December League Rules...

Registration:

• Regos completed, there are 32 players for the month of December

League Setup:

• December has been setup with 2 divisions. Players will be randomly placed in 2 groups with a World Cup format and teams were also randomly drawn using an external website
• Base rate of games will be 20 games
• You will play each opposition twice this month, not 4 times
• 2 leagues will be setup within Fifa11 and I require one other GM to run the corresponding league.
• There will be a timeline to complete the group phase which will be posted shortly
• Finals structure has a 2 tie knockout round with home and away goals determining the player to progress. Knockouts will be played against the other division to mix up the finals format
• If a D/C occurs during a game and the score is 0-0 within the first 30 minutes then an full unranked replay will be played. Anything after that, then just a single half should be played to determine the result. Player discretion should be used in this instance of a replay. i.e. If a game gets d/c at the start of the 2nd half, then only 1 half should be played etc if its a close game. On the other hand, If your loosing 4-0 then dont bother. Either way, its up to the players to decide
• Results of the games will be uploaded to a new site we are trialing called League Republic. Mickrad has organised this and if you are participating in the league then you should have received an email to join up. This is still new to us so please so patient

Forfeiting System: (same as previously)

• Hopefully do not need to use this for this month but if it comes down to it, then this will be enforced this month
• We must decide a base number of games which is going to be 20 games this month
• Everyone must play the base number of games
• If you do not play the base number of games, you will be in forfeit. As a further penalty, the player be excluded from the following month's league
• If you are in forfeit every result with a player already played with and and if the player has played the base number of games will be recorded as a 3-0 win for the player unless the margin of victory is more than 3 goals. So if you lose 1-0, you'll be awarded a 3-0 win, however if you win 7-0 you get to keep your score.
• If a player hasn't played the forfeited player, he is not entitled to the win
• In the event that players have already played the base number of games, then points come into effect – for instance: PL W L D GD PTS

n00bert 28 – 16 -12 – 0- +40 – 48
Sanchez 25 – 20 – 5 -0 – +50 -60

Mr Gosu 16 – 16 – 0 – 0 – +41 – 48

The rankings would be – Sanchez, Gosu, n00bert. Make sense?

So basically, if you've played the base number of games – the actual league table comes into effect.

• Players who do not play the base number of games are, as a matter of principal, excluded from the league table and will not qualify even if they have more points than a person who has played the base number of games. This is to prevent players from reaching the "safe zone" and then refusing to play any more games. This puts further impetus on players who have not played their base number of games to chase the players that already have.

So for instance – in a battle for fourth – (if the base number of games is 16)

Dardy – 14 – 14 -0 – 0 – +15 – 42
Sanchez – 16 – 14 – 2 – 0 – +15 – 42
Mr Gosu – 16 – 14 – 2 – 0 – +10 – 42

The only people in consideration in this scenario are Sanchez and Gosu as they have played the base number of games. And in this scenario, all 14 wins for Dardy will be reverted to losses against the players who Dardy has already played. Dardy would also be suspended from the following months league.

• A cut off date for group stages must be set and any grace periods to finish league games will be decided on a monthly basis by Sanchez.