LIKE’S LOONIES MEMBERS INFORMATION

Welcome to the Like’s Loonies!!! We are so happy that you have joined us. We look forward to playing with you in tourneys and getting to know you. We have lots of different tourney games to enjoy and we are always looking to add more as we grow. This league is all about you, the players. If it wasn’t for the players there would be no league. You are all very important!!

The following information will help you to understand our league better and how the tournaments work. Our league welcomes everyone and we work to make everyone feel welcome and comfortable. You will notice that our staff uses player’s pogo names. There are a couple of reasons for this. First, we want everyone to know whom we are talking to in the course of a tournament. Second, we want everyone to feel like they belong and are welcome. If first names are used it’s hard to keep track of who someone is talking to and makes some feel like they are not included. So please use pogo names while in a tournament.

REGISTERING FOR A TOURNAMENT Now that you have joined the league the next step is registering for a tournament. You will go to the calendar at www.myleague.com/loonies. You will find the calendar there for the day. Then you will go to the time and date that you wish to play and click on the host’s name. Then click on “register”. Then put in your name and password and check the box that says you understand the rules and click register at the bottom of the box. If you have done this correctly, it will say that you have registered successfully and what your registration number is. You’re set and ready to play in a tournament.

Now you need to get to the room that the tournament is being held in. To do this, look at the tourney calendar and under the hosts name you will see location. This tells you step by step how to get to the tourney. You will find the game, the tab or type of game and then the room name.

BUX When you register for a tournament you will be charged “bux” to play. If there is not a charge for the tournament that means that the host is new and is in the process of completing their 10 tournaments before they can charge. Initial bux are determined by the number of boxes you checked while registering for the league. You obtain more bux by winning a tournament or by winning at least one round in a swiss tournament. You can also win bux by playing chat games during a tournament. You can also increase your bux by becoming a premium member. There are three levels of premium memberships available, gold, platinum and diamond. The gold membership gives you 2 times the bux, the platinum give you 4 times the bux and the diamond gives you 6 times the bux. During a tournament when you see the host award more bux to someone who placed lower than you it will be because they are a premium member. You can find out more about the premium memberships by clicking on membership info under account on the left hand side. You can find out how many bux you have by clicking on the find player and putting in your name. If you want to play in a tournament and do not have enough ladder bux, go to the room that the tournament is being held in and ask the host to help you. If you realize that you are short on bux and just need some to be able to play in a future tourneys, please email like at likeicare1959@msn.com

TOURNAMENTS Tournaments are conducted differently depending on the game. Some of the tournaments are timed. This will be in 10 minute increments with the exception of It’s Outta Here, it is 15 mins. Other games are until a winner is determined. You will be paired at the beginning of a round against another league member. The person who wins the round advances to the next round until a winner is determined. The other type of tournament we conduct is a swiss tournament. This is a tournament where you will play all rounds, win or loose. As long as you win one round you will receive a bux award. We also do 2vs2 tournaments. In these tournaments you are randomly paired with another player and both your scores count towards the round total. You will receive a password in an email from cases for these tournaments. The passwords are used in tournament where you pick your partner and we do not have those tournaments. So please just disregard the email. The host will run the rules for all of these tournaments before the tourney starts. After the hosts closes the tournament they will give out pairings in chat. Some tournaments will require you to give your token amount, which the host will ask for at that time. When you give your token count at the beginning of a round you will also give it at the end of the round. Some tournaments require you to keep track of your scores. Please pay attention to the chat. This is very important. This is how the host will communicate with league members to give you rules, time the rounds, get your token amount and award bux.

BYES Tournaments are set up in brackets of 4, 8 and 16 players. If there are any other combination of players in the tournament then there be byes. Byes are assigned by Cases when there is not someone to play against that round. They are usually only in the first round, but can also be in other rounds as well. A bye means that you will automatically advance to the next round. You may choose to play or not play the game or the extra chat game if there is one for that round. Watch the chat and the host will let you know when you will be playing and against whom. Byes are determined by Cases after the host closes the tournament. The host has several ways to set up the tournament. It can be set up randomly, by registration number, by rating, and rank. The hosts will mix up the way that they set up their tournaments and not always do it the same way so that you are not always playing against the same person. After a tournament has been closed and started you can go to the Like’s Loonies site and go back to the same page that you registered for the tournament and click on standings and see the brackets for that tournament and how they are set up. It will be the same format as the host is using to conduct the tournament. This is very helpful to show you the format of a tournament.

TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS (TOC) This tournament is conducted once a month and if you win one tournament in the previous month you are eligible for the TOC. You will receive an email if you are invited to this tournament. To play you just go to the calendar and click on the hosts name. Instead of clicking on register you will click on “teams/check-in”. You do not need to register for this tournament because the host has already registered you when the tournament is set up. All you do is find your name in the drop down box and put in your password and you’re ready.

BIRTHDAYS AND PICTURES If you would like to have your picture and birthday added to the main page please email like at likeicare1959@msn.com. Make sure to include the information you would like in the caption under the picture and your league name.

FIND PLAYER The “find player” button allows you to look up any of the league members and see all of their statistical information such as where they are in the standings, their rating, how many bux they have available, how many tournaments they have won or lost and lots more. You can also look up yourself to see where you are in the stats and to check how many bux you have.

We are always trying out new things and different ways to run the tourneys. We want all of you to not get bored and most of all to have fun!! If you have any suggestions, comments or concerns, please let like or meha know. We always want you to feel like you can discuss anything that is on your mind. If you have any questions at all please ask any of our staff members and they will be glad to help you.