday-sunday but I’m always on and respond usually immediately
@oysteilo said in League General Discussion Thread:
@WindowWasher i think this is something that should be considered. I think the main reason is, sometimes these games takes FOREVER. What is the “record” to decide a new champ? 1.5 years? 2 years? Could be more stict on time and “always” honor the 72h limit
But i would vote yes to a 16 bracket for the championship. I think it is a good suggestion and will also create more interest.
24 is weird
16 is nice, since u have then 8, 4 , 2
@WindowWasher said in League General Discussion Thread:
Is there a reason we don’t have a playoff with 16 people or 24 people in one big bracket? I could see it taking a long time, but besides that i dont see a reason why not.
I think 8 is fine. If it was 16 you could knock out the top player from the 16th spot with some good dice.
Regarding the 72hr limit, some feel it should be longer for the championship games.
Not sure if this is legal, but could there be a betting pool for the bracket? Maybe 50% goes to winning bracket picks, and 50% to A&A.org? Just asking as I know the fund drive for 2021 has started.
Reminder today is last day to sign up.
I will make brackets tonight before I go to bed.
I did authorize Ghost and ksmckay to start today because there is a 100% chance they will be paired tonight and because I was asked - otherwise, please wait until tomorrow to start because the signup period is still open today.
Bracket of 8 because it’s 3 games to win it all and that often takes a year or more as someone else said. Also, because if the bracket is 16 or more, you have quite a bit more disparity in skill and experience levels. Tighter brackets means more compelling, competitive games.
We have about 16 beyond the top 8 signed up, so that’s good news - we should be able to have 2 more full brackets.
Mainah, at first that sounds very exciting and fun, but thinking about it a bit, there’s a big problem with that. If there’s money on games, there’s an incentive for people to try and help a player in the tournament to make better decisions, and also an incentive to try and sabotage a player (maybe by giving suggestions to make poor decisions disguised as clever ones).
Would mess with the integrity of the games, so as league moderator I’d have to say no.
I agree that the introduction of monetary aspects would likely corrupt the league. Money makes the world go round while pushing morals down the drain.
