AndyLL Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 It's time to take the Derby to a new level. We are going to have Derby Leagues for the Summer season. Proposed Rules: Base Leagues 10 players per league Free Can only be a member of 1 league Normal weekly Derby % determines the winner of the matches every week Round robin between players in league for 1st 9 weeks Then 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 play each other weekly until post season. Reseeded every week 3 round post season – 6 top teams with top 2 getting byes Forum Account Credit prizes – TBD Special account for the winner for a period of time. Competitive League Same rules as base leauge 1-2 leagues depending on interest Top players will have priority to join $20 forum donation to join 1st-3rd payout: TBD but likely Fandango Gift Cards of $75, $50, $25 ALL forum donations in excess of the payouts go towards running the forum or to offset account credits given as prizes. BOT does not take a profit from these donations 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyLL Posted March 16, 2018 Author Share Posted March 16, 2018 The above rules are what I have programmed right now. This thread is for discussion of the leagues and I'm happy to hear any suggestions. For the base leagues I'm planning to take all that are interested and randomly place them in the leagues. However if groups of people want to play in the same league I'll take that under consideration. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Old Tele Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Well shit, this sounds fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Might have to start playing this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipDerby Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 I think you would have to randomize the teams to keep it as fair as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyLL Posted March 18, 2018 Author Share Posted March 18, 2018 On 3/16/2018 at 2:23 PM, ChipMunky said: I think you would have to randomize the teams to keep it as fair as possible. That is what this thread is for... to decide issues like that. If nobody participates and gives their opinions then I'll go with how I think it should work. For your example... there is 2 ways to do it: 1) Every leagues members are completely random 2) Place players in the league in ranked order... the historical top players would be in one league... the next 10 ranked players in the next league... and so forth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolling Thunder Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 I agree league members should be randomized. Looking forward to this! The Derby has evolved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipDerby Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 I like the idea about putting higher ranked players in the same league to compete against each other. But that would prevent MARCH MADNESS UPSETS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Old Tele Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 I like keeping the possibility of huge upsets alive. That being said, it might turn out that this simply means the higher-ranked players win all the time -- which could get boring. Maybe we could try it one way for a season, and then change it up for next year if people aren't satisfied with how it turned out? How feasible is that, @AndyLL? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Girl Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 If it were team captains I'd be picked last. So yes, make them randomized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGamer Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Might have to join now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyLL Posted March 19, 2018 Author Share Posted March 19, 2018 28 minutes ago, Trolltastic Tele said: I like keeping the possibility of huge upsets alive. That being said, it might turn out that this simply means the higher-ranked players win all the time -- which could get boring. Maybe we could try it one way for a season, and then change it up for next year if people aren't satisfied with how it turned out? How feasible is that, @AndyLL? Everything would be changeable from season to season. One thing I was going to do that would help the average players is that after the 9 weeks of round robin for the next 5-6 weeks until playoffs I was thinking of having each team play the team ranked below them. 1 vs 2, 3 vs 4 ... The forces some of the top teams to take a lost and give the middle teams a chance to make up some wins. Not sure how that would work in practice. Maybe I can simulate it using historical data. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyLL Posted March 19, 2018 Author Share Posted March 19, 2018 25 minutes ago, That One Guy said: If it were team captains I'd be picked last. So yes, make them randomized. ooooo... I didn't think about having captains pick a team. Not this season but in the future I was thinking of the ability of having 2-4 people teams compete against each other for a season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dxmatrixdt Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 is regular derby still going to be happening during Derby Leagues, or is Derby Leagues a new transition? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyLL Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 22 minutes ago, Thematrixfilm said: is regular derby still going to be happening during Derby Leagues, or is Derby Leagues a new transition? Regular derby still happens. The scores from the regular derby are what determines who wins the League matches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyLL Posted April 15, 2018 Author Share Posted April 15, 2018 I've been running some test leagues: https://derby.boxofficetheory.com/DerbyLeague.aspx Comments on what people would like to see are welcome. Official signup for a league starts next week when the Derby opens. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipDerby Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Next week as in next week, or next week as in this week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyLL Posted April 16, 2018 Author Share Posted April 16, 2018 Signup will take place when I open the next game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
