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JonStitcher: /* League structure */

2025-11-09T18:46:02Z

League structure

JonStitcher at 13:00, 13 October 2025

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2023-05-20T23:17:59Z

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2023-05-20T12:21:24Z

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2023-05-20T12:15:31Z

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JonStitcher: /* Organising matches */

2023-05-20T12:13:41Z

Organising matches

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2023-05-20T12:12:13Z

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Admin: Reverted edits by Admin (talk) to last revision by JonStitcher

2023-04-17T12:11:29Z

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JonStitcher: /* League structure */

2023-03-27T10:47:11Z

League structure

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 #The winner of each match receives 4 league points. The player who finishes in 2nd place receives 3 league points, the player in 3rd place 2 points, and the player in 4th place gets 1 point.
 #If a player misses one of their games during the first six weeks, he or she will be awarded 1 point and will be judged to have answered zero questions correctly. If a player misses a 2nd game (other than in exceptional circumstances) that player will be disqualified from the knockout stages. Any player missing multiple matches in a season may be disqualified from future seasons depending on the circumstances and this will be decided at the sole discretion of the organising team.
 ##After 6 weeks of matches, players will be ranked into groups of 16. The top 16 players will play for the Tier 1 title, the next 16 for the Tier 2 title, and so on. From this point on, the matches will be knock outs, with the top 2 players progressing to the next round, until we get to the final of each Tier; the winners of these finals will be awarded the Tier title.
 #Players eliminated during the knockout stages will play placement matches, meaning that everyone will play nine games.

