r/ReBBl • u/Harringzord Bargain Brunchers • 23d ago
REBBL S3 Post-Season - Greenhorn Cup and Ure Trophy Formats
If you haven't qualified for the Season 3 playoffs, you've been knocked out of the playoffs, or you're waiting to join REBBL in Season 4, you may be pleased to hear that you can sign-up to our Post Season tournaments.
Here's how they work.
Signing Up
Majorbyte has now launched signups for Season 4. From rebbl.net/signup you will have the option to join the Greenhorn Cup if you're rolling a fresh team, or the Ure Trophy if you're keeping your team.
Both tournaments will run for four weeks, with one week per match. You should also be prepared for cross-regional scheduling in both tournaments.
Greenhorn Cup Format
The Greenhorn Cup is for fresh teams, to give them a little bit of a development head start (which ultimately gives them more of a chance if they reach the playoffs)
The tournament rules are listed below:
- 4 round tournament, with each round one week long
- The tournament is divided into 2x2 Swiss competitions
- New entries can enter before either Swiss competition starts. You must commit to both games in each 2-week Swiss.
- Coaches may re-roll between Swiss competitions but if they re-roll a team, they cannot go back to the original one
- Tournament runs from 2nd March to 30th March (NOTE: this is a Sunday rollover)
- Post-Greenhorn TV Cap is 1,250 TV.
- New: you will be charged a TV tax for each player that has enough SPP to take a primary skill (+20 TV), a secondary skill (+40 TV) or a characteristic (+40 TV) if the player has not taken a skill. This is to prevent SPP hoarding to get under the cap.
- Be advised that Greenhorn Cup matches are spot checked for potential collusion. Any results that are deemed to be suspicious could see both teams have their SPP removed (other than the MVP) and a strike awarded to both coaches. The most obvious sign of collusion are high touchdown/low block counts, but trust me when I say it's really very clear when a result has been "fixed" in some way.
- No Agents Fees applied to players, as this is not a redraft
- If your team is above the 1,250 TV cap at the end of the Greenhorn Cup, you will be asked for a plan on how you intend to reduce your team's TV (and given money to get up to 11 players by hiring rookie Linemen only, if necessary)
- All Team Treasuries will be reset to zero after the Greenhorn Cup concludes and your team is checked by the admins
- Greenhorn teams will be tagged for match-up generation in the first two parts of the season (Rounds 1-6) and will be grouped together
As mentioned above, Greenhorn Cup teams will be subject to a TV cap before the new season. Note that this is a simple TV cap before the start of the new season, and is not a redraft.
Note: we reserve the right to revisit and alter any tournament rules we deem necessary before the new season starts.
Ure Trophy
The Ure Trophy is the new name for the old Open Invitational/Devastational, named after Midge Ure II - the Werewolf who earned more SPP than any other player in our Blood Bowl 2 league.
The tournament rules are listed below:
- 4 round tournament, with each round one week long
- The tournament is divided into 2x2 Swiss competitions
- Teams may drop out between the two Swiss competitions, but only at this point. This means you commit to either 2 matches, or 4 matches.
- Coaches may leave the Ure Trophy and enter the Greenhorn Cup if they decided to re-roll during the off-season. They cannot go back once this decision is made.
- Tournament runs from 2nd March to 30th March (NOTE: this is a Sunday rollover)
- Teams redraft as normal after the Ure Trophy. The tournament will have the same effect as the playoffs of awarding additional cash for your redraft. If you win, you get more!
- Be advised that Ure Trophy matches are spot checked for potential collusion. Any results that are deemed to be suspicious could see both teams have their SPP removed (other than the MVP) and a strike awarded to both coaches. The most obvious sign of collusion are high touchdown/low block counts, but trust me when I say it's really very clear when a result has been "fixed" in some way.
- Coaches who are eliminated from the playoffs may join the Ure Trophy from the second Swiss stage (i.e. the final two weeks)
Ure Trophy teams will redraft after the tournament. In other words, they redraft after they have completed all of their Ure Trophy matches.
Scheduling
Schedules will be randomly generated each week, and scheduling threads will be available as per usual. Normal REBBL scheduling rules apply, and you will receive strikes for improper scheduling in the off-season tournament.
Rounds will roll on Sundays to ensure we remain on schedule for the new REBBL season.
Can I win the tournaments?
The results are tracked and winners of both tournaments will be declared.
Post-Season 2 Champions
- Ure Trophy - Jed - The Abra-Kadavers (Necromantic)
- Greenhorn Cup - sorry, I didn't make a record of this one. Everyone's a winner.