HOML 3 Rules, Questions & Updates.

[tyronec]

OVERVIEW.
Participants will be split up into divisions of 5 players each.
Players will play a mirror match against each opponent in their division, so a total of 8 games.
Players select a Home army when they enter.
Players will play 2 Home mirror matches (4 games) with their home army on their chosen map type.
Players will play 2 Away mirror matches (4 games) against their opponents home army on their chosen map type, the player sets up the match and can choose ANY historical army opponent for the match.
Hopefully the system will encourage more players to select armies that are less commonly used.
Scoring will be on the Percentage difference at the end of the battle, there is no bonus for winning.

TIMELINE.
15th Oct - 9th Dec (8 weeks).
You can enter now, entries will be closed sometime before 14th October so that all the divisions are full.

SIGN UP
Sign up here for Ancients https://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=110089
Sign up here for Medieval https://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=110090
Players may enter one or both. You do not need to have played in the HOML in the past.

To sign up you have to submit your Home Army list and optionally a map set.
You can use any Ancient army, there are no restrictions.
You can use any Medieval army, there are no restrictions.
There are NO Allies.

You may not select an Army list that has already been chosen and you are requested to not use one that you used in a previous HOML. There are no restrictions on multiple armies of the same nationality as long as they are for different dates.
You must have all appropriate Ancient/Medieval DLCs to enter.

Players are committing to completing 8 games within the 8 week time period.
You must post one challenge in week one and your second challenge by week 5.

I am not sure how many entries I will accept, will see how the process goes and aim to terminate it with full divisions and some players in reserve.

DIVISIONS.
I will rank players into divisions accordingly to:
1.Their HOML ranking from season 2 (or 1).
2.Otherwise their DL/TDC ranking/score.
3.Otherwise will rank them as best I can.

There will be a table specifying which matches you play as a Home army and which as an Away army.

MATCHES.
All matches are Mirror match;
Ancients - 1600 points, Large/Wide map, Open Battle.
Medieval - 1200 points, Medium map, Open battle.
The Away player sets up the match. They can choose any historical opponent to the Home army EXCEPT that same army or their own Home army. This will allow for some Away armies to be outside of the given period - that is OK. If you leave ‘DATE’ and ‘GEOGRAPHICAL’ checked that will give you the list of valid armies that you can use. The Home player should check that their opponent has used a valid army, invalid matches will have to be replayed.
There are no Allies for either side.
Use the map that the Home army has selected, or ‘Pot Luck’ if they have not selected one.
So for example, the Home army is Irish (Bruce). The away army could be: Anglo-Irish, Irish, Breton, English, French or Scots of the appropriate dates.

Either of the two players can require a map reroll during deployment or on the first turn, so that is a maximum of two rerolls per match if both players separately request one. You can require your one map reroll even if your opponent is happy with the map that has come up. The Away player cannot change their mind about which army to use between rerolls. If you want a reroll just do it and reset up the match, you do not need to consult your opponent.

SCORING.
Loser: takes his points. Never more than 60.
Winner: takes 120 minus the loser's points. Never less than 60.
If a player resigns then they get their score at that point.
If a player defaults then it is scored 120:0
Note: this scoring is slightly different from the TDC, it benefits players who win battles while taking low losses.

Examples:
result: 40-15. points: 105-15
result: 60-35. points: 85-35
result: 60:50. points: 70:50

Draws. Each player gets their points scored, with a maximum of 60.
Examples:
result: 25-15. points: 25-15
result: 63:61. points: 60:60

The scoring is not ideal if a player resigns or worse defaults. The best resolution of this is for everyone to complete all of their games in good time.

CHALLENGES.
The Away player makes the challenges, you do not make a challenge as the home player because you don’t know what army your opponent will use.
When you make a challenge then post it in the thread and send a PM. I need a record of the challenges in the thread to keep track of progress in the competition, so please post them !

When setting up the matches password protect them. Use the comment field to indicate the opponent.
All challenges must be responded to within one week, either accept it or agree to accept it at a later date. Once a challenge has been accepted then the games should be played.
If your challenge is ignored then PM me.

If a challenge has been set up incorrectly but the match has been started then either player can abort it within the first couple of turns, or if both are fine to continue then that is OK.

MAPS.
When players enter the competition they may optionally select a map for their Home army. To select a map you need the Region (Med., N. Europe, Middle East, Tropical, Desert or Steppe) and the Type (Agricultural, Hilly, Wooded or Marshy - Mountain is excluded as it leads to maps being too restricted). For Tropical it is either with or without Marshy. Desert and Steppe have no type. The Regions for each army are listed below (this comes from the ARMYLIST.TXT file in the game)
If you do not select a map then ‘Pot Luck’ will be used.


So for example if you have a Carthaginian army the region is Mediterranean and you can select Agricultural, Hilly, Wooded or Marshy OR you could go with Pot Luck which I think gives 70% Agricultural and 10% Hilly/Wooded/Mountain.
If you have a Scythian army your choice is either Steppe or Pot Luck.
The map types for each nationality included in the sign up thread.

TIMLINESS
1.All players must post one Away match during week one and their second one by week five.
2. All challenges must be responded to within a week. The response can be to accept it OR that you will accept it within a given time frame.
3. Once a game has been started you should aim to complete it within a month, that means playing a move most days. All turns must be returned within three days, unless by prior notice.
Players would generally be expected to average a turn a day or if it suits faster.
If a player defaults then their opponent can claim a game by default.
If a player defaults on clause 1, or repeatedly on clauses 2 or 3 then they may be removed from the competition.
I will conduct checks to determine if the competition is progressing well enough. For that to function properly I need to have challenges posted in the thread and to know if any challenges have been ignored so please PM me if that is happening.

At the end of the competition if there are games outstanding then:
Players may agree that the game is complete on the present score OR one player may resign.
Any games still outstanding will be adjudicated, in which case one or both players may be adjudged to be in default.

There is no good resolution to players not completing matches, I would appeal to all participants to play in a timely manner and if they see that they are not going to be able to complete a game then it is preferable to resign that to just disappear.



Historical Opponents Mirror League Season 2

Season 1 went down well so have expanded to include two periods.

In this competition you get to play 4 mirror matches - 8 games over 8 weeks.
You play two of the mirror matches with your chosen Home army on your chosen map type.
You play two of the mirror matches with an Away army against your opponents chosen army on their chosen map type. The way the historical part comes in is that you can only pick your Away army from the list of possible historical armies that the game provides for that opponent.

Because they are all mirror matches there are going to be more armies from the list that will be viable to play with. A good chance to try something different.

The league will have divisions of 5 players, ranked according to past performance.

There are two periods, Classical Antiquity and Later Medieval.

Dates are 9th May - 4th July (8 weeks), set to run between TDC season 1 and 2.

Last seasons results:
https://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewto ... &start=140
https://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewto ... 6&start=80

[anderarcos11]

To register, in this same post?

[tyronec]

To register, in this same post?

Sign up threads just set up.

[tyronec]

Sublime Porte is due out on the 15th. There are many new nationalities, will update the map set list after the DLC comes out so if you want to use one of those armies best to hold off until I have done that.

[tyronec]

Sublime Porte map sets included for Medieval.
With some players using these armies you will need the DLC to participate.