TC Blockbox Tetris League - SEASON 3 HAS ENDED

[Rosti LFC]

English version of Blokkendoos/Blockbox can be found at http://www.blockboxgame.com (http://www.blockboxgame.com/default.htm)



SEASON THREE HAS NOW FINISHED
FINAL POSITIONS HAVE YET TO BE PROCESSED
SEASON FOUR DUE IN DECEMBER, DATE TBD, REGISTRATION OPEN

So, a few ground rules:

1) The IRC is by far the easiest way to arrange matches (#tetrisconcept on quakenet.org, or click the "Join Live Chat" link on the main page), and this method should make it easier for everyone. Obviously there's some personal discretion involved in this rule, but it's primarily to just remove the people at the first step who aren't going to actually make an effort to play their matches. I'm not saying that to take part you need either 1000+ posts here or to be on IRC every day without fail.
2) Matches will be first to 15 wins.
3) Each player plays every other player in their division once.
4) Matches shall be played on Blokkendoos, and with the standard rated game settings. Obviously DAS and rotation system are at the individual players' discretion.
5) The points awarded to each player after the match shall be equal to 15 plus the difference in score (including negative difference, so a 15-6 result would give 24 points to the winner and 6 points to the loser)

FOR REGISTERING:
- New players will automatically be placed into the lowest division initially
- If they wish, they can play a play-off match between the top player in their division, or the bottom in the division above (decided at random). If they win this game they will move up a division and be allowed to take a similar play-off for the division above if they so wish. If they lose, they remain where they are.
- The number of relegation and promotion places available for each division will reflect any imbalance in the number of people in each division.

Third round fixtures/results (http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tLFEW6lv-D1yk7AqjVV1YzA&output=html)

Players for Season Three:

Division A
01 - Blink
02 - Corrosive
03 - Rosti
04 - goofer
05 - Heretic
06 - kotetsu213 / AcroAmphibian
07 - KevinDDR
08 - awake / meow

Division B
02 - En Fuego
03 - Kitaru
04 - clincher
05 - myndzi
06 - Anonymous
07 - Profane
08 - SimMarine
09 - mzhang

Division C
01 - Slowmo / sheenie
02 - Ray Ayanami
03 - nismo
04 - Jerycho / freakwithfire
05 - Edo
06 - Securis
07 - DDRKirby
08 - thazzle
09 - briann / deadbB4youknowit
10 - Ai
11 - reaper1228


Past results:

Season 1:
FINAL TABLE (http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m313/rostilfc/TCleague/league1-17.png)|FIXTURES/RESULTS (http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m313/rostilfc/TCleague/fixtures1-17.png)

Season 2 (http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=rpGg_88vN4R7t5VxumsBxdA&output=html)

[DIGITAL]

I'd like to participate. Could you elaborate a bit more on how the point system works? Will players that enter later on be at a disadvantage (is that what the positive point difference part was about?)?

[caffeine]

I'll play... till the death.

[Blink]

i'm down, got free time now lol

[Zircean]

I'll play, but expect me to lose a lot http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif

[KevinDDR]

I'm interested in playing in this, if only at least to gauge my progress since my last "competitive" matches.

[milkolate]

I'll join.. But I don't know how to register in Blockendoos and where the IRC channel is

[Rosti LFC]

I'd like to participate. Could you elaborate a bit more on how the point system works? Will players that enter later on be at a disadvantage (is that what the positive point difference part was about?)?

Players that enter later on won't be at a disadvantage. That's an advantage of having a league. With a tournament tree you can't really add people in during the latter stages, while with a league adding people in is easy, they'll just be on zero points with zero games played and as they play games they can pick up points the same way everyone else did.

By points difference I meant difference in games won during the individual match. So if a player won 15-9, they'd get 2 + 6 + 3 = 11 points, and their opponent would just get the 2 for having played a game. Winning 15-3 would give 17 points.
What I meant was that with the first suggested points total, whichever player won would always get 15 + 5 = 20 points. It would matter to the player who lost what the score was, but not the player who won. The difference between 15-0 and 15-14 would be zero points for the victor and 14 points for the loser.

I've not figured out the points system because ideally I'd like one which causes both players to care at least slightly about score, but means that each game played should result in at least a small points gain, which is quite hard to do.

milkolate, I'll PM you later.

[Ezzelin]

What about some kind of an ongoing ladder system? I know a lot of games do this. Players would get points for beating people higher then them on the ladder. Anyway, I'm in, although I also plan on losing a lot.

[Rosti LFC]

A ladder system could work, and I might implement it. I think for at least a first run through though a league system will probably work better.

I think I might just implement a score system of 2 points per game played and (difference in score + 3) for the winner.

[m:)]

is there any way to play this on a Mac? I get a wrong java installed message.

[DIGITAL]

is there any way to play this on a Mac? I get a wrong java installed message.
Click on the second button which ignores it.

[m:)]

is there any way to play this on a Mac? I get a wrong java installed message.
Click on the second button which ignores it.

does this work for anyone? I just get a white screen after that.

[Rosti LFC]

is there any way to play this on a Mac? I get a wrong java installed message.
Click on the second button which ignores it.

does this work for anyone? I just get a white screen after that.

I occasionally get that on Windows, and just refresh and then wait for a while and it usually works.

[tetrisdude]

I'll play, but I am only mostly available during nights.

[Burbruee]

I haven't gotten it to work on Mac either, same problem. And running through something like virtualbox or vmware fusion seemed a bit too slow.
If you can do Boot Camp there shouldn't be a problem though.

