Ranked Division

Summary

The Ranked division (previously called Open) is the largest division on FUMBBL. This division uses the LRB6/CRP rule set, and the FUMBBL home-grown FFB client. At this point there are some skills that are missing from the client, and some bugs that cause other skills to not work as they should. This is being worked on.

Changing Division

Teams may be transferred from the Ranked division to the League division. This transfer is final; teams may not be moved back to the Ranked division.

Playing the same opponent too often

Due to the ranking structure, coaches are expected to play a variety of different coaches. Do not use this division to play amongst a close group of friends. The accepted benchmark for this division is 1 in 10 games played vs the same coach. Both teams need to have played a different team before playing again. If you would like to play repeated consecutive games against the same coach/team, you should create your teams in the League division.

The +/- 15% TV Rule Replaced

FUMBBL has changed policy regarding the TV limit that was in place in the ranked division. The intent of the change is to give coaches greater flexibility as to which opponent they play, and is also intended to give stunty teams some leeway to play games with more inducements from time to time.

Effective immediately, the limit has changed to be based on the number of games a team has played. The limits are as follows:

0-2 games, must play within 10% 3-9 games, must play within 15% 10-29 games, must play within (15+(games-10)*2)% 30 games and onward, teams can play any opponent

The 10-29 game range spans from 15% at 10 games to 53% at 29 games in steps of 2% per game (so 15, 17, 19, etc).

Since these limits are a bit tougher to keep track of, you will see them on your coach page, and the pages of other coaches as a number such as (±100), which would mean that the team can play against teams that are within 100 TV from your team. Teams that no longer have no limit will not display this limit indicator. Note that the limit itself is somewhat rounded to make it prettier to look at (and simplify calculation).

Finding a game

If you are in the #fumbbl IRC channel and you want to play a game with one of your Ranked teams, make sure your chat name is the same as your FUMBBL coach name ( type /nick yourcoachname ) and then type bb lfg to display your teams in the channel. You can also open the Gamefinder page, and list your teams there - seek out likely-looking opponents on IRC.

Ranking

For Ranking purposes, K=2 in this division.