LADDERS ARE GO!!!

If anyone wants a certain games added to ladders, email ladders@playerofgames.com attach a small image to go with it and we'll throw it up.

2040, yer removed from the StarCraft ladder.

I'll try to improve them as we go, adding features etc.

Enjoy

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Lucutus of Borg

Devore,
are those proprietary or freely available. i could use something like that for trinity
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Originally posted by Honky:
Hi, I have a few questions...

Okay, I knew this day would come...so many questions...

to answer:

Originally posted by Honky:
*Is there some kind of "pointsystem" when one climbs the ladder, and if so, how does it work? (Since one can refuse to play ppl it would be pretty stupid if you had to beat top dog to become top dog )

Ladders are based on a halfway win system. (type thing!). When you beat a player who is at 1 in the ladder, and you are at 10, you get moved upto 5 in the ladder rankings. the rank 1 player does not move. then you beat him again, and you get moved to rank 3. (other players being dropped one rank to cater for you moving up), player number 1 does not move. You beat him again, and you are ranked 2 on the ladder. Now he is Rank 1, you are rank 2. If you beat him again, the ranks switch. You get rank 1 and he gets rank 2.

Basically, every time you play a higher ranked player and win, you get halfway between him and you in the rankings. If he was directly above you in the rankings (like 21 and 22), you switch.

If you are the higher ranked player, you are at no risk of losing your rank to the other player, UNLESS they are directly below you in the rankings.


In order to stop people getting to the top of the ladder and not playing anyone then, (which is bad and bold, so if anyone keeps doing this, they'll probably get deleted!), we will implement some history based logic (eg. if the player hasn't played a game in a week/fortnight/month, drop the player one/two/five rank(s), etc.)

Originally posted by Honky:
*Couldn't you add so that one can remove oneself from games? I accidently entered 2on2 by myself, and that wont work very well.

Yes, I realised that we'll have to let people remove themselves from games, As ladders isn't exactly 'profit' work for us. I don't have time to go delving in and adding a list of twenty or so other features that I reckon we need...so it'll have to wait until I get time...but yes, I will add that.

*What are the rules of the games? (Server, time, dmm etc.)

As for rules of the gamez, I don't know, some people have very set rules about certain games, others don't care. I suggest people talk about it before the game and lay out all the rules in IRC beforehand. Frankly, I don't care once it's all fair and above board However, at a later date, we might implement a set of 'ladder' game rules for certain games...should the need arise.

*Where do one send screenshots to confirm victory?

Either winner or loser recording the result is enough confirmation of a victory for the ladders. The players should decide who will update the result so it's not updated twice accidentally on ladders. Most other ladders require the loser to record the result, but winners should check that the other player has recorded the result, (emails are sent to both players!).
Users should probably just take the screenshots anyway, and store them locally, should the need arise for extra proof of a win.

Originally posted by Honky:


Ok ok, i'll stop now

/Honky

*phew*

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Lucutus of Borg

[This message has been edited by Lucutus (edited 31-07-2000).]