Devonin's Ongoing FFR League (Take Two!)

**devonin** · 01-9-2012, 11:01 AM

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.

**devonin** · 01-9-2012, 12:21 PM

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

**reuben_tate** · 01-10-2012, 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by devonin

Division 3
reuben_tate (Team Blaze)

fix'ed (sorry, I just can't stand to see my username spelled the way you have it >.<)

**devonin** · 01-9-2012, 12:22 PM

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

**yo man im awesome** · 01-22-2012, 12:16 PM

I think I'll join you.

**AlexDest** · 01-22-2012, 12:22 PM

here ya go

Ninty64 · 01-22-2012, 12:24 PM

For DD

**pikakirby123** · 02-18-2012, 11:51 AM

I accidentally played the Remix version for a while by accident... Silly me. :P

**Hakulyte** · 02-18-2012, 03:03 PM

If only the 24th were at the beginning of the file.

Oh look I isolated the problem.

...

How to hit that?

**yo man im awesome** · 02-18-2012, 03:12 PM

What is so difficult about the 24ths lol, I find the 32nd shit right before it hella harder

/serious question

**Hakulyte** · 02-18-2012, 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yo man im awesome

What is so difficult about the 24ths lol, I find the 32nd shit right before it hella harder

/serious question

I can't tell if they're polyrhythms or some sort of awkward stream, they're up/down starting patterns which I'm weak at, I can't jumptrill them either. How do you even deal with these patterns. I'd rather hit Skeletor's ending wall than hit these any day.

All the 32nd in this file are either [12][34] jumptrills or double trills, nothing to see in them for me.

**Panic4Me** · 01-9-2012, 12:22 PM

justin_ator · 01-9-2012, 12:31 PM

Very interesting concept, I'll join :3

**rushyrulz** · 01-9-2012, 12:37 PM

**yo man im awesome** · 01-9-2012, 03:59 PM

In for Team Indeed!

**CoolRun** · 01-9-2012, 12:43 PM

I'm in.

**Zakvvv666** · 02-18-2012, 04:21 PM

Do I lose anything important if I don't submit? If I play FFLBF anymore I might put my keyboard through a wall, I haven't finished a single play all week because of rage, I'm in last place anyways I'm not winning anything.

**devonin** · 02-18-2012, 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zakvvv666

Do I lose anything important if I don't submit? If I play FFLBF anymore I might put my keyboard through a wall, I haven't finished a single play all week because of rage, I'm in last place anyways I'm not winning anything.

You lose a spot in Season 1. Submit -anything- and you'll at least still be in for the league instead of having to re-re-qualify

**awein999** · 01-9-2012, 12:44 PM

**Zakvvv666** · 02-12-2012, 02:52 PM

FFLBF.....

DOBHOSVGFUHAOEUFHNVPVASEIHF

Why?

01-9-2012, 11:01 AM	#1
devonin Very Grave Indeed Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Age: 40 Posts: 10,098	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 .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 (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 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: 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 0.9N 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; 01-23-2012 at 12:42 PM..

01-22-2012, 12:22 PM	#6
AlexDest good hot Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: North Carolina Age: 29 Posts: 5,309	Re: Devonin's Ongoing FFR League (Take Two!) here ya go __________________

01-22-2012, 12:24 PM	#7
Ninty64 FFR Player Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 738	Re: Devonin's Ongoing FFR League (Take Two!) For DD

02-18-2012, 03:03 PM	#9
Hakulyte the Haku Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 35 Posts: 4,524	Re: Devonin's Ongoing FFR League (Take Two!) If only the 24th were at the beginning of the file. Oh look I isolated the problem. ... How to hit that? Last edited by Hakulyte; 02-18-2012 at 03:24 PM..

01-9-2012, 12:22 PM	#12
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01-9-2012, 12:31 PM	#13
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