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<div>an old player on the email list posted this</div>
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<div>Here is the best info I can find in my archives about the league.  First email is the tournament which led to the creation of a league (6/1996).  Second is the email officially kicking off the pyramid league (7/1996).  Third is the latest email I can find about the pyramid standings (3/1997).  Finally is the last email I can find with individual league records (3/1997).  I think after that everything went to the message board instead of email (or Ego ragequit, I'm not sure because everyone ragequit multiple times in those days).  Unfortunately, I can't find anything that lists the outcome of every match in one place.  If anyone wants to post this on the current message boards, go ahead.  </div>
<div> </div>
<div>Interesting trivia, I played for Strychnine in the first tourney before later joining DD.  I think Rod was on that squad too, and Phunistle was captain.  Enjoy,</div>
<div> </div>
<div>DP</div>
<div> </div>
<div> </div>
<div> </div>
<div>This is an email about round one, I believe this was the first round ever of the league.  I think this was single elimination, and that the next tournament in July instituted the pyramid system.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>>Return-Path: {email removed}</div>
<div>>Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 18:36:09 -0400</div>
<div>>From:  {email removed}</div>
<div>>To:  {email removed}</div>
<div>>Cc:  {email removed}</div>
<div>>Subject: SubSpace tournament 1st round</div>
<div>></div>
<div>>Hi guys,</div>
<div>></div>
<div>>All the team captains should be getting this mail.  Some of this is going to</div>
<div>>be a repeat of what I posted, in case some of you dont surf the bb.</div>
<div>></div>
<div>>The first round matches are as follows:</div>
<div>>A - Strychnine vrs. B - DarkLight</div>
<div>>C- Doomsday vrs. D - War, Inc</div>
<div>>E - Bloodlust vrs. F - Precursors</div>
<div>>G - Happy Miners vrs H - Harvester of Sorrow</div>
<div>>I - Armageddon vrs. J - PotatoE</div>
<div>></div>
<div>>A - Strychnine (Phunistle ->  {email removed})</div>
<div>>B - DarkLight (Trencher ->  {email removed})</div>
<div>>C - Doomsday (Tryam ->  {email removed})</div>
<div>>D - War, Inc. (badfood ->  {email removed})</div>
<div>>E - Bloodlust (a Backstabber ->  {email removed})</div>
<div>>F - Precursors (Gyrus ->  {email removed})</div>
<div>>G - Happy Miners (Lost Boy ->  {email removed})</div>
<div>>H - Harvester of Sorrow (Nightshade ->  {email removed})</div>
<div>>I - Armageddon (Xenon ->  {email removed})</div>
<div>>J - PotatoE (McCarthy's Hearing Aid ->  {email removed})</div>
<div>></div>
<div>>The team with the widdest margin of victory will skip round 2 and move to</div>
<div>>round 3.  This will be calculated by the most team lives left over.  Again</div>
<div>>this is going to be 4 on 4 head to head with no flags or points counting for</div>
<div>>anything.  Each player will have 3 lives, once their 3rd life is taken they</div>
<div>>are to log out of the game.  They can of course play again for their team in</div>
<div>>a following round, provided their team advances.  There will be a 1 hour time</div>
<div>>limit for each game.</div>
<div>></div>
<div>>I need you guys to mail each other (whoever you play against) and work out a</div>
<div>>time to have your match.  Please include me in the mailings so that I can be</div>
<div>>sure and show up.  The game wont count unless I am there also (although this</div>
<div>>will change if I can get some helpers).  If you want we can try to do this</div>
<div>>all in one day (a weekend maybe) so that the round can be done quickly.</div>
<div>></div>
<div>>Im trying to work out with Rod and Jeff getting a private arena for this and</div>
<div>>future tournaments.  So far they are receptive to the idea so things are</div>
<div>>looking optimistic.  I dont know when they will put something into effect, so</div>
<div>>you guys have the choice of holding off until then or playing your match</div>
<div>>whereever and just ignore the other players.  Any suggestions, comments, or</div>
<div>>any volunteers to help run these type of things let me know.</div>
<div>></div>
<div>>EgoSlasher</div>
<div>>also feel free to call me at {phone # removed} ({first name removed})</div>
<div>></div>
<div>></div>
<div> </div>
<div>This email from Egoslasher was the genesis of the pyramid league (sent 7/30/1996):</div>
<div> </div>
<div>"Ok Im going to start a new tournament even thought the</div>
