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#46
Policies / Hibernation
January 20, 2011, 07:00:58 PM
If a coach decides to take a break from the series, the team is automatically put in hibernation.

Hibernation means that the team name and it's ranking is recorded in the "Hibernating teams" list. Whenever the coach returns and wants to play the team again, the team will be seeded into the division that the team would have been seeded in if they never hibernated in the first place. This is however done in order of space: If there are no vacant spot in the division after promoted/relegated teams are seeded into their slots, the hibernated team is automatically relegated down one division. If there is no vacant spots there as well, the team is relegated once more and so forth.

In the event of two hibernating teams are to be seeded into the same division, but there is only one vacant spot, the coach with the highest win% wins the spot.

Before the hibernated team is accepted back into the series it is checked if it has played any more games: If the league-admin finds that the team has played any games outside of the series, the team will be denied re-entry.
#47
Policies / Re: Tiebreakers
January 19, 2011, 08:48:18 PM
Ok, I'll just go ahead and motivate this straight away.

The reason why I don't think we should use a tiebreaker for promotions and determine winner is:

1- The prize winnings: Let's say there is a tie between the 2nd and the 3rd team in the rankings, and the 3rd team should get precedence via the tiebreaker. No matter what, the runner-up price will be given to the 2nd team cause a commissioner has no power over this in the league-app. Effectively, there would be a system for promotion that doesn't  include winnings.

2- The Valhalla Cup Play Offs: No matter which tiebreaker we use, the teams qualified for playoffs is selected by the in-game league app and noone else. If there is a tie between two teams and only one of them can get a spot in the playoffs, the commissioner of the league has no way of controlling this.

Since we cannot control these things, i really can't see why we should go with the tiebreaker in this issue. It's pointless to define a tiebreaker when you can't set it into practice, right?
#48
Policies / Tiebreakers
January 19, 2011, 08:35:14 PM
NUL uses the coaches win% to break ties. (see this thread).

The tiebreaker is however only used to break ties when determining relegation  ( meaning drop down one division) and when determining which team grants an vacant spot in an division in the event an previously hibernating team re-enters the series.

No tiebreaker is used to determine "winners" and promotions, instead, whichever team is placed higher by the in-game application is given precedence.
#49
Season 1 / Coaches Wealth
January 19, 2011, 05:06:14 PM
*** LIVESTOCK***



  • bodyschlompf
    13 x
  • krim.nielsen
    3 x
  • staffan
    3 x
  • johoohno
    3 x
  • Satorin
    3 x
  • Sneak
    3 x
  • Papa Angel
    3 x
  • Pidpad
    3 x
  • Xath
    3 x
  • Vaehnin
    3 x
  • Flying Circus
    13 x
  • Tomassten
    11 x
  • firebringer
    3 x
  • The Golden Arrow
    3 x
  • Mr.B
    3 x
  • Elake
    3 x
  • Slaggbitarn
    3 x
  • Rotty
    3 x
  • Zyanid
    3 x
  • Mooonuel
    3 x
  • MazterL
    3 x
#50
Statistics / Coach Win%
January 19, 2011, 04:10:38 PM
The tiebreaker used in NUL is the coach's win%. Win% basically means how many percent of the total played matches the coaches has won, with the addition that a tie is calculated as half of a win (Example: Coach X has played 10 matches. He won 3, lost 5 and tied 2. This means his win% is 40%: 30% for the won matches and an additional 10% for the two tied matches).

Some matches will not count when calculating the win%, however. These matches are: Those who ended prematurely, those who where "admined", games played against so called "dummy" teams.

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*** COACH WIN% ***
(As of the end of season 1)

#51
Statistics / Hibernating teams
January 18, 2011, 08:34:35 PM
Following teams are put into hibernation:


  • Sneak - "The Black Crickets" -> Valhalla Cup Group 2
  • MazterL - "Squashing Squad" -> Undefined feeder division
  • Vaehnin - "Gladeby Tjockisar" -> Undefined Div 1
  • Firebringer - "Ondtorps Kanaljer" -> Undefined Div 1
  • Tommasten - "Kiel Vikings" -> Valhalla Cup Group 1
  • Elake - "Frog Brothers" -> Undefined Div 1
  • bodyschlompf - "Bosses Bollkester" -> Valhalla Cup Group 2
  • Pidpad - "Ravenloft Ravens" -> Valhalla Cup Group 2
  • Papa Angel - "Aakan Pirut" -> Valhalla Cup Group 1
  • Flying Circus - "Physicx" -> Valhalla Cup Group 1
#52
Statistics / All time rankings
January 18, 2011, 02:40:51 PM
NUL encourages the use of BBmanager. We use it to create an all time ranking, so matches are uploaded in the same league from season to season. Note: Please set the match day i BBmanager corresponding which season it is +1 day (Example: It's season 3. You then set the match day in BBmanager to 4. Match day 1 was for "season 0")

Here are the league specifics:

Name: Ze Nul of Fame
league-id: 2324
Password: nul

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*** ALL TIME RANKINGS ***

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*** BEST TEAMS ***


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*** BEST PLAYERS ***
#53
Sign Up! / SIGN UP HERE!
January 17, 2011, 05:45:24 PM


NUL is currently in preparation for Season 2. Sign up now!

INFORMATION ON UPCOMING SEASON

Season 2 is currently schedule to start March 5th, which means that you have to apply your participation before that date.

The season starts with one week of registry between March 5 - 11th

The official date of kick off is March 14th

The season will commence with one match day per week, and have maximum 7 matches. The end of season is thus May 1st


SIGN UP PROCEDURES

New members
1: Create an account on this forum
2: Post a reply in this thread that you want to join.
3: Read the "Essential rules" section here and post a reply in that thread that you have understood the rules.
4: The Coordinator will put you on the participant list in this post.

