[Thermodyne]

Originally posted by geoschmo:
Please realize my mind is not made up in this post, I am just considering things and want to get your opinions.

The Koth league has been an interesting experience, and I have learned much form it, but I am thinking it's got some flaws that may be unfixable.

1. Losing a single game send you to the bottom of the hill. A bit harsh? Certainly no fun.

2. Only works for two player games. Not everybody likes two player games. Not everybody does well at two player games.

3. You are in many ways at the mercy of your opponent. If you are playing a guy that is slow with the turns, what can you do? Not much. Complain to me, that's about it. If you and your opponent can't agree on settings, you can't just go play someone else who does like your sort of game. You have to play who I match you against, or one of you forfeits. That kind of sucks.

4. The league page is tedious to maintain, and therefore is frequently out of date. Mea Culpa.

5. You can't play more than one official game at a time. Some people don't like that I am sure.

So here's what I am thinking. We could scrap the current KOTH league and go to a ladder format. I can setup a league on myleague.com that will take care of most of the administration of rankings. The way it works if you aren't familier is everybody is on a ladder. If you beat a guy above you on the ladder you move up the ladder half the distance between the two of you. You move down if someone beats someone above you on the ladder and their half the distance puts them ahead of you.

There's more, but I got to run. Tell me what you think.

Geoschmo

I think it is time for a re-make of a certain forum that we used to play SE3 on.