Season 2 - Champion's Circle League

[Sir Heroscape]

Champion's Circle League

Qualifier #2 - Register HERE

Come one, come all to join in the fight for honor, riches and glory! The Champion's Circle League - hosted by Sir Heroscape - is a competitive, online Heroscape league designed to bring together heroscapers from around the globe to compete for your spot among the Champion's Circle! My goal is to keep the community active and incentivized to compete at the highest level by providing a venue where everyone can have a shot at some of the greatest prizes, on the biggest stage and have some fun while they're at it.​

Purpose: Provide a competitive format for heroscapers to regularly and consistently participate to win big prizes and accolades throughout the year.

Event Structure:

1. The Champion's Circle League will consist of 1 Season per year
2. Each Season is made up of 4 Qualifying Events each quarter (Mar, Jun, Sep, Nov) and 1 Finals Event
3. 1 Finals Event for the Top 16 players from the Qualifiers (in Dec) will be held to determine that Seasons Champion
   • No Attendance Requirement to qualify for the Finals
   • Top 2 finishers of each Qualifier have an automatic bid into the finals event
   • 8 Auto-bids and 8 best records = Finals invitations
   • 8 "next" best records will be based on ranking of Total Wins
   • Seeding will be based on ranking of total wins
   • Ranking will be based on the following:
     • Total Wins
     • Win %
     • Strength of Schedule (SoS)
4. Qualifier Events will be Swiss Style formats (play all rounds)
   
   Each event will be 5 Rounds of play​
5. Finals Events will be Single Elimination
6. All events will be using Partial Card Scoring (PCS)
   
   NEW: For every 1 minute of time beyond a 12 minute player time gap (according to the app), the player who spent more time subtracts 10 points from their final PCS number. For example, with a 20 minute time gap, the faster player gets an 80 point PCS advantage. (20min gap = 8min past the 12min time gap limit = 8 X10pt = 80pt penalty)
   
   Because of the time control rules, it is important to use the app's clocking features correctly.

   • Always press the "done" button when your turn is complete.
   • If you decide to move to a position where your opponent has the option of a leaving engagement attack or engagement strike, use the appropriate quick message button to tell them to make that roll.
   • If you have any out-of-turn movement (scatter, scurry, etc), press "done" when you are done with that movement.
   • If you decline an out-of-turn action (e.g. you don't want to attempt a leaving engagement attack on Krug, or you don't want to scatter), press "done" to decline the action.

   
7. Each Qualifier will have a $8 Entry fee - to be paid prior to the event via PayPal to Sir Heroscape @ heroscaper4life@gmail.com
8. Entry fees will be 100% used for Prize support
9. There will be no entry fee collected for the Champion's Circle Finals event
10. 60min Round timer (5minSetup timer)
11. No Exceptions for scheduling issues. If you are unable to complete the event, you will be dropped from the event
12. Those who drop from the event will not be eligible for that events prizes
    

Prizes (Minimum): Below is a list of the minimum prizes...though each season the overall prizes/donations may change. Current Season Event Prizes will be indicated in the 2nd post in this thread.

1. Qualifiers:
   
   - 1st Place: $50 Cash (SirH), $25 Cash minimum (entry fee), Custom SirH Dice Set (12 dice, 1D20, OM's, Dice Bag)
   - 2nd Place: $25 Cash minimum (entry fee)
   - 3rd Place: $25 Cash minimum (entry fee)
   - 4th Place: $25 Cash minimum (entry fee)
   - 5th - 8th Place: Dependent on entry fees collected
   - Other sponsor/donation prizes​
2. Champion's Circle Finals:
   
   - 1st Place: $50 Cash (SirH), Custom CCL Dice Set (12 dice, 1D20, OM's, Dice Bag)
   - Other sponsor/donation prizes​

Organization
Host: Sir Heroscape
YouTube Announcement
Sir Heroscape Discord Server: Used to communicate live updates AND will use on gameday for communication
Heroscape.org: Use to register for each event! Will use to manage the tournament rankings and matchups.

