Ricochet League

[Ichigo]

Why even bother with a league? We all know organized leagues here NEVER work out. We always fall behind so why should the people that actually DO participate in matches have to wait for the people who dont feel like putting in any effort whatsoever even though they signed up and said they would?

Why dont you just use the forum. Have another board setup for the "league" Have one person in charge of ranking. Basically do it how Frooty first said too. Wins worth 3, draw 1, lose 0. You get a list of people on one thread listing them in order. You cant challenge anyone outside half your rank (eg: player ranked at 10 cant challenge player ranked at 4 but can challenge rank 5). Or have a certain number like 5 ranks is the cutoff. You have to wait 2-3 days before you can challenge someone again. This prevents people who have 24 hours of their day to waste, and lets people who dont have that much time to still keep up. Challenges cannot be declined, and you have about 2 days to reply, like Frooty said.

I was in a Total Annihilation ladder like this and its so flexible that the players who aren't as dedicated dont hold up everyone (like we all know a bracket does).

Just an idea.

Yeh i know people are slow and can't be arsed to play sometimes.. that is why i said the Opponent has a set time limit in which to reply - else they forfeit.. and also the "Each player will play every other player TWICE" stops people picking on the ones that never play to gain score..
my original plan was to just have league tables in order of "points" (3 for a win, 1 for a draw etc) and not have any Playoffs, so there was no holding up..

Anyway, BLEH...
And no i don't have any webspace in mind, nor people to help. I was kinda just the idea guy - i'm not usually very good at managing things.. i'll help where i can though:P