C3G TTS Super League! - Phase 2

[IAmBatman]

Originally Posted by Karat

Clearly. I was more commenting that I don't see how it could reliably work in this format.

I mean, I could get into an explanation for how and why I think it could, but that seems like an unproductive rabbit hole if we're already not going there in season one.

[Ronin]

Yeah I feel like there's enough to dig into here without getting into what we're not doing.

I'll try and catch up on all this later!

[IAmBatman]

I'll give sign ups about a week and we'll see where we are.

[fret_gurglo]

I'm interested, sign me up

[Splash]

I'll try the first season and see how it goes

[toyhandle]

Signing up!

[Lord Pyre]

I’m going to pass this time. I want a mental break from scheduling stuff.

[IAmBatman]

OK, due to low level of sign ups, I've edited the concepts here to cut out the whole idea of Teams. Instead there's just individual players.

Chime in and let me know if you're still game (and I'll give about 24 hours for any last minute sign ups) and then we'll go ahead and draft battlefields!

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

Hey folks! After the success of the C3G TTS Tournament I felt there was an appetite for more C3G online play on Tabletop Simulator (TTS). Since I share that appetite, I thought it might be fun to have an official C3G TTS Super League that played different competitive Seasons over the course of a year. My basic thought was to combine a lot of the core concepts of fantasy sports leagues in terms of transactions and so forth, with the actual gameplay of C3G Superheroscape.

Below are the echoes of my madness. Tell me what you think and, more importantly, if you're into it, now's the time to sign up! I'm thinking mid-May for the start of our first Season if we get enough interest.

LEAGUE RULES AND OUTLINE

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LEAGUE GOALS

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The goal of the C3G TTS Super League is to organize online playtesting and play of C3G Superheroscape on Tabletop Simulator and to foster a fun and competitive environment.

Ideally the Super League would sustain at least four active Teams of two to three players each, and would compete in three to four competitive Seasons per year.

The C3G TTS Super League takes all the transactional fun of Fantasy Sports games and applies them to the best sport of all: Superheroscape!

PLAYERS AND HOME FIELDS

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At the onset of the Super League’s formation, before assembling their initial rosters, players will roll initiative, then, in initiative order, they will draft one competitive C3G Map to be their Home Field. Players will play any Home Games on their Home Field and are responsible for maintaining access to their Home Field on TTS so they can either host their Home Games or give opponents access to their Home Field for the sake of hosting.

Having a Home Field from the onset allows Players to strategize and build around the unique features and advantages of their main battlefield. This also guarantees a diversity of battlefields over the course of the league year, as you'll be playing on opponent fields as well as your own.

ROSTER BUILDING AND TRANSACTIONS

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Each Player will maintain a roster of no more than 10 C3G Army Cards over the course of each Season of play.

Rosters are initially built up through a 10 round draft at the start of season one (shortened to 9 rounds in subsequent seasons), then can be adjusted through the year with Free Agency acquisitions and Trades between Players.

THE DRAFT

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The initial Super League Draft will consist of 10 snaking rounds, in the opposite order of Home Field drafting.

If a Player drafts any Army Card, only they have access to that card on their roster and if it is Common or Uncommon, they’re considered to have access to unlimited copies of that card. (Spells and non-figure cards must be drafted like any other Army Cards).

Subsequent Drafts will only consist of 9 rounds, due to the Keeper rule (see Keepers).

FREE AGENCY

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Rather than being stuck with their 10 card roster during a Season, Players may use Free Agency and Trades to adjust their line ups.
Every time there is a new C3G Release (not including public releases) it will initiate a Free Agency Period.

During this 48 hour period, any Player may privately submit up to 5 add/drop requests to the Super League Commissioner. Add/drop requests involve choosing one Army Card on the Player’s current roster to drop and one unclaimed Army Card to add.

After the 48 hour Free Agency Period has ended, the Commissioner will process all add/drop requests in reverse Player ranking (meaning the Player with the worst record gets their first request processed first and the Player with the best record gets their first request processed last).