Event Formats/Details

• Q#1 - Solo Assassination (700pts/20fig): Army may ONLY contain 1 Unique Hero
• Q#2 - VCheese (400pt/20fig)
• Q#3 - TBD
• Q#4 - TBD
• CCL Finals - TBD

How to Play Online Guide(s)

Spoiler Alert!

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5k_xpp6gfk[/ame]

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgUxD2d7rb4[/ame]

Tags of those who've participated in Online Events previously, who might be interested here.

Spoiler Alert!

@Zackando @ogblaha @MegaSilver @quozl @Dysole @Grey Waves @Shiftrex @dok @superfrog @BiggaBullfrog @BodaciousBlood @Captain Stupendous @Foudzing @kevindola @ryguy266 @Chris Perkins @Earthling @Sheep @loki619 @thrasher darkrai @srd717 @vegietarian18 @Maklar the Silver Prince @Mother Ewe @KnightOfLight @dachsund @Vydar_XLIII @Orculon @Cubbage @S1R_ART0R1US @Kinseth @Saints_Wrath
@jcustar07 @boromir96 @Cleon @Evantage @Grivnar @SchismaticSounds @Muskie @TreePowerz @XScape @Scaperedude @Tokyoghoul
@DomPredator77 @XThorSavageX @Diggity Dingus @mtl1998 @Arrow Grut @Heroscaper Guy @infectedsloth @Viideosayg @AgentWard @Knight of Scape @

PAST SEASONS

Spoiler Alert!

Event Formats/Details

• Q#1 - Delta Classic 495pts/15fig (Saturday, Mar 4th, 2023 @11am CST)
• Q#2 - VC Rule of 9 - Restricted (410pts/NO Hex limit/NO Fig limit/A+ Banned) (Saturday, Jun 3rd, 2023 @11am CST)
• Q#3 - Classic - Restricted (550pts/14fig: Rae&Q9 Banned) (Saturday, Sep 2nd, 2023 @11am CST)
• Q#4 - Halfsies - VC Delta (480pts/20figs) (Saturday, Nov 4th, 2023 @11am CST)
• CCL Finals - Tri-Pod Draft (250pts/10figs) (Saturday, Dec 4th, 2023 @11am CST)

 

[Sir Heroscape]

Re: $1,000 Prize Pool - Champion's Circle League

Season 2 Details​

PRIZE POOL:
Qualifying Event Prizes for Season 2:

1st Place

• $50 Cash (SirH)
• $25 Cash Minimum (Entry Fees)
• Custom SirH Dice Set (12 dice, 1D20, OM's, Dice Bag)
• $5 Etsy Store Credit (StuffByHags)
• Custom Alternate Card Art (StuffByHags)
• Pick 1 NIB: Bramcephys, Heroes of the Molten Sea, Heroes of Khorvaire, Heroes of Faerun (donated by Joecar)

2nd Place

• $25 Cash Minimum (Entry Fees)
• $5 Etsy Store Credit (StuffByHags)

3rd Place

• $25 Cash Minimum (Entry Fees)
• $5 Etsy Store Credit (StuffByHags)

4th Place

• $25 Cash Minimum (Entry Fees)
• $5 Etsy Store Credit (StuffByHags)

5th Place

• $5 Etsy Store Credit (StuffByHags)

6th Place

• $5 Etsy Store Credit (StuffByHags)

7th Place

• $5 Etsy Store Credit (StuffByHags)

8th Place

• $5 Etsy Store Credit (StuffByHags)

CCL Finals Event Prizes for Season 2:

1st Place

• $50 Cash (SirH)
• Custom CCL Dice Set (12 dice, 1D20, OM's, Dice Bag)
• $5 Etsy Store Credit (StuffByHags)
• Custom Alternate Card Art (StuffByHags)
• NIB Fortress of the Archkyrie (donated by Joecar)

2nd Place

• Treasure Glyph Set (donated by Joecar)

3rd Place

SEASON 2 QUALIFIER #1 MAP POOL

Spoiler Alert!

