Magic ladder starting 1st October

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Gottaa

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A little advance warning that this will get started on the 1st October, any questions or things you wanna see changed now is the time to say.

Software will be : MWS (Magic WorkStation) and preferable Skype (install guides to follow)

I am hoping to put the full MWS install I have with images in zip format up somewhere for easy download for everyone.

Ruleset for the cards : Should be a valid "Extended T1.x" deck which can be checked in MWS by clicking on Tools and then "Check Deck Legality" and then click the Extended T1.x button. Valid decks are : "9E", "SOK", "BOK", "CHK", "FD", "DS", "8E", "MR", "SC", "LE", "ON", "JU", "TO", "OD", "AP", "7E", "PS", "IN", "PY", "NE", "MM", "UD", "6E", "UL", "US", "EX", "SH", "TE"

Rules for the ladder will be I'm thinking along what seems a common system of

Challenge someone above you (by more than 2 positions) and win you move up half the difference rounded down and they move down one spot (e.g Person A challenges Person B, A-Ranked 5 B-Ranked 8, A wins, A moves to 6 B moves to 7), you lose no-one moves

Challenge someone within 2 positions of you and win you swap positions, you lose no-one moves

(If that ladder idea sounds too complicated I'm welcome to suggestions)
 
Entropy

Entropy

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I'm not sure how well that will work, since with that system, if the person at the top doesn't play, then he stays at the top. Why don't be start with something simpler? (Like a tableau or poule unique, and then do a ladder afterwards).

[Tableau would be direct elimination, same as wimbledon for example. Poule unique, is where everyone plays against everyone else. and then you add up number of wins/losses].

It might be useful starting with a PU, because then we'd have meaningful rankings to start the ladder with.
 
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Gottaa

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I don't think the positions really matter that much though do they ? If the person at the top was challenged and didn't play he'd move down though (failure to play is in effect losing). The trouble with something like PU is not everyone has much time to play and so everyone playing everyone would take an age to happen (at a guess).

It's taken long enough to even get to the rules we'd use and the cards and I don't think the ladder will take too long to get into a more realistic order to it.

I'd guess some would only manage or want a game or two a month which would seem to suit a ladder system. Heck we could just have lots of random casual games but I though a ladder may add a little something to it.

PU could work if people wanted to play alot, but not everyone does and I'd rather start something now than end up waiting for everyone to play everyone.

What do others think ?
 
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Gottaa

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No Cuth, you just generate a random deck with the free on-line client and you're away. If you want to spend money you can register MWS but I'd hold fire on that decision for the moment while the devs sort things out and MWS could be replaced by Virtual Play Table, which will support true multi-player action (i.e. rainbow games) and board games such as risk/monopoly (which is as I understand being worked on by one the developers for MWS (called Detonator) due to the other dev not getting his work done on time so he's feeling held back on the things he wants to add.

if that all makes any sense.
 
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