NEW HORIZONS LADDER SUPER LEAGUE
 

The Super League (SL) is a special monthly competition from within the New Horizon Ladder and is directed by the NH SL Admin consisting of NoDbles (Chair), I_M_Baddog and +_Lost_Horizon1 with  +Rebuiltsteam as “Conflict of Interest” alternate.  All NH SL Admin decisions will be FINAL!

A. The NH Super League is open to all NH Ladder members who are also members of the NH community.  The monthly Super league will consist of 10 players designated in the following order.
  1. The previous month’s SL Winner.
  2. Any player holding the #1 Rung on the ladder in the last three days of the month.
  3. Ladder Ranking as of 2359hrs PST the final day of the month. 
B.. On the first day of each month, a list of these top 10 will be posted on the NH Community site, along with 3 alternates. Any SL qualifier (or alternates) must notify NH SL Admin ASAP if they will be unable to compete for the month, so an alternate can replace them.

C.. The SL will be run in 2 parts. Each qualifier will play a full round robin series of matches versus each of the other qualifiers within the first three weeks of the month. The Top 4 players will advance to a playoff round, to be completed, the last 7-10 days of the month.

D.. All round robin matches will be played to 7 points. Play-off games will be played to 9 points in Page Round, 11 points in the Semi-final and the SL Final will be played to 13 points. “ALL” SL Matches will count as Ladder matches and be posted by the loser of the match in the usual manner.

E.. Ladder Reporting Exception! Should a SL Match, that would violate the “Leapfrog” rule, be unavoidable, the match will ONLY be counted as an SL match. Note: EVERY attempt should be made to ensure that any new “1- 2” Ladder Matches involving a SL qualifier be played ASAP to clear these conflicts.    

E.. Ladder Reporting Exception! Should a SL Match, that would violate the “Leapfrog” rule, be unavoidable, the match will ONLY be counted as an SL match. Note: EVERY attempt should be made to ensure that any new “1- 2” Ladder Matches involving a SL qualifier be played ASAP to clear these conflicts.    

F.. The final score of each match is to be posted by the winner on the NH Community site. The match winner earns 7 points for a victory regardless of the actual final score.  Both Winner and Loser point scores will be retained and may be used for Playoff “Tie breaking” purposes.   

F.. The final score of each match is to be posted by the winner on the NH Community site. The match winner earns 7 points for a victory regardless of the actual final score.  Both Winner and Loser point scores will be retained and may be used for Playoff “Tie breaking” purposes.   

G.. Qualifier Info: All players should ensure that  their "Ladder Profile" info on the NH Community web site, particularily location (time zone?) is up to date. Once the qualifiers have been posted, (i will put location on the list if available) you should make a special note of any player you must play against with a time zone difference greater than 5 hours.   

H.. Match Scheduling: For players with 5+hours time zone difference,  the higher qualifier, should send an email ASAP and try to arrange a match date/time.  ALSO; should you not get an SL match done in the first 10 days (when I send the SL update out) through casual meeting in Boxcars, I STRONGLY suggest that the higher qualifier, send an email and arrange a mtach date/time. This will save on forfeits!  

I.. If for some reason, a member does not complete all his or her “Round Robin” matches as of the 21nd day at 2359hrs PST. The match will be scored as a forfeit. The NH SL Admin team will decide rulings on forfeits  (A score of either 7-0 or 0-7 for BOTH players). Players may submit details of any/all actions (emails and responses) of an attempted match (or result of partial/incompletes) that may have a bearing on the NH SL Admin’s decision.

J.. Should the Round Robin be completed early (inclusive of known “unplayable” matches) the NH SL Admin may (will) advance the start of the Play-offs accordingly and this will be posted on the NH Community site.

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The top 4 players of round robin play will qualify, and be seeded, for the Playoff, based upon their Match Records (and tie breakers). The playoff will be run under the “Page Playoff” system.  (This takes 3 rounds of play)

  •    Page Round: 1vs2 (Winner to Final, Loser to Semi)
  •    Page Round: 3vs4 (Winner to Semi, Loser out)
  •    Semi-final Round:  L1-2 vs W3-4 (Winner to Final, Loser out)
  •    Final Round: W1-2 vs W Semi (Winner SL Champion!) 

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Playoff Scheduling: The higher “seeded” player of each playoff match will post a match request by Email to the other player and list 3 suitable dates & times, the lower seed will choose and reply accepting one of the times. (CC to the SL Admin) The accepted time will be posted on the community web site (This will allow others to “watch” the match) Should they not be able to agree on a schedule, the NH SL Admin, may impose a date/time and/or award a forfeit. The SL MUST be completed by the end of the month and the NH SL Admin will adjudicate as needed to ensure completion.   


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MOST IMPORTANTLY: REMEMBER IT IS A GAME, THE SL IS INTENDED TO BE COMPETITIVE BUT FUN! SO HAVE FUN!!!   


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Play-off Seeding/Tie-Breaking Formula:

a) Round Robin Match Record  
b) 2 Players: Head-to-Head Round Robin Result
c) 3 or More Players: 

  1. Match Record between tied players only. 
  2. Ratio: “Points For”/ “Points Against” in games amongst tied players only.
  3. Greater # of “Points For” in games amongst tied players only.
  4. Ratio: “Points For”/ “Points Against” in all Round Robin games played. 
  5. Greater # of “Points For” in all Round Robin games.
  6. Coin Toss

Note::

As tied players are advanced and/or eliminated, if further ties must be broken, the tie breaking formula will be re-applied commencing with step Ib.