Glyphs by Maps:

Nivay Roads - Yngvild (right of orange SZ), Dagmar (left of orange SZ)
Honeycomb - Ulinavia (left of the red SZ), Holdir (right of the red SZ)
Crumbling Castle - Wannok (left of orange SZ), Dagmar (right of orange SZ)
Embattled Den - Wannok (center)
Tabasco - Super Lodin (left of orange SZ), Yngvild (right of orange SZ)
Executioner - Lorja Ivor (left of orange SZ), Valda (right of Orange SZ)

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Season 1 Details

Spoiler Alert!

Season 1 Details​

PRIZE POOL:
Qualifying Event Prizes for Season 1:

1st Place

• $100 Store Credit (Good Home Games eBay Store)
• $50 Cash (SirH)
• $25 Cash Minimum (Entry Fees)
• $5 Etsy Store Credit (StuffByHags)
• Custom SirH Dice Set (12 dice, 1D20, OM's, Dice Bag)

2nd Place

• $50 Store Credit (Good Home Games eBay Store)
• $25 Cash Minimum (Entry Fees)
• $5 Etsy Store Credit (StuffByHags)

3rd Place

• $25 Cash Minimum (Entry Fees)
• $5 Etsy Store Credit (StuffByHags)

4th Place

• $25 Cash Minimum (Entry Fees)
• $5 Etsy Store Credit (StuffByHags)

5th Place

• $5 Etsy Store Credit (StuffByHags)

6th Place

• $5 Etsy Store Credit (StuffByHags)

7th Place

• $5 Etsy Store Credit (StuffByHags)

8th Place

• $5 Etsy Store Credit (StuffByHags)

CCL Finals Event Prizes for Season 1:

1st Place

• $250 Store Credit (Good Home Games eBay Store)
• $50 Cash (SirH)
• $50 Store Credit (Renegade Game Studios)
• $25 Store Credit (Trexy3D)
• Custom CCL Dice Set (12 dice, 1D20, OM's, Dice Bag)

2nd Place

• $100 Store Credit (Good Home Games eBay Store)
• $25 Store Credit (Renegade Game Studios)
• $15 Store Credit (Trexy3D)

3rd Place

• $50 Store Credit (Good Home Games eBay Store)

QUALIFIER #1 MAP POOL

Spoiler Alert!

Platypus
Glyphs: Valda (Left of green SZ), Dagmar (right of green SZ)

Stygian Rift
Glyphs: Dagmar (left of orange SZ), Wannok (right of Orange SZ)

Battlefield 23
Glyphs: Valda (left of Blue SZ), Wannok (right of Blue SZ)

Aeon
Glyphs: Ulinavia (short ruin side), Dagmar (long ruin side)

Turmoil
Glyphs: Ulinavia (left of blue SZ), Lodin (right of Blue SZ)

Venom
Glyphs: Ulinavia, (left of blue SZ), Lodin (right of blue SZ)

QUALIFIER #2 MAP POOL

Spoiler Alert!

GLYPHS BY MAP:
Betelguese - Valda (right of Green SZ), Wannok (left of Green SZ)
Blackberry - Lodin (Left of Teal SZ), Ulinavia (right of Teal SZ)
Desolate Courtyard - Dagmar (left of yellow SZ), Wannok (right of yellow SZ)
Morning Skirmish - Dagmar
Stagnation - Valda (left of red SZ), Wannok (right of red SZ)
Yngvild Pass - Ulinavia (left of yellow SZ), Dagmar (right of yellow SZ)

QUALIFIER #3 MAP POOL

Spoiler Alert!

GLYPHS BY MAP:
Apocalypse Now - Yngvild (left of Yellow SZ), Ulinavia (right of Yellow SZ)
Dry Peaks - Valda (left of Orange SZ), Lilja Ivor (right of Orange SZ)
Sniper at the Gates of Dawn - No power glyphs, adding in 4 Treasure Glyphs, scattered across the center
Breakthrough - Holdir (left of the Orange SZ), Dagmar (right of the Orange SZ)
Flaxen Shard - Wannok (left of the Pink SZ), Dagmar (right of the Pink SZ)
Nightblood - Yngvild (left of the Blue SZ), Super Lodin (right of Blue SZ)

QUALIFIER #4 MAP POOL

Spoiler Alert!

