HALO 3 Ladder

[MUDD]

Intrested in HALO 3 Ladder


Mudd


Boris


Penguin


Scorch


Velour


Surreal


YoungSloth


Jinglejangs


Deathfisch


Morphoues


AJ


http://adultgamingenthusiasts.com/Themes/default/images/user_IsOffline.gifpcramrod


vcize


http://adultgamingenthusiasts.com/Themes/default/images/user_IsOffline.gif WrekTaFyr


Dreadone


Toaster Driver


That is 16 so Far...8 teams of 2..... or 4 teams of 4...now we need to form teams.... and team names


I don't mind taking point on this I have several Ideas that I would like to run by jigsaw and you guys.


Let me know if I forgot anybody

[Jinglejangs]

I WOULD BE DOWN EVEN THOUGH I SUCK SOMETHING AWEFUL.

[surrealpanic]

My brother (YoungSolth) and I would be interested in a Halo3 Ladder. I would be OK with 2v2 or 4v4, but I don't think anything more than 4-man teams would work.

I do think that GOW2 might be a better candidate for a ladder based on likely popularity, but I would enjoy playing in ladders for both.

[NDN924]

what's a ladder?

[Soldan]

what's a ladder?


Looks just like this, and never walk under one:

http://www.leiternshop.de/shop/artikel/bilder/s900000.jpg

[DGpenguin]

I think it's a fun idea as well. It would be good for those of us who want to continue to improve at Halo and have a good time. We could even create certain gametypes/maptypes for a ladder challenge.


2v2 teams are good - might allow us to have a bigger group overallinitially. We could expand to 4v4 if there's enough interest after Mythic Map Pack drops.


I'm going to post under the H3 forum on a related topic, but I do believe we could have success with a ladder! Great suggestion, as long as I don't walk under it!

[Scorch]

i would be in for sure, for both halo and GOW2... the more we could work together the more badass a team could be!!

[myershbrian]

Count me in Im always down for some Halo Action [sg]

[Jinglejangs]

what's a ladder?












ALSO IM SLOW AND AGGREE WITH THIS QUESTION. HOW EXACTLY DOES A LADDER WORK?

[myershbrian]

Ladder rankings are based on a system of Experience Points (XP). With every win, XP is gained"Move up the Ladder". With every loss, XP is deducted "Move Down the Ladder" . The clan/Team with the highest amount of cumulative XP holds the top spot. The amount of XP awarded per match is determined by your opponents rank. For example, defeating a higher-ranked opponent will result in a larger amount of gained XP. This is a pretty
generic definition but it sums it up pretty nicely Gamebattles has a pretty good format we could pretty much use as a template


http://gamebattles.com/help.php?question=31

[BORIStheBLADE1]

I'm sooooo in. Where do I sign up?

I stil owe Mudd for the spanking I got during the tournament.

[deathfisch]

That would be an affirmative.

[DGpenguin]

Okay, so...


Mudd, Boris, Penguin, Scorch, Velour (I love using velour in a sentence - I feel so velvety soft afterwards!), Surreal & Bro, Jinglejangs, Deathfisch. Let me get out my slide rule...


(calculations - counting - taking off socks)...that's nine. Not bad. Thinking we should have at least 12 (2 v. 2) or 16 (4 v. 4) at a minimum to start this up.


Input? I think we'd all have to realize there is a time committment to this (practice with your team, etc) and I know we've all got busy lives.


I'm not sure how that aspect of things is reconciled. Do we pick a night to have matches, meet up when we can? Let the Wookie win?


I'll poke around for more info. I don't want to speak for GEO, but I'd imagine he'd be interested. Anyone else we can recruit?

[AJ in HD]

i would be interested cuz i think it would be a good opportunity to improve skills...but these last two months of the year are going to be really difficult to have anything organized on a recurring schedule. At least my schedule will not allow me to commit to any recurring event for the rest of this year.



In terms of sorting out teams this time could be used as a pre-season of sorts to try to balance out teams so that we all stay competitive and also keep having fun. So we could use this time to mix and match potential team members and just see how it goes...



Of course I don't really want to organize anything so I'm just throwing out some ideas. Shit, I can't even commit until 2009...but I can commit to the occasional match, just not a regular one.

[pcramrod]

I would up for this. vcize said he would be as well.

[vcize]

Yeah, I sent my secretary ahead of time to confirm this for me, but I would be up for this.

I would think 4v4 would be more fun than 2v2 (2v2 ends up in a lot of standoffs), but I think 2v2 would be a lot more realistic since it's a huge PITA to organize a time for 8 people to all meet up, especially week after week.

[pcramrod]

Yeah, I sent my secretary ahead of time to confirm this for me, but I would be up for this.

I would think 4v4 would be more fun than 2v2 (2v2 ends up in a lot of standoffs), but I think 2v2 would be a lot mmore realistic since it's a huge PITA to organize a time for 8 people to all meet up, especially week after week.