Sign me up for this, I'd like to participate and should be able to play some games if our timezone differences will allow me to. http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif

[Corrosive]

I'm in.

[Kevcel]

Whoa...this might be one of the best ideas, since many tourneys at TC haven't really finished...
Really: it solves the problem that people might cancel; it's a very good system for people who want to join later; players can arrange their matches without time pressure; you don't have to play many matches if you don't want to; on the other hand, you can play more matches when you have the time...
And theoretically, you could keep this league alive for infinite years.
So as you've noticed: I think this concept will work fine.

You only have to fine-tune the scoring system: I think it's good to implement a system where a high rated player earns less point when winning against a low rated player. Your first suggestion about earning points by the difference of wins must be changed a bit: example:
High rated wins against low rated with 15-0, then he would get +15, only for the difference of wins. If he does this against more low rated players, he would be able to gain a infinite amount of points http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif

I would like to join this league, even though I don't have time this month...but that's no problem with your concept http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif

ps: The only disadvantage will be for the host: many players http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_arrow.gif many matches http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_arrow.gif leaderboard must be edited frequently http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_arrow.gif good luck with that, Rosti http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif

[Burbruee]

I have a question.

This looks similar to the standings you see in most sports such as hockey before playoffs starts if I have understood this correctly.
So, will there be a set number of rounds to play? Or else it would never end ever, or is that what you want?

Will there be a limit in the number of times you can play against the same opponent?
An example: Rosti is better than me so he could just play me over and over again winning 15-0 every time and gain many points.
At the same time I am better than somebody else, and could just as easily play that opponent over and over to gain points.
This could place me as high in the standings as Rosti although I'm nowhere near his skill level.
So there needs to be a restiction.

[Rosti LFC]

Guys, look at rule #5, which has been there since the start.
To clarify anyway for those who can't be bothered reading the original post, it states that each player shall play each other player ONCE. It'd always be possible to change this to twice or start the league afresh when it's pretty much concluded (or use a ladder system).

I want to try and encourage people to play matches, which means every player should finish the match and come away with at least 0 points. If I just made it a pure goal-difference sort of thing, then some players would be getting negative scores, and it'd be a massive put-off towards playing people you knew you were going to lose against. Yet there's no way to have a league system where there are no negative points and to have it run indefinitely without people simply accumulating more points by playing more games rather than being good, hence the restriction on the number of times you can play each player.

To revise the scoring system, I'm now looking towards the points awarded after the match being (15 ± difference in score). This will mean the losing player will receive one point for each game they win, and the winning player will get 30 points minus the number of games they conceded to their opponent. I think this works better because it means that players should pick up at least a few points from each match (providing incentive) and also means that the score of the match will matter to both players. I think this should add a little more to the league, because in previous tournaments it's just been that better players have beaten weaker players. Now the better players have to beat the weaker players, and also by as large a margin as possible, while the incentive is there for the weaker players to try and pick up a few points off the stronger ones even if they ultimately concede the match.

[KevinDDR]

That's why I enjoy playing against DIGITAL and Blink and others; it's fun to see how many points I can pick off of these ridiculously good legendary players.

[Burbruee]

That's why I enjoy playing against DIGITAL and Blink and others; it's fun to see how many points I can pick off of these ridiculously good legendary players.
I agree. To me, just stealing one win from players such as blink, digital, jujube, jono, caffeine etc.. would be considered a victory for me. And it motivated me to try even harder and go faster.

[Reveillark]

+Reveillark? someone lmk how to get into irc, it'll help a ton http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif

[m:)]

If you can do Boot Camp there shouldn't be a problem though.


if I had a license for XP i'd do it. but i'm not going to drop the $$ just to have windows for tetris. although it is tempting...

[Ai]

Add me to the list! ^^

That's why I enjoy playing against DIGITAL and Blink and others; it's fun to see how many points I can pick off of these ridiculously good legendary players.
I agree. To me, just stealing one win from players such as blink, digital, jujube, jono, caffeine etc.. would be considered a victory for me. And it motivated me to try even harder and go faster.
The only time I played DIGITAL alone on Blockbox I won the first game and then was crushed the next 25 games or so. So I never had the time to take in the victory. I'm still not sure if it ever really happened... Also won once against colour_thief, but that was due to lag so there was nothing to be happy about. In games with multiple players I won against some elite players on a few rare occasions, but that had more to do with luck with garbage or not being targeted by garbage as the big boys didn't really care what I was doing. ^^

[Rosti LFC]

If you can do Boot Camp there shouldn't be a problem though.


if I had a license for XP i'd do it. but i'm not going to drop the $$ just to have windows for tetris. although it is tempting...

You mean people actually pay money for stuff like that? What about the internet?

[Rosti LFC]

OK, tables are up and running. Feel free to make a start on your matches if you wish.
As was pointed out, there's a fair bit of updating to be done. I'll try and update the tables at least every 24 hours, but it's unlikely I'll do so after every single match.

Also feel free to post any queries in this thread and people are still welcome to join.

[Ezzelin]

I was looking around, and there are a lot of places that host game leagues, such as http://www.casesladder.com/ (http://www.casesladder.com/default.htm) (which has a user created league page at http://www.myleague.com (http://www.myleague.com/default.htm)) and others. This might make it easier on Rosti, since I bet he might get tired of manually updating things all the time. Or, there are probably ways of installing a league system locally, on tetrisconcept.com. I googled for "ladder league" and found a bunch of stuff. Also, I'm not sure how practical how it will be to have everyone play everyone else, considering time zones and such. That's kind of the nice thing about leagues compared to tournaments, is that there is less scheduling involved.

