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Speed Vote League Updates

Submitted by Billium248 on Tue, 08/04/2009 at 12:10am.

Well, it looks like we've finally worked out all the issues regarding the playoffs. Here are the new and improved rules (there shouldn't be any more changes (cross your fingers)):

FSVL Rules: (last updated 8/4)

The FSVL is open to 20 teams per season.
These teams will be divided into four “conferences” of 5 teams each.
Each season lasts 17 weeks.
1. The First Season will run from Monday, June 22 thru Sunday, October 18.
2. The Second Season will run from Monday, October 19 thru Sunday, February 14.
Each fortnight begins and ends at midnight (Universal Time) and runs from Monday thru Sunday.
At some point during each fortnight (14 days total), each team will complete one game of Vote Chess against the team on their schedule for that fortnight.
It is the responsibility of the Team Administrators to coordinate start times with their opposing teams each fortnight.
There is a maximum of 5 days for admins to issue a challenge to their opposing team stating their desired start time, and a maximum of 3 days for the other team to respond. If no start time can be agreed upon, then the FSVL will have to step in and set a time for them.
Once the start time has been agreed upon, a team will forfeit the match if they do not accept the challenge within 1 hour of the scheduled start time.
Every team will play every other team in their conference once.
Each team will have one “bye” week with no scheduled game.
Every Vote Chess game will be played at 10-minutes per turn.
Every Vote Chess game will be played with random color settings.
The first 10 weeks will be the “Regular Season” with the next 6 weeks being the “Post Season” or “Playoffs.”
Teams will be ranked according to this point system:
1. Win = 3 points
2. Draw = 1 point
Ties are broken via the “First Blood” system (if two teams have the same number of points, the team that scored their points first is ranked higher)
The leaders in each conference will automatically be seeded #s 1-4 in the playoffs.
There will be 4 “Wild Card” spots available to the 4 non-division-leaders with the best records.
Week 11/12 will be the Quarter Finals with only the Top 8 teams competing.
1. The #1 team will play the #8 team
2. The #2 team will play the #7 team
3. The #3 team will play the #6 team
4. The #4 team will play the #5 team
Week 13/14 will be the Semi-Finals between the four Quarter-Final winners.
1. The #1 team will play the #4 team
2. The #2 team will play the #3 team
Week 15/16 will be the FSVL Finals between the winners of each Semi-Final game. The winner of this game will be the Champion for that Season.
Week 17 is the “Off Season.” Everybody gets to take a break.

With 3 fortnights down, and 2 to go, the current standings are:

Teams in red are the leaders in their division (automatically seeded #1-4).

Teams in bold have gone the distance.

Teams in italics have timed out.

As of August 2:

9 points - Kairav's Chess Masters (3-0) (TB:9) (South)

9 points - Chess Nuts (3-0) (TB:9) (West)

9 points - The Blakenators (3-0) (TB:3) (East)

9 points - Fast Players Group (3-0) (TB:6) (North)

9 points - Team Antarctica (3-0) (TB:9) (South)

6 points - Narz's People (2-1) (TB:0) (West)

6 points - The Dark Knights (2-2) (TB:3) (South)

6 points - The Premiere of All (2-0) (TB:3) (North)

6 points - The Power of Chess (2-1) (TB:0) (West)

6 points - Animal Lovers (2-0) (TB:0) (East)

3 points - Chess & Cola Club (1-1) (TB:0) (East)

3 points - The Best (1-1) (TB:0) (North)

3 points - Chess Unlimited (1-3) (TB:0) (South)

3 points - Supreme Pawns (1-2) (TB:0) (North)

0 points - Rapid Chess (0-3) (TB:0) (East)

0 points - Wizards of Oz (0-3) (TB:0) (West)

0 points - Chess Empire (0-2) (TB:0) (East)

0 points - Chess Team Holland (0-2) (TB:0) (West)

withdrawn - Team Benelux "de Leeuwen" (0-4) (TB:0) (South)

withdrawn - Chess Friends for Friends (0-4) (TB:0) (North)

The remaining schedule is:

Fortnight #4 (8/3-8/16):

Rapid Chess vs Chess Empire
Chess & Cola Club vs Animal Lovers
The Best vs The Premiere of All
The Power of Chess vs Narz's People
Wizards of Oz vs Chess Team Holland

Fortnight #5 (8/17-8/30):

Chess & Cola Club vs Chess Empire
The Blakenators vs Animal Lovers
Team Antartica vs Kairav's Chess Masters
The Best vs Supreme Pawns
Fast Players Group vs The Premiere of All
Chess Nuts vs Chess Team Holland

Fortnight #6 (8/31-9/13):

Quarter Finals (teams to be determined)

Fortnight #7 (9/14-9/27):

Semi-Finals (teams to be determined)

Fortnight #8 (9/28-10/11):

FSVL Finals (teams to be determined)

Off Season: (10/12-10/18):

No games scheduled

I hope everyone is having fun!! Good Luck in all your remaining games!!

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