[mf]

[deathfisch]

now now, it seems to me that we should pick a time range, you know like the cable company, except we'd show up.

[MUDD]

Ok ... this is how I see it going down.... Thursday is the "quote-unquote" HALO game night..... there won't be scheulded matches unless there is a challenge thrown out. And if there is a challenge or challenges then make it always on Thursday... HALO GAME NIGHT... afterwards people can go and play with fellow agers and have fun that night. People make their own teams with maybe 2 alternates incase someone is out of town or something... then the teams can practice when they chose and challenge when they chose.... if nobody challenges and there are no games for a month not a big deal people can be practicing but to have matches they must lay down a challange.... that is always how I did ladders before... correct me if I am wrong.. oh and only age players...... anyways just added my 2 cents....

[jigsawhc]

AGE does have a ladder system that should work for the challenging and reporting results, bu I'll have to check on if it can work with Teams. It the past the ladders were always 1 v 1 for things like Madden and Guitar Hero. However, is all the teams are setup in advance maybe just the team captains could be listed on the ladder or something like that. Let me check into it and get back to you guys.

[jigsawhc]

I checked with Grumpy and we could setup a Ladder but since the current ladder system only allows for indivigula sign up only the team captain would be able to sign up for the ladder. However, with 2v2 that should still work find since there is only one other person per team.


Once teams are figured out let me know what they are and who the team captains are and I wil get an Admin to setup the Ladder.


You don't have to use the AGE Ladder system if someone wants to maintain in manually, but I thought I'd at least put the option out there.

[myershbrian]

Awesome sounds like this is starting to manifest into something good for the most part any day during the week in the evening I would be able to commit some time to matches

[vcize]

Ok ... this is how I see it going down.... Thursday is the "quote-unquote" HALO game night..... there won't be scheulded matches unless there is a challenge thrown out. And if there is a challenge or challenges then make it always on Thursday... HALO GAME NIGHT... afterwards people can go and play with fellow agers and have fun that night. People make their own teams with maybe 2 alternates incase someone is out of town or something... then the teams can practice when they chose and challenge when they chose.... if nobody challenges and there are no games for a month not a big deal people can be practicing but to have matches they must lay down a challange.... that is always how I did ladders before... correct me if I am wrong.. oh and only age players...... anyways just added my 2 cents....



Thursday is going to be Gears 2 gamenight starting next week..

[MUDD]

Ok ... this is how I see it going down.... Thursday is the "quote-unquote" HALO game night..... there won't be scheulded matches unless there is a challenge thrown out. And if there is a challenge or challenges then make it always on Thursday... HALO GAME NIGHT... afterwards people can go and play with fellow agers and have fun that night. People make their own teams with maybe 2 alternates incase someone is out of town or something... then the teams can practice when they chose and challenge when they chose.... if nobody challenges and there are no games for a month not a big deal people can be practicing but to have matches they must lay down a challange.... that is always how I did ladders before... correct me if I am wrong.. oh and only age players...... anyways just added my 2 cents....






Thursday is going to be Gears 2 gamenight starting next week..














Are we gonna change the HALO 3 AGE night? because I know I don't plan on getting Gears 2.... and my wife will only let me commit to one night a week.... so I would have to be out if we can't do the challenges on the HALO game night

[MUDD]

I checked with Grumpy and we could setup a Ladder but since the current ladder system only allows for indivigula sign up only the team captain would be able to sign up for the ladder. However, with 2v2 that should still work find since there is only one other person per team.


Once teams are figured out let me know what they are and who the team captains are and I wil get an Admin to setup the Ladder.


You don't have to use the AGE Ladder system if someone wants to maintain in manually, but I thought I'd at least put the option out there.






couldn't the team name be on the ladder list>?

[BORIStheBLADE1]

Ok ... this is how I see it going down.... Thursday is the "quote-unquote" HALO game night..... there won't be scheulded matches unless there is a challenge thrown out. And if there is a challenge or challenges then make it always on Thursday... HALO GAME NIGHT... afterwards people can go and play with fellow agers and have fun that night. People make their own teams with maybe 2 alternates incase someone is out of town or something... then the teams can practice when they chose and challenge when they chose.... if nobody challenges and there are no games for a month not a big deal people can be practicing but to have matches they must lay down a challange.... that is always how I did ladders before... correct me if I am wrong.. oh and only age players...... anyways just added my 2 cents....









Ok I'm throwing down a challenge then!!!




BRING IT ON!!

[myershbrian]

Ok ... this is how I see it going down.... Thursday is the "quote-unquote" HALO game night..... there won't be scheulded matches unless there is a challenge thrown out. And if there is a challenge or challenges then make it always on Thursday... HALO GAME NIGHT... afterwards people can go and play with fellow agers and have fun that night. People make their own teams with maybe 2 alternates incase someone is out of town or something... then the teams can practice when they chose and challenge when they chose.... if nobody challenges and there are no games for a month not a big deal people can be practicing but to have matches they must lay down a challange.... that is always how I did ladders before... correct me if I am wrong.. oh and only age players...... anyways just added my 2 cents....