Edit: Here's another interesting one (http://games-ladder.net/home.php) that has both free hosting and source availability. It is applicable to any game.

[Rosti LFC]

First result...

Rosti bt Zircean 15 - 0

Ezzelin, for the number of players we actually have I'm fine to be updating the league. It's really not much effort aside from screencapping the images and uploading them. I'm quite happy to do it once or twice a day because I'm not that busy.

If the number of players starts getting pretty high, then I'd consider a ladder system, but currently I think a league works perfectly fine.

[TWF]

Can I join or is it too late?

I'm gonna get owned http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_cry.gif

[Rosti LFC]

Just repeat that anyone can still join. I'll only say it's too late for new players when we're a good 70-80% of the way through the league.

[Reveillark]

Thanks for helping me out with the IRC, Rosti :] I guess I'm in, then?

[DIGITAL]

Add me to the list! ^^

That's why I enjoy playing against DIGITAL and Blink and others; it's fun to see how many points I can pick off of these ridiculously good legendary players.
I agree. To me, just stealing one win from players such as blink, digital, jujube, jono, caffeine etc.. would be considered a victory for me. And it motivated me to try even harder and go faster.
The only time I played DIGITAL alone on Blockbox I won the first game and then was crushed the next 25 games or so. So I never had the time to take in the victory. I'm still not sure if it ever really happened... Also won once against colour_thief, but that was due to lag so there was nothing to be happy about. In games with multiple players I won against some elite players on a few rare occasions, but that had more to do with luck with garbage or not being targeted by garbage as the big boys didn't really care what I was doing. ^^
What!? Don't put me in the same group with blink! I am not worthy....not until I can take at least 1/5 wins from him. http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_confused.gif I tend to be a bit inconsistent in non 1v1 games unlike blink who is just godly. Those rare wins we get out of him are flukes and don't count!

And Ai, yeah, I'm sure you beat me that first round. That plagues me most of the time for some reason. http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif

[sjoecool1991]

Count me in.

I believe this will be the first tourney I am participating in http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif

[Meroigo]

I'm gonna be in this!!! PREPARE TO GET OWNED!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCk8FROqLPQ

[Calown]

Hi I'm Calownpion, Corrosive brought me to this forum + topic.
I'd like to join, but, for now, has only 1 match been played so far?

[Kevcel]

I have a sorrowful announcement, well for me it's sorrowful:
I'm going to witdraw from this tourney. WHY???:
I came to the conclusion that I am not able to play any pc multiplayer game normally;
The pc I'm using now is just a Pentium II...so not fast enough to play it properly...

So you can put me off your list, Rosti :'(

[Reveillark]

Hi I'm Calownpion, Corrosive brought me to this forum + topic.
I'd like to join, but, for now, has only 1 match been played so far?

Oh hi, I've run into you before http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif

And that sucks, kevcel http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif

[DIGITAL]

And that sucks, kevcel http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif
We all know the real reason he withdrew. He's deathly afraid to face me after what he did. It was just a convenient excuse that his computer specs happened to be outdated... http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif

[Corrosive]

Rosti you never said how we report scores. Maybe you did but I am too lazy to look and read. Do we need to take a screenshot for proof.

[Kevcel]

And that sucks, kevcel http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif
We all know the real reason he withdrew. He's deathly afraid to face me after what he did. It was just a convenient excuse that his computer specs happened to be outdated... http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif

Thank you old pc for giving me an excuse :S
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/2070/systeemeigenschappen.jpg

[Corrosive]

digital def. corrosive (15-3)

[DIGITAL]

Corrosive had me in a jam many times. I was lucky to get out of some of those cause he died before I did. http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif

[Corrosive]

hahah i already get fucking banned from both blockbox and #arika

feels good reminds me of TNET2

[muf]

hahah i already get fucking banned from both blockbox and #arika

feels good reminds me of TNET2
You did nothing but trash talk and annoy people back then, and... you still do the same now. Wow, what a coincidence. Gosh I wonder why you got banned. Maybe people are just tired of putting up with your shit and don't care.

[DIGITAL]

I guess I'm one of the people that can put up with a lot of shit? Honestly though, Corrosive didn't seem that bad to me.

[Rosti LFC]

OK, so I'm adding Calown and removing Kevcel. Adding Digital 15 - 3 Corrosive.

Except if Corrosive is banned from blockbox then that sort of rules him out of this tournament... so am I removing him as well?

Also, scores don't require screen shots. The scores can be posted by one of the players and I'll leave it up to the opponent to bring up any errors if they exist.

[Corrosive]

No don't take me out of it I'm getting Deniax to unban me, and the ban is supposed to last a day anyway. To end this discussion about me I can say that I will act proper for now on, and with that I have a prepared statement to read.

[reading prepared text] I apologize to the people of #arika. My behavior has been improper and I accept the consequences. I ask my fellow tetris rivals for their patience and understanding. Life here can be difficult for me. After all, I am the only one of my kind. During my incarceration, I will be participating in alcohol and anger management treatment. You deserve better from me. I can be better. I will be better.

[Rosti LFC]

I'm actually looking at a workaround anyway to a different IRC channel. I dislike bringing so many people to the current one when they aren't yet really fully integrated into the community, and their reason for being in the channel has nothing really to do with the main topic behind the channel.

The current one should be a little more private, and I'll use a different one for this. It shouldn't be any extra hassle for people aside from adding a new autojoin channel. If that.

[Blink]

how about #tetrisconcept, just a general purpose chat for any forum users, it could be used for future tournaments too.

