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If we can start in the next couple of days I'm still in.
 

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Looks like we have 6:
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@NieA7
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There will be a single round robin, followed by a 6-team playoff. The top two teams will get a bye the first round of the playoffs, with teams 3-6 playing to determine who will face them. Since this structure isn't directly supported by the game, we'll have the regular season in one league, the bye round matches in a second league, and the semis and finals in a third league.

The league is called "BBTactics Stunty Cup" with password "crunch" (without the quotes).

I'm going to be gone over this weekend (August 19 to 21), but I've made Nikolai II an admin in the league, so he can kick it off if everybody joins. (I hope that's okay, Nikolai II). I'm thinking that the first game week will end after the weekend of August 28, to guarantee that we have a full weekend to schedule the first week's games.
 

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I'm going to be gone over this weekend (August 19 to 21), but I've made Nikolai II an admin in the league, so he can kick it off if everybody joins. (I hope that's okay, Nikolai II). I'm thinking that the first game week will end after the weekend of August 28, to guarantee that we have a full weekend to schedule the first week's games.

Sure. I've applied and admitted myself as well, so only four left to join.
@NieA7 @Netsmurf @Regor @Zoraster
 

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Applied. Was going to go snotlings with an ogre, but given there are already two ogre teams and it looks like maybe a third I've switched to lizards to keep a bit of racial diversity.

Regarding format wouldn't it be better to make it bottom two eliminated rather than top two get a bye? Just think it will be more advantageous to avoid finishing in the top two in the current format... after 5 games with rookie teams you normally have a few players you can quite easily level in game 6. You are often getting to a critical mass of SPP around that point.
 

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Ok, everyone's admitted and season started. Thread upcoming to get things rolling.
 

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Regarding format wouldn't it be better to make it bottom two eliminated rather than top two get a bye? Just think it will be more advantageous to avoid finishing in the top two in the current format... after 5 games with rookie teams you normally have a few players you can quite easily level in game 6. You are often getting to a critical mass of SPP around that point.

I'd like to give everybody a shot at the playoffs for more fun and mayhem, especially since all of these are going to be new teams.

How about this: The top two finishers will have their choice of a bye or playing an elimination game. If one of them doesn't take the bye, the third ranked team will get the choice of a bye or the extra game, and so on down the line.

The first-round playoff games will be seeded by ranking. In the next round, the bye teams will face off with non-bye teams, randomly chosen.

Does that sound reasonable to everyone?
 

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I like the second proposal best. Just find a couple volunteers and run a Crunched Cup as well if you want extra mayhems. :p
 

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I'm taking this to mean you prefer a 4-team playoff. Please let me know if you meant something else.

I can let you know that I did mean just that. Mostly because it is simpler and involves less moving around, though, so I am fine with whatever, just wanted to add a preference.
 

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Okay, I think that's 2 votes for 4-team playoff and 2 votes for a 6-team playoff with top 2 teams getting byes, so I'm going to stick to the original format, with a 6-team playoff with the top two team getting byes. Let that factor in to your decision making on if you're going to try for the top 2 spots or not. :)
 
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