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Format
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The League will be organized in divisions.
Each bracket will play a complete internal round-robin.
There will be one top level bracket (Kings), two Level 2 brackets
(Lords) , four Level 3 brackets (Peasants), and as many Level
4 brackets (Serfs) as are necessary. The target size per
division will be 12 players. Entry may be limited if necessary
for an aRatingsopriate movement.
Each League session runs from the 1st to the second
last day of each month. All match results are due on or
before the second last day of the month. Late postings
may be accepted if prior agreement has been reached with the
host. Our target date is to post brackets by the 1st,
but this date is not guaranteed.
The two highest-ranked players in each subdivision
will move up. The number of players moving down is set equal
to the number of players moving up. If the number of players
in a division exceeds 12 an extra player is demoted for each additional place. If there
are available places in higher divisions due to non-returning
players they will be filled by the highest rank players in the
division below who have not been automatically promoted.
Bracket assignments within a level will be assigned at random.
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Entry |
To register you must have a valid Warp Gammon name. New players can sign up
here. Registration is then via the signup link for
Quantum Leap on MyPage
You are expected to complete all of your matches. If you do not play all your matches,
you may be excluded from future web-based WarpGammon Tournaments.
Unless specifically stated otherwise elsewhere in WarpGammon Tournament's rules,
you may enter the tournament using only one player name. If you enter more than once, you may
be disqualified from the WarpGammon Tournament.
Late signups will remain open for about a week, but may close earlier if brackets are full.
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Return Entry |
Players must enter each month.
Signups will normally open after late signups for the current
season have closed, and close at midnight Pacific Time on the
last day of the month. It is the player's responsibility
to sign up before signups close. Late entries can only be assigned
to the players entitled level if space is available. |
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"Vacation"
Rule |
We have a
fairly informal aRatingsoach to players wishing to take time off and
return. Players who withdraw may re-enter up to one time
per 12 months and be placed in the division they would have been
had they continued. In such cases, we will allow at most
one returnee per division (or subdivision) per month. It
is the players' responsibility to tell us what division they
should be assigned to by placing a comment in the signup form,
giving us the last month they played and the division they were
in. If more than one player per division wants to return,
they will be taken back in "last out-first in" order.
Additional players may be entered in lower divisions. |
| Scoring |
Forfeits for the purpose of determing division winners and promotions will be
allocated as follows:
A win will have a value of 1
A forfeit win will have a value of 0.6
A played loss will be worth 0.3
A forfeit loss will be worth 0. |
| Tie Breaking |
Ranks will be based on scores obtained. Ties will be
broken as follows:
1. Head to head among tied players
2. If some players remain tied, head to head among those players.
3. Second level tie breaking.
4. Third level tie breaking.
If the Kings bracket champion is not broken by #1-3,
a playoff will be held. |
| Match Lengths |
| Kings |
11 points |
| Lords, Peasants |
9 points |
| Serfs |
7 points |
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General Web-based Tournament Rules |
All rules
pertaining to conduct of web-based tournaments will be as
provided in the Warp Gammon
Web-based Tournament rules. Players should
pay particular attention to policies regarding scheduling.
Players who do not make a sufficient effort to schedule and play
matches risk disqualification and suspension. Players who
do not have enough time and flexibility to schedule and play 11
matches during the month at times convenient to opponents in all
time zones are advised not to register. |
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Scheduling your Matches |
Please ensure that your normal scheduling times are in your profile, as well as the
servers you play on. This is an invaluable aid to scheduling.
As general guidelines, a player
will be required to play at his opponent's convenience if s/he
fails to reply to the initial scheduling email within 7 days,
but no earlier than the 15th of the month. Players will be
entitled to presumptive forfeits if their opponent does not
reply constructively by the latest of the
following: 15th of the month, 10 days after first scheduling
email (with no response), 3 days after second scheduling email
(with no response). Players do not need to apply for
forfeits, they will be granted automatically at month's end.
Please read now this additional information on what is
expected of players in scheduling at this link:
scheduling
standards.
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Forfeits |
Players are
subject to penalties for failing to complete or attempt to complete
matches, including probation, suspension, and demotion.
Actions resulting in forfeits which determine promotion, demotion,
or division winners, will be considered much more serious than
other types of forfeits. Players may be denied entry for
failure to complete matches in this or any other Warp Gammon
web-based event.
In general, players who fail to
complete 2-3 matches during a month (i.e. forfeit losses or no
results) will receive one penalty point, and those who fail to
complete 4 or more matches will receive two penalty
points. Penalty points will be removed at the rate of 25%
per month. Players with at least 2 penalty points will
be denied entry.
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| Tournament Staff |
The
Warp Gammon Quantum Tournament Host is cindybel
The Director of Warp Gammon is Steve Mongeon.
In the event of imperfections in
tournament procedure (such as forfeits, withdrawals, inadequate
time to play tiebreakers, frozen matches, etc.) the host may
take such steps as are necessary to preserve the competitive
integrity of the tournament.
In the event of any ruling
involving either the host or co-host as a player, the decision
will be referred to an impartial person or committee whose
objectivity is agreed to by all concerned parties.
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| Guest
Players |
At the discretion of the host, a player
may be invited to participate in Kings division as a guest for
one month. Such players will ordinarily be winners of major
tournaments or players listed on the Giants of Backgammon. |
| Warp Gammon
points |
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Match win |
Bonus Points |
| Kings |
7 points
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1st - 50 points
2nd - 30 points |
| Lords |
5 points
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1st - 30
points
2nd - 18 points |
| Peasants |
4 points
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1st - 18
points
2nd - 12 points |
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| 3 points
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1st - 12
points
2nd - 7 points |
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