[Rosti LFC]

OK, #tetrisconcept on irc.quakenet.org is now registered for general use and for arranging tournament matches.

Also, updating tables shortly.

[DIGITAL]

blink massacred me 15-1. I didn't feel massively overwhelmed though unlike previous games with him. What's going on blink? http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif

[KevinDDR]

Already listed, but:

DIGITAL massacred me 15-1. I didn't feel massively overwhelmed though unlike previous games with him. What's going on DIGITAL? http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif

[DIGITAL]

http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif Dunno, maybe the nervousness got to me. That or because I didn't have my afternoon nap. I was just blanking out constantly and froze up at awkward times. Luckily, you didn't capitalize on my hesitations and mistakes. http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif blink sure did though....

[Corrosive]

Corrosive def. Zircean 15-2

[Corrosive]

corrosive def. sjoecool1991 8-0 (forfeit)

[sjoecool1991]

corrosive def. sjoecool1991 8-0 (forfeit)
Im sorry corrosive :/

[Corrosive]

lol..

[DIGITAL]

Just something I'm curious about. If a player drops out of the league halfway, how would the points be distributed to the remaining players that haven't played him?

[Rosti LFC]

Just something I'm curious about. If a player drops out of the league halfway, how would the points be distributed to the remaining players that haven't played him?

Hmm good question. I guess I could do some mathsy stuff and distribute points out on the basis of the opponents they've already played and the results from the games, but I think the easier option would probably be to wipe the player from the league and remove all points received from them.

[m:)]

I haven't gotten it to work on Mac either, same problem. And running through something like virtualbox or vmware fusion seemed a bit too slow.
If you can do Boot Camp there shouldn't be a problem though.


i've got it running in vmware right now, it seem a little laggy tho. I haven't tried the boot camp route yet, that will be next.
my second biggest issue is that the room is always full, i can't really test anything.

[DIGITAL]

Hmm, what did you mean by the room being full?

[m:)]

Hmm, what did you mean by the room being full?


if there are 50 people playing I cant get in the room. the lag seems to vary depending on the game I play 40 lines is worse then classic. DAS is out of control, and the thing making the game unplayable atm. It might be that the lag is making me trigger DAS when i don't want it.

[DIGITAL]

That's odd. Maybe it has something to do with not having VIP status because I've been able to get on where there were around 60+ people. Lag shouldn't be a problem at all normally so I guess vmware is really hitting you hard.

[Ai]

That's odd. Maybe it has something to do with not having VIP status because I've been able to get on where there were around 60+ people. Lag shouldn't be a problem at all normally so I guess vmware is really hitting you hard.
Only SuperVIP like most TC members can enter rooms that have more than 50 players.

EDIT: I'll be available in a few hours for some games. ^^

[Calown]

One of you up for a game ? http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif
Edit: should ask these things on IRC http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_idea.gif

[m:)]

That's odd. Maybe it has something to do with not having VIP status because I've been able to get on where there were around 60+ people. Lag shouldn't be a problem at all normally so I guess vmware is really hitting you hard.

boot camp is not an option as I would need to reformat my HD and re-install OS X.. i have backups but i'd rather not go into that hassle.

seems like the issue is running java, tetrisfriends doesn't lag on me. block blox is unplayable for now, it lags, key presses get lost and DAS appears seemingly out of nowhere.

[Corrosive]

Corr def. Burbruee 15-0

[Burbruee]

Zircean 15-12 Burbruee

[Rosti LFC]

Digital bt Rosti 15-3
Rosti bt Corrosive 15-12

[Burbruee]

Also Digital 15 - 0 Burbruee

[Corrosive]

Corr def. Ai 15-0

[Rosti LFC]

Rosti bt Burbruee 15-0

[Burbruee]

Burbruee 8 - 15 Ai

[DIGITAL]

I just played Calown and won 15-3. Good games!

[Calown]

Rosti-Calown 15-5.

Nice 195!

[Rosti LFC]

Rosti bt Calown 15-5

[Corrosive]

Corro def. Calown 15-4

[Burbruee]

Burbruee 0 - 15 Calown

[Ai]

Got crushed 15-1 by Rosti.

I again manage to miraculously win the first game against a top player. ^^

[Rosti LFC]

Leaderboard and fixtures table are updated. As can be seen, there's a lot of new scores there, so I'd just ask people to check that the scores are correct and notify me if I've made any mistakes.

[Corrosive]

sjoecool1991 wanted a rematch claiming he didn't know that the last bout we had counted as a league match nor that I was even in the league, which is why he quit the game early at 8-0. I just beat him 15-2 and I want my score recalculated.

[SiRTeTRiS]

I'd like to join as well...thanks to Corrosive/Digital for pointing this out to me.

[Corrosive]

I'd like to join as well...thanks to Corrosive/Digital for pointing this out to me.

welcome onboard.

[Burbruee]

Burbruee 0 - 15 Blink
also might as well report

Blink 15 - 0 Corrosive
as it has not been reported yet.

[Corrosive]

Blink def. Corrosive 15-0
Corrosive def. Rev 15-5

[Rosti LFC]

Tables are updated.

[Corrosive]

Corrosive def. kevinDDR 15-5

[KevinDDR]

Blink def. KevinDDR 15-1

[KevinDDR]

Kevin def Reveillark 15-10

[Rosti LFC]

Rosti LFC bt sjoecool1991 15-1

[SiRTeTRiS]

Corrosive vs. SiRTeTRiS
15 - 2

He beat me 15-2 for the record. lol

[SiRTeTRiS]

Blink beat SiRTeTRiS 15-0

[SiRTeTRiS]

Digital beats SiRTeTRiS 15-0.

