Official 1.13 SPF Ladder: Rules, Signups, Status, and Discussion
Hello, all! Kefir-Tribe suggested the idea of an SPF ladder here, but is currently strapped for time to administer the ladder when 1.13 goes final on March 23rd. I've decided to step in and run the ladder, as well as add a few features onto my website that I think will be nice.
EDIT:
There has been a major overhaul with the layout, as well as the addition of the Timeframe, Scoring, and Ladder Tournaments sections. The information contained within is largely the same, except for the additions. I've taken the format unashamedly from Ohomemgrande's great ladder thread here: http://www.purediablo.com/forums/showthread.php?t=621288.
EDIT 2:
Please note that there is a fundamental change proposed: http://www.purediablo.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7473050#post7473050. Basically, it reduces the Ladder to two ladders (HC+SC), and allows the player to define individual characters as Vanilla/FAM within the ladder. This allows more player flexibility. In an attempt to still give Vanilla meaning, there will be two winners declared in each ladder: one for Vanilla, and one for FAM.
EDIT 3:
- The ladders have been condensed into only SC+HC (with one winner in each).
- The website has been published (feel free to start PM-ing me for passwords), but no character can be uploaded until 1.13 goes final.
- A decision has been made on hot-muling (4h); the topic is still up for debate, but I think this is how we'll go about it.
/EDIT
[highlight]Table of Contents[/highlight]
1. Timeframe
2. Versions/Mods
3. Characters
4. Items/Muling
5. Player Interaction
6. Scoring
7. Ladder Tournaments
8. Website
9. Signups
[highlight]1. TIMEFRAME[/highlight]
a. The ladder will officially begin on March 23rd, 2010, after the release of 1.13 final from Blizzard.
b. The ladder shall run for at minimum 6 months. After 6 months has passed, the ladder shall run until either:
[highlight]2. VERSIONS/MODS[/highlight]
a. All characters must be started in 1.13 final, with no interaction with characters or items from previous version of Diablo II, nor with characters or items outside the ladder.
b. There shall be two (2) separate ladders: SC + HC.
c. For the sake of MP and Trading, all characters will be assumed FAM, unless specifically declared as Vanilla on creation. Please see section 3 for more information.
d. The use of a modified D2gfx.dll is allowed; however, you may only have one character in a game at any given time.
e. Standard SPF rules apply to command-line arguments and in-game commands, specifically the abuse of map seeds is prohibited.
[highlight]3. CHARACTERS[/highlight]
a. Characters are assumed FAM, unless specifically declared as Vanilla when first added to the ladder. Note that Vanilla/FAM associations are on a per-character basis, not a per-player basis. Please ensure that your Trader Profile is up-to-date with your character status if you intend to MP or Trade.
b. Vanilla character can be converted to FAM characters; however, FAM character are prohibited from becoming Vanilla characters.
c. There are no class nor build restrictions.
d. HC/SC is contingent upon the Ladder in which the character is participating.
e. There is no limit to the number of characters a player can have, nor to the number of ladders a player is competing in.
f. Ladder registration is rolling and is open from the start of this post, until the Ladder has officially ended.
g. No characters may be created for the ladder until 1.13 final has been released.
[highlight]4. ITEMS/MULING[/highlight]
a. Forum approved muling programs may be used (ATMA/GoMule). All other external programs that interact with Diablo II are strictly prohibited.
b. Only items found during the ladder by ladder characters my be used by ladder characters.
c. Items are allowed to be moved from a player's ladder stash (or off of ladder characters) into their non-ladder stash (or onto non-ladder characters); however, after doing so, the player is prohibited from bringing the item back into his/her ladder stashes or onto his/her ladder characters.
d. Vanilla -> FAM item conversions are allowed; FAM -> Vanilla item conversions are prohibited.
e. ATMA Indestructible bugging is strictly prohibited.
f. HC -> SC (and vice versa) transfers are strictly prohibited; there is to be no interaction between the ladders.
g. Items trades are to take place within the SPF Trade Forum and adhere to all SPF trade rules, including posting a trade profile and paying attention to probation period requirements. Please designated "Ladder" within your thread title.
