@Japhet I've just found out that Zizka's leader promotion and relegation system is not that great.
If I start in even group (B, D, F, H, J) I can play only with players from these groups for eternity unless I lose in J or win in A. The same of course applies also for odd groups.
In season 1 all players who started in even groups play in even groups. In season 2 all these players move to odd groups, in season 3 they are back in even groups, etc.

    4 days later

    pajada Yes, of course. It would be better to play groups of three, two games each, one goes up, one goes down, one remains, for example.

      14 days later

      Interesting point, pajada! But there is another way in which you can have more variety which is if your previous opponent wins in group 1 or loses in group 10. In fact if they lose in group 10, they are out next round.

      But that said, this is a good argument for keeping the group size small. Otherwise there are more players stuck in the middle playing the same 2 opponents.

      Update for this round: I'm finally enforcing the rule mentioned about losing in group 10. Pelej lost for a 3rd time and I would like fresh blood in here 😃 Welcome, Firedart.

        8 days later
        20 days later

        @Japhet I think there is no progress in group 7 because of a time out. Maybe you can do something about this.

          Thanks Weidenbaum and congrats on your win. It appears that LaoHuang timed out and khyung did not finish the match with the AI right away. It's all taken care of now. In the future if your opponent times out, please finish, abandon, or resign right away so that the ladder can continue (you get the win no matter what you do).

          treitze will take LaoHuang's place in rung 8.

            19 days later

            Hey folks, I need to retire from async games. I've had a ton of fun but I feel like it's time to move on and experience life without this game buzzing around in my head all day. 😆 I will coordinate the next round myself but after that I am looking for someone who is willing to take over as admin here. It's pretty easy. Just 12 Rungs to seed every couple weeks and I can share a spreadsheet I made to make it easier. If you're interested, please reply here and I'll get in touch.

              8 days later

              The round has begun! If anyone wants to continue the ladder after this point, let me know and I'll make you admin. Good luck to all.

                14 days later

                I took over organization of this tournament from Japhet. If you will have any questions, suggestions, etc. please send them to my email pajada@gmail.com

                  How much extra time was there fore each game? I remember doing my turn yesterday and noticing I had 35 hours of extra, and just saw now that I've timed out. Apologies if I just read it wrong and took to long to do my turn!

                    _Melkor there is 36h of reserve for each Age. _Melkor would you like to continue playing in this tournament?

                        pajada OK, thats really weird. I was pretty sure I had 35 minutes of reserve at maybe 12 o clock one day (my only doubt was that if there was only 12 hours of reserve, I would of course have remembered wrong), then did my turn, and then 5 o clock the next day I notice I've timed out.

                        Yeah, I would if possible. Sorry about the time out.

                            17 days later

                            Merry Christmas everyone! I will not start next round earlier than on January 2.

                              6 months later
                              13 days later

                              Firedart I stopped. Are you willing to take over? I would be very glad.

                                  4 days later

                                  Hi all, I've taken over from Pajada for now - new games have just been launched. Good luck!

                                  10 days later

                                  Congratulations to @Weidenbaum for winning his 8th title and becoming joint top winner with @pajada. We say goodbye to Luigino71 as he timed out, and welcome @Daemon3142 into the bottom rung as his replacement. The new games have been launched. Good luck!

                                  18 days later

                                  Well done to @chumchu for winning his first title! New games have just been launched. Good luck all!

                                    a month later