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Devonin's Ongoing FFR League (Qualifier)

Welcome to Devonin's Ongoing FFR League. This is a somewhat new thing, think of it like a tournament that doesn't actually end, with prizes given out periodically as we go along. I'll explain everything below.

FORMAT

The league is going to be divided into 5 divisions, corresponding to general skill level at FFR. There will be no placement process, and thus don't bother asking to be put into a certain division. The beauty of this system is that it fixes itself. At the beginning of the league all participants will be placed into Division 3. For the first several rounds, the top and bottom X people will be moved up into division 2 and down into division 4, this will continue until the 5 divisions have roughly equal numbers in them. This will be the make-up of the league for Season 1.

At the end of each Season (Probably one round per week for 6 weeks) we'll take a 1 week break to give out prizes, and sort out anything that needs changing, and then Season 2 will start.

SEASONAL DIVISION MOVEMENT

At the end of each season, the top X people in their division will be moved up one division, and the bottom X people will move down a division. The top of Division 1 stay put, and the bottom of Division 5 are removed from the league and put into a 're-qualifying' bracket. This bracket also contains anybody who wants to join mid-season. At the end of each season, the re-qualifying bracket are shuffled into the league at skill-appropriate levels.

SCORING AND PRIZES

This is a raw score based league, it's all about accuracy and skill. There won't be any trick-shot rounds (bad PA, max boos all that other stuff) I know it's a game, but this is a reasonably serious attempt to get some long-term competition and interest going. Scores are ranked simply by their raw score, highest to lowest. Points are awarded each round, with 1000 points awarded to the first place finisher, and .9*N points for each lower place. (This means that it is MUCH easier to stay competitive. This is the method I used for the Critical Thinking tournies way back, and it makes the middle of the pack a lot easier to move around in.

At the end of each season, prizes (So far just credits out of my pocket, we'll see how it develops as we go) will be given out across the divisions such that the top 50% of each division win something (So the more people who sign up, the more people get prizes, including YOU!)

If we get at least 50 people for season one, I'll shop around for someone to make some "Ongoing Tournament Season 1 Champ" style sig banner things. Heck, if it really takes off, maybe we can bribe Velocity to put stuff on profiles for it!

CURRENT PRIZE POOL
Qualifying Tourney: 1,000,000
Season One: 2,000,000
Season Two: 2,000,000

DONATIONS

FAQ (As things come up)

GENERAL QUESTIONS
Q: How do I sign up?
A: Just post in the thread that you're in

Q: When does the first round start?
A: I'm planning to start the sorting/qualifyer round Sunday Jan 22, for 4 weeks. Standard Seasons are 6 weeks long.

Q: How long is each season?
A: The season will be 6 rounds, 1 per week, Sunday->Sunday

Q: I'm on Team X, Can we make this a Team Thing too?
A: Absolutely! If you're on one of the FFR Teams, just include it in your signup request and I'll put a note beside the name. While I'm not including anything in -my- tourney about the teams, it's a great way for you to compete and rank against your own and other teams!

Q: You already started the qualifier, is it too late to join?
A: Anybody who wants to join the Qualifier ONLY while Round 1 ONLY is going on, can submit scores. Those people will have their scores recorded by me, be moved through the divisions as normal, but will only actually be present in the start of season 1 if they were needed to make the numbers in the divisions work out. If this is going to become a regular long-term thing, the system in place is going to have to be enforced, which means only signups during the time for signups count.

DIVISION/MOVEMENT QUESTIONS
Q: What if I don't submit a score for a round?
A: You get 0 points, and drop places

Q: What if someone becomes inactive, do they just soak up a spot until they work their way all the way out of the bottom?
A: Anybody who fails to submit for at least 3 of the 6 rounds of a season is dropped immediately to the re-qualifying bracket

Q: Someone is obviously too good for their division! Move them up mid-round!
A: Not going to happen. I'll do my best to put people in the qualifying bracket into the correct place at season start, but if someone is really good and got misplaced (Or skill jumps, or whatever) then they slowly work their way up just like everybody else. Yes this means a D1 player who somehow got into D3 is probably going to win D3, then win D2 next season, but the prizes go down to 50% of people, and I'd really like to see this become a permanant ongoing thing, so there's MORE than enough time to be winning credits and prizes

SCORING/SUBMISSION QUESTIONS
Q: What's with this 0.9*N nonsense? How do the points work?!?
A: Basically, this system is designed to keep a large number of competitors as competitive and involved as possible. The way it works is that the top score for a round is awarded 1000 points. For each place below that, they player scores 90% of the previous person's points. So instead of a usual structure that tends to go
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0
It goes
1000, 900, 810, 729, 656, 590, 531, 478, 430, 387

This means that as you move down into the middle of the pack, it is MUCH easier to stay competitive and in the running for good prizes since one bad round isn't going to completely wreck your score.

Re: Devonin's Ongoing FFR League (Take Two!)

