@Ammokkx Depends if you move on before I get home from work today (10.30pm, BST) Don't hold up just for my sake though.

@Ammokkx Depends if you move on before I get home from work today (10.30pm, BST) Don't hold up just for my sake though.

Well, the point of me asking is exactly *to* hold up in case someone wants to post. You don't need to feel forced to get something out there, we're perfectly fine with you skipping a round and only chiming in at the end. But if you do want to get something out, it'd be a dickish move of us to deny you that chance.

Also we still need to hear if Cosmos wants to or not, anyway.

Well, I'll get something up as soon as I get home, just so long as I'm really not holding folks up.

Hell, maybe I can start writing on my breaks, god knows they're boring enough.

@Ammokkx @Satoshi Kyou

Sorry for the sudden absence. I've had some computer trouble the past couple days, computer randomly shut off and wouldn't come back on, but it seems to be ok now.

I'll post something today. In fact I'll start writing it now.

@Satoshi Kyou @Ammokkx

So, how does the ranking between dorms work exactly? The OC mentioned that everyone starts on even ground so is it reset at the start of each year or does it carry over?

I'm just wondering if the current ranking is something that we should determine ahead of time.

I have also put together a post. Low-key I've also changed Kota's deck to something that

A) Has more options and more possible entertainment value
B) Has more potential oppressive bosses
C) Is well-known for being used by a nearly-guy in the actual series, which is pretty much Kota's entire reputation.

rather than something I have huge personal fandom for.

@ThePlumbumplease make your color coding brighter i can't read it all

@ThePlumbum I recommend these colors for the post. They're a lot easier on the eyes (or, at least, they are on my screen).

@Satoshi Kyou @Ammokkx

So, how does the ranking between dorms work exactly? The OC mentioned that everyone starts on even ground so is it reset at the start of each year or does it carry over?

I'm just wondering if the current ranking is something that we should determine ahead of time.

I swear we're not ignoring you, but I don't want to say anything conclusive yet as me and Sat haven't had a chance to put our heads together on how we're going to clarify it yet.

Also I want to make sure me and him are on the same wavelength, because I've noticed we've had slightly different interpretations of the same idea we settled on.

I'm going to try and talk it over with him tomorrow, as I haven't gotten a chance to talk to him today.

Post readifyified.

@King Cosmos and anyone else it may concern, the ranking works like this:

Global

Every dorm gets a flat rating at the start of the year (let's say 10,000). This rating goes up or down with a ranked challenge between members of opposing dorms. In order to start one, you have to verbally announce your intent to have a ranked duel with the other person. Regular students can initiate these at any time, as their Duel Disk will track the data for them automatically after their announcement and send it to the staff. For top students, though, it has to be played in a public arena so people can anticipate 'dream matches' and come watch. This doesn't prevent people from having regular duels, though. It just has to be clear that they're not being played for rankings.

The amount the rating going up and down depends on the rankings of the challenged and challenger. Winning with a huge difference in favor of you will make little to no impact to the global ranking, while about even will create the most normal numbers. The year of admission and amount of rating the duelists have also matters, as two equal rated people of high rating and second or third year will have much more impact on it than two low rated people of the first year. It's to prevent a complete curbstomp. Win/loss streaks and other factors are also taken into account.

Synchro and Xyz need to pair with someone to start having their rating go up and down. Inherently, if nobody did pair up, they'd remain stagnant. However, teachers make sure to encourage people to team up with them as neither dorm is particularly weak and can help a lot with the ranking shifts.

There are also three week-long periods that double the impact of global rankings while scheduling forced matches between top students.

Individual

Individual rankings work mostly the same way. First and second years share a bracket and get a flat rating at the start of the year (say 1000), with their ranking changing upon the conclusion of announced ranked matches (which does not prevent casual dueling). The ranking of the third years is decided by the end-year ranking of them as second years. They get spots 1-? depending on their rating, with the highest rating automatically becoming champion. If the ratings are tied, however, they will have to duel until one of them wins over the other. The last two weeks of the year is a blitz period for most students, as everyone is desperately dueling each other to secure their spot for next year.

Being inactive will cause you to take penalties to your rating, but this does not apply to the top 5 because of their position. They may, however, be asked to duel each other from time to time by the principal to show they still deserve their rank, but I don't think this should be relevant in the story as I expect character development to happen throughout it and rankings to not be set in stone forever (even if the number 1 might stay that way start to finish).

Synchro and Xyz need to pair with someone to start having their rating go up and down. Inherently, if nobody did pair up, they'd remain stagnant. However, teachers make sure to encourage people to team up with them as neither dorm is particularly weak and can help a lot with the ranking shifts.

How does this pairing work exactly? Does this mean they can only take part in tag duels? I'm not getting how this works.

Does this also mean that challenging a member of these dorms won't affect your own ranking?

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How does this pairing work exactly? Does this mean they can only take part in tag duels? I'm not getting how this works.

Does this also mean that challenging a member of these dorms won't affect your own ranking?

It simply means ranked duels from either Synchro or Xyz get added to the total of their allied dorms as well as their own. The system is a little bit messy for them though, so they can't really get Nr. 1 through any normal means. It gives the Synchro and Xyz dorm a different goal, of at least getting their allied dorm and themselves both in the top 3 in order to get a reward for both dorms at the end of each ranked season. Ranking in the top 3 for the first two exam periods with both allied dorms would give each of them a small %, permanent boost to any further (positive) ranking changes. This means a lost duel will count for less and a won duel will count for more. This % doesn't go away if you break off the alliance for the next season, but both dorms get one so if you break an alliance they can apply the boost to another dorm and help them climb. The boost to rankings isn't very extreme, however, so it doesn't cause a massive imbalance and snowball effect. It's just something that makes it a little easier, but nothing you can rely on.

As for the end-of-year prize for Synchro and Xyz, if they manage to place second or third, they have admission to go to the same pro league as the winners...'s relegation tournaments. They'll have to prove themselves as a team in a separate circuit first to prove themselves as being worthy of the title of pro team, but this chance is still somewhat better than what the losers get (which would be starting from complete scratch). Winning at the end of the year will also give them and a possible allied dorm a prize pool of cards, with most of the split going to the winning Xyz or Synchro dorm.

This info will be edited into the OP, alongside clarification on the rankings, soon.

Heeey, a new IC post!

We livin'.

We were never dead to begin with

From what I gather we need @MidKnights@King Cosmos@ThePlumbum to post yes?

@Eklispenot to mention my own character's post

I will be on it, if not tonight, tomorrow. I've been doing shitlpads of overtime atmo.

I'll post tomorrow. I have all of the dialogue written up, I just need to fill in the narrative; I'm just a little short on time right now.

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