<div>old one is not finished. This tournament will be a </div>
<div>status based tournament. Its going to be run similar</div>
<div>to boxing (without the corruption ). Any team can</div>
<div>enter the tournament at any time. The goal is to achieve</div>
<div>the Ultimate Champion slot and defend it for as long as</div>
<div>possible. Here are the rules:</div>
<div> </div>
<div>There are 8 levels or tiers in the tournament. Each one</div>
<div>is a ranking, 1 being the Ultimate Champion. There are</div>
<div>limited slots in all the levels except for level 8 </div>
<div>(Newbie rank). Hopefully in the future we will get </div>
<div>graphics showing the pyramid, and maybe even symbols to</div>
<div>put on the names in the game for the higher ranked teams.</div>
<div>The Pyramid looks like this:</div>
<div>Level 1____Ultimate Champion (1 slot)</div>
<div>Level 2____Star Lord (2 slots)</div>
<div>Level 3____Elite (3 slots)</div>
<div>Level 4____Star Gladiator (4 slots)</div>
<div>Level 5____Expert (5 slots)</div>
<div>Level 6____Veteran (6 slots)</div>
<div>Level 7____Novice (7 slots)</div>
<div>Level 8____Newbie (unlimited slots)</div>
<div> </div>
<div>The slots represent how many teams can exist at that</div>
<div>rank. In order to raise a rank: 1. If there is an</div>
<div>OPEN slot one rank above you, you need to challenge</div>
<div>and beat a team AT your current rank. The winning team</div>
<div>from that challenge will rise to the next rank, the loser</div>
<div>will stay. 2. If the rank above you is FULL, you need</div>
<div>to challenge one of the teams in that rank above you, if</div>
<div>you win you will rise to that rank and they will drop, if</div>
<div>you lose both of you will stay at your present ranks.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>ANY TEAM CHALLENGED HAS 2 WEEKS TO PLAY THAT GAME (rounded</div>
<div>to the weekend). If a match has not been scheduled by the</div>
<div>end of the 2nd week I will chose a play time. What this</div>
<div>does is force teams to defend their positions, and rewards</div>
<div>teams for being active with challenges. If you dont challenge</div>
<div>then you wont rise up.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>The matches themselves will be scored like the last tourney:</div>
<div>3 deaths an out, must be positive bounty to be a legit kill,</div>
<div>1 hour time limit, 5 minutes to powerup prior to the start</div>
<div>of the match. Btw burst and energy depletion have been</div>
<div>taken out of the League zone, and the minimum (self)</div>
<div>bounty base to become positive has been raised to 30 (from</div>
<div>12 or whatever it was).</div>
<div> </div>
<div>See next post for current tournament seeding and entering."</div>
<div> </div>
<div>"------next post------</div>
<div>Ok here are all the teams I have entered for this</div>
<div>tournament and the captains of those teams. The</div>
<div>emails of these captains I list here I will use as</div>
<div>a thread in which to email up-to-date info.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>IF YOUR TEAM IS NOT LISTED BELOW YOU ARE NOT ENTERED</div>
<div>INTO THE TOURNAMENT, EMAIL ME AT  {email removed}</div>
<div>TO REGISTER!!!!!</div>
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<div>Doomsday_____Tryam</div>
<div>Harvester of Sorrow_____Nightshade</div>
<div>Armageddon______Xenon</div>
<div>Bloodlust________another Backstabber</div>
<div>Strychnine________Slaughter</div>
<div>Happy Miners________Lost Boy!</div>
<div>Sea Queens_______Reinhold</div>
<div>Charlie's Angels______Foghorn Leghorn</div>
<div>Round Table______King Arthur</div>
<div>Hell Knights______Vijay</div>
<div>Black Dragon______ccm???</div>
<div>Phi Choda Pi________Solkanar</div>
<div>Iron Fist_________Tasslehoff</div>
<div>Alliance________ScOrPiOn</div>
<div>Thornake________Thornake</div>
<div>The Hive________Iceman</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Some of these teams may no longer exist, and I may have</div>
<div>missed some. Either way is no problem, teams that are </div>
<div>not active will end up filtering down to Newbie rank.</div>
<div>You can enter a team anytime, drop a team start another</div>
<div>one, ect...and just register with me starting the</div>
<div>tourney at Newbie rank (level 8). If you lose a game</div>
<div>dont worry, there are no eliminations in this, just</div>
<div>moving up and down.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>To start off here is the tournament grid:</div>
<div>(1)Ultimate Champion_________1 open</div>
<div>(2)Star Lord_______2 open</div>
<div>(3)Elite________3 open</div>
<div>(4)Star Gladiator_______4 open</div>
<div>(5)Expert________5 open</div>
