Please answer in your email the following questions:

1. Would you mind being a player designated to open games and report game finishes to me for your league?
2. What is your Name on phpdiplomacy? (Makes my life easier).
Feel free to ask me any questions you want to, I will respond as soon as I can.

Competition Rules:



Games:

There will be 4 games per league, with all players participating in all 4 games. The games will be called “Summer 2009 League [league letter], Game [game number]”. Each game will have a 25 hour phase length, will be of winner-takes-all type and will have a buy-in of 5, unless the players unanimously agree to an increased pot size. If there is something incorrect in how the game is set up, it should be drawn and restarted, and will not count towards the leagues.



Each player is responsible for ensuring he is able to play in the game at the scheduled time. If he is unable to pay any bet, then he shall forfeit the game, and the game shall be played with a Civil Disorder Italy. If two players are unable to play, then there shall also be a Civil Disorder Germany. In the event that three or more players are unable to provide any bet, the game is considered a draw between those able to play. The SC counts for each player for the game are 34/the number of players able to play.



If a player is unable to play in the leagues for some reason other than a lack of points, they should email me to let me know, and then can be removed from the leagues. If any player simply drops out of the leagues without warning, they will not be allowed to participate in the next season, and a second drop-out offense will lead to the player being banned from playing in the leagues again.



For each league there is one player designated to open games and report game finishes to me. These players are yet to be chosen



They shall be emailed whenever a game should be opened. Games will be begun on:



Game 1: 2nd May

Game 2: 16th May

Game 3: 30th May

Game 4: 13th June



Pauses:

If a player will be unable to play for a week or less, they may request a pause, stating when they need it until. All other players should grant this pause. When the date of return has been reached, players should un-pause the first time they log onto the site. If a player requires a pause for longer than a week, the other players have the option not to grant the pause, and so the player should find a sitter. Except in the case of moderators, who require another moderator to sit their account, the sitter should not be in a higher league to the player if the sitter plays in the leagues.

If a player has requested a pause which goes over the time when a game is due to start, the game should be started when the player is expected to return.



Scoring:

Players will get 12 points for winning a game, 12/n for an n-way draw, and no points for a survival or a defeat. In the event that two players have the same number of points, they will be differentiated between on the basis of a SC count across the games. The maximum SC count in any game is 18, even if more are held.



Promotion and Relegation

3 players will be relegated from the Premier League

3 players will be promoted from League A

3 players will be relegated from League A

1 player will be promoted from Leagues B1 and B2, plus the best of the two second-place finishers.

3 players will be demoted from each of leagues B1 and B2.

2 players will be promoted from each of leagues C1, C2 and C3



Additional players may be promoted due to players dropping out of higher leagues. This is subject to change, because I may have to adjust the league structure for the precise number of players to include level D leagues.





Civil Disorder:

If a player enters civil disorder, or has to leave the leagues for any reason, they will be kicked from the leagues, and suspended from the next season as explained above. The leader from the next league(s) down will replace them. If there is a tie for that position, the player with more SCs in the current games will be chosen. That player will then play in both leagues for the remainder of the season. If a player does not wish to do this, they may choose just to play in the league that they are currently in, and the next best player will be chosen instead. A player promoted into a league above mid-season in this way will be allowed to “carry over” half of the points that they have already accumulated in the league below.



When a season ends, the better of the two places held by any player will be chosen, and then additional players will be promoted to make up for the fact that a player was appearing twice and now will only appear once.



Meta-Gaming and Cross Gaming:

Players may not enter into agreements or alliances spanning more than one game, although they may consider different players’ league positions in their decision making within a game.



Conduct:

Excessively offensive press for no good diplomatic reason is frowned upon. If a player receives press from a player of this type, they may email me about it, along with a transcript, and I shall decide whether or not I consider the press to be unacceptable. If it is, I shall warn the sender to be more careful. The reason for this is that players will play four consecutive games with the same players, and this sort of thing can make the game no longer enjoyable for certain players, defeating the object of the leagues. I shall continue my policy of light-handedness on this matter, however, because I do not wish to restrict the press that players are allowed to send.



I ask players to settle disputes with me, rather than posting them and playing them out on the forums.