RS Ladder

The RS Ladder is a proposed system that will be available for all multiplayer games and be essentially a more advanced version of Leagues of Interpersonal Competition.

Principles

• Activity is always rewarded.
• Winning is rewarded more than tying, which is rewarded more than losing.
• An all-time version should exist along with a shorter-duration version (proposed: one month).
• The system should be flexible enough to allow for special awards/certificates/competitions.

Games (13 total)

Flight:

• XvT - X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter
• XWA - X-Wing Alliance

Ground:

• BF - Battlefront
• BF2 - Battlefront II
• RC - Republic Commando
• JK - Jedi Knight
• JO - Jedi Outcast
• JA - Jedi Academy

Strategic:

• EaW - Empire at War
• FC - Force Commander
• GB - Galactic Battlegrounds
• Reb - Rebellion

Simulators:

• SMK - Super Mario Kart

Groundwork

Special awards

Versatility

• Certificate of Versatility: 1 victory in each of the three major genres (flight, ground, strategic)
• Medal of Versatility: 10 victories in each genre
• Champion of Versatility: 25 victories in each genre
• Legend of Versatility: 100 victories in each genre

Renaissance

• Officer of the Renaissance: 1 victory in eight different games
• Master of the Renaissance: 3 victories in every game (including simulators) - we will provide "temporary" copies of rare games
• Legend of the Renaissance: 20 victories in every game

Individual game victory awards (substitute appropriate game title for any of these)

• Pilot of X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter: 5 victories
• Warrior of X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter: 20 victories
• Champion of X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter: 50 victories
• Legend of X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter: 120 victories

Individual accolades (substitute as appropriate)

• Rebel Squadrons Top Ace/Commando/General (XvT/BF2/EaW): > 80% win percentage, 12 victories against 4 different opponents, rating above 70 - names change for different genres

Ratings

"Rating" denotes the value that determines a player's position on the Main Ladder.

RS Ladder/Ratings examples

• In general, how will a player's rating for a particular game be calculated?

• Should we calculate an overall rating for all players across all games? This would allow placing all RSers on one ladder, but allow the strengths or weaknesses of activity in one particular game to be better than another game.

BF

Format	Method of determining winner	Statistics to track	Available craft

XvT

Possible statistics to show on ladder:

• Wins
• Losses
• Ties
• Game W/L Rating (a la BSC)
• Player W/L Rating (a la BSC)
• Skill Rating (*)
• Squadron
• Overall Rating (*)

* Method of determining rating: ?
** Skill rating concept: Calculate rating according to score against win-loss record of other players
     for example: a 10-2 win against a player whose record is 20-2 will give you many skill rating points,
      whereas a 10-9 win against the same player will give you fewer points, but still many,
      and a 10-2 win against a 2-20 player will not give you many skill rating points.

Format	Method of determining winner	Statistics to track	Available craft
1v1 no-frills melee	Most kills and points (equal kills and points is a tie)	Kills, points	Standard XvT melee craft (to be listed later)
2v2 no-frills melee	Game: Most points per team; Player: Points, descending	Kills, points	Standard XvT melee craft
1v1v1 no-frills melee	Most points	Kills, points	Standard XvT melee craft

Additions

Things that could be added after the initial system is working:

• Fictional writing-based competitions (similar to DB's ACC)
• D6 or D20 roleplaying competitions
• SWG
• Any console or computer game
• 3v3, 4v4, 1v1v1, or any other combination of participants