BCL NEWS W19/19

On week 19 of 2019 the first ever Ladder really kicked off.

SCQ Ladder

Rule Changes

Rules has been updated to version 1.1 Change summary of 1.1. rules

• Fjell 652 map messed up competitive matches a bit. Now we have even number of maps in the Squad Conquest. It brings couple of challenges that needed some attention. New section added to the rules “2.1 Switching the sides“
• The new Medic Bolt Action Carbines Commando Carbine and the Tromboncino M28 didn’t get much love from the community and both of the new guns were banned 1.1.4 Bolt-Action Carbines. The latest Finnish addition to the game Lahti-Saloranta M26 is added to allowed guns as is the Selbstlader 1906 what was forgotten from the initial vote.
• The latest P08 Carbine (Recon) is still on the table. It’s not banned nor allowed for time being. If a gun is not specifically allowed, you are not allowed to use it in the comp matches.
• Added a short “2.5 Entering the result” entry to outline how the score is recorded

Read the rules carefully and take note of the new side switching policy.

Playing the ladder

Teams has been struggling a bit with challenging other teams. The whole community is learning the new Ladder system, admins included. The initial intention was the challenges to be more serious in that sense, that once a challenge is made, it can’t be declined – except by forfeiting. It’s a challenging task and teams can’t be forced to play on short notice or on absurd times. We are driving the challenges to a direction where challenge must be accepted, but the timing is still negotiable. More about that once we have concluded something.

We are working on the site system to make the site tool better support our intentions. While we are improving the site, I would ask teams to work together for better ladder experience

• Don’t challenge a team with a short notice. Give enough time to your opponent to arrange the game.
• To make the ladder smoother you should pre-agree with your potential opponent. Agree timing and make the challenge to the system after you have agreed the details with your opponent.
• If you get challenged try to react to the challenge as soon as possible. Contact the challenger if the timing does not suite you and if you can’t play nor reach the opponent decline the challenge to free up both teams for other challenges.

Matches

The Ladder start to shape up as teams are playing the matches. It’s definitely not there yet, but we are starting to see a pattern.

The ladder games from last week

Congrats for the winners!

Teams

We have quite a lot teams attending already. Several new teams joined just the past week. We also lost another team when ParE decided to step down.

There are 23 teams fighting for their positions on the ladder! Most of the teams have not fought yet. The ladder will show some real positions in coming weeks when more matches has been fought.

SCQ League

Qualification for the league is through the ladder. Play with your team to Rank on the ladder and on the 30th of May your team will be placed in the league division. Of the current 23 teams already battling it out on the PS4 ladder, 11 of these have yet to apply to the league. If your team wish to merely use the ladder as a scrim tool this is fine and of course is one of the uses for the ladder, however if your team wishes to compete in league division you will also need to apply for the league. The teams on the ladder are not automatically in the league. Without the clarification by applying your team could miss out.

Format

The League format will comprise of divisions of 8 teams. This means that the highest ranked teams on the the ladder on the 30th of May who have applied to the league will make up the 1st division. The next 8 will qualify for the 2nd division , as we move forward with more teams joining we will add more divisions where needed. These 8 team will be divided into two groups of 4. The teams in the groups will play each other once, giving them 3 matches to play in the group phase of the division.  The teams finishing in the first two places will qualify for the knockout phase of the league.  This gives us two semifinals with the winners of these going through to the final playing to become division 1 season 1 Champions.