New Combat Rankings!

Aegoth

Here is the relevant newspost:

ANNOUNCE NEWS #4603                                     (07/31/2016 at 23:59)  

From   : Nicola

To     : Everyone

Subject: Combat Rankings Return!

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Roughly an IC year ago, the Matsuhama Arena in Delos underwent a significant construction period, 

unveiling the brand new ARENAVIEW functionality. Phileo, former thug boss and now upstanding citizen 

of Delos, began charging adventurers to gain entrance into the newly revamped spectator stands of 

the great and historic arena. Adventurers soon found out that from within the stands they may:

ARENAVIEW <participant>

   Gain a new perspective on arena combat central around their focused participant.

ARENAVIEW STAT

   See basic information on the particular event occurring within the arena.

ARENAVIEW SCAN

   See a detailed and informative list of participants an their locations.

ARENAVIEW LOOK

   Gain a birdseye view of the room that their VIEWED participant is in.

ARENAVIEW NONE

   Ignore the commotion below and enjoy the company of the spectator stands.

After spending the last year collecting funds via the new arena spectating system, Phileo has 

entered into an official partnership with the Achaean Combat Association, and been granted the 

position of Registrar. As a result, he has been given the authority to pair combatants in single 

combat matches that are respected and recorded by the ACA.

Prospective combatants may seek out Phileo near the Matsuhama Arena in Delos and request to join his 

queued roster for combat pairings.

ASK PHILEO JOIN QUEUE <SPAR/RANKEDSPAR>

   Have Phileo note your interest in being paired with an opponent for either a normal spar or a 

formal ranked spar.

ASK PHILEO LEAVE QUEUE

   Have Phileo remove your name from his roster.

Once on his list, the enlisted combatant is free to leave the area and go about their business until 

a match is found. Phileo will reach out to each of the paired opponents via tells.

The selected adventurers will have roughly three minutes to find their way back to the arena to 

ACCEPT QUEUE. The combatants will then be placed in a special, smaller, 10 room arena.

If a queue is ignored/missed/abandoned, the deserting adventurer will be unable to join the roster 

for an incremental period of time.

Due to the nature of Phileo's agreement with the Achaean Combat Association, normal ranked 

challenges are no longer recognised in the combat rankings - only ranked spars arranged by Phileo 

will bear any weight in the Combat Rankings.

Additionally, victors of normal AND ranked spars arranged by Phileo will earn a new currency devised 

by Phileo and his organisation: Delosian Eagles. The nature and purpose of this new currency is 

still shrouded in mystery as Phileo is disinclined to give out much information about them.

Combat Rankings will now run on a monthly (RL) schedule. At the end of a month 1st place will win 50 

bound credits, 2nd place will win 25 bound credits, and 3rd place will win 10 bound credits.

Penned by My hand on the 2nd of Scarlatan, in the year 719 AF.
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So what are everyone's thoughts so far? I have a few comments of note for @Makarios and @Nicola to perhaps consider:

- Make it so that the two matched participants cannot see who one another are until they both ACCEPT QUEUE (ie. make ES DELOS anonymous.) Right now it's too easy for someone to just not accept a queue if they see someone they don't want to fight enter the arena, and thus it is a potential way to game the system (ie. I see Farrah is my opponent in ES DELOS. Nope. Just gonna let that timeout.)

- In tandem with the above: Dock a small amount of points for people who choose to forfeit a match (but NOT someone who went off plane before their match was called). This will give incentive to accept more matches than not.

- Allow people to sign up for both ranked and regular spars. It gets tiresome waiting forever for a ranked spar, and it'll be nice to make use of the new system while waiting for another ranked combatant to fight with.

That's pretty much all I have to say for now, but others may have more. So far, it's a fantastic system, and I cannot wait for the revelation of the Delosian Eagles. Thanks team!

Aegoth

Oh, one thing I forgot: Perhaps give losers of matches a smaller amount of Delosian Eagles (maybe 1?). They deserve something for at least trying

Rangor

Phineos could shout now and then if someone has been in queue for 5 mins without matching. Give people a heads up there are spars to be had.

Trey

I'm very curious as to what these Delosian Eagles will be able to purchase, and if they'll be transferable.

Szanthax

Trey said:

I'm very curious as to what these Delosian Eagles will be able to purchase, and if they'll be transferable.

No to transfers.... That be my vote.