h. Hot-muling is prohibited on the Ladder. If you do hot-mule (in the case of a Gheed's), the item hot-muled must be immediately removed from the Ladder (stashes and characters). This is to allow hot-muling in general (in accordance with standard SPF procedure), while protecting the Ladder from being "tainted" by the practice. [highlight]Still up for discussion until the ladder goes live, but I think this is the best comprimise, so people don't "lose" their Gheed's and the ladder remains untainted.[/highlight]
[highlight]5. PLAYER INTERACTION[/highlight]
a. Characters may only interact with characters within their designated ladder (this includs Multiplayer (MP) and trading); however, see 5b for Vanilla/FAM concerns. Note that players must be registered within the given ladder before creating a character (and interacting with other ladder characters). Failure to specify each ladder in which you are competing will result in the disqualification of all characters (and items the character has found) from the respective ladder.
b. MP and Trading between Vanilla/FAM characters shall follow general SPF practice:
c. There are no level restrictions for MP.
d. Individual players are not allowed, in any way, to self-rush their own characters (note that players may only have one character per game as restricted by rule 2d). Players are however allowed to twink their new characters, provided the items meet all ladder restrictions.
e. There will be a Hamachi channel created specifically for the Ladder, as well as a thread within the MP forum. Please ensure that you are following rule 5a when participating in MP. The Hamachi network is: SPF_Ladder_1 (password: nobnet). More channels will be added as necessary.
f. All players are required to post/update their Trader Profile in the SPTF prior to interacting with other players, whether through Trading or MP.
g. For the sake of PvP, Vanilla characters may participate against FAM characters, so long as no experience is gained during the game (the host must pre-clear the Blood Moar), no quests are completed during the game, and Vanilla players are made aware of their inherit disadvantage.
[highlight]6. SCORING[/highlight]
a. The first character to reach level 99 within each ladder shall be declared the winner of the given ladder and award a prize to be determined at a later date (e.g. there will be two winner per ladder). If the ladder ends without a character reaching level 99 in any given ladder, the following point system shall be used:
b. Bonus points may be earned throughout the ladder by competing in Ladder-specific tournaments. See section 7 for a specific breakdown of Ladder-specific tournaments. These bonus points are tied to the character, not the player, and cannot be reapportioned.
c. Ladder characters are allowed to compete in other SPF tournaments, providing the tournament does not require the player to break any Ladder rules. Character shall receive 10 bonus points for 1st place, 5 bonus points for second place, and 2 bonus point for 3rd place within non-Ladder tournaments.
d. Specific Ladder-only tournaments will have their bonus point designation within their respective tournament thread.
[highlight]7. LADDER TOURNAMENTS[/highlight]
a. It is the intention of the ladder to have multiple tournments throughout its existence to provide some extra entertainment to the ladder. These will likely included PvP tournaments, mini-MFO's (either by time limit or period), and picture hunts, as well as any other ideas participants come up with.
b. The common prize for tournaments shall be PGems and/or runes. Each tournament will likely have a small entry fee; however, you are allowed to host tournaments that require no fee and give no prize. The first tournament (see 7d) shall have no entry fee.
c. Anyone may host a tournament. However, please post the idea for the tournament within this thread or via PM to me prior to creating the tournament in order to ensure that the tournament doesn't break any ladder rules, is fair to all ladder participants, and contains a reasonable points bonus or other prizes.
d. The first tournament will start on March 24th and run for approximately 1-month. This will be an untwinked MF tournament to create a strong incentive to pound Mephisto silly at the start of the ladder. Tournament signup is now open!
[highlight]8. WEBSITE[/highlight]
a. The website is located at https://diablo.novarius.net/. [highlight]You will get warned about my SSL security certificate; I'm using one I generated myself, on the server, instead of purchasing one for this use. I figure it's better to have a self-made certificate than none at all.[/highlight] The site currently supports many of the initiatives desired, but the website is still in development. It's a quick hash-together, not meant to be overly pretty (unless I decided to change this down the road), but meant for function. I'll be adding some more features, as outlined below, as I get time.
b. There will be a price-guide maintained for the Ladder in the spirit of Bassen's comprehensive guide. This will likely be created after the conclusion of the first Ladder tournament, if not later, to allow the market to stabilize somewhat.
c. There will be a location where players can sign in and upload their character files to facilitate the easy updating of the current ladder state. Character files will only be used to extract character name, level, and experience, and will not be stored on the server for any period of time.
d. Players will be able to generate signatures and avatars based upon their characters at any time.
e. Upload access shall be restricted until a user sends me a PM requesting upload access. This is to ensure that character-to-player relations are valid at all times. I will respond with a user name (your forum name) and random password (which can be changed at any time), allowing access to all features within the site. Viewing access is not restricted.
f. Once a week, likely a Sunday, I will update the Ladder thread with the latest scores. If you do not want to utilize the website for any reason, you may post all your current characters (and which ladder they are in), their level, experience, and scores within a single post and I will include it in the weekly post. Please don't post this information more than once a week, even if you have new characters. Only the top 25 characters will be listed.
