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Roxy Garner (fire/em blaster) defeats VX (rad/psy defender) two times in a row.

Roxy Garner moves to #1 on the ladder!

Congratulations Roxy! Good fights!

GG Kurgain. Come back soon!

Otherwise, good luck!

Terp

If people want to start a new ladder, that can be done…

Of course, there's no reason why folks can't fight with "gimp" toons on the existing ladder. Sure, blasters rule the top spots right now, but there's no reason why you or anyone can't take pride in having the highest ranked Warshade on the ladder. I mean, I was fightin' with my ice/thermal with full knowledge that I couldn't beat any of the top builds.

Anyone can agree to a ladder match with whatever character they want.

That being said, I could certainly create a "B-Ladder" where only certain builds are eligible. Based on comments in this thread, and my general thoughts, I think that the following should be excluded from the B-Ladder:

-Blasters
-Stalkers
-Dominators
-Masterminds
-Radiation Emission
-Ice Tanks
-Granite Tanks/Brutes
-Ice Control (cont)
-Cold Domination (corr)


I have no problem starting a second ladder for those characters that fall outside of the above. Of course, just because someone is eligible for the B-Ladder doesn't mean that they can't fight on the regular ladder if they want to.

So, what do you think? Should I create the B-Ladder? Should any sets be added/removed from the above list?

Let me know your thoughts.

Thanks,

Terp

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I Trow Fire said:
If anyone is looking for matches hit me up on live @Vego or @Vego2

I started this thing way back with little Blaster experience, a semi IO'd, no accolade having Blaster but have since purpled it out and gotten almost all the accolades(damn Illusionist pets)

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Congratulations to I Trow Fire for becoming the first non-Ownage-controlled character to occupy the #1 Spot

Corruptor and Dominator Tournament's on Wednesday.

#1 spot will be up for grabs again as of 10:30pm tonight...

Big Terps basketball game tonight too!

[b] [i]GO TERPS!!!

Corruptor & Dominator Duel Championships 3/5

I am going to host an All Blaster and an All Defender ladder tournament next Monday, 3/3 (see sig, and thread in this forum).

Even if you don't enter the tournament, you can likely find some fights with people who get eliminated from the tourney and others who show up to watch between 8:30pm - 10:30pm ET on 3/3.

I hope to see some of you out there for some good fightin'.

I didn't know you and Psy were a hot item!

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7. The difficulty of leveling and equipping toons decreases the number of people who can get involved in competitive PvP. Make a paid PvP expansion where you can auto level to 50 and get unlimited loot for a toon, but can only play in the arena and PvP zones

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This is the only change that matters!

seriously...loot ftl

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Do I really need to wait its been my account for years but i mainly have heroes on it.


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Per league rules, yea..

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The league rules indicate that "a new player" must wait one week before becoming eligible to play. A player who's already on the roster shouldn't have to wait a week before being eligible to play on his/her own second account that's been added to the roster, unless I'm missing something.

If they are interested they should go to the ladder site, apply for membership, and post the characters they want to enter.

You can sign up multiple characters, but please only sign up your own characters.

Had a couple of matches over the weekend with Atered Course and I Trow Fire splitting a pair of matches.

In order to help generate more activity, I'd like to set up a weekly "Duel Time" when people who are looking for a fight can find one. With my schedule, I was thinking something along the lines of Wednesday or Thursday night from 9:30 - 10:30 ET. might be a good start. Of course some people have busy schedules, and this may conflict with one group's play time or another, but having a set time could help people find matches and generate more ladder activity. Anyway, just thinkin' out loud. I'll try to set up a time this week or next, and hopefully we can get a few more ladder matches in the works.

The updated Top 10 is shown below..

