SESL

From Olmec Wiki

Jump to: navigation, search

This is a specific page for the SESL league of OLMEC. 2010 is SESL's 12th year!

Each manager coaches a Scottish soccer club. A season is divided into "sessions".

Each manager submits lineup order instructions online for each sessions, and the commissioner ('Commish') then resolves the matches using the OLMEC software which determines the scores and the effects of the sessions on each manager's club.

Linkage to SCHEDULED DATES in current Season 24

  • ‘Changes for SESL season 24 (Jan - June 2010) include:’
  • Auctions 4 & 8 - apprentices with some resources, auction 12 - resources only.
  • Auction player Skill Levels for S24 onwards: 
  * Age 0: SL range  6 > 10
  * Age 1: SL range 11 > 16
  * Age 2: SL range 14 > 19
  * Age 3: SL range 18 > 23
  * Age 4: SL range 19 > 24
  * Age 5: SL range 23 > 27
  • No loans are permitted, and this includes loaning resources as happened in season 23.
  • Squad size is 18 - 25 players. Any team found with less than 18 players will have 24 hours to resolve or have an apprentice added by the Commish at 200 > 400k cost.
  • 18 players minimum is to help prevent the software crashing if injuries or suspensions pile up. If a team cannot put 11 valid players on the field, the manager may ask the Commish to add three age 8 sl 1 players as squad fillers for the cost of 25k (this rule added after QP could not field a team for playoff match end of season 23 and trade window was closed) .
  • A team MUST start match with 11 players. If this does not happen for any reason (e.g. NMR program cannot field a valid lineup due to low EL) then the team loses the gate receipts from that match. The only exception is if a software bug causes the issue.
  • Player suspensions carry forward to new season, although DP is wiped clean to zero at start of a new season. This was from a 20:12 vote in favour January 2010.
  • Bad boys team fine for any team exceeding 200 DP. 230 DP = 230k fine. This rule has become necessary with so much aggessive and dirty play with little consequences.
  • New Bosman skill levels for start of season 23 and no GK option continues unchanged
  • Morale bonus earned for following season to be as follows: 
  * Div 1, 1st: 0.30 morale bonus
  * Div 1, 2nd: 0.28 morale bonus
  * Div 1, 3rd: 0.26 morale bonus
  * Div 1, 4th: 0.24 morale bonus
  * Div 1, 5th: 0.22 morale bonus
  * Div 1, 6th: 0.20 morale bonus
  * Div 2, 1st: 0.15 morale bonus
  * Div 3, 1st: 0.10 morale bonus
  * Cecil Cup Winner: 0.08 morale bonus
  * Cecil Cup Runner-up: 0.05 morale bonus
  * SESL Cup  Winner: 0.12 morale bonus
  * SESL Cup  Runner-up: 0.06 morale bonus
  • ‘Morale’ reminder: morale bonus re-set and applied at start of each season (maximum bonus 0.3), while normal team morale carries forward each season with minimum starting morale 0.5
  • ‘MVP’ reminder: MVP are reset at start of each season.
  • ‘Captain Change’ rule reminder: 1 captain change allowed during season, costs 100k.
  • ‘Robin Hood’ rule reminder: no team can have more than 4,000k in bank at any time. More details below.
  • ‘Physio Boost’ rule reminder: a player on -8 or worse EL can get a ‘Physio Boost’ of +8EL at cost of 80k. More details below.


  • Linkage to Season 23 ran August > December 2009
  • Linkage to Season 24 runs January > June 2010
  • for info, Season 25 is planned for August > December 2010.


SESL Season 24
Logo of the Olmec
Founded
January 1999
Number of Teams
48
Divisions
1st Division
2nd Division
3rd Division
Cups
CECIL Cup, SESL Cup
Title Holders
CECIL Cup: Dunfermline Athletic (S23)
League: Dundee Utd (S23 & 4th in a row)
SESL Cup: Hearts (S23)

Contents

SESL Officers 2010

Duties:   Officer Email Address
Commissioner:   Mark Creasey SESL at ukonline dot co dot uk
Wiki Assistant   Daniel Fitzgerald
Press Officer   Phil McIntosh beagle at kvmo dot net
Auction Analyst   Mark Boland
Prediction League chief   Dave Dowson
Trade Dispute Co-ordinator   Graham McDermott gpmcd at bcs dot org