[highlight]9. SIGNUPS[/highlight]
Anyone interested in signing up, please post below in the following format: [highlight]<forum name> <SC/HC> <FAM/Vanilla>[/highlight] (e.g. [highlight]mattinm SC FAM[/highlight]). You can post more information, just make sure your post ends with this designation so I can easily add you to the table. I'll be editing my post to add people to the tables, so please don't post them on your own. I don't want to clutter the thread.
SC Ladder (36)
HC Ladder (19)
Hello, all! Kefir-Tribe suggested the idea of an SPF ladder here, but is currently strapped for time to administer the ladder when 1.13 goes final on March 23rd. I've decided to step in and run the ladder, as well as add a few features onto my website that I think will be nice.
EDIT:
There has been a major overhaul with the layout, as well as the addition of the Timeframe, Scoring, and Ladder Tournaments sections. The information contained within is largely the same, except for the additions. I've taken the format unashamedly from Ohomemgrande's great ladder thread here: http://www.purediablo.com/forums/showthread.php?t=621288.
EDIT 2:
Please note that there is a fundamental change proposed: http://www.purediablo.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7473050#post7473050. Basically, it reduces the Ladder to two ladders (HC+SC), and allows the player to define individual characters as Vanilla/FAM within the ladder. This allows more player flexibility. In an attempt to still give Vanilla meaning, there will be two winners declared in each ladder: one for Vanilla, and one for FAM.
EDIT 3:
- The ladders have been condensed into only SC+HC (with one winner in each).
- The website has been published (feel free to start PM-ing me for passwords), but no character can be uploaded until 1.13 goes final.
- A decision has been made on hot-muling (4h); the topic is still up for debate, but I think this is how we'll go about it.
/EDIT
[highlight]Table of Contents[/highlight]
1. Timeframe
2. Versions/Mods
3. Characters
4. Items/Muling
5. Player Interaction
6. Scoring
7. Ladder Tournaments
8. Website
9. Signups
[highlight]1. TIMEFRAME[/highlight]
a. The ladder will officially begin on March 23rd, 2010, after the release of 1.13 final from Blizzard.
b. The ladder shall run for at minimum 6 months. After 6 months has passed, the ladder shall run until either:
1. Blizzard releases a new official patch (non-beta).
2. There is no activity within the ladder for more than 2 consecutive weeks.
2. There is no activity within the ladder for more than 2 consecutive weeks.
[highlight]2. VERSIONS/MODS[/highlight]
a. All characters must be started in 1.13 final, with no interaction with characters or items from previous version of Diablo II, nor with characters or items outside the ladder.
b. There shall be two (2) separate ladders: SC + HC.
c. For the sake of MP and Trading, all characters will be assumed FAM, unless specifically declared as Vanilla on creation. Please see section 3 for more information.
d. The use of a modified D2gfx.dll is allowed; however, you may only have one character in a game at any given time.
e. Standard SPF rules apply to command-line arguments and in-game commands, specifically the abuse of map seeds is prohibited.
[highlight]3. CHARACTERS[/highlight]
a. Characters are assumed FAM, unless specifically declared as Vanilla when first added to the ladder. Note that Vanilla/FAM associations are on a per-character basis, not a per-player basis. Please ensure that your Trader Profile is up-to-date with your character status if you intend to MP or Trade.
b. Vanilla character can be converted to FAM characters; however, FAM character are prohibited from becoming Vanilla characters.
c. There are no class nor build restrictions.
d. HC/SC is contingent upon the Ladder in which the character is participating.
e. There is no limit to the number of characters a player can have, nor to the number of ladders a player is competing in.
f. Ladder registration is rolling and is open from the start of this post, until the Ladder has officially ended.
g. No characters may be created for the ladder until 1.13 final has been released.