CoX Duel Ladder Top 10

Omg Its Ownage fire/em blst @Ownage 6 - 0 (1/12 Def Ashen Bliss)
Life of Peril Emp/Psy Defender @perilX 2 -4 (1/5 Def Ownage X)
Ownage X dark/cold cor @Ownage 6 -7 (1/5 Loss to Life of peril)
Demichi Em/Elec Brute @Kaiserin 1 - 2 (1/9 Loss to Omg Its Ownage)
Weebo- Fire/Em Blaster @old school 1 - 1 (1/9 Loss to Omg Its Ownage)
I Trow Fire Fire/Nrg Blaster @Vego2 1 - 3 (2/1 Def Altered Course)
Altered Course Stm/Dark Def @Teh Rikti 1 - 2 (2/1 Loss to I Trow Fire)
Allura Glacia Ice/Rad Cont @HUGE PvPness 2 - 0 (11/20 Def Grasshoppa)
-Grasshoppa Rad/psi def @-Ajax 6- 1 (11/20 Loss to Allura Glacia)
-Ownage mind/fire dominator @ownage 17 - 1 (9/17 Def life of peril)

Top Blasters:
Omg Its Ownage fire/em
Weebo- fire/em
I Trow Fire fire/em

Top Brutes:
Demichi em/elec

Top Controllers:
Allura Glacia ice/rad
Miss Malice Ill/Rad
Infamous Evil Fire/Storm

Top Corruptors:
Ownage X dark/cold
-Jax Frost Ice/cold
Equitis Mortis Dark/Cold

Top Defenders:
Life of Peril Emp/psi
Altered Course Stm/Drk
-Grasshoppa Rad/psi

Top Dominators:
-Ownage mind/fire
Penitente Ice/Ice
Dreamality Fire/Nrg

Top Kheldians:
lol



Top Masterminds:
Meldash Bots/Dark
Miasmic Dragon Nin/Psn
Re-Venge necro/traps

Top Scrappers:




Top Stalkers:
Melancholy Heart em/reg
D I V I N E EM/SR
Panther Pink Ink Man Em/Regen

Top Tankers:
EL Ownage ice/em
Fire-E fire/em
Frozen Orange Soda ice/em

I'd love an opportunity to play with T.I.T.S. just to get a feel for how well rounded you are as a group.

I even have some tricks that will help firm you up so you're not too squishy.

Maybe I could lend you an extra body for practice sometime. If there's a member in the T.I.T.S. that I should contact to hammer something out, let me know.

Good luck on the ladder! The PvP community welcomes T.I.T.S. with open arms. The more the merrier.

Good story bud!

I'm glad you're havin' fun in the arena!

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All people who never fought before should start at the bottom. If they beat 1st place, the most they should get is half way thru the ladder.

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When everyone listed on the ladder is "inactive" (i.e. no duel ladder matches have been fought in a month), the next ladder match winner moves into the #1 spot, as though there had been nobody ranked at all. This helps to prevent the top of the ladder rankings from becoming stagnant by allowing active players to move to the top of the rankings. The same effect could be achieved by removing inactive players from the ladder and placing them back into the "unranked" category, but I prefer this method because it's easier to administer and preserves the previous rankings.

So, the two players who have won matches in the last month currently occupy the top two spots on the ladder...

OMG its Ownage! Takes Over the #1 Spot!

Congrats Ownage! He now has 4 of the top 7 spots

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I finished that video up last night of those matches. It maybe done uploading on youtube, but thats a pretty big maybe. Youtube takes forever to upload...

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It was interesting to watch the fight from your PoV, so thanks for posting The most exciting point of the match was at about the 6 minute mark…

The love song at the end was an interesting choice…hahahahhaha

Woe is me. Disappointed to see this got unstickied.

I guess the space is better used for a post reminding people that the majority of league players are going to be 45+…

I actually got challenged to a duel last night, and fought twice to a 0 - 0 tie. Fun matches though.

I was/am planning to host a tournament or two next week when I have some free time. Hopefully, a few folks will be able to make it. Dates and Times TBD.

I'll send a message to Ex, and hopefully the thread won't get "purged" as I'd like the ladder to remain accessible from the CoX boards for folks who are interested in ranked duels.

Cheers to all of you folks who have supported the ladder and participated in matches.

Ammendment 1. Yes (Of course, if a team is at the top and nobody wants to fight them (again), the team in the top spot shouldn't be penalized for inactivity)

Ammendmant 2. Yes

Hopefully, those dates work out...

