well i will never have to go there then

Hmmm... we are working developing something similar mainly focused on clans however. I will have to investigate.

UPDATE: Wow rather commercial. About 1/3 of my page is dedicated for purchasing shirts (expensive ones at that) not my cup of tea. Sorry brother.

the situation with the league is that the adverts are there providing money to myleague.com. Once we have a big enough following, i can buy out the site, and pay for it, and then alter any advertising within it.

for the service to be free, myleague.com need to have some source of income for the league, and it is a very small cost to pay for an excellent league system, with tournaments built in and (in the future) it's own personal forum. we just need people to register for it, free of cost, and play in the tournaments to get acquainted with the league. Having done so, you will be able to see your tournament record, and will get a ranking along with all the other people who are playing in the tournament. i'm sure you won't regret it!

the point in me setting up this league before release was so that we could have a try with it, and get used to it, and maybe continue using it in the future. if you have a better system set up and ready to go then that's fine, give us the URL and let's all go give it a try.
i am not at all associated with myleague and personally do not get anything back from you guys signing up. in theory, all that signing up does to me is mean i have more work to do it keeping the league going, and i get no money for doing that.

signing up for the league i have set up has no disadvantages, you can sign up and then only play in the tournaments, or maybe not even play in them. right now i have set up a league for no cost to anyone that signs up, and if you only don't want to use it because by doing so you are giving money to another company, then that's your loss, that didn't hold me back when i signed up to the Civilization myleague ladder, which 2 months after release had 90% of the multiplayer community signed up.

you say you are skeptical, but what of? i have been a member of the civilization 4 myleague site for almost 3 years and i have had no problems whatsoever there, and i am more than glad that i signed up as without it the multiplayer community would probably have gone down a year or so ago, but it remains strong.

i think that you should give my system a go, we have a good 2 weeks before release, that's maybe 2 or 3 tournaments and if you still are skeptical of it then i will disband it. if you give it a go, and like it, we can talk about merging systems together etc. to get one community site that everyone is happy with!

Please dont take my comments as disparaging remarks about you or your intent. I have simply seem so many gamers taken for a ride over the years that I got sick of it and decided to set up my own service package which I foot the bill for 100% and have been doing so for nearly five years to various degrees.

Regarding the system if is works well and we have full control over it as well as domain references then it just may be the thing we need since it is ready made and our system is still in the prealpha stage yet and I dont expect it to become somethign 100% anytime soon due to school concerns (first priority for all the people working with me on stuff) and learning issues with the coders.

I've had experience with myleague before, 1Spartan, it's pretty good for what it is... though last time I was there it still sends your password as Get data appended to the URL



And IC has been promising that Sins will have a built in Ranking/Matchmaking system since 2005 so any unofficial system should only need to be temporary.

@WedgeHG - thanks for the info.

Does Eet know your looking for another yet? hes gonna be pretty bummed out...

From The Sins FAQ:

Q. What do you mean by anonymous matchmaking?
A. When you choose to search for a game in this format, Ironclad Online will examine the poll of other searching players and attempt to place you into a game of your selected type against an opponent or opponents of relatively equal skill. Games played in such a manner will count towards your standing on that format's competitive ladder.

No need for myleague.

well by using myleague you are hosting the games yourself and hence deciding all the settings as well as deciding who you choose to play with rather than by randomly picking someone it thinks is close in skill to you.

but yes, i agree my system will probably be obsoleted on release day, but why should that stop people from signing up and playing a few tourneys in the meantime?