Officer Duties

  • The 'Commish' is responsible for running the league matches and the league as a whole.
    • Commish has right to reverse very poor trades.
    • Commish will edit or delete offending Blog or Journals.
    • Please read Benign Dictatorship for more on Commish.
  • David Blair appointed SESL Assistant Commish for season 22 & 23.
    • David Blair shall in future award bio bonus, be in charge of live cup draws, badger managers on Commish behalf, and police Blog.
  • Phil McIntosh will award Participation Bonus based on Press Releases posted on the Blog and Journal, 50k is the maximum award for Participation Bonus a week.
    • Phil has outlined the Press Guidelines for Season 21
    • Phil clarified in a SESL Blog January 30th 2009 to keep language 'wholesome'. Again, rude crude or swearing will NOT be tolerated with Blogs deleted and managers fined.
  • Auction Analyst is Mark Boland who will preview and review auctions, and also Blog a constantly updated guide on auction player values.
  • Prediction League chief is Dave Dowson who will post matches on SESL forum and promote and provide results to prediction league standings.
  • A 'Trade Dispute Committee' will deal with any trade disputes reported e.g., another manager feels an agreed trade was too one-sided.
    • Consists Graham McDermott, Mark Boland, David Blair.
    • 2 other managers may also be asked to pass judgement on any unfair trades and suggest a fair add-on to even the trade up e.g. a couple of CP to be sent to other team. A majority verdict (3 out of 5) will carry, with Commish Creasey acting as decider should a vote end in a draw (if 1 manager is undecided)
    • Where a newbie manager has been taken advantage off, Commish will almost always reverse trade.

Website

Almost all functions of the game have been automated on the SESL website. This was implemented around season 16 onwards and SESL is indebted to the continuing work of Olmec president Allan Sellers.

Orders are submitted online, trades are completed online, and interaction with other managers is possible on the blog, journal and match comments.

It is possible to communicate with other managers by email or IM. This is commonly done for trade discussions, as well as banter.

Informal voting polls are often put on the website, as well as end of season Manager of the Season voting.

SESL Forum

There is also a forum for SESL. On the forum, there is more informal discussions, as well as non-game discussions about real life matters. Proposals for rule changes are also posted here, but will usually be linked from the journal. If a manager is seriously under-achieving with a team that should be going for glory, then that teams CHAIRMAN (Commissioner) may give him a warning and expect things to improve. This is normally done on the forum as a bit of fun (initially) to gee up a de-motivated manager.

Prediction League is ran via the SESL Forum.

Roll of Champions

Complete Roll of Champions
Season League League Div 2 League Div 3 CECIL Cup SESL Cup
  Team Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team Player
1 HIB Michael Fant LIV John Milligan         ABE Ross Hayworth
2 HEA Robin Dewar BRE Anders Nisula         AYR Dan Black
3 HIB Michael Fant QP James White ALB Alon Atie     ABE Ross Hayworth
4 HIB Michael Fant ALB Alon Atie BEL (DEV) Adrian Nicholas     CLB Allan Sellers
5 ALB Alon Atie COW Terry Bray EDI Richard Mosher     MON Christian Chung
6 BEL (DEV) Adrian Nicholas EDI Richard Mosher FAL Nick Tippins     ALB Alon Atie
7 BEL (DEV) Adrian Nicholas DEE Mark Wilkinson AYR John Moore     ALB Alon Atie
8 BEL (DEV) Adrian Nicholas HEA Bruce Allen ROS Robin Dewar     COW Terry Bray
9 CEL Mark Findlay DUM Martin Fallon BER Steve Wright     DEE Philip Ross
10 CEL Mark Findlay KIL Todd Teis AI Kevin Hull     RAN James White
11 RAN James White BUC Sergio Bono FAL Jamie McIntosh     ABE Ross Hayworth
12 RAN James White DFA Michael Suwandi RR James Tucker     ABE Ross Hayworth
13 CEL Mark Findlay RR James Tucker GM Andrew MacKie     DFA Michael Suwandi
14 RAN James White PET Ciril Detecnik ALB Andy Turfitt FAL Nick Tippins CEL Bill Nichol
15 INV Steve Turner AYR Neil Lukins GRE Mark Findlay INV Steve Turner HIB Peter Babcock
16 CEL Bill Nichol PT Brian O’Farrell QP Alistair Nicholl RAN James White HIB Peter Babcock
17 RAN James White QOS Stephen Othen SM Jackie Hanley DUU Mark Boland PET Ciril Detecnik
18 HEA Stewart Gordon SM Jackie Hanley GM Craig McPhereson STJ Yoav Haberman DFA Fran Morillo
19 HEA Stewart Gordon GM Graeme Scott DEV Steve Turner EF Óli Sigurjónsson LIV Adrian Nicholas
20 DUU Mark Boland DEV Steve Turner COW Alan Bishop EF Óli Sigurjónsson DFA Fran Morillo
21 DUU Mark Boland AI Stewart Gordon PT Marc de Kok DFA Fran Morillo HEA Peter Babcock
22 DUU Mark Boland CEL Bill Nicholl CB Graham McDermott KIL Denis Fras DUM Colin Scott
23 DUU Mark Boland RR James Tucker BUC Dan Fitzgerald DFA Fran Morillo HEA Peter Babcock
24  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?

