[HLL]Announcements

[Mythrandir]

Will the rating system change to Planeswalker Points, too?

good question  ... no, we will be old-fashioned using the skill-based rating system also in the future

I'm still not sure how I feel about the PW points, however, a bit when like the rules (DMG on stack) changed, I think this is one of the things we should pick up, though...

[Helle]

I didn't follow the discussion about PW-points in depth, but as I got it, the main reason was to encourage people to attend tournaments the couldn't have played with the current system without loosing lots of rating. I don't think we have this problem in our league.

On the other hand, rewarding people for playing games will maybe vitalize the league. So it may be rewarding to give it a try.

[Atq77]

Hi everybody. I didn't know where to post this so i just did it here. I'm new and would like to participate in the online league, what should I do?
Cheers from Chile 

[Vazdru]

Hi everybody. I didn't know where to post this so i just did it here. I'm new and would like to participate in the online league, what should I do?
Cheers from Chile 

There will be another season probably this year.

[Vazdru]

Season XIII starts November, 1st and ends December, 31th.
Registration will be online in a few minutes.
Donations to price funds are welcome but -as usually- not required; participation is free.
Price-funds is given away to top player (1-64 matches), top two players(65-96 matches) or top 3 players (97+ matches).
Furthermore one first-round bye at next HL Grand Prix in Hanau is granted to top player of season XIII if we have at least 8 participants with 4 matches (or more) each (as soon GP has been officially announced by JKEntertainment - as long no guarantee).

Enjoy!

Next ladder will include lifetime planeswalker rating, invitations to HL Online Championship 2011 based on "old" rating system. Season XIII gives ya the last chance to catch one of the top spots which are actually held by:

1. Nastaboi (winner of Online Championship 2009 and 2010, reigning Finnish HL Champion)
2. Payron
3. marchhare
4. Goblinpiledriver (reigning HL GP Champion)
5. Tabris (reigning [HLL] Season XII Champion)
6. Sturmgott (godfather of Highlander)
7. Helle
8. firestarter (reigning German HL Champion)

on 9th spot btw. MErcator (reigning German Magic Champion) 

[Payron]

I have a problem with our scoreboard, as I entered the results it chanced the 2-1 in 2/1/2011 and I am not so used with this can maybe someone chance this back, I tryed and can t find the formation for dates and stuff!!

[Vazdru]

I have a problem with our scoreboard, as I entered the results it chanced the 2-1 in 2/1/2011 and I am not so used with this can maybe someone chance this back, I tryed and can t find the formation for dates and stuff!!

fixed - just use c&p if any problems occur

[Payron]

Thx alot!

[Vazdru]

Season XIII is over, we had 18 matches and coldcrow won with a record 4:1

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Season winners history:

Season 1: Sturmgott (1st) - Guardian (2nd) - Vazdru (3rd)
Season 2: MErcator (1st) - Mythrandrir (2nd) - Sturmgott (3rd)
Season 3: Vazdru (1st) - MErcator (2nd) - pyyhttu (3rd)
Season 4: MErcator (1st) - Nastaboi (2nd) - Payron (3rd)
Season 5: Nastaboi (1st) - Coldcrow (2nd) - Georg B (3rd)
Season 6: Goblinpiledriver (1st) - Payron (2nd) - Sturmgott (3rd)
Season 7: Nastaboi (1st) - Firestarter (2nd) - marchhare (3rd)
Season 8: Goblinpiledriver (1st) - -jfk- (2nd) - Payron (3rd)
Season 9: marchhare (1st) - Goblinepiledriver (2nd) - -jfk- (3rd)
Season 10: Goblinpiledriver (1st) - Tabris (2nd) - Nastaboi (3rd)
Season 11: Goblinpiledriver (1st) - helle (2nd) - Nastaboi (3rd)
Season 12: Tabris (1st) - Payron (2nd) - Nastaboi (3rd)
Season 13: coldcrow (1st) - Payron (2nd) - Maggot (3rd)

[Vazdru]

Season XIV ended, final Ranking has been updated.

66 matches / 162 games have been played during the last three months.

And the winners are:

ChristophO with 30 points (10:4 matches, 24:13 games). He took the top spot right in his first attempt.

Runner-Up is Syras with 27 points and just a single victory less (9:4 matches, 19:10 games).

Vazdru reached third place (7:4 matches, 21:14 games).