GLYPHS BY MAP:
Arboretum - Yngvild (left of purple SZ), Ulinavia (right of purple SZ)
Dominion - Super Lodin (left of Blue SZ), Lorja Ivor (right of Blue SZ)
Flash Fire Redux - Wannok (center)
Mirocco - Dagmar (center), Holdir (right of the Blue SZ)
The End of the Line - Yngvild (left of the Orange SZ), Super Lodin (right of the Orange SZ)
No Aloha - Wannok (left of the Blue SZ), Dagmar (right of Blue SZ)

FINALS MAP POOL

Spoiler Alert!

GLYPHS BY MAP:
Stygian Rift - Yngvild (right of orange SZ), Super Lodin (left of orange SZ)
Mirocco - Wannok (Center), Valda (shadow pool)
Yngvild Pass - Lorja Ivor (left of blue SZ), Dagmar (right of blue SZ)
No Aloha - Ulinavia (right of the Blue SZ), Yngvild (left of Blue SZ)
Flaxen Shard - Wannok (left of purple SZ), Dagmar (right of purple SZ)
Aeon - Lorja Ivor (left of orange SZ), Holdir (right of Orange SZ)

 

[Longy418]

Re: $1,000 Prize Pool - Champion's Circle League

Awesome what you are doing! Thank you for organizing.

 

[Sir Heroscape]

Re: $1,000 Prize Pool - Champion's Circle League

Awesome what you are doing! Thank you for organizing.

of course! I hope it can become a staple part of the community to motivate people to stay involved and excited about heroscape even if they can't attend events locally.

You plan on participating yourself?

 

[Kinseth]

Re: $1,000 Prize Pool - Champion's Circle League

Cool idea, will have to pass. Can't commit to a full day of playing Heroscape. Good luck to all that are involved.

 

[Sir Heroscape]

Re: $1,000 Prize Pool - Champion's Circle League

Cool idea, will have to pass. Can't commit to a full day of playing Heroscape. Good luck to all that are involved.

For just the first event? Or ALL events?

Hopefully you can at least attend 1 or 2? I’ve scheduled the dates already so you can throw in your calendar with enough heads up. No different than attending a local tourney…in fact, if anything it’s easier cause no travel time or setup. That said, you’re still right…it is still 4+ hr commitment.

 

[Kinseth]

Re: $1,000 Prize Pool - Champion's Circle League

First one I am out, taking one of my kids to a soccer tourny that weekend.

Unsure about the others. Will see, no promises.

Also havent made an in person event in years, its not you its me lol

 

[dok]

Re: $1,000 Prize Pool - Champion's Circle League

Saturdays are often going to be hard for me. I know I can't make the first and anything during spring and fall is unlikely. I might be able to make one.

 

[caps]

Re: $1,000 Prize Pool - Champion's Circle League

Saturdays are often going to be hard for me. I know I can't make the first and anything during spring and fall is unlikely. I might be able to make one.

This is similar to my situation. I know at least one of the events falls on a day that I was planning to host a local event (and I don't think there are alternative dates that work for that event).

I'm hoping to make it to at least one, though!

 

[Sir Heroscape]

Re: $1,000 Prize Pool - Champion's Circle League

First one I am out, taking one of my kids to a soccer tourny that weekend.

Unsure about the others. Will see, no promises.

Also havent made an in person event in years, its not you its me lol

Saturdays are often going to be hard for me. I know I can't make the first and anything during spring and fall is unlikely. I might be able to make one.

Saturdays are often going to be hard for me. I know I can't make the first and anything during spring and fall is unlikely. I might be able to make one.

This is similar to my situation. I know at least one of the events falls on a day that I was planning to host a local event (and I don't think there are alternative dates that work for that event).

I'm hoping to make it to at least one, though!

I've been getting a fair bit of good feedback from others as well regarding the setup.