Old members - using a team previously used in NUL
1: Reply to this post or send a PM to the Coordinator and state that you want play next season using a previously used team.
2: The Coordinator will put you up on the participant list in this post.

Old members - rerolling team
1: PM the Coordinator and state that you want to play with a rerolled team. The Coordinator will reply with some questions.
2: You have two options: a) Venture to the town of Cowpenhaven and try to find contributors to your team b) be lazy and do nothing
3: The Coordinator will put you up on the participant list.



PARTICIPANTS FOR NEXT SEASON


  • Cunitek - *New team*
  • Mateej - Purple Furries
  • Konna - Other Brothers
  • Carnade - Dead For Life
  • scaurus2000 - Sing a Song Everyday
  • Rotty - Flying Boom Bats BK
  • Staffan - Staffans Hooligans
  • Firebringer - *New team*
  • johoohno - Pest eller Kolera
  • mooonuel - Syphilitic Dribblers
  • Mr B - Nattbowlarna
  • Tomassten - *New Team*
  • The Golden Arrow - The Silver Hunters
  • Xath - Stinky And Happy
  • Krim nielsen - Jungle Boogie
  • Elake - *New Team*
  • Tulley - *New Team*
  • Satanclaus - *New Team*
#54
Policies / *** What is this? ***
January 17, 2011, 05:01:05 PM
The rules that are stated in the "Tome of Norsca" is very simple. The function of the "Policies" board is to define the rules and proceedings at a finer point. There will be one topic for each issue and these are free for everyone to comment and suggest changes upon. The statement in the OP is always the current policy regarding the issue.
#55
Bulletin Board / *** New? Start here. ***
January 17, 2011, 04:23:32 PM
What is NUL?

NUL, short for Norsca Union League, is a Blood Bowl League that is played in the Blood Bowl 2 PC Client. This forum houses all the information, communication, match reports and discussion about the NUL. As the name Norsca implies, most of the players in the NUL are from Scandinavian countries (mostly from Sweden but there are or have been some Finns, Norwegians and Danes about too). HOWEVER, NUL doesn't discriminate, and players of all nationalities are welcomed, provided that they play fair and can play their matches "standard" CET gaming times (most of the games are played during week in the evening). So, if you want to join NUL, check out the sign up page of the newest upcoming season here:
SIGN UP!

We also have a Discord server, you can find the invite link from the newest sign up thread on this forum.

To encourage new teams and coaches NUL has moved into three season sets where the two first seasons are TV (Team Value) limited while the third is unlimited. Here are basic principles:
- You can only play with teams that have played ONLY in NUL sanctioned leagues or with new teams.
- We'll play in series of three seasons.
x In the 1/3 season the highest TV team that you can play is 1000 (totally new team).
x In the 2/3 season the highest TV team that you can play is 1500 (or the TV of the team with the highest TV from season 1/3 if that is higher than 1500).
x In the 3/3 season you can play any TV value teams.
- Allowances can be made to TV limits in cases of minor over-values. This is only however if ALL the coaches playing in the season agree to this. If anybody objects to a team with minor TV over-value, he/she can object either publicly or anonymously (with a PM to admin, that is either J-Reedy, Mr. B or Tags). If that is done, the team with over-value must lower it's TV or coach must choose another team.
- True TV is decided as follows:
x If you have 11 players or more in your team, your TV is that shown in the game with the exception that the value of the injured players is also calculated into TV. So if you have 11 players OK and 1 MNG (Miss Next Game) player with a value of 100K, and your TV (without the injured player) is shown as 1300, your actual TV is 1400 (because the injured player's value is taken into account). You can play the first match with the injured player in roster, but after the first match you must sack either the injured player or lower your TV some other way by the amount that your TV was over the limit with the injured player's value counted in. Example: Limit is 1200. You have 11 players OK, 1 MNG player with value of 50, and your TV without the injured player is 1180 (so your true TV 1230 - over the limit). You don't want sack any OK players to take the true TV down to 1200 because that would mean you'd have to hire a freebooter for the game. So you can play the first match but after that one you'll have to lower the TV value by 30.]
x If you have less than 11 players, your TV is that shown in the game + value of the additional linemen that will be freebooted into your team to take your player count to 11. So if you have 9 players OK and no other players, the basic cost of your linemen is 70K and your TV is shown as 1200, your true TV is 1340 (because the value of the 2 loner linemen that are automatically recruited into your team at the start of the match).
- You are only allowed to lower your TV by getting rid of rerolls, assistant coaches, cheerleaders and apothecary or by sacking players with SPP and replacing them with rookie players.

If you have any questions, you can ask away at the Sign Up page once you have registered to the forums. Here's a short overview of the rules of the league, the more detailed rules can be found on the Sign Up page:
- Games are aimed to be played with a rate of 1 game per week, standard week runs from Monday to Sunday.
- Intentional disconnections, foul language,  insulting other players or any similar behavior IS NOT allowed. Basically, don't be an ass even if the game is not going your way. Remember, this is just a game.
- Matches are played with 4 minute turns and standard incentives (wizard, apothecaries and such).
- If you sign up for the season, please finish the season even if you feel your team is done.

The founder of NUL is Bodyschlompf who is currently taking a vacation from NUL after succesfully guiding it through the early seasons. NUL is run by all of it's coaches together, but J-Reedy, Tags and Mr B. have been handed the admin rights for the league.

That's about it, putting it short & sweet. Check out the forum if you want some additional information. And if you want to make a run for the NUL championship - either with dazzling passing and running plays and agile ball handling or simply by outlasting and crippling your opponents - you're welcomed to try.