<div>(6)Veteran________6 open</div>
<div>(7)Novice_________Armageddon, Doomsday, Harvester,</div>
<div>Strychnine, Bloodlust, Happy Miners, Black Dragon</div>
<div>(8)Newbie rank:</div>
<div>Sea Queens</div>
<div>Charlie's Angels</div>
<div>Round Table</div>
<div>Hell Knights</div>
<div>Phi Choda Pi</div>
<div>Iron Fist</div>
<div>Alliance</div>
<div>Thornake</div>
<div>The Hive</div>
<div>anyone who is added further</div>
<div> </div>
<div>So to start: Newbie rank teams need to challenge</div>
<div>Novice rank teams, Novice rank teams need to challenge</div>
<div>each other in order to advance to the next rank. </div>
<div>Again, once a team is challenged they have 2 weekends</div>
<div>with which to complete their game. Who you challenge</div>
<div>is totally up to you. You cannot REFUSE a challenge</div>
<div>however.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>If you need captain emails let me know. I will be</div>
<div>sending all of the captains of the teams above the</div>
<div>emails of the other captains. Please save that letter</div>
<div>for future reference when you desire to challenge a</div>
<div>team.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>EgoSlasher"</div>
<div> </div>
<div>This is from 3/24/1997, the last email I can find listing pyramid rankings:</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Standings:                    Record:       League status (deadline):</div>
<div>Level 1: Open slot</div>
<div>Star Lord (lvl 2):</div>
<div>1. Black Hole                 7 - 2         Challenged by ONE (4/6)</div>
<div>2. ONE                        8 - 1         Challenger to Black Hole (4/6)</div>
<div>Elite (lvl 3):</div>
<div>1. ReDs                       7 - 3         Available</div>
<div>2. Harvester of Sorrow        8 - 3         Available</div>
<div>3. FuN!                       7 - 3         Available</div>
<div>Star Gladiator (lvl 4):</div>
<div>1. Dukes of Hazzard           6 - 1         Challenger to Apocalypse (4/6)</div>
<div>2. Black Dragon               6 - 4         Challenged by Doomsday (4/6)</div>
<div>3. Doomsday                   6 - 7         Challenger to Black Dragon (4/6)</div>
<div>4. Apocalypse                 6 - 5         Challenged by Dukes (4/6)</div>
<div>Expert (lvl 5):</div>
<div>1. Mysterious                 5 - 2         Available</div>
<div>2. Open slot</div>
<div>3. Open slot</div>
<div>4. Open slot</div>
<div>5. Open slot</div>
<div>Veteran (lvl 6):                            </div>
<div>1. Death Alien Clan           3 - 2         Challenged by Soultakers (3/30)</div>
<div>2. Soultakers                 4 - 2         Challenger to DaC (3/30)</div>
<div>3. The Alliance               7 - 6         Challenged by Black Company (3/30)</div>
<div>4. Logical                    3 - 1         Available</div>
<div>5. Open slot</div>
<div>6. Open slot</div>
<div>Novice (lvl 7):</div>
<div>1. Black Company              3 - 0         Challenger to The Alliance (3/30)</div>
<div>2. Lemon Zinger               2 - 0         Available</div>
<div>3. Punishers                  2 - 1         Challenged by Sphere (4/6)</div>
<div>4. Infinite Death             4 - 5         Challenged by Replicants (3/30)</div>
<div>5. ReBels                     3 - 2         Challenged by Silver Ring (3/30)</div>
<div>6. Replicants                 2 - 2         Challenger to Infinite Death (3/30)</div>
<div>7. Heaven's Army              3 - 3         May challenge only, available 3/31</div>
<div>Newbie (lvl 8): </div>
<div>1. Striker Elite (in line)    4 - 3         May challenge only, available 3/31</div>
<div>2. Black Knights              4 - 6         Available</div>
<div>3. Sphere                     2 - 2         Challenger to Punishers (4/6)</div>
<div>4. Synergy                    3 - 1         May challenge only, available 3/31</div>
<div>5. Renegade                   2 - 1         May challenge only, available 3/31</div>
<div>6. Silver Ring                2 - 3         Challenger to Rebels (3/30)</div>
<div>7. Illuminati                 2 - 0         May challenge only, available 3/31</div>
<div>8. Warhawks                   3 - 5         Available</div>
<div>Amoeba (lvl 9):</div>
<div>1. The Shadow                 3 - 5         Available</div>
<div>2. Wolf359                    2 - 6         Available</div>
<div>3. Paradox                    1 - 3         Available</div>
<div>4. X2                         1 - 1         Available</div>
<div>5. Players                    1 - 5         Available</div>
<div>6. Sons of Satan              0 - 1         Available</div>
<div>>></div>
<div>Explanation of terms:</div>