Ok I'm throwing down a challenge then!!!






BRING IT ON!!










oh SNAP [bx]

[DGpenguin]

Ok ... this is how I see it going down.... Thursday is the "quote-unquote" HALO game night..... there won't be scheulded matches unless there is a challenge thrown out. And if there is a challenge or challenges then make it always on Thursday... HALO GAME NIGHT... afterwards people can go and play with fellow agers and have fun that night. People make their own teams with maybe 2 alternates incase someone is out of town or something... then the teams can practice when they chose and challenge when they chose.... if nobody challenges and there are no games for a month not a big deal people can be practicing but to have matches they must lay down a challange.... that is always how I did ladders before... correct me if I am wrong.. oh and only age players...... anyways just added my 2 cents....














Ok I'm throwing down a challenge then!!!






BRING IT ON!!










oh SNAP http://adultgamingenthusiasts.com/emoticons/box.gif









Well - it seems like there's plenty of interest.


Mudd and Morpheus can't be on the same team though! I think they should have to play the rest of us 1 v. 2. And I should get three teammates for my matches only.


That work for anyone else? I think it's a fabulous idea!


Oh, and I promise not to use sticky grenades.[;)]

[WrekTaFyr]

I'd be game for this...are we bringing our own teams?

[DGpenguin]

I'd be game for this...are we bringing our own teams?







I don't want to speak for MUDD, but I'm willing to work with whomever on taking point on this. I think it needs to be AGE folks only though. And I think we can make 2v2 work without it being a stalemate. We can work on good 2v2 gametypes and test them out.


On a related subject, we're talking about a ladder.It is important for all of us who play Halo 3 (especially on Game Night) to make sure we are posting to the "Game Night" modules to sign up weekly. Please look here: http://adultgamingenthusiasts.com/forums/t/25943.aspx


Thanks.

[AJ in HD]

I think it needs to be AGE folks only though.


remember what it means to be a member of AGE. It's not just signing up, never to post again, and just playing. AGE is about being an member of an online community as well. This is how we are all made aware of new events and such.


that being said, I do think new events like this ladder are a great way to bring new members to AGE and I would encourage anyone interested that is not a member of AGE to join and participate...but there is little value to the AGE community in having people join just to play a ladder and then disappearing...that is not what constitutes an AGE member.

[WrekTaFyr]

I think we can make 2v2 work without it being a stalemate. We can work on good 2v2 gametypes and test them out.

As much as I HATE playing with radar...maybe if we jack up the radar settings...it'll discourage camping...causing the ladder to be more of a Run-n-Gun style of gameplay.

[DGpenguin]

I think it needs to be AGE folks only though.


remember what it means to be a member of AGE. It's not just signing up, never to post again, and just playing. AGE is about being an member of an online community as well. This is how we are all made aware of new events and such.


that being said, I do think new events like this ladder are a great way to bring new members to AGE and I would encourage anyone interested that is not a member of AGE to join and participate...but there is little value to the AGE community in having people join just to play a ladder and then disappearing...that is not what constitutes an AGE member.






Well, I post as much as I can when I can, andwhen I have the opportunity to do so.


I guess I'm not as much a part of thecommunity as I'd like to be, AJ.


Perhaps I should have phrased my post in a way to include the statement you made (which I agree with). I was merely indicating that I hoped Wrek (if he had someone outside of AGE in mind that met the group requirements) would invite them to join and take it all in.As many great folks as I've run into here, I can't imagine that NOT happening.


Anyway, I'm sorry I wasn't clear. I did not intend to sound elitist, or imply that I was not in favor of the community aspect of AGE.

[DGpenguin]

I think we can make 2v2 work without it being a stalemate. We can work on good 2v2 gametypes and test them out.


As much as I HATE playing with radar...maybe if we jack up the radar settings...it'll discourage camping...causing the ladder to be more of a Run-n-Gun style of gameplay.







That's a great idea! I was thinking making it more MLG with respect to damage settings as well - that might quicken the pace too.

[AJ in HD]

I think it needs to be AGE folks only though.


remember what it means to be a member of AGE. It's not just signing up, never to post again, and just playing. AGE is about being an member of an online community as well. This is how we are all made aware of new events and such.


that being said, I do think new events like this ladder are a great way to bring new members to AGE and I would encourage anyone interested that is not a member of AGE to join and participate...but there is little value to the AGE community in having people join just to play a ladder and then disappearing...that is not what constitutes an AGE member.






Well, I post as much as I can when I can, andwhen I have the opportunity to do so.


I guess I'm not as much a part of thecommunity as I'd like to be, AJ.


Perhaps I should have phrased my post in a way to include the statement you made (which I agree with). I was merely indicating that I hoped Wrek (if he had someone outside of AGE in mind that met the group requirements) would invite them to join and take it all in.As many great folks as I've run into here, I can't imagine that NOT happening.