Each Player’s first request is processed in this order, then each Player’s second request is processed in this order, and so on, until all requests have been processed.

TRADES

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Trades are another way Players can change their line-ups during the Season. Trades can occur at any time during a Season, up until matches are set for that Season’s Playoffs (see Playoffs). Trades can be any combination of one or more Army Cards on one Player’s roster for any combination of one or more Army Cards on another Player’s roster.

Multiple Player trades can occur as well, following the same logic.
If a Player would end up with more than 10 Army Cards on their Roster upon the completion of a trade, they must first drop a number of Army Cards required to get them down to 10 in order to complete the trade.

Once all Players involved in a trade agree upon the trade, the trade should be sent into the Commissioner for approval.

SEASONS

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A Season is a competitive grouping of games between players that culminates in a Playoffs and a Championship. Each Season consists of each player playing each other player both in a Home Game and an Away Game.

GAMES

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Each game will be played on the Home Team Player’s Home Field. Each game must consist of armies with point totals of 1,000, 1,100, 1,200, or 1,300, as chosen by the Home Team.
Both players secretly build an army from their roster and bring it to the match.

PLAYER STANDINGS

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Standings are based on the total number of wins for each player versus their total number of Losses.

QUALIFYING FOR THE PLAYOFFS

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At the end of each Season, the four players with the best Win/Loss record advance to the Playoffs.

In the case of tied records, head-to-head records will be the first tie-breaker. In the case of a tied head-to-head record, players will have a play-in game to decide the standings.

PLAYOFFS AND CHAMPIONSHIP

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The Playoffs are played out over two rounds: the initial Wildcard Round and the Championship Round.

The player with the best record is matched up in the Wildcard Round against the player with the fourth best record. The player with the second best record is matched up in the Wildcard Round against the player with the third best record.

The two winners of the Wildcard Round match up in a Championship Round.

Each Round of Playoffs is a best of three, with the higher seed playing a Home Game, then an Away Game, then (if needed) a Home Game.

KEEPERS AND SUBSEQUENT DRAFTS

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At the end of each season, each player may designate one Army Card on their roster as their “Keeper.” This is automatically part of their Roster going into the next season. The same “Keeper” may not be chosen in back-to-back Seasons. This allows players some roster continuity without allowing them to completely dominate a single Army Card or build.

After the initial season, subsequent drafts will be ordered based on player standings, with the last place finishing player picking first and so forth onto the Championship Team. Draft Order for playoff qualifying players will consider the lowest seed eliminated in the Wildcard Round to pick first, followed by the other player eliminated in the Wildcard Round, followed by the player eliminated in the Championship Round, followed by the Championship Team.
The Draft continues until all players have drafted 9 Army Cards to fill out their Roster.

If new players have been added, they will participate in a one round “Expansion Draft” prior to the normal Draft, in which they will select one Army Card to act as their Keeper for the Season. These players will be considered the lowest ranking players in league standings for Draft Order.

SIGN UPS

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1. Ericth74
2. IAmBatman
3. fret_gurglo
4. Splash
5. toyhandle
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[Ronin]

I'm in

[IAmBatman]

Sweet. Added.

[IAmBatman]

I'll give it until this afternoon to see if there are any more sign ups, but we're looking good to move forward after that with our Homefield Draft. We can either all roll D20s or if y'all want I can just randomize a list on random.org to determine draft order.

Here are the eligible competitive maps for Homefields:

Alkali Lake
Conflict Chernobyl
Country Road
Crash Landing
Dark Dimension
Green Lantern Mogo
Grundy's Grave
HYDRA Base Gehenna
Icy Road
Island Plane Crash
Ivy's Greenhouse
Martian War Zone
Moon Base Alpha
Mountain Spring
Muspelheim Melee
Sewer Labyrinth
X Marks the Spot

[Tornado]

Oh, so you can build your army to take advantage of home field. (which auto corrected to home girls.?.)
That is super cool.