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 #Once a game has started, the missing player may not join and will be considered absent from that match. Should a player be struggling to make an arranged time, he/she can arrange for the match to be played at another time if the other players can agree on a new time. If the players cannot agree a new time, then the game will go on as originally arranged without that player.
 #If a game is played with only 2 or 3 players the game will play as follows. The match should proceed as normal until it is time for the absent players questions to be asked. The reader will announce who is first in the bonus line and that player has a maximum of 15 seconds in which to answer or pass. Should they answer correctly they receive the point and the host moves on to the next question, again announcing who is first in line. If they answer and are wrong then a bonus attempt is noted and it is passed down the line. The next player has 3 seconds to answer plus any of the 15 seconds which the first player did not use. If they also pass or are incorrect then the final player also has 3 seconds to answer plus any of the 15 seconds which was not used by the first two players. The scoring is altered slightly for short handed matches. Players still receive, 4, 3, 2 and 1 points for their finish position and their own correct answers remain as they were, however, total points and bonus points are scaled down by a factor of 0.75 to account for the extra bonus attempts allowed by the empty seat. In two player matches these are scaled down by a factor of 0.5.
 #Should a player miss a game they will receive 1 league point and 0 for all the other stats. Should a player miss more than 1 game in a season then they will not be permitted to qualify through the first of the knock out stages. They will be allowed to play all their matches but the highest position in which they can finish in their tier is 9th. This is because any player who misses two or more games will likely end up in a tier much lower than their actual ability. OQL reserves the right to refuse entry to future events to any player who misses multiple games in one season.
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 #Once a game has started, the missing player may not join and will be considered absent from that match. Should a player be struggling to make an arranged time, he/she can arrange for the match to be played at another time if the other players can agree on a new time. If the players cannot agree a new time, then the game will go on as originally arranged without that player.
 #If a game is played with only 2 or 3 players the game will play as follows. The match should proceed as normal until it is time for the absent players questions to be asked. The reader will announce who is first in the bonus line and that player has a maximum of 15 seconds in which to answer or pass. Should they answer correctly they receive the point and the host moves on to the next question, again announcing who is first in line. If they answer and are wrong then a bonus attempt is noted and it is passed down the line. The next player has 3 seconds to answer plus any of the 15 seconds which the first player did not use. If they also pass or are incorrect then the final player also has 3 seconds to answer plus any of the 15 seconds which was not used by the first two players. The scoring is altered slightly for short handed matches. Players still receive, 4, 3, 2 and 1 points for their finish position and their own correct answers remain as they were, however, total points and bonus points are scaled down by a factor of 0.75 to account for the extra bonus attempts allowed by the empty seat. In two player matches these are scaled down by a factor of 0.5.
-#Should a player miss a game they will receive 1 league point and 0 for all the other stats. Should a player miss more than 1 game in a season then they will not be permitted to qualify through the first of the knock out stages. They will be allowed to play all their matches but the highest position in which they can finish in their tier is 9th. This is because any player who misses two or more games will likely end up in a tier much lower than their actual ability. OQL reserves the right to refuse entry to future events to any player who misses multiple games in one season without a valid reason.
+#Should a player miss a game they will receive 1 league point and 0 for all the other stats. Should a player miss more than 1 game in a season then they will not be permitted to qualify through the first of the knock out stages. They will be allowed to play all their matches but the highest position in which they can finish in their tier is 9th. This is because any player who misses two or more games will likely end up in a tier much lower than their actual ability. OQL reserves the right to refuse entry to future events to any player who misses multiple games in one season.
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 #Once a game has started, the missing player may not join and will be considered absent from that match. Should a player be struggling to make an arranged time, he/she can arrange for the match to be played at another time if the other players can agree on a new time. If the players cannot agree a new time, then the game will go on as originally arranged without that player.
 #If a game is played with only 2 or 3 players the game will play as follows. The match should proceed as normal until it is time for the absent players questions to be asked. The reader will announce who is first in the bonus line and that player has a maximum of 15 seconds in which to answer or pass. Should they answer correctly they receive the point and the host moves on to the next question, again announcing who is first in line. If they answer and are wrong then a bonus attempt is noted and it is passed down the line. The next player has 3 seconds to answer plus any of the 15 seconds which the first player did not use. If they also pass or are incorrect then the final player also has 3 seconds to answer plus any of the 15 seconds which was not used by the first two players. The scoring is altered slightly for short handed matches. Players still receive, 4, 3, 2 and 1 points for their finish position and their own correct answers remain as they were, however, total points and bonus points are scaled down by a factor of 0.75 to account for the extra bonus attempts allowed by the empty seat. In two player matches these are scaled down by a factor of 0.5.
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 #If a player has not arrived by the designated start time, the QM is instructed to wait 10 minutes before starting the match; that can be extended to 15 minutes with the agreement of the other players (but there is no expectation that players should agree to this if it is inconvenient).
 #Once a game has started, the missing player may not join and will be considered absent from that match. Should a player be struggling to make an arranged time, he/she can arrange for the match to be played at another time if the other players can agree on a new time. If the players cannot agree a new time, then the game will go on as originally arranged without that player.
-#If a game is played with only 3 players the game will play as follows. The match should proceed as normal until it is time for the absent players questions to be asked. The reader will announce who is first in the bonus line and that player has a maximum of 15 seconds in which to answer or pass. Should they answer correctly they receive the point and the host moves on to the next question, again announcing who is first in line. If they answer and are wrong then a bonus attempt is noted and it is passed down the line. The next player has 3 seconds to answer plus any of the 15 seconds which the first player did not use. If they also pass or are incorrect then the final player also has 3 seconds to answer plus any of the 15 seconds which was not used by the first two players. The scoring is altered slightly for short handed matches. Players still receive, 4, 3, 2 and 1 points for their finish position and their own correct answers remain as they were, however, total points and bonus points are scaled down by a factor of 0.75 to account for the extra bonus attempts allowed by the empty seat. In two player matches these are scaled down by a factor of 0.5.
+#If a game is played with only 2 or 3 players the game will play as follows. The match should proceed as normal until it is time for the absent players questions to be asked. The reader will announce who is first in the bonus line and that player has a maximum of 15 seconds in which to answer or pass. Should they answer correctly they receive the point and the host moves on to the next question, again announcing who is first in line. If they answer and are wrong then a bonus attempt is noted and it is passed down the line. The next player has 3 seconds to answer plus any of the 15 seconds which the first player did not use. If they also pass or are incorrect then the final player also has 3 seconds to answer plus any of the 15 seconds which was not used by the first two players. The scoring is altered slightly for short handed matches. Players still receive, 4, 3, 2 and 1 points for their finish position and their own correct answers remain as they were, however, total points and bonus points are scaled down by a factor of 0.75 to account for the extra bonus attempts allowed by the empty seat. In two player matches these are scaled down by a factor of 0.5.
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 ===Organising matches===
 #Draws will take place on Sunday evenings and will normally been streamed live on Facebook. Players will be officially informed of their opponents following the draw and will need to organise their match for some time prior to the following Sunday night (games can be played early on Sunday, but must be completed by 7.30pm UK time). Players should be as flexible as possible to try to ensure that a suitable time can be found for all players.
 #Players will then request a QM via the website. Once someone has agreed to read, the QM will need to arrange a Zoom call for the match to be played. A scoring tool will be used by the QM which will automatically submit the results to the administration team. Please check that these scores are correct.
 #If you have played your match that week then you are free to read any games for the rest of the week. Reading a match will see you receive a £2.50 credit, which can be redeemed against any future OQL fees. This credit is not capped, so if you read often enough you could find yourself quizzing for life for free with OQL!

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 ===League structure===
 #The winner of each match receives 4 league points. The player who finishes in 2nd place receives 3 league points, the player in 3rd place 2 points, and the player in 4th place gets 1 point.
-#If a player misses one of their games during the first six weeks, he or she will be awarded 1 point and will be judged to have answered zero questions correctly. If a player misses a 2nd game (other than in exceptional circumstances) that player will be disqualified from the knockout stages.
+#If a player misses one of their games during the first six weeks, he or she will be awarded 1 point and will be judged to have answered zero questions correctly. If a player misses a 2nd game (other than in exceptional circumstances) that player will be disqualified from the knockout stages. Any player missing multiple matches in a season may be disqualified from future seasons depending on the circumstances and this will be decided at the sole discretion of the organising team.
 #The first week will be seeded, with each match containing one seed and three non-seeds.
 ##In weeks two and three, players will play against other players in their half of the leaderboard. In weeks four, five, and six players will play against others in their quarter of the leaderboard.