Ongoing FFR League (Season One)

**devonin** · 02-11-2012, 09:15 PM

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. The Qualifying event is already over, and we have our Season 1 rankings. If you didn't take part in the qualifier, unfortunately you aren't taking part in the main portion of this season's league. There still is the option for participation though, as I'll explain.

At the end of each Season (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 the next season 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 players in 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 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!)

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: The participants in the league are made up of those who took part in the Qualifying Round, and anybody who was in the re-entry bracket in the previous season. If you are not one of these people, you will be in the re-entry bracket THIS season, and the league next season.

Q: When does the first round start?
A: Each Season begins after 1 full week from the end of the previous season.

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!

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.

**devonin** · 02-11-2012, 09:16 PM

Season 1 Standings

Division 1

Code:


MikeShinoda12345 (Team Indeed)	729	900	900	810	810	900	5049
TC_Halogen (Dragon's Fury)	1000	1000	1000	0	1000	0	4000
yo man im awesome (Team Indeed)	531	729	810	1000	900	0	3970
Hakulyte (Team Indeed)		387	430	729	729	656	1000	3931
justin_ator			590	656	0	900	729	0	2875
megamon88 (Team Pony)		348	387	0	656	590	810	2791

Division 2

Code:


hi19hi19		1000	1000	1000	1000	810	900	5710
shonen7			900	656	900	900	900	810	5066
MrPreggers (Team Blaze)	656	531	656	656	1000	1000	4499
FrozenAngel91		729	900	0	729	656	729	3743
Zakvvv666 (Team Blaze)	590	810	729	810	729	0	3668

Division 3

Code:


magicturbo (Debbie Downers)	1000	1000	900	1000	900	1000	5800
SK8R43 (Debbie Downers)		900	900	1000	900	1000	900	5600
wildfireskunk (Team Fur)	810	0	729	810	810	810	3969
Sephiroth28			729	0	810	729	0	0	2268

Division 4

Code:


popsicle_3000 (Team Blaze)	900	1000	1000	1000	900	1000	5800
thusunfan			1000	810	0	810	1000	900	4520
typing like wat (Dragon's Fury)	0	900	900	900	810	810	4320

Division 5

Code:


Bobogoobo (Team Fur)	1000	1000	900	810	1000	900	5610
pikakirby123 (Team Fur)	0	810	810	1000	900	1000	4520
Guest15937 (Team Blaze)	900	900	1000	900	810	0	4510
Altivu			0	729	729	729	729	0	2916

**devonin** · 02-11-2012, 09:16 PM

**devonin** · 02-11-2012, 09:16 PM

Re-Entry Bracket

Moved to Requalifier for Non-Submission

Code:

Plan_Bsk81127 (Team Indeed)
U.N. Owen (Team Blaze)
One Winged Angel (Team Indeed)
krunkykai22 (Dragon's Fury)
dragonmegaXX (Team Fur)
who_cares973 (Team Fur)
kayotik (Team Fur)

Round 1 - bbblow (Dance)

Code:


snuwfer		1-0-0-0
MaxGhost 	1-0-0-0
Kirbyman1990 	20-1-0-1
I Will Pwn U 	1-0-0-0

Round 2 - Nice Nice Noise (Misc)

Code:


snuwfer		0-0-0-0
MaxGhost	0-0-0-0 
i will pwn u 	1-0-0-1

Round 3 - Fantranstic (Dance2)

Code:


MaxGhost	0-0-0-0 
i will pwn u 	1-0-0-1

Round 4 - Turbulence (Dance2)

Code:


MaxGhost	0-0-0-0 
i will pwn u 	2-0-0-0

**nois-or-e** · 02-11-2012, 09:19 PM

approved

**megamon88** · 02-11-2012, 10:12 PM

Have the placements been determined yet?

EDIT: Didn't see the other thread. Looks like we'll have to wait another day.

**devonin** · 02-11-2012, 10:51 PM

Another day and another week for the final round of the qualifier, but yes.

**devonin** · 02-20-2012, 03:28 PM

So this is now the thread we care about.

Round 1 will begin Sunday February 26th

Anybody interested in entering the qualifying bracket can just post, or send me a PM

**popsicle_3000** · 02-22-2012, 05:34 AM

sweet! looking forward to some more competition

**wildfireskunk** · 02-22-2012, 07:54 AM

HYPE~

**devonin** · 02-27-2012, 04:17 AM

Round 1 week 1 up! Round ends Sunday March 4th

**popsicle_3000** · 02-27-2012, 05:53 AM

lets start d4!

**hi19hi19** · 02-27-2012, 12:16 PM

Whoo, Big Blue!
Maybe I'll finally get that clean SDG I've been wanting on it.

So hyped for this, it's been a lot of fun so far.

Anaru · 02-27-2012, 12:25 PM

**Bobogoobo** · 02-27-2012, 04:00 PM

I can't play today. Here's the least crappy score I got, will try again some other day.

**hi19hi19** · 02-27-2012, 04:20 PM

Close enough.