Anyway, I'm sorry I wasn't clear. I did not intend to sound elitist, or imply that I was not in favor of the community aspect of AGE.






dude...you're a true member of AGE. So are all the rest that have posted and participate both in forum and events.


And if wrek or others do have friends that are AGE material, they should join! I'm pretty sure i made that clear. It's events such as this potential one that are a great way for AGE to bring in new members.


<span style="background-color: #ff99cc;"><span style="color: #ff99cc;">Now stop talking about your feelings or i'm gonna have to bag you.>>

[Soldan]

<span style="background-color: #ff99cc;"><span style="color: #ff99cc;">Now stop talking about your feelings or i'm gonna have to bag you.>>[ro]

[DGpenguin]

<SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ff99cc" mce_style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ff99cc"><SPAN style="COLOR: #ff99cc" mce_style="COLOR: #ff99cc">Now stop talking about your feelings or i'm gonna have to bag you.</SPAN></SPAN>http://adultgamingenthusiasts.com/emoticons/72.gif






Hmmm...what's the hidden content? Where's my button!

[deathfisch]

Boy AJ loves throwin' them bags around. Either they smell or he keeps them incredibly clean

[AJ in HD]

Boy AJ loves throwin' them bags around. Either they smell or he keeps them incredibly clean






through all their continued use they are finely polished and quite spectacular to behold. Perhaps one day soon I will polish my bag on your spartan helmet.


Truth be told, I am not as diligent in my bagging as I should be. There is no excuse, nor am i offering one...it's just the reality that I seek to improve.

[deathfisch]

Maybe your bags should get a seperate gamertag

[surrealpanic]

I think we can make 2v2 work without it being a stalemate.* We can work on good 2v2 gametypes and test them out.

As much as I HATE playing with radar...maybe if we jack up the radar settings...it'll discourage camping...causing the ladder to be more of a Run-n-Gun style of gameplay.




I don't understand what you mean by "jacking up" the radar. I don't mind playing with radar, but if we are really worried about camping, we should consider 2v2 objective games. I also don't mind increasing the speed, but increasing the damage may be dangerous unless we limit some of the weapons (e.g. shotgun). I could also see going with MLG settings and maps although I am not a big fan of the limited weapons and no equipment in MLG maps.

Honestly, I think we could just do Team Slayer or Team BRs on default maps and things will work fine.

[DGpenguin]

I don't think I'd want to go BR's and Carbines like MLG does. I'd prefer to keep it to BR starts and regular weapon spawns.


The only MLG settings I'd want to use would be for caps, spawns, damage taken/received...etc. But that's just me!

[WrekTaFyr]

I don't understand what you mean by "jacking up" the radar.

If I remember right...and don't quote me on this, because generally when I set up a Custom Game, I turn radar off, but I think there's a setting that will allow you to see people even when they are NOT moving. Might be worth checking out...to keep games moving.

[surrealpanic]

I don't understand what you mean by "jacking up" the radar.

If I remember right...and don't quote me on this, because generally when I set up a Custom Game, I turn radar off, but I think there's a setting that will allow you to see people even when they are NOT moving.* Might be worth checking out...to keep games moving.




Understood. What you are referring to is "Enhanced Mode" for the radar. That would be interesting, but I think camping would still be possible because the team with the shotgun/rockets and the lead would have little incentive to move. It still might be a good idea (and a different way to play Halo), but I think we should add some radar jammers and/or flares to the maps to break the radars for a short moment. We could also reduce the radius of the radar to limit its effect. In any case, this is a pretty interesting idea.

[WrekTaFyr]

I don't understand what you mean by "jacking up" the radar.

If I remember right...and don't quote me on this, because generally when I set up a Custom Game, I turn radar off, but I think there's a setting that will allow you to see people even when they are NOT moving. Might be worth checking out...to keep games moving.




Understood. What you are referring to is "Enhanced Mode" for the radar. That would be interesting, but I think camping would still be possible because the team with the shotgun/rockets and the lead would have little incentive to move. It still might be a good idea (and a different way to play Halo), but I think we should add some radar jammers and/or flares to the maps to break the radars for a short moment. We could also reduce the radius of the radar to limit its effect. In any case, this is a pretty interesting idea.






Oh yeah...jammers and flares help in instances with radar...but the final say is all up to general consensus...just thought I'd toss the idea of Mega-Radar out there...for sake of camping-stalemates.

[DGpenguin]

I don't understand what you mean by "jacking up" the radar.


If I remember right...and don't quote me on this, because generally when I set up a Custom Game, I turn radar off, but I think there's a setting that will allow you to see people even when they are NOT moving. Might be worth checking out...to keep games moving.