[Blink]

blink over Ai 15-0
blink over sjoe 15-0

[Corrosive]

jk

[m:)]

Corrosive over m:) 15-0

you didn't play me, my system won't play blokkendoos..
score would probably be correct tho http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif

[Blink]

blink over matt_hatter 15-0
blink over zircean 15-0

[DIGITAL]

Oops, I thought Zircean posted it already.

Digital over Zircean 15-0

[Corrosive]

Corrosive def. Cyb 15-0

[Rosti LFC]

Rosti 15 - 2 Meroigo

[Meroigo]

Corrosive 15 - 1 Meroigo

[Meroigo]

Blink 15 - 1 Meroigo

=D

[Meroigo]

Zircean 15 - 3 Meroigo

[Corrosive]

Corrosive def. Rosti 15-11

[Rosti LFC]

Lol. Play me when I'm sober and well-rested and I might count it.

Tables updated. Blink predictably goes top, and with many matches in hand. Maybe overall we can take more than 10 games off him? Or would than be too much?

[Corrosive]

Corrosive def. mat 15-6

[Shizi]

Shizi > Meroigo
15-2

[DIGITAL]

Video for Kevin vs. Reveillark
http://www.sendspace.com/file/bg4dey

Just to get it all in one place, corrosive posted his game with jujube in the other thread.
corrosive vs. jujube
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea ... d=53927281 (http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=53927281)

[GFish]

if it's not too late i want to join.

[Rosti LFC]

GFish, you can join, though I think I might make you the last person, unless someone drops out.

Could be that for the second run through (assuming this one does get finished, but it looks like it at least mostly will) then I'll split the league up into two separate divisions, and have fewer players and matches in each division, but with players being promoted/demoted at the end of each "season".

[m:)]

i'll have ubunto running this afternoon.. if that doesn't work i can't play.
i got the .iso downloaded last night

[Calown]

Calown defeats Ai
15-3

[Calown]

Calown defeats sjoecool
15-3

[Cyb]

Cyb over Ai_
15 to 6

[m:)]

i'll have ubunto running this afternoon.. if that doesn't work i can't play.
i got the .iso downloaded last night

wow it works http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif

[Calown]

Calown defeats Cyb
15-5

[SiRTeTRiS]

Sadly I'm going to have to take a break from any online Tetris for a while...the other day playing Blokkendoos for a few hours really made me realize how messed up my wrist was. I'm fairly sure I must have carpel tunnel or something down those lines because it's been sore for 3-4 days now and I'm talking like even picking up a small glass of water. It blows, but I will hopefully try and get a wrist brace here soon and see how my mobility is with it. Anyway, good luck for now and I'll check back to see how everyone is doing as often as I can.

Peace,
SiRTeTRiS

[Rosti LFC]

Sorry to hear it SiRTeTRiS. I'll keep you in for now though just for completeness.

Been busy the last 36 hours or so, tables have now been updated.

[Shizi]

aw i didnt get put on?
i thought this was open league =.=

[Rosti LFC]

aw i didnt get put on?
i thought this was open league =.=

You'd never specifically asked to go on. I'll add you on, but you're probably the last player I'll add.

[m:)]

ok, i've got blockbox and the irc channel running.
look for me so i can get in gear and start playing some matches and loose my slacker status.

I'm aktech on spelpunt. I couldn't use http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif

[Rosti LFC]

caffeine bt Rosti 15-13

[Calown]

Caffeine crushes Calown
15-5

[Ai]

caffeine bt Rosti 15-13
Close game. Nice job keeping up Rosti!

[Calown]

Calown defeats Meroigo
15-1

[Calown]

Blink blows over Calown
15-0

[Shizi]

shizi over gfish 15-9

[Rosti LFC]

Blink bt Rosti 15-0

And to think it was 15-2 last night when I was drunk http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif

[Shizi]

blink > shizi 15-0

[Rosti LFC]

Rosti bt GFish 15-1

[Calown]

Shizi defeats Calown in a:
15-14

[Reveillark]

Reveillark > Calown 15-14

[goofer]

Can u put me in?
thx

regards, goof

[Shizi]

tbh.. half of the people on that chart i've never even seen in the lobby before... and they have not played a single league match
they need to be replaced rather than keeping newer active players from joining

[m:)]

look for me in the lobby and in the irc room.
I'm one of the slackers who hasn't played but I have only had block box running a short time. i should be on tonight after work and this weekend.

i'm ready to be active.

[Rosti LFC]

Shizi, you're right. Though I value people being in IRC more than being in the lobby.

Ezzelin, milkolate, tetrisdude need to start getting on IRC more often. I'll send out PMs.

Radish, you need to get some matches played too.

[caffeine]

caffeine loses to corrosive 14 to 15

ggs!

[Corrosive]

caffeine loses to corrosive 14 to 15

ggs!


UGH ggs.

[Rosti LFC]

OK, final warning to you Corrosive. I couldn't care less if you're good at Tetris or not, or if you could kick my ass in real life or not (seriously, it's 2009 for fuck's sake you Neanderthal). Or what anyone else on this forum may have to say in your defense.

One more cause to kick you from IRC and I'll remove you from the tournament. Grow up, grow a penis, get laid, I don't care. Stop being abusive to everyone you come across.

[muf]

or if you could kick my ass in real life or not
Come on, he's 19, what damage could he possibly do http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif He's not even legally allowed to drink in his own country.

[Corrosive]

And Rosti is 18 LOL.

