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The '''World Amateur Mahjong League''' is a Tenhou.net league hosted by [[Osamuko]]. | The '''World Amateur Mahjong League''' (WAML) is a Tenhou.net league hosted by [[Osamuko]]. | ||
== History == | |||
=== First iteration === | |||
The first iteration of WAML was a participative league where players took part in playing as many games as possible in order to compete in a running tally with other players. Those who played often were readily near the top, as well as players with great averages. Seasons 0 through 3 lasted from November 2012 to June 2013. In 8 months, WAML encouraged the playing of 7244 hanchan in Lobby 7447 alone. | |||
Eventually, there were issues with both participation, the intended goals and the back-end coding that led to the end of WAML as it was then. | |||
=== Current (second) iteration === | |||
Plans are underway to revive WAML as a more league-like structure, resembling leagues run by JPML and NPM Kyoukai, with a few obvious differences accounting to the global nature of the player base. With a planned start for April 2015, players will engage in 6 sessions of 4 hanchan each, in groups of 4 or 5 players for each session. Rankings, league divisions and even dan points are to be featured in the new iteration. | |||
== Procedure == | |||
Players will start in the lowest division, and will complete assigned matches within two-week intervals. Players may also freely engage in future sessions' matches, as long as they endeavour to complete their required matches in time. | |||
=== Session dates and times === | |||
Sessions will start with the first matches due the first weekend of April/July/October/January containing a Saturday. The specific time limit is the first Sunday (2nd to 8th) at 00:00 UTC, which equates to Saturday (1st to 7th) at 19:00 Eastern Standard Time, or 20:00 Eastern Daylight Time. Any group has until then to '''start''' playing their games. Future sessions are due for 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 weeks after. | |||
=== Scoring === | |||
Players will record the scores of their matches, as played directly on Tenhou.net or live with Tenhou standard ari-ari rules and will be tallied. | |||
=== Dan points === | |||
Players in WAML will be designated to have earned the rank of 1-dan. At the end of a season, players are then awarded dan points according to their power ranking. 500 points are necessary to earn the rank of 2-dan. 1000 more for 3-dan, doubling for each successive dan level. | |||
=== League divisions === | |||
Players will be placed in a single division for Season 1 (Bronze). Should a sufficient number of participants be available for Season 2, the top 10 shall be placed in a new Silver division. Future divisions would include Gold, Platinum, and Diamond, should we reach that level. Higher divisions may benefit from a padded bonus to their dan points awarded. | |||
{| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
|- | |||
! Division !! Max Bronze !! Max Silver !! Max Gold !! Max Platinum !! Max Diamond | |||
|- | |||
| Bronze || 13+ || 18+ || 26+ || 34+ || 42+ | |||
|- | |||
| Silver || --- || 10 || 18 || 26 || 34 | |||
|- | |||
| Gold || --- || --- || 10 || 18 || 26 | |||
|- | |||
| Platinum || --- || --- || --- || 10 || 18 | |||
|- | |||
| Diamond || --- || --- || --- || --- || 10 | |||
|} | |||
=== Penalties for absences === | |||
Players who do not complete their matches in time and who are not present to finish at the deadline will suffer a penalty to their scores, consisting of: | |||
* -10% points earned over the season; | |||
* +10% points lost over the season; | |||
* -100 dan points. | |||
If a player would finish a season with +20 points, but won +150 and lost -130 in various hanchan, the actual point penalty would be -15 and -13, a subtotal of -28, giving a player a total of -8 points. | |||
=== Player requirements === | |||
A player must submit by the deadline (March 15 for Season 1) the following: | |||
* An avatar (minimum size to be determined, 150x150 seems to be the accepted format). | |||
* Their current Tenhou.net name. | |||
* Their handle or pseudonym, the short handle must not contain more than 16 characters or 12 full-width characters. The short handle refers to what the player is comfortable with being called. Examples of acceptable handles are: | |||
** Senechal | |||
** 'Senechal' Duhaut ''(use single quotes for the usual part, only that will show in rankings)'' | |||
** Senechal "Trundle" Duhaut ''(use double quotes for an actual pseudonym)'' | |||
** DeShaun "sixteencharacter" Johnson ''(very long example, as long as it isn't abusive and the quoted section complies)'' | |||
== Broadcasting plans == | |||
While this is still tentative, the goal is to be able to record, replay, and comment league matches for broadcasting on Twitch or uploading later to Youtube. | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||