I've been thinking about it a lot over the last week since the announcement and am considering the following...would appreciate your insight/thoughts:

- Remove 3 Qualifying event attendance requirement to reach Finals
- Replace with the following:

--> Top 2 finishers of EACH qualifier automatically qualify for the Finals event
--> No minimum attendance requirement to make finals
--> 16 Players invited to the Finals would consist of 8 Qualifying players (Top 2 of each event) and 8 of the next Top finishers based on overall record over the course of the season.​

Some advantages I see to this:
- Allows people like yourselves to still squeeze in one event and then have the chance to make the finals
- Incentivizes people who don't get an auto-bid to the finals to still perform well over the course of the season in order to make it in...but no required attendance minimum allows for flexibility.

I'm heavily considering this change...but would love to hear additional thoughts.

 

[caps]

Re: $1,000 Prize Pool - Champion's Circle League

That makes more sense to me, and is closer to how the Main Event setup for ScapeCon is being run. Of course they are doing the top 4 finishers, but since there will probably be some overlap among the top 4 finishers of the events, they will back-fill based on overall record like you're saying.

 

[boromir96]

Re: $1,000 Prize Pool - Champion's Circle League

I definitely like that the top 2 of each event auto qualify, performing that well in a big event should be rewarded. I mostly like the second part of the qualifier, but what determines best record? Total wins? Win Pctg? I don’t think I would want to see someone who went 4-1 in one event make it over someone who went 11-4 over 3 events because of win pctg. My suggestion would probably be,

--> Top 2 finishers of EACH qualifier automatically qualify for the Finals event
--> No minimum attendance requirement to make finals
--> 16 Players invited to the Finals would consist of 8 Qualifying players (Top 2 of each event) and 8 of the next Top finishers based on win pctg who played in at least X events. (Leaning 3?)

So no hard attendance requirement, but if you’re not placing top 2 you’ll have to grind a few events.

 

[Sir Heroscape]

Re: $1,000 Prize Pool - Champion's Circle League

I definitely like that the top 2 of each event auto qualify, performing that well in a big event should be rewarded. I mostly like the second part of the qualifier, but what determines best record? Total wins? Win Pctg? I don’t think I would want to see someone who went 4-1 in one event make it over someone who went 11-4 over 3 events because of win pctg. My suggestion would probably be,

--> Top 2 finishers of EACH qualifier automatically qualify for the Finals event
--> No minimum attendance requirement to make finals
--> 16 Players invited to the Finals would consist of 8 Qualifying players (Top 2 of each event) and 8 of the next Top finishers based on win pctg who played in at least X events. (Leaning 3?)

So no hard attendance requirement, but if you’re not placing top 2 you’ll have to grind a few events.

I'll have to talk to CP about how Heroscape.org represents rankings in a Season of multiple events...but I believe it's still based on Strength of Schedule rather than win percent. I was likely going to just take the rankings as shown using the Heroscape.org tool because I feel like an 11-4 player would likely rank higher on strength of schedule than a 4-1 player would.

 

[boromir96]

Re: $1,000 Prize Pool - Champion's Circle League

I definitely like that the top 2 of each event auto qualify, performing that well in a big event should be rewarded. I mostly like the second part of the qualifier, but what determines best record? Total wins? Win Pctg? I don’t think I would want to see someone who went 4-1 in one event make it over someone who went 11-4 over 3 events because of win pctg. My suggestion would probably be,

--> Top 2 finishers of EACH qualifier automatically qualify for the Finals event
--> No minimum attendance requirement to make finals
--> 16 Players invited to the Finals would consist of 8 Qualifying players (Top 2 of each event) and 8 of the next Top finishers based on win pctg who played in at least X events. (Leaning 3?)

So no hard attendance requirement, but if you’re not placing top 2 you’ll have to grind a few events.

I'll have to talk to CP about how Heroscape.org represents rankings in a Season of multiple events...but I believe it's still based on Strength of Schedule rather than win percent. I was likely going to just take the rankings as shown using the Heroscape.org tool because I feel like an 11-4 player would likely rank higher on strength of schedule than a 4-1 player would.