[muf]

And Rosti is 18 LOL.
Hmmm, you have a point there. http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_neutral.gifhttp://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_exclaim.gif

[Corrosive]

Rosti I'm sorry you hate me. I want you to know that I still love you and that maybe we can talk this out.

<3 Big C

[Rosti LFC]

And Rosti is 18 LOL.
But I am legally allowed to drink, therefore making me the bigger man. Also, drunken boxing ftw.

And I don't hate you. I just hate your damn 'tude.

[Corrosive]

http://www.sugarbushsquirrel.com/image/6960296.GIF

Keep hatin'...

[muf]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_E6YFFFuI5ro/R-yPWwLHsaI/AAAAAAAAAmQ/o6c5kRo-aoE/s200/Netherlands+flag.jpg

Keep lovin'... http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif

[Blink]

blink over reveillark 15-0

[caffeine]

caffeine loses to blink. 1 to 15.

ggs!

[Rosti LFC]

Tables have been updated. SiRTeTRiS has been removed as requested (as well as any matches played against him) and goofer has been added.

All players who do not currently have any matches played have two weeks as of this post to get matches played. Any players wishing to sign up will also have two weeks to do so. After that people will have to wait until the second league starts to join, because this thing won't ever finish if people keep joining.

[Ezzelin]

Calownpion wins against Ezzelin, 27-3. (I won once roughly every nine games.)

[Calown]

Calownpion wins against Ezzelin, 27-3. (I won once roughly every nine games.)

Ezzelin, that wasn't a league match.
A league match is first to 15.
When you want to play a league match, ask: Do you want to play a league game?
You asked: Want to play a game or two?
I like to rematch it soon for the league http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_cool.gif

[Ezzelin]

Oops, I'm sorry. I should have been more forward. Never mind, then, about those scores.

[Reveillark]

goofer > Reveillark 15-7

[Rosti LFC]

Rosti bt Reveillark 15-0
Rosti bt goofer 15-6

[goofer]

rosti-lfc - goofer 15-6

[Calown]

Calown defeats goofer
15-8

[Red_Star]

If it is possible Rosti LFC I would like to join the league. I am not that great of a player, but I think I can at least give some of the lower players some competition and hopefully get player. Just wanted to ask seeing as you have changed the deadline to April 5th. If it is an issue or anything feel free to decline my request. I look forward to taking on some really great Tetris players.

[Rosti LFC]

Red Star, anyone can join as long as they play their matches (and it's before April 5th obviously) http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif


Something I'm considering, assuming this one gets finished, is that if I do a second league I'll actually split it up into to two divisions. I'm probably talking about this way too early given that this current one is only a quarter of the way through and has quite a way still to go, but I'm interested to hear people's thoughts on this.

My plan so far would be that each division has half the players. The bottom three from the top division will get moved to the bottom one at the end of the 'season'. The top two from the bottom division automatically get moved to the top one, and 3rd-6th have a mini tournament to decide the last person to move up.
New players would automatically get added to the lower division.

An advantage of this system is that there are fewer matches to be played, meaning the seasons would be shorter, and maybe it introduces a little bit of real competition into the mid-range of players where people have little to fight for. A disadvantage would be that half the people competing don't get to play competitive matches against the top players, but I'm not sure how bothered people are by this.
It'd also be a little bit of extra work for me, but I'm not too fussed about that, and it'd be easier for someone to help me out independently if there's two divisions.

[Calown]

I think this is a really good idea. It speeds up the competition a bit. Now noone of the lower players is waiting to get crushed by blink or Digital and vice-versa. In two competitions it would be more exciting to play someone.

Don't wait too long with starting new competitions, this one is dead. Change is needed.

[jujube]

why not have a series of smaller tournaments with small windows for signing up and playing matches? say people have 24 hours to sign up and only 24 hours to play each match. if someone puts in the effort to play their match but can't find their competitor, they would win by default. if someone wants to sign up but doesn't do it in time then they can suck it http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif but they could always sign up for the next tourney just a few days later. it would keep the fields small, and the players involved would probably get their matches played because they wouldn't have time to lose interest.

maybe some tourneys would end up really small, with 4 players or whatever, but in this case it would be easy to complete the tourney, and maybe that would make it more fun for those involved.

[m:)]

going along with jujube's idea, what about a 1 day tourney. with less matches per player, and rounds being played simultaneously.

i don't care if i get crushed, i just want to play good players, but two "classes" sounds good also.

[goofer]

goofer over sjoecool 15-0

[goofer]

goofer over Gfish 15-2

[Rosti LFC]

Rosti bt mat 15-9

Leaderboard should be up to date now.

[Corrosive]

Corrosive def. GFish 15-0

[Reveillark]

Reveillark > GFish 15-7

[Shibby]

Shibby vs GFish = 0-0

would probably be something like 0-20. It's ok I'll practice. once i learn damn dutch

[Shibby]

Alright, so I waded thru all the dutch, and finally got to play. But the game runs like a bag of ball sacks on my computer, and lags up so bad every 5ish seconds, that I can not play it. My 40 line time was above 2 minutes thanks to the shit storm of lag I was getting.

Any help anyone can give me?

[Shibby]

Sorry about the tripple post... but I have just been informed about the english version of BB.... and now I feel like a fucking idiot. Wow!

[Kevcel]

Sorry about the tripple post...

Wtf...you realize and know it's a TRIPLE post...so in the future you must realize that you can EDIT your posts http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_cool.gif

[Shibby]

ooh, ok I didn't know I could do this before, so thanks for pointing this out. Sorry, I'm still the new guy.

[kotetsu213]

I'll join.

