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End of Summer Ladder competition!, Rating ladders reset September 4th!
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post Aug 14 2016, 10:11 PM
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As the topic (description) states, the Voobly ladders are slated for a reset at the end of Sunday, September 4th. The reason for the delay is two-fold; first, activity at the end of the summer tends to be lower than the rest of the year, so by waiting a few weeks, more players will be around to experience the joy of a ladder reset. Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, the Voobly staff is introducing an end-of-ladder competition, with the winners receiving profile banners in their Voobly profiles (an example of banners here - see the awards column on the left)

While there will be banners for the highest-rated players at the end of the ladder (for the main ladders), the focal point of this competition will be the different major gods in 1x1. There will be a banner for each God, which will be given to the best player playing that god in these final three weeks. Now a question should be forming in your mind; what determines the best player with each good? Good question, and here is a partial answer:

First, there will be a hidden formula used by the staff to determine the player that is best with each god. The formula (if we can even call it that) isn't some sort of magical voodoo gibberish, it's actually pretty straight-forward and fairly common sense (I think). However, the reason the formula will not be disclosed is due to the fact that unless we create 1000 rules governing this for-fun competition, there will be some loopholes that players can use to 'cheat' the system. And because this competition is just for fun, we don't want to waste everyone's time with an overlycomplicated list of rules that no one understands. So, we'll keep the basic guidelines simple.

1. The games should be played on Voobly Balance Patch 1.05. One goal of this competition is to see if the uncommon gods can compete near the top of the ladder.
2. The best god banners only apply to 1x1. Team games will have no effect on this.
3. Each player can win only one god banner.
4. Players should stick to just one god during this 3-week competition - decide what god you want to compete with, and stay with that god.
(Don't claim to be going for Gaia, but then throw in some Isis victories to boost your alleged Gaia rating - that won't work)
5. Of course rating is important, but not the final rating; point-sitting won't win you a banner.
6. Common Voobly ladder rules apply; no point trading, no noob bashing, no cherry-picking matches, and no cheating.
7. If the way you are playing your games seems slightly dishonest, then it probably is dishonest. Don't try to be slick.
8. Use your main account, and don't make new ones. This isn't a smurfing competition. New accounts won't win anything.
9. Decay period will be lowered to 7 days (from 10).

And just a quick sidenote, since I know this will come up (it always does) - there are no conspiracy theories with this secret formula. We don't have any reason to waste our time doing this if our goal is to play favorites. For me personally, if I wanted to play games with people, I'd just do it in real life, not online to people I know nothing about.

I hope players will enjoy this little competition! If not, then oh well, just a dumb idea that won't be seen again. If it succeeds, who knows, we might have more stuff like this in the future. Good luck and have fun to everyone!

If anyone has any questions, comments, concerns, or conspiracy theories, feel free to post!
(and you don't need to post your gods; we'll be checking profiles at the end of the ladder)

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post Aug 15 2016, 12:20 AM
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post Aug 15 2016, 10:55 AM
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Would've been a lot more interesting if it were a smurf tournament imo.

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post Aug 15 2016, 11:13 AM
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Gimme the Isis banner already!

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post Aug 16 2016, 03:04 AM
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QUOTE(IamGoDDy @ Aug 15 2016, 11:13 AM)
Gimme the Isis banner already!
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^this

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post Aug 16 2016, 05:34 AM
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QUOTE(LNC_GoldenAxe @ Aug 16 2016, 03:04 AM)
QUOTE(IamGoDDy @ Aug 15 2016, 11:13 AM)
Gimme the Isis banner already!
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^this
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I know! :P

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post Aug 17 2016, 02:12 PM
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useless

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post Aug 29 2016, 08:09 PM
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Nice

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post Sep 1 2016, 05:47 PM
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Sounds good :)

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post Sep 2 2016, 06:13 AM
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I'm not at all bothered about this either way but what is the point in resetting the ladder?

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post Sep 2 2016, 07:59 AM
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It clears the ratings, ie removes smurf bias and other degrading factors, allowing for players to set their true current rating, which may be different from what it is now - it generally spurs activity to "get the points" again and in a better, healthier environment :)

It's basically to be a breath of fresh air into the cobwebs of the stale dungeon the current ladder is :)

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post Sep 4 2016, 03:46 AM
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yeah this is all very good ty

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post Sep 5 2016, 06:30 AM
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?? :blink: :boxed: :boxed: :boxed: :boxed:

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post Sep 5 2016, 06:58 AM
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when does this actually happen?

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post Sep 5 2016, 11:18 AM
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September 4th is a sunday next time in the year 2023 I think so I'm guessing that




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