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FAQ Menu Ladder How does the Socom Battles ladder work? What is considered a glitch? How do I include my Socom Battles rank on my website? League How many teams are in the league? When we lose how do we report it to the league? How will the schedule be made? How will the playoffs work? How do we know who our clan(s) is playing for the week? How do i get in contact with the clan(s) we are playing for the week? How much time does our clan have to do the scheduled match(es)? What if a match needs a referee? I have a problem with a clan or player where do i bitch and moan about it? The clan we were supposed to play didnt show up when we scheduled it for...what do we do? The clan we just played didnt report the loss, now what? A clan in our division just disbanded, now what? Does our clan have to use the rosters we have set on the ladder? Matches What to do if a team does not report their loss? Ladder How does the Socom Battles ladder work? Each clan starts out with 0 XP and at Level 1. The level a clan is at is simply a representation of how much XP a clan has aquired. A clan can earn XP by competing in matches. If a clan wins a match they are given a certain amount of XP. The XP allotted or subtracted from the clan is determined by the difference in levels between the clans. For example if a higher ranked team beats a lower ranked team they get a lower amount of XP then if they beat a higher ranked team. In the same way, the lower ranked teams loses less XP then if they lose to a lower ranked clan. There are a few additional rules that make for a fair ladder. One, the higher ranked clans must compete in a certain amount of matches a week or they will lose XP. Also, you can't challenge a clan that is more than 9 levels above or below your clans level. This is to keep a little bit of order in the challenges. If you don't understand the above, just trust us, the system works. And it is a much more "fair" system than other ladder systems where you have to be the #2 clan to become the #1, etc... We feel this ladder will promote more competitivness because of this fact. Chart 1: Levels Chart 2: XP Gain/Loss Back to top What is considered a glitch? Entering wall in hallway on DeathTrap. Blizzard terrorists base roof. Roof on FrostFire. Abandoned window can't drop from mountain into window. Being inside a box on FrostFire. Hiding behind a wall where you can see but others cant. Soft spots on Bitter Jungle. Rocks on right side terrorists on Bitter Jungle. Small hills on seals side in Bitter Jungle. Boxes on garage in Desert Glory can't be inside these boxes these are glitches. Can't be inside stairs at seals start point impossible to enter without a glitch. Can't enter through any solid material that you cant normally get in on any map. Night Stalker can't enter wall beside shack at terrorists start point. Can't enter wall on left side terrorists start point. Can't jump on building behind bomb house on Night Stalker you have to have to use roof glitch when you jump to get on it. It is not accessible any other way. On Rats Nest can't hide in any solid boxes or walls. Can't jump onto ledge at seals start point on the wall at door entrance on Rats Nest. This is a glitch too. If blown off the wall you will be knocked into wall. Can't jump from bridge on Rats Nest onto the cave support. On Bitter Jungle can't get on terrorists base roof impossible without a glitch or code (GameSharks or Codebreakers). Claymores can't be used to jump in otherwise inaccessible places. On Rats Nest beginning of seals on right side on ladder to bridge to terrorist side. On FrostFire beginning of seals on right side on ladder on green tower. Planting claymores in water. Back to top How do I include my Socom Battles rank on my website? Paste the following HTML anywhere into your webpage to automatically display your Socom Battles rank: <a href="http://www.socombattles.com/stats.php?id=0" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.socombattles.com/cgi-bin/myrank.cgi?id=0" border="0"></a> The only thing that needs to be changed are the two places where it says ..."?id=0"..., that should be the ID of the clan you want to see the rank for (ie. ?id=25). Back to top League How many teams are in the league? There are 40 teams in the SBL. 20 clans will be put in the NSC (National Socom Conference) and the remaining 20 clans will be placed in the ASC (American Socom Conference). There will be 4 divisions....East, West, South and North. In these divisions there will be 5 clans. Back to top When we lose how do we report it to the league? You email your commish with the results. You will also report it into the socombattles.com ladders. A loss in the league is also a loss in the ladders. Back to top How will the schedule be made? All clans will play each clan in their respective conference once during the regular season....totaling 19 matches. The schedule will follow a 1-2-1 format. That is one week you will only play one match, the next week you will play 2 matches, the next week 1 match...so on and so forth. At the end of the regular season the playoffs will begin. Back to top How will the playoffs work? Each conference will have 6 playoff teams. These 6 teams will include 4 division winners and 2 wild card teams.....the playoffs will be the same as the NFL. Wild Card teams are determined by overall win-loss record.....tiebreakers will be used in case of a tie for a wild card spot. Back to top How do we know who our clan(s) is playing for the week? All matches for the week will be posted on the league site Monday morning. Back to top How do i get in contact with the clan(s) we are playing for the week? You go into the ladder and find the leaders e-mail or AIM and you schedule the match just as you would for a regular ladder match. Back to top How much time does our clan have to do the scheduled match(es)? The schedule for the week will be up on Monday morning, you must email the results of the match(es) to the commish of your respective conference.....either OddJob or Cosa by Monday morning to give some slack to the West Coast clans. If the results are not turned in by monday morning BOTH clans will recieve a loss and will get a red flag. So make sure you report what happens. Back to top What if a match needs a referee? The game will be made a 7 on 7 match to make room for the Ref. Basically a game will only need to be reffed if a clan is being monitored or a clan makes a special request for a ref. Back to top I have a problem with a clan or player where do i bitch and moan about it? Please dont bring it into the forums.....email your commishioner and the problem will be handled internally. To save yourself and your clan any embarassment please use email and not the forums for everybody to see. Back to top The clan we were supposed to play didnt show up when we scheduled it for...what do we do? After your clan has waited the mandatory 30 minutes....you need to email your commish ASAP to explain the situation. Back to top The clan we just played didnt report the loss, now what? Email your commish ASAP....please dont bring it into the forums. Back to top A clan in our division just disbanded, now what? If a clan disbands.....the league office will do its best to replace that team with a backup. If a backup cannot be found in a resonable amount of time the team that they were scheduled against for that week will get an automatic victory. Back to top Does our clan have to use the rosters we have set on the ladder? Yes, you must have all members of your clan registered on the socombattles.com ladders. NO RINGERS. Back to top Matches What to do if a team does not report their loss? Not reporting a loss is an extreme violation of the SocomBattles rules as well as it is just unethical gaming. If a clan does not report their loss simply contact the appropriate admin for that ladder. You will need to provide the admin with the ID's of both teams as well as optionally providing any statistical information like total number of kills, hostages rescued or bases destroyed per player. Back to top Copyright © 2003, SocomBattles