Participants

Division 1

Code:



One Winged Angel (Team Indeed)        3900

justin_ator                        3810

yo man im awesome (Team Indeed)        3729

iironiic (Debbie Downers)        3656

MikeShinoda12345 (Team Indeed)        3656

TC_Halogen (Dragon's Fury)        3656

Plan_Bsk81127 (Team Indeed)        3590

xXOpkillerXx (Debbie Downers)        3531

krunkykai22 (Dragon's Fury)        3531

Ninty64 (Debbie Downers)        3387

Hakulyte (Team Indeed)                3349

megamon88 (Team Pony)                3314

rushyrulz (Team Indeed)                3207

U.N. Owen (Team Blaze)                3086

Poison- (Team Indeed)                2900





Non-Submitters in Round 4

flashpantss                        3000        

Anaru                                2810        

alloyus (Dragon's Fury)                2729        

~Zeta~ (Dragon's Fury)                2656        

DossarLX ODI (Team Indeed)        2590        

chocobothief12 (Team Fur)        2590        

awein999 (Team Indeed)                2531

Division 2

Code:



hi19hi19                        3810

sanzath (Team Fur)                3610

shonen7                                3610

FrozenAngel91                        3114

dragonmegaXX (Team Fur)                3095

MrPreggers (Team Blaze)                3046

reuben_tate (Team Blaze)        2917

Zakvvv666 (Team Blaze)                2638



Nonsubmitters in round 4

FontSize72LOL                        2400

Division 3

Code:



who_cares973 (Team Fur)                3390

wildfireskunk (Team Fur)        3154

SK8R43 (Debbie Downers)                2939

Sephiroth28                        2816

magicturbo (Debbie Downers)        2473

Division 4

Code:



thusunfan                        2757

popsicle_3000 (Team Blaze)        2595

typing like wat (Dragon's Fury)        2516



Non-submitters in round 4

Nois-or-e                        1745        

emerald000                        1814

Division 5

Code:



Bobogoobo (Team Fur)        2509

Guest15937 (Team Blaze)        2429

pikakirby123 (Team Fur)        2159

Altivu                        1896

kayotik (Team Fur)        1706

Re: Devonin's Ongoing FFR League (Take Two!)

Qualifying Tourney

(Updated to #474)

Welcome to the first round of the ongoing league's qualifying event! Scores must be posted as screenshots in this thread, or PM'd to me, in all the usual tourney ways. Ranking is based on raw score, not final score. None of this mashing nonsense. Screenshot must include login info with your username, and a date/time after Noon EST Sunday the 22nd. Round goes until Midnight EST Saturday the 28th

Round 4:

Division 1:Ketsarku Mozgalom (Misc)

Code:



xXOpkillerXx (Debbie Downers)        81750

TC_Halogen (Dragon's Fury)        81750

One Winged Angel (Team Indeed)        81725

justin_ator                        81720

yo man im awesome (Team Indeed)        81675

MikeShinoda12345 (Team Indeed)        81650

iironiic (Debbie Downers)        81650

Plan_Bsk81127 (Team Indeed)        81550

krunkykai22 (Dragon's Fury)        81545

rushyrulz (Team Indeed)                81525

U.N. Owen (Team Blaze)                81465

Ninty64 (Debbie Downers)        81160

Hakulyte (Team Indeed)                81095

megamon88 (Team Pony)                80335

Division 2:Final Fantasy Last Battle Festival (Secret)
If anybody in this division somehow lacks the credits to play this song, PM me and I'll loan them for the round.

Code:



hi19hi19                        182270

shonen7                                182225

sanzath (Team Fur)                182140

FrozenAngel91                        181770

dragonmegaXX (Team Fur)                181690

MrPreggers (Team Blaze)                181590

Zakvvv666 (Team Blaze)                181275

reuben_tate (Team Blaze)        180445

Division 3:Vertex Beta (Dance 2)

Code:



wildfireskunk (Team Fur)        87465

who_cares973 (Team Fur)                87215

SK8R43 (Debbie Downers)                86545

Sephiroth28                        84665

magicturbo (Debbie Downers)        84390

Division 4: Delirium (Dance 2)

Code:



thesunfan                        53700

typing like wat (Dragon's Fury)        53575

popsicle_3000 (Team Blaze)        53565

Division 5:Crystalis - House Leaves (Long) (Arcade)

Code:



Bobogoobo (Team Fur)        35850

Guest15937 (Team Blaze)        35530

pikakirby123 (Team Fur)        34980

Altivu                        33415

kayotik (Team Fur)        29255

Re: Devonin's Ongoing FFR League (Take Two!)

Very interesting concept, I'll join :3

Re: Devonin's Ongoing FFR League (Take Two!)

Sounds pretty interesting, ill join. Maybe it'll make me get better.

Re: Devonin's Ongoing FFR League (Take Two!)

I'm already in 2 tourney's, but what the heck, I'll join! Team Fur will be victorious! >:3

Re: Devonin's Ongoing FFR League (Take Two!)

Sure, why not? In. :)

Re: Devonin's Ongoing FFR League (Take Two!)

Team Blaze

magicturbo standing by

Re: Devonin's Ongoing FFR League (Take Two!)

For Team Fur, I'm in!

Re: Devonin's Ongoing FFR League (Take Two!)

Team fur all the way! I'm in :D

Re: Devonin's Ongoing FFR League (Take Two!)

im def in for Team Blaze

Re: Devonin's Ongoing FFR League (Take Two!)

In representing Dragon's Fury

Re: Devonin's Ongoing FFR League (Take Two!)

I'm in. Team Blaze will be victorious. :)