How will that work?
Each player can register one or more armies as long as the armies are of different factions. Once registered you will be placed into a league with 3 other players. The length of the league is 3 months (so season 1 will be from 01/02/2008 - 30/04/2008). In that period each player must play each of his 3 opponents twice, once as the home player and once as the away player. As the home player the person is responsible for organising a time for the match to take place. They also get to choose the point size of the battle (upto their own or their opponents army limit) and they get to choose who goes first in the battle. It will be quite alright to play matches back to back (once as the home player and once as the away player). The results are marked down. If a player cannot attend a match or cancels an arranged match twice, his opponent can claim a 'walkover victory'. At the end of the league, the division winner moves up into the league above and the division loser moves down into a lower league while the middle two stay as they are. Once we have a settled league of 4 or more divisions (16 factions) then we can have a 'Premier League' where a prize can be given to the winner. This differs from a ladder as it should mean that the better players can get to play each other while new players
can start at the bottom with fellow poor players but get to have a crack at the better players as they improve. The results can be posted on-line and new leagues too. A win gets you 2 points a walkover 1 point and in the event of a draw at the end of a season we count the away wins. Kind of like a Champions League for Warmachine and Hordes.
How does it start?
Well first over the next 6 weeks I need players interested to register their armies with me. I will need an email with your name/nickname, faction and point total in your army. I think a 500 point minimum is fair though if people think a 350 point minimum would encourage people then we should go for that. As most players know each other a bit we will try and get the standards to a level early on. I have never played Hordes and so I expect to get my arse well and truly kicked but as each of the matches have a little bit riding on them I know I won't give up and I hope to learn fast. The idea of not only starting WM/H but automatically having some guarenteed games maybe a great way to grow the popularity of the hobby. Anyway, as always feedback, is appreciated. I ran a squash league in the UK based on the same concept so I know it can work, all it requires (like everything in life) is for people to buy into it.
If you are keen or want more information drop me a pm or an email.
Cheers,
Rick (Trollblood General & League Champion of the Future
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). Within a couple of weeks I'm going to add a warpack, another warbeast and 3 unit boxes, a couple of mercanaries etc etc and it will quickly be a 1000 point army. When you get know that I favour a tactical set up based on having my whole army out you can maybe try to upset this by running a 750 point game which would mean I would have to give up my scattergunners or long riders or something. I will try and do something similar to you on my home games.
. So, no matter, I will play with 350 against 500 if you like, but I want to play that league, pleeeseee :lol: . Also, that idea of having a trip arranged for novi sad sounds like it could work once per 3 months
, brings the new believers from abroad!!!