Here is the initial Hell Raisers roster:

@Battlewraith
@FD
@Infamous Zampf
@Liz Garner
@Mista Snacks
@Scarlet Storm
@Sygon
@TerpMan
@Xsniper
@DarkMaster
@blindinvite
@Hobo Healer
@Spring

Thanks for the response. Here is the initial Hell Raisers roster:

@Battlewraith
@FD
@Infamous Zampf
@Liz Garner
@Mista Snacks
@Scarlet Storm
@Sygon
@TerpMan
@Xsniper
@DarkMaster
@blindinvite
@Hobo Healer
@Spring

Cruel Ownage won the 1st Ladder match and now the 101st match, remaining in the #1 spot the whole time with just one defeat.

What was the over-under on how long he'd stay #1?

Thanks to Ownage for bein' the most active ladder player and encouraging activity.

As I reviewed the rules, a few questions came up that I’m hoping someone can confirm/clarify.

Overall, big thanks to everyone who had a hand in getting this together. It should be a very welcome addition to the game. Kudos for eliminating Vengeance from the ladder.

I was/am a little curious about the ranking system. Is that something that other ladders use or was it created for this? Moving up one rung at a time and only dropping one rung for inactivity means that a team that’s been undefeated for a few months could still be ranked behind a team that’s basically left the game and forfeited every match they’ve had over the same time frame. I would think that there should be some sort of inactivity limit along the lines of “If you haven’t fought a ladder match in 2 months, you’re automatically moved to the bottom of the ladder” or some sort of penalty that goes beyond forfeiting a match or two every two weeks.

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The ladder will begin immediately following a tournament where every group will face one another to determine starting rank

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Is it correct to assume that this tournament will take place over some number of weeks, rather than in one day or one weekend? If groups have two weeks to schedule a challenge on the ladder, I would expect that there is an understanding that not all groups will be available on a given day, so the tournament would need to be spread out to allow teams to schedule matches against each other.

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All challenges within two rungs must be accepted and the matches completed within 2 weeks from the time the challenge was issued. If a group is unable to participate in a match within this time frame, it is automatically a win for the challenging group.

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You can have more than one outstanding challenge at a time, correct? So, the team ranked 3rd can challenge both of the top 2 teams in hopes of scheduling fights against both teams in the next two weeks.

If Team A (ranked 5th) challenges Team B (ranked 3rd), and then subsequently gets defeated by Team C (ranked 6th) which drops Team A’s rank to 6th, does Team B still need to schedule a fight with Team A, or can that challenge be dropped in favor of scheduling a match with Team C (now ranked 5th)?

What happens if Team B (#3) challenges Team A (#1), and Team A can only fight on Friday, Sat, Sun, but Team B is only available every other night? Is Team A (The team being challenged) required to fight at a time when the challengers indicate they are available?

If Team #1 on the ladder says that they are up for a match on Friday at 9pm EST, but Teams #2 and #3 are not available at that time, can they fight anyone else that is available at that time in an official ladder match? If two teams are available, should they fight the highest ranked (the #6 instead of the #11)? Does it matter who accepts the challenge first or is it at the higher ranked team’s discretion to fight who they want?

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Vengeance will not be allowed in any match. Use of Vengeance is an automatic forfeit for that match.

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Does this mean that no player’s build can have Vengeance (i.e. even if they don’t use it)? I would assume that’s the case, but just wanted to confirm. If not, I could see accusations of “they used vengeance” “no we didn’t” “yes you did”.

Sorry for the long post. I just want to make sure I’m clear on how things will work.

Hell Raisers will be joining the ladder and I will post our roster soon.

