f13.net forums - Horns & Hooves League: Hot Goat on Goat Action!

Coaches:
Avaia
Ruvaldt
Proudft
Strazos
IainC
Lamaros
Ingmar
Gruntle
HaemishM
Llyse

That makes ten. Sorry, Sky, we didn't need another to even up the numbers.

The Horns & Hooves league has been created and is now accepting applications. Look it up on the League Finder and apply with your team soon! Because of the limitations of the league creator, specifically its need for 12 teams in order to create a second division in all of the tournaments I tried, and lack of an alternative to round robin that would make a single division cup have a reasonable number of matches, I have created the league as an open tournament. I could have gone with a single division cup style tournament, but that would have required a ten game season, and I just don't think that is a good idea.

Matches, Points and Ranking: I will announce matches at the start of the season in a similar fashion as the D&M league once all sign-ups are made. The tournament will have six rounds followed by a championship match between the two highest ranked teams. Rank is determined by point accumulation with losses counting for 0 points, draws for 1 point and wins for 3 points. If a tie occurs at the end of the season superior position will be determined by casualties inflicted, as befitting the nature of the league. All matches will be 2:00 in length. Matches outside of those assigned by the league are not allowed. I will keep an updated roster of teams in this forum so that people can track their position in the tournament. Players need to announce the results of their games on the respective forum thread (Horns & Hooves Day 1, 2, etc.), and write-ups are preferred, but not required.

Minotaurs: From those who voted, the votes were 4 - 2 against minotaurs, and that isn't counting my own vote or those who were mostly indifferent but preferred not to have them. In accordance with those results we will not be allowing minotaurs in this season, but it is something we can revisit at a later time.

Skills: In order to foster variety some unique rules regarding skill choices will be enforced. Individual beastmen must advance their skills with a ratio of mutation to standard beastmen skills of 1:1. beastmen can choose a normal skill or a mutation skill as their first skill, and then must alternate back and forth between normal skills and mutation skills thereafter. Normal skills for beastmen are considered General and Strength. Stat increases, including movement and armor, and doubles from which beastmen choose Agility or Passing skills, will be considered neutral, and do not count toward the number of mutations or standard skills. Because this rule can not be enforced through the game itself, it will be enforced by the commissioner in the following way: if a team is found violating this rule the team's games will not be validated for as long as beastmen without the proper skill ratio exist on that team's roster.

For example:
Block, Extra Arms, Guard, Pass = OK. Normal skills alternate between a mutation and Pass can only be taken on a double so it is neutral.
Block, Guard, Mighty Blow = Not OK because there is not an alternation between normal skills and mutations.

These rules are mellower than the original proposal because I want coaches to have the ability to accentuate the versatility of beastmen, which is part of the point of the league.

The league will begin as soon as all coaches have signed up with their new teams and I make a Horns & Hooves Day 1 post.