[highlight]4. ITEMS/MULING[/highlight]
a. Forum approved muling programs may be used (ATMA/GoMule). All other external programs that interact with Diablo II are strictly prohibited.
b. Only items found during the ladder by ladder characters my be used by ladder characters.
c. Items are allowed to be moved from a player's ladder stash (or off of ladder characters) into their non-ladder stash (or onto non-ladder characters); however, after doing so, the player is prohibited from bringing the item back into his/her ladder stashes or onto his/her ladder characters.
d. Vanilla -> FAM item conversions are allowed; FAM -> Vanilla item conversions are prohibited.
e. ATMA Indestructible bugging is strictly prohibited.
f. HC -> SC (and vice versa) transfers are strictly prohibited; there is to be no interaction between the ladders.
g. Items trades are to take place within the SPF Trade Forum and adhere to all SPF trade rules, including posting a trade profile and paying attention to probation period requirements. Please designated "Ladder" within your thread title.
h. Hot-muling is prohibited on the Ladder. If you do hot-mule (in the case of a Gheed's), the item hot-muled must be immediately removed from the Ladder (stashes and characters). This is to allow hot-muling in general (in accordance with standard SPF procedure), while protecting the Ladder from being "tainted" by the practice. [highlight]Still up for discussion until the ladder goes live, but I think this is the best comprimise, so people don't "lose" their Gheed's and the ladder remains untainted.[/highlight]
[highlight]5. PLAYER INTERACTION[/highlight]
a. Characters may only interact with characters within their designated ladder (this includs Multiplayer (MP) and trading); however, see 5b for Vanilla/FAM concerns. Note that players must be registered within the given ladder before creating a character (and interacting with other ladder characters). Failure to specify each ladder in which you are competing will result in the disqualification of all characters (and items the character has found) from the respective ladder.
b. MP and Trading between Vanilla/FAM characters shall follow general SPF practice:
i. Vanilla characters cannot MP with FAM characters, or vice versa (see 5g for the one exception).
ii. Vanilla -> FAM trades are allowed; FAM -> Vanilla trades are prohibited.
ii. Vanilla -> FAM trades are allowed; FAM -> Vanilla trades are prohibited.
c. There are no level restrictions for MP.
d. Individual players are not allowed, in any way, to self-rush their own characters (note that players may only have one character per game as restricted by rule 2d). Players are however allowed to twink their new characters, provided the items meet all ladder restrictions.
e. There will be a Hamachi channel created specifically for the Ladder, as well as a thread within the MP forum. Please ensure that you are following rule 5a when participating in MP. The Hamachi network is: SPF_Ladder_1 (password: nobnet). More channels will be added as necessary.
f. All players are required to post/update their Trader Profile in the SPTF prior to interacting with other players, whether through Trading or MP.
g. For the sake of PvP, Vanilla characters may participate against FAM characters, so long as no experience is gained during the game (the host must pre-clear the Blood Moar), no quests are completed during the game, and Vanilla players are made aware of their inherit disadvantage.
[highlight]6. SCORING[/highlight]
a. The first character to reach level 99 within each ladder shall be declared the winner of the given ladder and award a prize to be determined at a later date (e.g. there will be two winner per ladder). If the ladder ends without a character reaching level 99 in any given ladder, the following point system shall be used:
Code:
Level Score
1-80 1/Level (80 at 80)
81-90 2/Level (100 at 90)
91-93 3/Level (109 at 93)
94-96 5/Level (124 at 96)
97 8/Level (132 at 97)
98 12/Level (144 at 98)
99 20/Level (164 at 99)b. Bonus points may be earned throughout the ladder by competing in Ladder-specific tournaments. See section 7 for a specific breakdown of Ladder-specific tournaments. These bonus points are tied to the character, not the player, and cannot be reapportioned.
c. Ladder characters are allowed to compete in other SPF tournaments, providing the tournament does not require the player to break any Ladder rules. Character shall receive 10 bonus points for 1st place, 5 bonus points for second place, and 2 bonus point for 3rd place within non-Ladder tournaments.
d. Specific Ladder-only tournaments will have their bonus point designation within their respective tournament thread.