Understood. What you are referring to is "Enhanced Mode" for the radar. That would be interesting, but I think camping would still be possible because the team with the shotgun/rockets and the lead would have little incentive to move. It still might be a good idea (and a different way to play Halo), but I think we should add some radar jammers and/or flares to the maps to break the radars for a short moment. We could also reduce the radius of the radar to limit its effect. In any case, this is a pretty interesting idea.






Or lengthen the respawn time for those weapons.


This is all good speculation, but we need 1.) A consensus group of folks interested and 2.) An agreed upon format before we can even start thinking about gametypes/variants.


And believe me, that's the most exciting part of the discussion for me!


I'm not real sure where we go from here - I think we've got a decent level of interest but beyond that I'm not quite sure what to do. Let me know how I can help!

[AJ in HD]

we need 1.) A consensus group of folks interested and 2.) An agreed upon format before we can even start thinking about gametypes/variants.


MUDD needs to amend the first post to clearly list all those that have posted in this thread as being interested. That is step one for anyone thinking about organizing an event...gauging interest and making it easy to tally the interest as it builds.


The next thing that needs to happen is to decide on when it will start and when it will end. This will help all those that signed up to determine if they will be able to fully particiapte.


Once we have those two main things ironed out the group as a whole, or the organizer(s) can discuss that actual format and team setup.


I take care of adding events to the AGE Calendar, so when these dates are established, please let me know and I'll update the AGE Calendar as well...this will help everyone in coordinating the event and help to make sure this is a success. [y]

[DGpenguin]

we need 1.) A consensus group of folks interested and 2.) An agreed upon format before we can even start thinking about gametypes/variants.


MUDD needs to amend the first post to clearly list all those that have posted in this thread as being interested. That is step one for anyone thinking about organizing an event...gauging interest and making it easy to tally the interest as it builds.


The next thing that needs to happen is to decide on when it will start and when it will end. This will help all those that signed up to determine if they will be able to fully particiapte.


Once we have those two main things ironed out the group as a whole, or the organizer(s) can discuss that actual format and team setup.


I take care of adding events to the AGE Calendar, so when these dates are established, please let me know and I'll update the AGE Calendar as well...this will help everyone in coordinating the event and help to make sure this is a success. http://adultgamingenthusiasts.com/emoticons/emotion-21.gif






Sounds great. I'm sure MUDD will do so, and I appreciate the logistics lesson! [Y]


Now, about that teabagging seminar....

[AJ in HD]

and for the record, count me as interested in joining...but the devil's in the details...the frequency of events could be the killer.

[BORIStheBLADE1]

Mudd...

Thanks for taking care of this.

[surrealpanic]

Thanks for getting the ball rollin' Mudd. For what it is worth, my brother is an AGE member named YoungSloth.

[DGpenguin]

I don't mind taking point on this I have several Ideas that I would like to run by jigsaw and you guys.


Let me know if I forgot anybody






Thanks, dude. You know I'll help you out as well!

[Morpheus]

Well slap me sideways and call me Sally. I'm interested.

[DGpenguin]

Well slap me sideways and call me Sally. I'm interested.







(Slaps Morpheus)


So - Sally....I'm sure you'll enjoy pwning the hell out of me on the ladder! [:P]


The more the merrier!

[MUDD]

Well slap me sideways and call me Sally. I'm interested.







(Slaps Morpheus)


So - Sally....I'm sure you'll enjoy pwning the hell out of me on the ladder! http://adultgamingenthusiasts.com/emoticons/emotion-4.gif


The more the merrier!






OMG that is pretty funny DGpenguin You should have heard my wife laugh when we read that post.... hahahaha

[M a J o R GEO]

LET ME IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DGpenguin]

Well slap me sideways and call me Sally. I'm interested.







(Slaps Morpheus)


So - Sally....I'm sure you'll enjoy pwning the hell out of me on the ladder! http://adultgamingenthusiasts.com/emoticons/emotion-4.gif


The more the merrier!






OMG that is pretty funny DGpenguin You should have heard my wife laugh when we read that post.... hahahaha






Know why its funny? CAUSE IT'S FREAKING TRUE! [*c]

[DGpenguin]

That is 14 so Far... 7 teams of 2..... now we need to form teams.... and team names


I don't mind taking point on this I have several Ideas that I would like to run by jigsaw and you guys.


Let me know if I forgot anybody






Yes. Team names and team balance are important. How do we go about getting folks teamed up?


I know you all want to play with me, but really - you've got to know the secret handshake to roll with the Penguin. [:P]


I will gladly be a teammate to anyone who will take me, and thinks I'm good enough a Halo player to be in a ladder. That would be flattering enough.


Oh, and I DO wash cars and write good papers for college students, if that helps. And I can cook. [Y]

[deathfisch]

write good papers for college students


Dude, I made a killing off Northwestern students that way[H][Y]

[vcize]

Ladders are almost always a bring your own team type of thing. They just kind of go, and whoever wants to sign up can do so. Since it's only 2v2, I don't really see things getting unbalanced.