Payron (6:2 matches) and Nastaboi (3:1 matches) both had the best match-win-percentage in this season with 75% each!

Congratz & thx to all participants.


Prices:

Christoph0 for first place: EUR 20 voucher on Magic-Tutor + 2 Boosterpacks Innistrad
Syras for second place: EUR 10 voucher on Magic-Tutor + 2 Boosterpacks Innistrad
Vazdru for third place: EUR 5 voucher on Magic-Tutor + 2 Boosterpacks Innistrad

special prices:

malz77 for most matches outside Top 3: 2 Boosterpacks Zendikar
Tabris and Payron for reaching each 18 points: 25% discount on starting fee of the next ladder tournament


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Season winners history:

Season 1: Sturmgott (1st) - Guardian (2nd) - Vazdru (3rd)
Season 2: MErcator (1st) - Mythrandrir (2nd) - Sturmgott (3rd)
Season 3: Vazdru (1st) - MErcator (2nd) - pyyhttu (3rd)
Season 4: MErcator (1st) - Nastaboi (2nd) - Payron (3rd)
Season 5: Nastaboi (1st) - Coldcrow (2nd) - Georg B (3rd)
Season 6: Goblinpiledriver (1st) - Payron (2nd) - Sturmgott (3rd)
Season 7: Nastaboi (1st) - Firestarter (2nd) - marchhare (3rd)
Season 8: Goblinpiledriver (1st) - -jfk- (2nd) - Payron (3rd)
Season 9: marchhare (1st) - Goblinepiledriver (2nd) - -jfk- (3rd)
Season 10: Goblinpiledriver (1st) - Tabris (2nd) - Nastaboi (3rd)
Season 11: Goblinpiledriver (1st) - helle (2nd) - Nastaboi (3rd)
Season 12: Tabris (1st) - Payron (2nd) - Nastaboi (3rd)
Season 13: coldcrow (1st) - Payron (2nd) - Maggot (3rd)
Season 14: ChristophO (1st) - Syras (2nd) - Vazdru (3rd)

[Vazdru]

HLL 15 was the last one of its kind. It seems time has come to try something new.
If there are enough participants (16+) HLL 16 will have following standing order:

Modus:
Double-Elimination / Doppel-KO-System
Best-of-three / best-of-five (see grid)
played on cockatrice
Grid: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0At-ahxh_VoQPdDBxVExJZG0yRHZYQkExZEtOaktsc1E&authkey=COHGnbsD&hl=en&authkey=COHGnbsD#gid=1

Fee / Startgebühr:
EUR 5,55 via banktransfer (reason for payment: Nickname on mp.org)
Registration is binding!
EUR 5,55 via Banküberweisung (Verwendungszweck: Nickname in diesem Forum)
Anmeldung ist verbindlich - also bitte vorher drüber nachdenken, ob man mitmachen möchte oder nicht.

Decklists:
No – after each round you are able to change / switch decks.
Nein – nach jeder Runde besteht die Möglichkeit, das Deck zu verändern bzw. zu tauschen.

Participants:
min. 16, max. 32

Seatings:
HLL Ladder Position on Sept. 30th
Players w/o rating in order of their registration.
Setzliste nach HLL Position zum 30. September
Spieler ohne HLL Rating nach Eingang der Anmeldungen

Pricepool:
16 players: 24 Booster of standard-legal set
For each player above 16 + 2 extra Booster
Additional price: 2 Booster Zendikar sponsored by Syras
(32 players:  56 + 2 = 58 Booster )
Bei 16 Spielern 24 Booster, für jeden weiteren 2 weitere einer standard-legalen Edition. 2 Zendikar-Booster als zusätzlicher Preis, gespendet von Syras. Bei 32 Spielern sind das insgesamt 58 Booster im Topf.

Division / Verteilung:
1st: 50%
2nd: 25%
3rd: 15%
4th: 10%
+/- 1 Booster (rounding)

examples
16 players:
1st:  12 Booster  + 2 extra
2nd: 6 Booster
3rd: 4 Booster
4th: 2 Booster

32 players:
1st: 28 booster + 2 extra
2nd: 14 Booster
3rd: 8 Booster
4th: 6 Booster

HLL K-Value:
16

Reports:
Winner has to post a short summary or post a vid.
Der Sieger muss einen kurzen Bericht schreiben oder ein video des Spiels posten.