The Structure of a Season

SESL has Cup competitions and the League. The season starts with the CECIL Cup and ends with the Promotion/Relegation Playoffs. The commish will publish the fixture schedule at the beginning of the season.

Session

Each manager submits lineup order instructions online for each session, and the commissioner then resolves the matches using the OLMEC software which determines the scores and the effects of the session on each manager's club.

A session consists of

  • one match for Cup sessions
  • two matches for League sessions.

Normally there are two sessions in a week, alternating between Cup sessions midweek on Wednesday and League sessions on a Saturday.

  • Before Mid-Season Ageing (MSA) CECIL Cup games are played on Wednesday.
  • The first sessions after MSA are the group stages of the SESL Cup


Physio Boost

RULE [D2.4] PHYSIO BOOST The Idea of using a physio is to reduce the "down time" of a player. A 2 game session adds +8EL to a player, and ’Physio Boost’ will also add an additional +8EL so the recovery time is effectively halved. Player must be on a -8 or worse EL rating at the start of a session before ‘Physio Boost’ can be used. So for a cost of 80k the player will get an extra EL Boost of +8 at the end of a session. 1 player per team per session allowed. Manager must post on Blog his wish to use ‘Physio Boost’ on 1 specified player BEFORE that weeks session kicks off.


League

The League consists of 3 Divisions (Div) of 16 teams playing the other teams in their division twice (once at home and once away).

The Champions are the team that finishes with the most points at the end of the 30 game league campaign in Div 1. With Division winners being the team top of their respective divisions.

1st Division

  • All 1st Division game revenues will give each team an extra 25k per game.
  • Exempt from CECIL Cup Qualifier Round.
  • Apprentices cost 400k.
  • At the end of each regular season
    • 13th to 16th relegated to Div 2.
    • 11th and 12th into relegation Playoffs.

Season 21 1st Division Teams

2nd Division

  • Must compete in the CECIL Cup Qualifier Round.
  • Apprentices cost 300k.
  • At the end of each regular season
    • 1st to 4th promoted to Div 1..
    • 5th and 6th into promotion Playoffs.
    • 13th to 16th relegated to Div 3.
    • 11th and 12th into relegation Playoffs.

Season 21 2nd Division Teams

3rd Division

  • Must compete in the CECIL Cup Qualifier Round.
  • At the end of each regular season
    • 1st to 4th promoted to Div 2.
    • 5th and 6th into promotion Playoffs.

Season 21 3rd Division Teams

Standings

Clubs are ranked in the League Divisions and the SESL Cup Group primarily by the number of points (Pts) they earn. Clubs earn 3 Pts per win and 1 Pt per draw. Clubs with equal Pts shall have that tie broken using the following criteria (in order):

  1. Goal Differential
  2. Total Goals Scored
  3. Head To Head Record
  4. Most Goals Scored in Head To Head Play
  5. Games Won
  6. Goals scored @ home
  7. Home matches Won
  8. Leading Goal scorer
  9. Flip of a coin

Playoffs

  • Playoffs to encourage more meaningful games towards end of a season.
  • These are One-off games at neutral venue.
  • Note: No EL boost before the playoffs
Div1 11th will play Div2 6th
Div1 12th will play Div2 5th
Div2 11th will play Div3 6th
Div2 12th will play Div3 5th

Wooden Spoon / Robin Hood

At the end of each regular season – the manager whose team has finished bottom of Division 3 will automatically retire and be replaced by a waiting list manager. However, if the bottom Division 3 manager has shown sufficient effort during the season (despite their unfortunate lowly league position), then the manager may be given a further season to improve his team. If the Chairman sacks the bottom team manager, he will be placed at the top of the waiting list and invited to re-join SESL as soon as a team becomes available – this is at the discretion of the Commissioner.

Div 3 bottom team will also benefit from any excess cash via ROBIN HOOD rule.