[u]Top 10 as of Friday the 13th[u]

CrueL Ownage ice/em tnk 7- 1 (7/10 Def Poisen Havok)
Melancholy Heart em/reg stk 6- 0 (7/11 Def Ownage X)
Ownage X dark/cold cor 3 -5 (7/11 Loss to Malancholy Heart)
Penitente Ice/Ice Dom 3 - 7 (7/11 Loss to Melancholy Heart)
Infamous Evil Fire/Storm Cont 8-3 (7/10 Def Miss Malice)
Hekishi rad/psy Def 8- 2 (7/10 Loss to Poisen Havok)
Fire-E fire/em tnk 1 - 2 (7/4 Loss to Mikey Slo)
-Jax Frost Ice/cold Corr 9 - 4 (7/10 Def Atomic Tactics)
Mikey Slo Ice/Rad Controller 2 - 1 (7/4 def Fire-E)
MissMalice Ill/Rad Cont 4- 10 (7/12 Loss to -Atomic Tactics)

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If Ownage can work his way up to the top 3 spots, more power to him.

He has been the most active ladder member to date with over 20 ladder matches on his various characters.

I think he wants the Top 10 all to himself…

[u]Top 10 as of 7/9[u]

CrueL Ownage ice/em tnk 4 - 1 (7/3 Def -Jax Frost)
Fire-E fire/em tnk 1 - 2 (7/4 Loss to Mikey Slo)
Melancholy Heart em/reg stk 4- 0 (7/8 Def Mis Malice)
Mikey Slo Ice/Rad Controller 2 - 1 (7/4 def Fire-E)
Ownage X dark/cold cor 3 -4 (7/5 Loss to Meldash)
Penitente Ice/Ice Dom 3 - 6 (7/5 Loss to Infamous Evil)
Infamous Evil Fire/Storm Cont 6-2 (7/9 Loss to Hekishi)
Hekishi rad/psy Def 7 - 1 (7/9 Def Infamous Evil)
-Jax Frost Ice/cold Corr 7 - 2 (7/5 Def Equitis Mortis)
Meldash Bots/Dark MM 1 - 5 (7/5 Loss to Ownage)


Good to see that you're still around Posi

Sorry, but I was afk for a couple of days. As you have seen the rankings have now been updated to reflect the matches that have taken place since 7/3.

In response to a few questions that have come up:

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Where do you sign up for this duel ladder?

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You can Join The Ladder Here

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I do understand the need to limit constant, repeated challenges (from the same opponent) where you have no chance to win whatsoever

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I agree that a player can't simply challenge the same player over and over again without fighting anyone else, in hopes of jumping up the ladder (i.e. I'm unranked, but I know I can beat the player currently ranked #4, so I'm going to fight him twice a day every day and not fight anyone else until I'm ranked #4).

I'll need to give this some thought, but we may need to add something along the lines of "If you've challenged a player twice in a row, you can't challenge him again until you've fought two other players." Something like that. So, you wouldn't have to accept a challenge from a player who's fought you twice in a row and hasn't fought anyone else, but if they have been fighting other people you shouldn't treat a challenge from them as being any different than a challenge from someone else.

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how did I get pushed down from # 3 to #8 when I havent been beaten and those 2 tankers havent been beaten by the people ahead of me

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As was pointed out by another poster, there is a penalty for inactivity that will be enforced for players ranked in the Top 10. I was lenient during the first week, but clearly there are enough people on the ladder and fighting that matches can be found if you're looking, so Top 10 players who don't fight anyone for three days will be penalized (dropped 5 spots).

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who decided on the initial ranks?

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Check out the "Ranking System" link in the OP. Everyone started as "Unranked" and was added to list of Ranked players after winning their first ladder match. As it happens, Cruel Ownage was the first to claim the #1 spot by winning the first ladder match.

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separate conferences for AT's

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While I don't foresee having separate conferences. I do think it would be nice to recognize the #1 (or possibly top 3) from each AT. When time permits, I'll add an area to the rankings page that will highlight the top player(s) of each AT. Probably start with just the #1, and go from there.

Big Thanks to Soul_Train for creating a banner for the site.

Since initial response to the ladder has been so good (and I just received a promotion at work ), I decided to sponsor the site to remove the ads and content limits. So, that's good for six months, and should remove the need to delete responses from threads, and that's good.

I may be afk until the 5th, but I will update all of the ladder info ASAP when I get back.

You all enjoy the holiday!