[DGpenguin]

Ladders are almost always a bring your own team type of thing. They just kind of go, and whoever wants to sign up can do so. Since it's only 2v2, I don't really see things getting unbalanced.







I don't know about that - there's a pretty broad spread of H3 global ranks among the people showing interest. I'll be the first to say that sometimes rank does not tell the whole story - but being familiar with the playstyles of many of the folks on the list, I can certainly see a few scenarios evolving where one or two teams could be dominant.


Certainly, the argument there is "get better at Halo if you're getting pwned" - but I think you'd defeat the purpose of having a ladder in the first place if one or two teams dominated from the get-go.


I'd feel sorry for someone who was stuck with me anyway! They'd never win anything!

[deathfisch]

whatEVER pengiun. modesty makes you sound lame, cut that noise out

[DGpenguin]

whatEVER pengiun. modesty makes you sound lame, cut that noise out






I'm really not being modest. I'm not consistent enough to term myself as a 'good' player. I get pwned on a regular basis by several AGEers who will remain nameless....


But I AM improving. [Y]

[deathfisch]

I'm not consistent enough to term myself as a 'good' player.


It's all about what you wear. and that snazzy blue is working for you

[AJ in HD]

so where are we with this? start dates? how long do we expect this to go on?

[deathfisch]

Uhhhhh I guess we're gonna forest gump our way through it [H].

[Soldan]

I gotta find Bubba!

[TazmanAK]

Bubba gump?



I gotta find Bubba!

[deathfisch]

yup, here's a ladder goin' nowhere

[DGpenguin]

yup, here's a ladder goin' nowhere






Well, I think it's important we have the conversation. I know that I can't do much more than post about interest and keep the thread going until school is out for the semester. AJ posted awhile back about not being able to commit until 2009, and I think that's probably true for many of us.


Again, I'll help out when I can - but I cannot begin work in earnest on this until the end of the semester at the earliest.


Until then, let's try to resolve what we can about team size, ladder style, and the like here amongst us.

[AJ in HD]

We have a good start in that there is a list of people interested. But I think at this point those of us interested need to know more details.


Among them:


1. when do we want the ladder to start?


2. How long will the ladder last?


3. Beyond duration, what sort of ongoing commitment will it require? once a week? more or less time?


4. more input on actual play. type of games, settings, etc.


5. how will teams be created? i don't think a BYOT will work as I think we'd want to keep it as fun and competitive for many and a BYOT format (while fun) definitely won't accomplish that.


Lastly, to really start getting this in motion, I would suggest that the organizers firm up the start and end dates. This will really allow everyone to either commit or decline based on their personal calendar and will make organizing the rest of the Ladder much easier.


To the organizer(s): you won't be able to please your entire audience with your choice so don't worry about that, but you may get new takers once you get the dates nailed down.


Good luck and I'm looking forward to this event [y]

[deathfisch]

Well this sounds promising I apologize for loosing faith

[DGpenguin]

We have a good start in that there is a list of people interested. But I think at this point those of us interested need to know more details.


Among them:


1. when do we want the ladder to start?


2. How long will the ladder last?


3. Beyond duration, what sort of ongoing commitment will it require? once a week? more or less time?


4. more input on actual play. type of games, settings, etc.


5. how will teams be created? i don't think a BYOT will work as I think we'd want to keep it as fun and competitive for many and a BYOT format (while fun) definitely won't accomplish that.


Lastly, to really start getting this in motion, I would suggest that the organizers firm up the start and end dates. This will really allow everyone to either commit or decline based on their personal calendar and will make organizing the rest of the Ladder much easier.


To the organizer(s): you won't be able to please your entire audience with your choice so don't worry about that, but you may get new takers once you get the dates nailed down.


Good luck and I'm looking forward to this event http://adultgamingenthusiasts.com/emoticons/emotion-21.gif









If we can get MUDD and Boris to step up until I can get more involved, we'll be good. Great thoughts, and we'll get there!

[deathfisch]

Yes, I'm thinking of such good thoughts... I CAN FLY!!!

[BORIStheBLADE1]

I was looking at my friends list and people that signed up for prior H3 game nights and found some pople that didn't sign up for this ladder that could be interested, but just not look in this are to know whats going on. We could try and get a hold of them and see if they are interested. I think we do need some more people so it is interesting and long because if we do a team double ladder we would lose a team per loss right?

Here are some names I thought we might just want to ask.

NDN924

ballsjaken

originallurch

bad mfn b

goofyphoot

lackwit




and ohpickles... I don't know for sure if shes a AGER though.





I was also thinking about the teams. I think we should get everyones ranks and pair them together so a higher rank is with a lower rank. Something like that..




Just my .2 cents, but I might take the time to check out everyones ranks since I'm home sick today.

[DGpenguin]

I was looking at my friends list and people that signed up for prior H3 game nights and found some pople that didn't sign up for this ladder that could be interested, but just not look in this are to know whats going on. We could try and get a hold of them and see if they are interested. I think we do need some more people so it is interesting and long because if we do a team double ladder we would lose a team per loss right?