I'm really bad at this file it seems >_<

**xXOpkillerXx** · 02-27-2012, 04:39 PM

Awww would've liked to AAA but I guess I'm still happy with that :3

**SK8R43** · 02-27-2012, 06:32 PM

For now, til i learn to not dump 6 GOODS on that freaking up down trill LMAO

**yo man im awesome** · 02-27-2012, 07:56 PM

what

WHY DO THESE THINGS HAPPEN WHEN I'M DEPRESSED ;__;

Anaru · 02-27-2012, 08:27 PM

Hey, at least you rank jumped quite a bit.

02-11-2012, 09:15 PM	#1
devonin Very Grave Indeed Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Age: 40 Posts: 10,098	Ongoing FFR League (Season One) 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. The Qualifying event is already over, and we have our Season 1 rankings. If you didn't take part in the qualifier, unfortunately you aren't taking part in the main portion of this season's league. There still is the option for participation though, as I'll explain. At the end of each Season (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 the next season 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 players in 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 .9N 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 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!) CURRENT PRIZE POOL Qualifying Tourney: 1,000,000 Season One: 2,000,000 Season Two: 2,000,000 DONATIONS Devonin - 140,000 TC_Halogen - 350,000 The Powers That Be - WAAAAY TOO MANY FAQ (As things come up) GENERAL QUESTIONS Q: How do I sign up? A: The participants in the league are made up of those who took part in the Qualifying Round, and anybody who was in the re-entry bracket in the previous season. If you are not one of these people, you will be in the re-entry bracket THIS season, and the league next season. Q: When does the first round start? A: Each Season begins after 1 full week from the end of the previous season. 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! 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 0.9N 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. Last edited by devonin; 02-11-2012 at 09:23 PM..

02-11-2012, 09:16 PM	#4
devonin Very Grave Indeed Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Age: 40 Posts: 10,098	Re: Ongoing FFR League (Season One) Re-Entry Bracket Moved to Requalifier for Non-Submission Code: Plan_Bsk81127 (Team Indeed) U.N. Owen (Team Blaze) One Winged Angel (Team Indeed) krunkykai22 (Dragon's Fury) dragonmegaXX (Team Fur) who_cares973 (Team Fur) kayotik (Team Fur) Round 1 - bbblow (Dance) Code: snuwfer 1-0-0-0 MaxGhost 1-0-0-0 Kirbyman1990 20-1-0-1 I Will Pwn U 1-0-0-0 Round 2 - Nice Nice Noise (Misc) Code: snuwfer 0-0-0-0 MaxGhost 0-0-0-0 i will pwn u 1-0-0-1 Round 3 - Fantranstic (Dance2) Code: MaxGhost 0-0-0-0 i will pwn u 1-0-0-1 Round 4 - Turbulence (Dance2) Code: MaxGhost 0-0-0-0 i will pwn u 2-0-0-0 Last edited by devonin; 03-28-2012 at 08:06 PM..

02-11-2012, 09:19 PM	#5
nois-or-e SponCon Aficionado Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: doot~ Age: 38 Posts: 3,250	Re: Ongoing FFR League (Season One) approved __________________

02-11-2012, 10:12 PM	#6
megamon88 aka Assertive Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Waterloo, ON Age: 29 Posts: 2,567	Re: Ongoing FFR League (Season One) Have the placements been determined yet? EDIT: Didn't see the other thread. Looks like we'll have to wait another day. __________________ Last edited by megamon88; 02-11-2012 at 10:22 PM..

02-11-2012, 10:51 PM	#7
devonin Very Grave Indeed Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Age: 40 Posts: 10,098	Re: Ongoing FFR League (Season One) Another day and another week for the final round of the qualifier, but yes.

02-20-2012, 03:28 PM	#8
devonin Very Grave Indeed Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Age: 40 Posts: 10,098	Re: Ongoing FFR League (Season One) So this is now the thread we care about. Round 1 will begin Sunday February 26th Anybody interested in entering the qualifying bracket can just post, or send me a PM

02-22-2012, 07:54 AM	#10
wildfireskunk Purveyor of tea Join Date: Sep 2004 Age: 37 Posts: 1,247	Re: Ongoing FFR League (Season One) HYPE~ __________________ ITG guru, FFR noob, wants to hug every cat.

02-27-2012, 04:17 AM	#11
devonin Very Grave Indeed Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Age: 40 Posts: 10,098	Re: Ongoing FFR League (Season One) Round 1 week 1 up! Round ends Sunday March 4th

02-27-2012, 12:16 PM	#13
hi19hi19 lol happy Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: DESTINY Age: 33 Posts: 12,193	Re: Ongoing FFR League (Season One) Whoo, Big Blue! Maybe I'll finally get that clean SDG I've been wanting on it. So hyped for this, it's been a lot of fun so far. __________________

02-27-2012, 12:25 PM	#14
Anaru Banned Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Berkeley, California Posts: 1,530	Re: Ongoing FFR League (Season One)

02-27-2012, 04:20 PM	#16
hi19hi19 lol happy Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: DESTINY Age: 33 Posts: 12,193	Re: Ongoing FFR League (Season One) Close enough. I'm really bad at this file it seems >_< __________________

02-27-2012, 08:27 PM	#20
Anaru Banned Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Berkeley, California Posts: 1,530	Re: Ongoing FFR League (Season One) Hey, at least you rank jumped quite a bit.

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