Season 2 Begins for the 1v1 Ladder!

Posted by Bloodwolf on February 28th, 2009 filed in StarCraft News

A new Season is about to begin for the SC2 Armory 1v1 Ladder!

Banner by Cr4zyJeff

This ladder is hosted at www.fraggednation.com

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Ladder Basic Information:

Season Starts: 3/1/09
Season Ends: 5/31/09
Game Mode: 1v1
Game Speed: Fastest
Ladder Mode: ELO point-based
Version: BroodWar 1.16.1

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Map Information:

Official Ladder Maps:
- Andromeda 1.0: 4 player space map with power stations
- BlueStorm 1.2: 2 player twilight map with tight choke points
- ColosseumII 2.0: 4 player desert map with 4 neutral Sunkens
- Destination 1.1: 2 player badlands map with many bridges and a mineral-blocked backdoor
- Faoi 2.1: 4 player jungle map with a high ground middle
- Medusa 1.1: 3 player twilight map with a temple-blocked backdoor
- Neo Requiem 2.1: 4 player ash map with low ground mains and a mineral-wall
- Python 1.3: 4 player jungle map with 2 open corner expansions and 2 low ground island expansions
- Spinel Valley III: 2 player desert map with several high ground expansions and walled mains
- Tau Cross 1.1: 3 player ice map with easily accessible naturals, good chokes, bridges and high ledges

Official Map-Pack: Download (1.8mb)
Last Updated: 3-1-09

Maps per Match: 3
- challenger's map
- challenged's map
- random map chosen by the system

Map Pool Selection:
- New maps were picked based on the latest map poll, consideration most picked ones, balance and diversity.
- 4 out of 5 maps used during Season 1 will be used for this Season.
- Due to Lost Temple's similarity with Python, it was decided to remove the 1st one to have more room for different, newer maps.
- Runner-Ups: Carthage, Longinus, Luna the Final, Othello 1.1 (very nice map).

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Eligibility:

Requirements to Join the Ladder:
- Have an account in the SC2Armory.com site.
- Have 50 or more quality posts.

This intends to protect the Armory members from outsiders who might join just to cause problems in the ladder. Exceptions to this rule will be handled on a case-by-case basis.

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Challenge Information:

How to Join & Play: (I'm going to try and recompress the video tutorial see if it works)
- Create an account at Fragged Nation
- Join the "SC2 Armory 1v1 Ladder . Season 2", by following this link.
- Password will be given to eligible players after being approved by Bloodwolf (send a PM)
- Challenge someone (pick 3 dates and times)
- Play your game
- Report results
- Challenge again (or be challenged)

Regarding Timezones:
- Remember that the armory has members all over the world.
- Timezone to use is standard GMT (London). Make sure you talk to your opponent and agree on a proper time for both.
- Bear in mind the time differences so you don't miss your match. Example: if you live in the US East Coast (GMT -4), and the match is setup at GMT 4:00pm, that means that your match would be at 12:00pm your time. If you, however, live in France (GMT plus1), then the match would be at 5:00pm your time.

Communicating with your Opponent:
If you wish to communicate with your opponent, go ahead and use the Match Comm tab under "Challenge" to send messages, or you can just PM him through the Armory or Hamachi.

Waiting & Rescheduling Games:
- By default, games are scheduled 3 days ahead of time.
- However, if you wish to play right away you can play even on the same day, report, and be done with it.
- If you wish to make it official, you can always request a "schedule change" after the challenge has been accepted. Your opponent needs to agree for this to take effect though.

Where to Play your Games:
The recommended way to play is to PM your opponent and pick one of the 4 Ladder Hamachi Servers, created exclusively for this:
SC2A Ladder Network 1
SC2A Ladder Network 2
SC2A Ladder Network 3
SC2A Ladder Network 4
SC2A Ladder Network 5
SC2A Ladder Network 6

- Password will be given to eligible players after being approved by Bloodwolf (send a PM)
- If you are NOT an active ladder player you WILL be kicked out
- Note: networks will be cleaned every week to ensure there is enough room for everyone.
- Duplicate joining, or people not part of the Armory and it's ladder will be immediately removed.
- For questions regarding Hamachi use this guide.
- Alternatively Battle.net can be used instead, but your opponent must agree to this.
- You can also play on Iccup through the Chaos Launcher (LAN latency), but your opponent must agree to this too.

Forfeits and Inactivity:
- A player is entitled to 48 hours to accept a challenge.
- Forfeits requested before 48 hours will not be considered unless both players express it via Match Comm or a direct PM to Bloodwolf (Admin).
- Overdue challenges will be processed as forfeits if this is requested, and will be deleted after 2 days.
- Players with more than 2 forfeit loses will be toggled as Inactive.
- Inactive players wanting to play need to request deactivation via PM to Bloodwolf (Admin).

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Feel free to post your questions or comments in this thread, and hope you guys enjoy Season 2! :)