It doesn’t appear that way. If you look at the MCS 22-23 season JS is ranked higher than CP with a 4-1 record (.800 win pctg) and CP is 10-3 (.770). I would rather see the 10-3 person make the cut. Just my opinion though

 

[Chris Perkins]

Re: $1,000 Prize Pool - Champion's Circle League

I definitely prefer having auto bids for at least the 4 winners, if not the 8 finalists also.

I prefer the wildcards be determined purely by # wins (as opposed to win %), as I think it better incentives continuing to compete once you build up a good resume. Also, if you did that, you could remove the # events requirement entirely as it's factored in (more events played = more games won).

My 2 cents.

 

[Sir Heroscape]

Re: $1,000 Prize Pool - Champion's Circle League

BIG UPDATE! Thanks to those who provided some great feedback...I think this will provide a much better experience for people overall. YouTube video covering the specifics will follow tonight or early tomorrow with more detail. But here's the jist.

 

[S1R_ART0R1US]

Re: $1,000 Prize Pool - Champion's Circle League

Great updates, definitely more interested! I know I can't make the first event and the prospect of a remote tournament to avoid a 2+ hour drive each way down to LA like I did yesterday is certainly appealing!

 

[Sir Heroscape]

Re: $1,000 Prize Pool - Champion's Circle League

Great updates, definitely more interested! I know I can't make the first event and the prospect of a remote tournament to avoid a 2+ hour drive each way down to LA like I did yesterday is certainly appealing!

That's the spirit! ;-)

 

[Sir Heroscape]

Re: $1,000 Prize Pool - Champion's Circle League

Registration is looking great so far! Already got 23 registered attendees for the first qualifier event!

 

[Sheep]

Re: $1,000 Prize Pool - Champion's Circle League

Registration is looking great so far! Already got 23 registered attendees for the first qualifier event!

Definitely excited to see how many we get to by gameday! Hopefully many many more!

Are people finding the sign-up page by having to follow the hs.org link and then the UI? I didn't see any links to there or the tournament builder here so maybe you could get those posted to the OP for extra convenience?

 

[Kinseth]

Re: $1,000 Prize Pool - Champion's Circle League

Registration is looking great so far! Already got 23 registered attendees for the first qualifier event!

Nice!

 

[Sir Heroscape]

Re: $1,000 Prize Pool - Champion's Circle League

Hi all!

We're just 9 days away from our first Qualifier Event for the Champion's Circle League!

Please remember:

1) Player's Meeting to be held on March 2nd @8pm CST. Please attend via the DISCORD Voice Chat. We will cover Gameday expectations, FAQ's, general rulings and any other things you'd like to ask. This is an opportunity for everyone to get on the same page on what to expect on gameday.

2) $8 Entry fee to be paid via PayPal to heroscaper4life@gmail.com
Unpaid entrants will be dropped from the tourney on gameday.

3) Spread the word! We've got ~30 entrants...but the more the merrier! Simply tell them to sign up on Heroscape.org and register in the tourney

4) Please add yourself to the Sir Heroscape Discord! This is where we will communicate on gameday and for the Player's Meeting or just any "live" updates. Invite Link: https://discord.gg/5S5kqCZb

This is exciting!

Attack Side for the SirH Dice!!!

Defense Side for the SirH dice!!!

 

[Shiftrex]

Re: $1,000 Prize Pool - Champion's Circle League

Looks like a cool idea, working that weekend otherwise I'd come watch. Good luck to everyone in the event!

Hope to spectate some of the others coming down the pipeline

 

[Sir Heroscape]

Re: $1,000 Prize Pool - Champion's Circle League

Looks like a cool idea, working that weekend otherwise I'd come watch. Good luck to everyone in the event!

Hope to spectate some of the others coming down the pipeline

No worries! That’s why there’s 3 other qualifying events!

 

[Sir Heroscape]

Re: $1,000 Prize Pool - Champion's Circle League

Many who are participating are unfamiliar with the online tool/gameplay. Wanted to point you to a great resource for getting acquainted with the format for playing online...

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5k_xpp6gfk[/ame]

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgUxD2d7rb4[/ame]