[Rosti LFC]

Red Star, kotetsu and presumably Shibby, I'll give you an extra few days to play your first matches.
All the remaining players on 0 matches played still have until the 5th.

[Rosti LFC]

Rosti bt Shizi 15-5

[Reveillark]

Reveillark > Shizi 15-13

[Shibby]

Rosti, I'm not going to be able to participate due to some issues i am having with my computer with this game, but I'm going to be formatting my computer soon I think so maybe that will clean it up so possibly next time you guys start this I will be able to play if it runs more smoothly.

[Ai]

I'll join.
I noticed the avatar change a few days ago, before you started posting. Nice to see you back posting and good luck with the league. ^^

And for those that still need to start playing visit the irc channel to look for players. I hope to play some more games during the weekend too.

[caffeine]

caffeine wins against sjoecool1991 15-0

[Burbruee]

Sorry that I haven't played since the first week of the league, been a little busy with programming and playing other games, texmaster, the carnival and so on..
Maybe I'll drop in this weekend or during the next week to play some more. If not you can always post here or send a PM if you want to play and I should reply and be able to go online.

[kotetsu213]

Corrosive over kotetsu213 15-7

[Corrosive]

15-7*

[kotetsu213]

Reveillark over kotetsu213 15-11

[PikaTheXIII]

Count me in, just help me set it up and i'll be more than happy to be apart of this league, Tetris FTW

[jermain2009]

i want to join it my name on blockbox is jermain2009

[goofer]

goofer over M : ) 15-0

[Rosti LFC]

Count me in, just help me set it up and i'll be more than happy to be apart of this league, Tetris FTW
http://www.blockboxgame.com (http://www.blockboxgame.com/default.htm)

Register for an account, find the game "Blockbox" and play. Use the TConcept server.

Find people to play league matches with either by IRC (channel is in the first post, for a client I'd recommend XChat 2 (http://www.silverex.org/download)) or by hanging around in-game and picking up people in the lobby.

I will update the leaderboards tomorrow evening. All players on zero games will be wiped, aside from those who have just recently joined (Red Star and later) who will have one remaining week to play matches.

[TWF]

Radish over m : ), 15-2.

m : ) - you played some nice games! Don't give up http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_exclaim.gif

[goofer]

goofer over radish 15-1

[TWF]

goofer over radish 15-1
comfirm

[Corrosive]

Corrosive over goofer 15-14

GREAT MATCH! HOLY CRAP
goofer is good watch out

[KevinDDR]

KevinDDR wins over TWF/Radish 15-3

[TWF]

Kevin Birrell over Radish 15-3

EDIT: sniped ;_;

[Calown]

I will update the leaderboards tomorrow evening. All players on zero games will be wiped, aside from those who have just recently joined (Red Star and later) who will have one remaining week to play matches.


Ok. When are you going to DO it?

BTW An update is needed http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gifhttp://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_exclaim.gif

[Rosti LFC]

Ok. When are you going to DO it?

BTW An update is needed http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gifhttp://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_exclaim.gif

Lets say 9pm BST

[goofer]

goofer over jermain2009 15-1

[kotetsu213]

goofer over kotetsu213 15-3

kotetsu213 over jermain2009 15-7

[Corrosive]

update the score table

[Rosti LFC]

As said, league tables are updated with new players and results. Things seem to check out, but notify me if you see any mistakes I've made or results I've missed.

YOU GUYS HAVE UNTIL 6th MAY TO PLAY MATCHES

At 10pm BST on May 6th I shall close the league. No more results will be accepted after that point. I know I've not necessarily been rapid updating this thing (I will be from now on - I was waiting until I knew which players were being wiped to do so), but could we try not doing our homework the day before it's due to be handed in eh? http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif

I'll probably run this again, but the second time there will be two divisions. Players who finish 1st-12th in this run shall be in Division 1, while those 13th-24th and any extra players who ask to join in the mean time shall be in Division 2. This split is noted by the blue dashed line on the league table. It's also a region where the competition is pretty close, so there should be an incentive to play games.

I'm not taking any sort of thing into account for points per game or anything. If they've got more points than you because they've played more matches, then tough shit, because you should have found your opponents. If anyone is really being awkward when you ask them to play matches, then PM me and I'll try and sort it out. If two players finish level on points, the higher place shall be given to the person who has played the larger number of matches.

Anyone interested in helping me by updating the tables for the 2nd Division should PM me and we can work something out. Excel 2007 or some other way to make the graphics is required (unless you can be bothered putting in the time to make it text-based)

[kotetsu213]

Rosti LFC over kotetsu213 15-7

[Corrosive]

thx for making this league its been fun.

[jermain2009]

jermain2009 ai- 15-8

[goofer]

goofer over ai 15-1

[Ai]

kotetsu213 over ai 15-0

[kotetsu213]

Red Star over jermain2009 15-12
kotetsu213 over Red Star 15-2
Red Star over Ai 15-9
goofer over Red Star 15-0

Current standings: http://www.megaone.com/tetrisconcpt/bbleague.gif
(DON'T CLICK ON IT! COPY INTO ADDRESS BAR)

[goofer]

goofer over shizi 15-6

[Rosti LFC]

Updated on the main page up to and including Red Star over Ai 15-9 (the scores and posts after that were edited in and posted after I'd uploaded stuff). I'll try and keep updating it daily from now on if matches get played.

And thanks kotetsu. At the very least it'll be good to double-check for errors.

[Shizi]

shizi > jermain2009
15-0

[kotetsu213]

kotetsu213 over Shizi 15-3

[caffeine]

caffeine wins against kotetsu213 15-5. ggs!