<div># Available - They may challenge available teams above them, may challenge</div>
<div>at their rank, or be challenged from their rank or one rank below.</div>
<div># May challenge only, available <date> - They are not challengable from one</div>
<div>rank below them until the forementioned date.  However they may challenge</div>
<div>available teams above them, or challenge teams at their rank.  They may also</div>
<div>accept a challenge if they so chose.</div>
<div># Challenged by/challenger to - They are involved in a challenge with the</div>
<div>following team and are not available to anyone else.</div>
<div>>></div>
<div>Amoeba rank (lvl 9) teams may play each other for record, and the team with</div>
<div>the most victories automatically moves up to Newbie rank when a slot becomes</div>
<div>available.  If there is not a slot available on levels 7 or higher and a</div>
<div>same-rank challenge is won, that team is "in line" for the next available</div>
<div>slot. This is done chronologically by victories.  Amoeba rank teams are also</div>
<div>"in-line" chronologically, but only when the records are tied.  More</div>
<div>victories always takes precedence at level 9.  The order shown in Amoeba</div>
<div>rank is the order to advance to open slots, in all the other ranks the order</div>
<div>shown means nothing.</div>
<div>>></div>
<div>Match schedules:                             Time (date):</div>
<div>Sunday 3/30 Deadline:</div>
<div>Black Company vrs. The Alliance              No time confirmed</div>
<div>Replicants vrs. Infinite Death               No time confirmed</div>
<div>Silver Ring vrs. Rebels                      No time confirmed</div>
<div>Soultakers vrs. Death Alien Clan             No time confirmed</div>
<div>Sunday 4/6 Deadline:</div>
<div>Sphere vrs. Punishers                        No time confirmed</div>
<div>Dukes of Hazzard vrs. Apocalypse             7pm PST/10pm EST (Sun 3/30)</div>
<div>Doomsday vrs. Black Dragon                   No time confirmed</div>
<div>ONE vrs. Black Hole                          No time confirmed</div>
<div>                        </div>
<div>This is from 3/21/1997, listing individual league records:</div>
<div> </div>
<div>These stats reflect all games through the weekend of 3/16</div>
<div>></div>
<div>Most kills (games):                </div>
<div>1.  Nme             31 (11.5)             </div>
<div>2.  Hao             27 (11)</div>
<div>3.  Darkhosis       25 (7)</div>
<div>4.  Jester's Mask   22 (6)</div>
<div>5.  soulless        21 (9)</div>
<div>6.  Draco           20 (5)</div>
<div>7.  Kenneth         20 (6)</div>
<div>8.  Maligne         20 (6.5)</div>
<div>9.  W I S H         18 (6.5)</div>
<div>10. trixter         18 (8.5)</div>
<div>></div>
<div>Highest ratio (games):</div>
<div>1.  Nme             +23 (11.5)</div>
<div>2.  Darkhosis       +17 (7)</div>
<div>3.  Jester's Mask   +14 (6)</div>
<div>4.  Hao             +13 (11)</div>
<div>5.  D-Tox           +13 (7)</div>
<div>6.  Fury            +12 (6)</div>
<div>7.  soulless        +11 (9)</div>
<div>8.  Mixman          +10 (5)</div>
<div>9.  Pro-logic       +10 (4.5)</div>
<div>10. Fatal Error     +9  (3)</div>
<div>></div>
<div>Average kills/game (games)(2 game min):</div>
<div>1.  William Perry   5.0 (2) </div>
<div>2.  Draco           4.0 (5)</div>
<div>3.  Moses           4.0 (2.5)</div>
<div>4.  Night Rage      4.0 (2)</div>
<div>5.  Passive Voice   3.8 (4)</div>
<div>6.  Jester's Mask   3.7 (6)</div>
<div>7.  Lightnin        3.7 (3)</div>
<div>8.  Darkhosis       3.6 (7)</div>
<div>9.  GQ Smooth       3.5 (2)</div>
<div>10. Carno           3.5 (2)</div>
<div>></div>
<div>Ego's Top 5 Overall (formula is inverted points for the rankings of each</div>
<div>list, i.e. 10pts for 1st, 9pts for 2nd, ect.):</div>
<div>1.-3.  20 Pts.  Nme, Darkhosis, Jester's Mask</div>
<div>4.     16 Pts.  Hao</div>
<div>5.     14 Pts.  Draco</div>
<div>></div>
<div>MVP's:  5  - Nme</div>
<div>MVP's (own team) 3 - W I S H, Darkhosis, Nme, Jester's Mask</div>
<div>></div>
<div>Shortest match:  7 minutes - High Voltage vrs. Judges of Death 6 - 0</div>
<div>Longest match:  1 hour 23 minutes - HOS vrs. Doomsday 3 - 2</div>
<div>></div>
<div>Most kills/game:  9 - Kenneth</div>
<div>Most kills total:  23 - Black Knights vrs. NoWare Men 12 - 11, Black Knights</div>
<div>vrs. Paradox 12 - 11</div>
<div>Least kills total:  1 - Black Dragon vrs. ReDS 1 - 0</div>
<div>Largest margin of victory: +12 Mad Cows vrs. Apocalypse, Black Hole vrs.</div>
<div>High Voltage, Apocalypse vrs. Death Alien Clan</div>
<div> </div>
<div> </div>
<div>--)--------EgoSlasher</div>
<div> {email removed}</div>
<div> {name removed}</div>