Here are some names I thought we might just want to ask.


NDN924


ballsjaken


originallurch


bad mfn b


goofyphoot


lackwit






and ohpickles... I don't know for sure if shes a AGER though.







I was also thinking about the teams. I think we should get everyones ranks and pair them together so a higher rank is with a lower rank. Something like that..






Just my .2 cents, but I might take the time to check out everyones ranks since I'm home sick today.







I'm sure NDN, Lurch and Bad mfn B would be in - I don't know about Lackwit. He's played a lot of gears lately and doesn't reply to my messages anymore [*c]!


I'll purge my FOF list as well.


Oh, and I called you out on the H3A forums. Just wanted to let you know. Hope you feel better.

[BORIStheBLADE1]

HAHAH I saw that on there.




This might help when we do teams




Mudd - Colonel /HS -41/ EXP 988

Jinglejangs - Corporal /HS-4/EXP 10

Surrealpanic - brigadier/HS-48/EXP 1539

dgpenguin - commander/HS-50/EXP 1569

xlscorchlx - colonel/HS-40/EXP 875

Th3velourfog - commander/HS-37/EXP 729

YoungSolth - brigadier/HS-46/EXP 744

boristheblade1 - major/HS -34/EXP 663

deathfisch - captain/HS-26/EXP 488

aj in sd - captain/HS-24/EXP 243

vcize - major/HS-32/EXP 345

pcramrod - major/HS-34/EXP 489

wrektafyr - gunnery sergeant/ HS-8/EXP 188

sh morpheus - brigadier/HS-46/EXP 2918

majorgeo - captain/HS-23/EXP 517

Dreadone - major/HS-31/EXP 752







We can also go off of EXP. Make sure the teams EXP is as close together as possible..... Another thought.

[DGpenguin]

HAHAH I saw that on there.






This might help when we do teams






dgpenguin - commander/HS-50/EXP 1569










We can also go off of EXP. Make sure the teams EXP is as close together as possible..... Another thought.











I'm a HS of 37. If I was a fifty, Bobo...I'd never bitch about anything. Hearts and flowers and ponies, puppies and kittens and bunnies....


But, I appreciate your faith in me!

[BORIStheBLADE1]

HAHA I knew you would catch it.

[Toaster Driver]

is it too late to get in on this? i know i'm a n00b and all, but this sounds like a blast.

[deathfisch]

is it too late to get in on this? i know i'm a n00b and all, but this sounds like a blast.






Dude, of course you can get on this, we'll make the arrangements

[Toaster Driver]

http://forums.tentonhammer.com/lotrosource_images/smilies/wub.gif

[MUDD]

u can get in only if I can get a ride in your toaster... hehehe

[deathfisch]

Actually yeah I'm gonna need a ride as well, I have to hit the cleaners

[MUDD]

Actually yeah I'm gonna need a ride as well, I have to hit the cleaners






in a british accent.... "oh hello deathfisch"

[deathfisch]

back at ya... "Hello Mudd. Any luck seducing the young ladies with your rather garish impersonation of an English gentlemen?"

[MUDD]

We have a good start in that there is a list of people interested. But I think at this point those of us interested need to know more details.


Among them:


1. when do we want the ladder to start?


2. How long will the ladder last?


3. Beyond duration, what sort of ongoing commitment will it require? once a week? more or less time?


4. more input on actual play. type of games, settings, etc.


5. how will teams be created? i don't think a BYOT will work as I think we'd want to keep it as fun and competitive for many and a BYOT format (while fun) definitely won't accomplish that.


Lastly, to really start getting this in motion, I would suggest that the organizers firm up the start and end dates. This will really allow everyone to either commit or decline based on their personal calendar and will make organizing the rest of the Ladder much easier.


To the organizer(s): you won't be able to please your entire audience with your choice so don't worry about that, but you may get new takers once you get the dates nailed down.


Good luck and I'm looking forward to this event http://adultgamingenthusiasts.com/emoticons/emotion-21.gif









ok here is where I stand... I have never set up a ladder before and am not sure where to go... I see what you wrote AJ.... but from my experiance with ladders before there were never set dates.. I don't know if AGE has a specific way of doing ladders but when I looked at the AGE ladder guidlines it didn't say anything about dates... I always played and when there was a challenge set out that is when you played but ladders are different from tournys or am I way off base?? I can see this truning in to a tourny later after the ladder has been established for a while.... anyways more info would be great ... I did ask jigsaw to have someone add the HALO 3 ladder to the ladder tab in an open status like it says in the guidelines but I don't know... lill help ... I don't really know what else I need to be doing...

[MUDD]

Plus on the teams thing... I think we need people to volunter to be team captains and do like a draft..... pull numbers out of a hat type of thing..... any thoughts.... the only thing I am worried about is that we are over thinking everything... I would like to get some teams together and start playing...