Byes:
If there are 17-31 players there will be some 1st-round byes for the top seeded players and in the consolation round some for first round loosers  - see grid.
Bei einer Spielerzahl von 17 bis 31 gibt es Byes fü die topgesetzten Spieler und auch in der Trostrunde für Verlierer der ersten Runde – schaut euch hierzu am besten das Tableau an, bei einer Spielerzahl von z. B. 30 hat der Erst- und Zweigesetzte Spieler in der ersten Runde keinen Gegner und startet in Runde 2 des Sieger Brackets. Die ,,Verlierer"  werden in das Verliererbracket eingereiht wodurch sich dort auch zwei Byes in der Trostrunde ergeben.

Time-Table / Zeitplan:
Bascically Gameday Sunday 7 pm
The players are free to schedule a different date.
Matches have to be played within 2 weeks. If there are no match in this time, the guy who is rdy to play on following Gameday (7 pm) advance to next round.
Each player has the possibility to announce a (max. 2 week) vacation.
Sheduled matches can be played anytime.
Grundsätzlich ist der Sonntag, um 19.00 Uhr der Spieltermin.
Die Spieler können allerdings frei einen anderen Termin vereinbaren.
Die Spiele müssen innerhalb von 2 Wochen ausgetragen werden, wenn die zwei Wochen verstrichen sind, kommt derjenige Spieler als Gewinner in die nächste Runde, der am folgenden Gameday um 19.00 Uhr online ist.
Angesetzte Partien können jederzeit ausgetragen werden.

Registration opens Sept 17th and ends Sept 30th
as soon we have 16 players + i collect the starting fee
Tournament starts approximately 2nd week of october

Feedback is appreciated.
If anyone could re-check the grid would be nice.

[Tabris]

Hey,

if possible I want to record as much games as possible from you guys. I think there is a demand for video coverage of our format and maybe the people get to see some other plays besides me And also I try to get some guest commentary on the "show" so. If you guys will participate and settle a match pls contact me.

[Vazdru]

I'll launch the registration this weekend. I wonder if this experiment works and there are enough participants to start the first online tournament of its kind. But one thing I know for sure - HLL needs a relaunch and a nice price-support should attract those kind of players who participated in season XIV. With better price-support we've had 17 players and 66 matches in season XIV, with no price-support we have 9 players and 7 matches...   If it works i will provide HL-staples for the next season as price-support if the community ask for.

Online tournaments have obv. some advantages and disadvantages compared to rl tournaments. One big pro is of course the cost and time factor for players to participate (no costs / time for traveling) and tournament organizer to launch such an event (no costs for the location and judges, no risk to have a loss).

[Vazdru]

open letter


Hi folks,

it's time to bang the drum for HLL 16 

Imo good opportunities to compete with HL-players from other regions and other countries are quite rare. HL Grand Prixs are hard to arrange and just once in a blue moon so the HL players tend to play in their local playgroups - like me.

The HLL online league could maybe offer an opportunity to bring those players together ?!

Looking back to the last 15 HLL online seasons you can recognize that there is some kind of correlation between price support and match count...
that's why i've added a starting fee (Eur 5,55 too much?, should i reduce it to maybe EUR 3,33  ) and simultaneously a suitable price support to attract people joining the tournament.

-> with e.g. 32 players winner takes 30 booster, runner-up 14 booster ... -
I don't wanna get rich as tournament organizer but push HL as tournament format a bit, so i tried to calculate the price-support fairly - not even attached a minimum wage for my job  maybe you don't like to have booster but some HL cards instead - if so let me know.

Cockatrice offers a nice stage for Magic Online and it is already frequently used for HL battles. Why not use that platform for bigger tournaments?

It would be nice if you can point out the online league to your local playmates and give me a feedback which things make you or your friends not to participate at the tournament (cockatrice/online-gaming, starting fee, prices, standing order of the tournament, time-issues, motivation/HL itself ...??) or even better: just join 

HLL Online League could die with this season (or died already with season 13 + 15  ) - maybe there can be a restart, i really don't know ... but maybe you do.

Vazdru

[haju]

I think the biggest problem is the time (it's a huge hindrance for me). When I play at a local tournament I have to reserve exactly one day (mostly 6-7 hours). If I sign up for this league I've to play multiple Sunday evenings. In Magic Online tournaments are held like regular tournaments. When you are ready you've to wait until next round. Round times are fixed. So maybe something like this is possible for us, too. Then one could finish a tournament in one day.