[KevinDDR]

KevinDDR wins against Kotetsu 15-11

Totally unexpected...I thought Kotetsu was going to crush me...

[KevinDDR]

Rosti defeats KevinDDR 15-10

[Rosti LFC]

Good games Kevin.
Tables are updated. Things are pretty close from about 8th downwards.

EDIT: Kotetsu informed me that goofer vs Shizi was missing. It'll be added in the next update tomorrow.

[kotetsu213]

kotetsu213 over m:) 15-1

[Shizi]

shizi > m:)
15-0

[PikaTheXIII]

woo i got to get on the ball ><

[Calown]

Calown defeats jermain:
15-9

[Rosti LFC]

Rosti bt jermain2009 15-2
Rosti bt cyb 15-0

Leaderboards will be updated in roughly 4 hours from this post.

[goofer]

goofer over cyb 15-0

[Corrosive]

Corr over Shizi 15-6

[Blink]

Blink over Radish 15-0
Blink over kotetsu 15-0

[kotetsu213]

kotetsu213 over Radish 15-0

[TWF]

Confirming my losses to kotetsu and blink.

[Rosti LFC]

Didn't realise that I'd not updated this to the latest images. Fixed now.

TWO WEEKS LEFT FOR MATCHES GUYS

Blink has taken 1st place, pretty much, but it's still very close around the mid-table cut-off mark.

[Burbruee]

Didn't realise that I'd not updated this to the latest images. Fixed now.

TWO WEEKS LEFT FOR MATCHES GUYS

Blink has taken 1st place, pretty much, but it's still very close around the mid-table cut-off mark.
THIS SEASON SHALL FINISH AT 10PM (BST) ON MARCH 6TH.
NO MATCH RESULTS SHALL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE DEADLINE.
You mean May 6th, right?

[Rosti LFC]

You mean May 6th, right?


I did yes http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_redface.gif

[Red_Star]

You mean May 6th, right?


I did yes http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_redface.gif


Dang. Is it bad that I didn't question March 6th at all. I was seriously thinking it would take a year for some weird reason. Anyways, anyone part of the blockbox league can hit me up whenever I am on. Hopefully I will start improving my game.

[Rosti LFC]

Dang. Is it bad that I didn't question March 6th at all. I was seriously thinking it would take a year for some weird reason. Anyways, anyone part of the blockbox league can hit me up whenever I am on. Hopefully I will start improving my game.

Better you thought a year than less than 24 hours.

[Shizi]

oh? i thought league ended
not like anyone logs on anymore http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_neutral.gif
always empty!

[Rosti LFC]

oh? i thought league ended
not like anyone logs on anymore http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_neutral.gif
always empty!

You kidding? I logged on last night and there were a good 10 people in there.
And IRC is always reasonably well-populated.

[Shizi]

no im not kidding
you log in once a week right when there were more people on.. good timing i guess?

[muf]

not like anyone logs on anymore http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_neutral.gif
always empty!
I'll get on more often if you're willing to play my daft custom versus experiments http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_exclaim.gif

[Blink]

midterms week for alot of school people! probaby why its so dead right now, ill drop by next week.

[Kitaru]

My midterms were last week, I had a speech to do today, and I have a research paper due tomorrow. I'm planning to start playing BlockBox again starting this weekend.

I'm not in the league though, haha.

[Rosti LFC]

Rosti LFC bt Radish 15-0

[mzhang07]

can i join the league? is the mirc #tetrisconcept?

[Rosti LFC]

can i join the league? is the mirc #tetrisconcept?

You can join it for the next round, which I'll probably start in June.

IRC is #tetrisconcept, server is irc.quakenet.org

[Rosti LFC]

Just a bump to remind people this thing will finish on Wednesday at 10pm BST.

I'll probably let this thing sit out for a month (mostly because I've got my end of year exams) and then restart this mid-June, with the two divisions.

[Shizi]

shizi > redstar 15-0

[Rosti LFC]

League is now finished, congrats to Blink for absolutely raping everyone with a pretty damn impressive average of 29.75 points per game.

The next season should start around 20th June, with two divisions. Preliminary lists are up on the first post for the two divisions. Players who are in italics are doubtful.

If anyone wants to be added or removed from the league, please post in this thread. I shall adjust the two divisions so that the number of players is roughly equal in each. Joining players shall have to start from the lower division. If there are enough players for 30 in total, I shall split it into three divisions, and if there are 40 into four divisions, and so on.

[Shizi]

great work on season 1
cheers~

[EnFuego]

Sign me up for season 2!

[toastyohs]

I want to get in on some season 2 action as well.

[Rosti LFC]

Both of you are added to Division B, which moves Zircean up to A.

The current format I'm looking at for promotion/relegation is as follows:

Bottom two in Division A move down, top two in B move up
3rd and 4th last in Division A play a single play-off match with 3rd and 4th respectively in Division B. The winner of this game gets the place in Division A.

[clincher]

OK, lets participate and get my ass kicked by you guys yay

[Ai]

It's too bad I didn't play against most players that ended up in Division B. I have the worst G.Diff and look at the points scored against me... ^^'

[Amnesia]

Me !!

Division B !

[SimMarine]

Mind if I join in on this?

[Rosti LFC]

No problem.

Unless PikaTheXIII and/or Digital give some sort of reply to this soon, then I'll take them off the groupings.

If anyone else also no longer wants to participate, also please say. Once we get up to 30 players there'll be three divisions instead of two, and considering the count is currently 27/29 we're not that far away.

[Yokay]

I'd play.