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Mutant League 2009
Mutant League 2009 Rules
Sign-Ups: January 1-4
Once the annual tournament is announced on January 1, 2009, there will be a seven day registration period before the draft begins. Hopeful participants may sign-up in the Mutant League 2009 announcement thread. Preference for spots will be given to participants from the preceding year. All hopeful participants should seriously consider the time involved before signing up..
The Draft: January 6
Participants will be able to draft up to seven character spots from the Draft List. Note that some characters are valued at more than one charactaer spot. The draft order is randomly chosen, and reverses with each new round. New draft rounds begin immediately after the prior round ends.
Live Drafting
Participants are given fifteen minutes from the preceding participant's pick to post their own next pick. If a participant does not post their draft pick within their allotted fifteen minutes they may be skipped, and the next participant's fifteen minutes begin.
Wish List Drafting
Participants may PM their draft wish list to me before each round if they're unsure of their availability. Wish lists must be PMed before Midnight EDT the day before each round. List your poster name and the Draft Round(s) as the subject of your PM (i.e. "mattbib Draft Round 2 wish list"). Wish lists should list characters in the order you'd like to obtain them and should include the number of characters equal to your position in the draft order (i.e. if you have fourteenth pick you should list fourteen charactaers). Upon completion of a round, as I receive wish lists I will post each participants' pick for the new round using the first available character from their wish list. If I have not received a wish list from a participant for the next round, I will draft the next available charactaer from their wish list for the previous round.
Alternately, if I have not yet posted a draft pick, participants may post their own picks for that round directly in the draft thread, in draft order, even if they've submitted a wish list, even changing from their wish list pick.
Getting Skipped
If there are no available characters from a participant's Wish List they will be skipped.
Since draft rounds will begin immediately after the preceding round has finished, participants should PM any new or revised wish lists immediately after each of their previous draft picks have been posted.
NOTE: As it's possible that thirty minutes may pass without me being able to post a participant's wish list pick, we will only skip participants on my say so.
Skipped participants may then post their pick for that round at any time, so long as their character has not been taken by another player.
Forfeit
Any participant who misses two draft rounds in a row, without providing their draft picks for those rounds later in the same day, will forfeit their spot in the tournament
Draft Order
This year's draft order was randomly chosen on Sunday, January 4.
1. Rondre Sleaze
2. Mitsaso
3. Mr. Cakes & q.u.e.e.n.
4. RoguishGurl & Pach!
5. Josef F.
6. AceOfSpades
7. Hellfrost & PhoenixboyX
8. CyberHubbs & worstblogever
9. wolvie616
10. Dagger & lockerogue
11. The Fury
12. Jeremi & Joe Acro
13. Kid Icarus & pryde15
14. Greg Anderson & justinkos91
15. PsyJ
16. Jack Flash
Trades and Free Agency: January 7
Immediately following the final round of the draft on Tuesday, January 6, players may trade characters of same status and value with each other. In order to trade characters, both parties must Private Message (PM) me approving the trade. The PM must include the name of the other party and the character that they've agreed to trade. The trade goes into effect once I receive both PMs.
Players may also PM trade requests for characters still on the draft list. PMs for draft list trades must include which character you want and which you're giving up. These will be awarded on a first-come-first-serve basis.
All trading must be completed before 11 PM EST on Wednesday, January 7.
Trash-Talking Thread
After the draft and trading have concluded, players may trade friendly barbs and discuss the League in the trash-talking thread. They should also post their team names. The announcement thread should only be used for questions and announcements after this point.
Regular Season: January 12 - February 23
The sixteen (16) teams will play in a double-elimination tournament comprised of two brackets. Teams remain in the winners bracket until their first loss, upon which they move to the losers bracket. A team is eliminated upon their second loss.
Playoffs: March 2
The top team of each bracket will play each other in a Final round. If, after this round, the loser has suffered only their first loss, a second Final round will be held on March 9.
Battles
Battles are scheduled and each team will fight approximately once a week. Teams will be battling until the opposing team cannot continue. Team members will have their last known standard power levels (or, if they're dead, their standard power levels when they were alive) and will be assumed to be fighting in character. For example, Sabretooth can be written using lethal force, but Leech would not be. The battles will take place in a barren battlefield, unless an alternate location is announced, and teams are allowed to carry into the battle whatever equipment they normally have with them. They begin the battle 100 meters away from and in clear sight of the opposing team. Players cannot leave the battlefield unless to do so is necessary to utilize a character's powers (i.e. teleporters, etc.). Beyond that use your imagination.
Strategies
The day prior to each match, players will PM their teams' strategies to the league administrator, who will post them in a thread devoted to the appropriate match on CBR's X-Books forum. Strategies must be no longer than 10,000 characters, inclding format tags. PMs are limited to 5,000 characters so, if sending two PMs for a single strategy, label them Parts 1 and 2. A team that does not submit a strategy will lose that match and forfeit their spot in the tournament, offering their team up to a new player.
A note about imagination: Strategies will be judged on believability and creativity. While there is a great deal of liberty how the match will play out, unfair and out-of-character tactics are not allowed.. One-time feats done in the comics will be considered, but the ordinary feat levels demonstrated by a character will be more strongly weighted. Try to rely on information gleaned from primary sources (the comics) before secondary sources (wikipedia and fansites). Ultimately not everyone will have encyclopedic knowledge of the X-universe, but just do your best. Remember, it's your responsibility to prove, or at least convince others of, a character's capabilities.
Lastly, after each match, team players are assumed to be revived and ready for the next match.
Voting
Participants and spectators may vote in each match. All voters should use the poll included in each match thread, and vote solely on a team's strategy and defense. The voting polls will remain open for 24-hours. NOTE: To prevent unfair ballot-stuffing, only votes from posters with 50 or more posts will be counted. Additionally, votes from posters with matching IP addresses will be disqualified. NO EXCEPTIONS.
Participants may question each other's strategies and offer retorts during a match so long as they stay civil. Spectators may also question the participants, BUT THEY ARE VOTING ON THE SUBMITTED STRATEGIES, and may take into consideration any proven disputed information. However explanations may not contradict or embellish the posted strategy. Voting should not be based on any potential that characters possess or on any other moves that a voter might want to interject on their own. All voters should feel free to comment on why they've voted for a specific team.
To maintain fairness across the board, teams with two or more participants will only be allowed one vote in any match. If more than one member of a team votes in a match, only the first vote from that team will be counted.
Additionally, while encouraging friends or family to vote in the tournament is allowed, encouraging others to vote specifically for you is against the rules and is grounds for disqualification. Friends and family are expected to read both strategies and make a decision based on what is presented; not based on allegiance to a particular participant. All voting should be done without bias.
Bannings
Any player who is permanently banned is also banned from the Mutant League. Anyone who is temporarily banned may remain in the League so long as their banishment does not disrupt the League schedule or prohibit them from submitting strategies. Posters may not vote during their banishment.