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Kvothe
[H]ard|DCer of the Month - October 2006
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The Second Annual [H]ordeBowl
Season Schedule:
The [H]FL ([H]orde Folding League) season will be kicking off on October 1st, with two weeks of preseason ganes held on September 10th and 17th.. The preseason weeks and week off will give everyone some time to get their boxes tweaked and ready for the season kick off. We're also moving to an automated scoring process so there might be some early glitches.
Games will last one week, from Sunday through Saturday, with results being posted sometime the following Sunday. Games will conclude on midnight of the following days:
Oct.
7th
14th
21st
28th
14th
21st
28th
Nov.
4th
11th
18th
25th
11th
18th
25th
Dec.
2nd
9th
16th
23rd
30th
9th
16th
23rd
30th
Jan.
6th
13th (Playoffs Wild Card Weekend, 6 Games + 2 Byes)
20th (Playoffs Divisional Playoffs, 4 Games)
27th (Playoffs Conference Championships, 2 Games)
13th (Playoffs Wild Card Weekend, 6 Games + 2 Byes)
20th (Playoffs Divisional Playoffs, 4 Games)
27th (Playoffs Conference Championships, 2 Games)
Feb.
3rd (Playoffs [H]ordeBowl I) Results will be announced on the 4th to coincide with the SuperBowl Halftime
The Playoff system is going to be a direct emulation of the Playoff system used in Pro Football, the 2 best divisional records will receive 1st round byes, and the remaining teams shall be seeded according to regular season record, culminating with the final results of the [H]ordeBowl being released on SuperBowl Sunday.
Divisions and Conferences:
Each team shall have 3 games within their division, 6 additional within conference, 4 games out of the conference and a weeks bye. One thing to keep in mind, is that some tweaks may be made closer to season kick off depending on the number of interested participants. Divisional ranking/playoff seeding will then be determined from the win/loss record during the season, with overall record being the first determinant, and any ties being cleared up by divisional record first, then conference, and finally non-conference record should the need arise.
Games:
Games will consist of a series of one week, CPU on CPU gauntlets (dual core and dual CPU do not count as they cannot report as a single CPU). Weve derived a fantasy football style scoring system in order to get the final scores for your weeks game, this system is as follows:
10 pts. Highest points for the week
14 pts. Highest number of WU's for the week
5 pts. Points per day average (game week only)
5 pts. WU per day average (game week only)
3 pts. Points per WU (game week only)
6 pts. Highest points in one day
10 pts. Highest WU's in one day
1 pt per. Daily highest WU count and Point count (14 pts. Total available.)
For ties in any of the above categories, no points shall be awarded, and the highest point total shall be declared the winner.
Signups:
Signups are open immediately, so please go ahead an put in your entry now. We're hoping to get at least 32 players to fully populate our conferences. Depending on the number of players interested, we reserve the right to trim or add players as necessary to make scheduling work properly.
To minimize the risk of cheating weve decided to go with a different method of providing usernames. Each user shall enter in the signup thread, and should then be expecting a PM containing a username that has been long abandoned. Due to questions regarding the possibility of tainted results, we feel this is the most indiscreet possible method of maintaining integrity in our results.
For those concerned that the stats could be spoofed, an audit shall be allowed of the results for any who feel that were not maintaining the stats correctly. Any concerns with this policy should be addressed to p[H]ant0m and Ill be more than willing to help clear up any issues. Also, for any interested entrants, I shall provide the excel spreadsheet were using to calculate the results if participants would like to verify their stats on their own.
Rules and Disclaimers:
1. At any time, should a users active CPU count go above 1, they shall be disqualified and any further games on the schedule shall instantly be forfeited until the 7 day CPU count drops back to 1. (Arrangements can be made if a format is needed contact me and we'll get things squared away, also, GPU clients are not allowed as we've not taken their contribution into account.)
2. Should any evidence of early ends be seen, it will constitute a single day forfeiture and stats for that day shall not count into the end of game stats.
3. This contest is in no way associated with [H]ard|OCP, so do not contact any [H]ard|OCP staff with questions/comments/etc.
4. This contest is being brought to you by p[H]ant0m, and Viper87227. Special thanks to OSUguy98 for his spreadsheet magic and Douglite for his superb prize donation
Prize:
Since we're ready to get on with our second season, the theme of this year's prize are things that come in two's. As the season gets going we'll announce the prize.
Good luck to all, and remember, the quest for the [H]orde|Bardi Trophy begins today! Get those entries in now!