[highlight]7. LADDER TOURNAMENTS[/highlight]
a. It is the intention of the ladder to have multiple tournments throughout its existence to provide some extra entertainment to the ladder. These will likely included PvP tournaments, mini-MFO's (either by time limit or period), and picture hunts, as well as any other ideas participants come up with.
b. The common prize for tournaments shall be PGems and/or runes. Each tournament will likely have a small entry fee; however, you are allowed to host tournaments that require no fee and give no prize. The first tournament (see 7d) shall have no entry fee.
c. Anyone may host a tournament. However, please post the idea for the tournament within this thread or via PM to me prior to creating the tournament in order to ensure that the tournament doesn't break any ladder rules, is fair to all ladder participants, and contains a reasonable points bonus or other prizes.
d. The first tournament will start on March 24th and run for approximately 1-month. This will be an untwinked MF tournament to create a strong incentive to pound Mephisto silly at the start of the ladder. Tournament signup is now open!
[highlight]8. WEBSITE[/highlight]
a. The website is located at https://diablo.novarius.net/. [highlight]You will get warned about my SSL security certificate; I'm using one I generated myself, on the server, instead of purchasing one for this use. I figure it's better to have a self-made certificate than none at all.[/highlight] The site currently supports many of the initiatives desired, but the website is still in development. It's a quick hash-together, not meant to be overly pretty (unless I decided to change this down the road), but meant for function. I'll be adding some more features, as outlined below, as I get time.
b. There will be a price-guide maintained for the Ladder in the spirit of Bassen's comprehensive guide. This will likely be created after the conclusion of the first Ladder tournament, if not later, to allow the market to stabilize somewhat.
c. There will be a location where players can sign in and upload their character files to facilitate the easy updating of the current ladder state. Character files will only be used to extract character name, level, and experience, and will not be stored on the server for any period of time.
d. Players will be able to generate signatures and avatars based upon their characters at any time.
e. Upload access shall be restricted until a user sends me a PM requesting upload access. This is to ensure that character-to-player relations are valid at all times. I will respond with a user name (your forum name) and random password (which can be changed at any time), allowing access to all features within the site. Viewing access is not restricted.
f. Once a week, likely a Sunday, I will update the Ladder thread with the latest scores. If you do not want to utilize the website for any reason, you may post all your current characters (and which ladder they are in), their level, experience, and scores within a single post and I will include it in the weekly post. Please don't post this information more than once a week, even if you have new characters. Only the top 25 characters will be listed.
[highlight]9. SIGNUPS[/highlight]
Anyone interested in signing up, please post below in the following format: [highlight]<forum name> <SC/HC> <FAM/Vanilla>[/highlight] (e.g. [highlight]mattinm SC FAM[/highlight]). You can post more information, just make sure your post ends with this designation so I can easily add you to the table. I'll be editing my post to add people to the tables, so please don't post them on your own. I don't want to clutter the thread.
SC Ladder (36)
Code:
[b]Player Name[/b] [b]FAM/Vanilla[/b]
----------- -----------
Aconite FAM
ancalagon FAM
bcoe FAM
BabyLink FAM
BetaBlocker FAM
bobwilder FAM
Bizurker FAM
Colorless Green FAM
Colony FAM
Dukkha FAM
frozzzen FAM
Fyourics FAM
Helvete FAM
Jason Maher FAM
Jcakes FAM
Joosh FAM
Knuckleheads FAM
mattinm FAM
mulligan FAM
NacRuno FAM
NagisaFurukawa FAM
Nibiru- FAM
nubikoen FAM
Obdob FAM
Ohomemgrande FAM
RobbyD FAM
Rummski FAM
Skjoldmose FAM
Sparks FAM
Starloader FAM
sveinbjorn FAM
Vague FAM
ZeN FAM
Kefir-Tribe Vanilla
nepeta Vanilla
skiffcz Vanilla
skoolbus VanillaHC Ladder (19)
Code:
[b]Player Name[/b] [b]FAM/Vanilla[/b]
----------- -----------
Huriel FAM
inter FAM
Jason Maher FAM
sequana FAM
spigot FAM
spikewilbury FAM
TrailLeg FAM
Vildecor FAM
Bluechip Vanilla
Darkoooo Vanilla
DX-Crawler Vanilla
EmperorMoo Vanilla
jjscud Vanilla
mattinm Vanilla
nepeta Vanilla
nermind Vanilla
skoolbus Vanilla
Thomh Vanilla
XDoomasX Vanilla
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