[AJ in HD]

well i have never been part of a ladder and so i have no idea how they run or how long they go. Presumeably there is an endpoint, no? Do they go on forever? If so, what's the point? Most assuredly there is at the very least a start point.


I like your idea of having team captains. We did this once for a Gears tournament and did a draft style type of selection. Maybe taking someone elses idea of having a more experienced player paired with a less experienced player is the way to go. Maybe split the pool of people in half according to either rank or exp or some combo of both if it gets a little murky as to how experienced a player is. Then let the least experienced/ranked of the captains make the first selection and proceed from there?


I don't know about over thinking anything...nothing has really been discussed that I'm aware of...not even the challenges or whatever your talking about.

[MUDD]

AJ if you can use your influncing powers to maybe get the guy who sets up the ladders to give us some pointers that would be great.......

[AJ in HD]

AJ if you can use your influncing powers to maybe get the guy who sets up the ladders to give us some pointers that would be great.......









hahahahahaha...i have no influence! jokes on you!


but didn't Jigsaw say he'd help out? I'll be sure to send him like a gazillion tweets to get his attention.

[AJ in HD]

I checked with Grumpy and we could setup a Ladder but since the current ladder system only allows for indivigula sign up only the team captain would be able to sign up for the ladder. However, with 2v2 that should still work find since there is only one other person per team.


Once teams are figured out let me know what they are and who the team captains are and I wil get an Admin to setup the Ladder.


You don't have to use the AGE Ladder system if someone wants to maintain in manually, but I thought I'd at least put the option out there.









Ok Mudd...thought I'd requote this. I don't think there should be a problem getting it setup once we have teams and other logistal crap taken care of. [y]

[jigsawhc]

1. when do we want the ladder to start?


Once the logistics worked out getting the ladder setup is no problem. It will probably take a day or two.


Just keep in mind that only the team captaion can actually sign up for the ladder since it is designed for 1 v 1, but I think it will work fine for the Halo 3 ladder since you're talking about just 2 v 2.






2. How long will the ladder last?


That will partially depend on how long you want teams to have to complete their matches. If you give people a week to play after being challenged then I'd recommend doing at least 2 if nor 3 months so that teams have time to work their way to the top.






3. Beyond duration, what sort of ongoing commitment will it require? once a week? more or less time?


The ladder will allow for matches to be done as quickly as people can get then scheduled. I would say 5 days to a week is enough time after one team challenges another to get the match played. Longer than that and things will go very slowly because once a team has been challenged they can not be challenged by soneone else until their current mach is completed.






4. more input on actual play. type of games, settings, etc.


I'll leave that up to you guys, but to setup the ladder we'll need to know the match settings.





5. how will teams be created? i don't think a BYOT will work as I
think we'd want to keep it as fun and competitive for many and a BYOT
format (while fun) definitely won't accomplish that.


If you decide to to do the method of paring an Good Person with a Not So Good player you might try setting up private group on HaloCharts.com. It is really easy to do and once the group is setup they easliy let you see everyones, rank, experience, and HaloCharts Score which is a ranking based on all the available stats. It is what I use to setup the Halo 3 tourney teams generally I think the teams work out to be pretty balanced.

[OriginalLurch]

I'd be interested in taking part in the ladder play as well...

[BORIStheBLADE1]

I'd be interested in taking part in the ladder play as well...







YAAAAA! Lurch buckled under the pressure.[Y]

[Stillwaterb]

Since I have a box now, I would be interested. If there's not room put me down for an alternate.

[DGpenguin]

Since I have a box now, I would be interested. If there's not room put me down for an alternate.






I think we've got more than enough room for anyone who's got a Cyberdemon avatar!


You coming on tonight?

[deathfisch]

Cyberdemon avatar!





I always wanted one of those as a pet, I think I'd name him Sprinkles, since he'd sprinkle the intestines of my parents now dead evil cat everywhere. Man, childhood would have been much better

[vcize]

I've never heard of a ladder that was anything other than bring your own team, and I've played in a lot of ladders. It kind of defeats the whole purpose of a ladder, otherwise why not just do a tournament or a league? A ladder is typically a more relaxed thing where you get together with people you know and talk to enough that it's easy to schedule with, so you can play casually whenever you feel like it.


With a ladder you don't really want to have a pool of people, divide them up, and that's who's involved like you would with a league. A ladder is typically an open thing. People can join and drop as they please, etc. It just kind of keeps itself going.


It's only 2v2 anyway, so it's not like we're really going to have a stacked teams type situation.

[Stillwaterb]

Since I have a box now, I would be interested. If there's not room put me down for an alternate.






I think we've got more than enough room for anyone who's got a Cyberdemon avatar!


You coming on tonight?






yeah I'm on tonight, and very liquored up. Anyone remember the double exp this weekend?

[Jinglejangs]

LADDER GOOOOO