RULE [B 4.2] Healthy budgeting is one thing, but no team may have more than 4,000K in their team bank at any time. If a team goes above this limit, then the excess money is given manually by the Commish to the bottom team in Division 3. This is known as the “Robin Hood” rule – where the rich give to the poor! Managers whose team bank approaches 4000k+ can of course buy apprentice players or trade money away for other resources to try and remain within the limit.


The Cups

The two Cups in SESL are the CECIL Cup and the SESL Cup

  • Each team is guaranteed at least two games in the CECIL Cup.
  • Each team is guaranteed at least five games in the SESL Cup
  • Note: No EL boost for knocked out teams not playing

CECIL Cup

CECIL Cup (stands for Commish Early Campaign Inter League Cup).

It is a knock out cup, played over 2 legs, home and away. Until the final, which is a one off game at a neutral ground.

Advancement in the cup

  • The team with the superior aggregate score (combined) over the two legs.
  • In the event of a tied aggregate score, away goals count double.
  • If the tie is still level, then a penalty shoot out will be required.

Round Structure

The CECIL Cup starts with a Qualifying Round.
This will consist of Div 2 and Div 3 teams having a 2 leg match, with the winner going into the draw with the Div 1 teams.
Starting season 20, Qualifying Round pairings are completely random, with a live draw in a online chat room.

From Round of 32 to the Final, the pairings follow a tree with known opponents along the way.

Round Match Ups
Last 32 Team 1 v Team 2 Team 3 v Team 4 Team 5 v Team 6 Team 7 v Team 8 Team 9 v Team 10 Team 11 v Team 12 Team 13 v Team 14 Team 15 v Team 16 Team 17 v Team 18 Team 19 v Team 20 Team 21 v Team 22 Team 23 v Team 24 Team 25 v Team 26 Team 27 v Team 28 Team 29 v Team 30 Team 31 v Team 32
Sweet 16 Team 1 v Team 4 Team 5 v Team 8 Team 9 v Team 12 Team 13 v Team 16 Team 17 v Team 20 Team 21 v Team 24 Team 25 v Team 28 Team 29 v Team 32
Quarter-Finals Team 1 v Team 8 Team 9 v Team 16 Team 17 v Team 24 Team 25 v Team 32
Semi-Finals Team 1 v Team 16 Team 17 v Team 32
Final Team 1 v Team 32

SESL Cup

Takes place in the second half of the season, with the Group Stages being the first sessions after MSA.

Group Stages

  • Consists of 8 groups (A – H) of 6 teams randomly drawn, with a live draw in a online chat room.
  • Each team plays one game against the other teams in their group.
    • Games in these groups are now played at Neutral venue.
  • SESL Cup group stages are the first games after MSA.
  • The top FOUR teams in each group qualify for the last-32 knockout stages played Midweek
    • With the knock out rounds using the below table that seeds the group winners.
  • Season 24 Knockout stages

Knockout stages

Round Match Ups
Last 32 A1 v C4 E3 v G2 A3 v C2 E1 v G4 A2 v C3 E4 v G1 E2 v G3 A4 v C1 B1 v D4 F3 v H2 B3 v D2 F1 v H4 B2 v D3 F4 v H1 F2 v H3 B4 v D1
Sweet 16 A1 v G2 C2 v E1 A2 v G1 E2 v C1 B1 v H2 D2 v F1 B2 v H1 F2 v D1
Quarter-Finals A1 v E1 G1 v C1 B1 v F1 H1 v D1
Semi-Finals A1 v C1 B1 v D1
Final A1 v B1

Past Seasons

Here are the details of Season 20.
Here are the details of Season 21.
Here are the details of Season 22.
Here are the details of Season 23.

Bosmans

Background

In 1995 a Belgian player, [Jean-Marc Bosman], challenged his employment rights saying he ought to be allowed to move freely to another club at the end of his contract. The European Court of Civil Rights upheld his complaint and this had a major impact on real life European football. Players were to be treated like any other worker who could move to a new employer without a transfer fee. European football is now flooded at the end of a season by hundreds of players looking to join a new club for free.

SESL Background

The Commish implemented Bosman Players into SESL to replace both Trialist Player and a pre-season draft. The main reasons are that new managers often got confused between trialists and apprentices, plus many managers wished to re-name their trialist to that of their favourite real life player. This can now happen with Bosman Players who are named at the time of joining their new team at the start of a season.

Bosman Player Allocation

The pre-season Bosman Player allocation occurs just before the start of the current season.

  • Bosman Player are free of charge and may be either SW, DF, MF, WG, or FW. NEW for start of season 23 is no GK Bosman anymore, plus Div3 may choose a SD, DM or MA, plus the Skill Level offered has been altered a little per forum discussions with managers December 2008.
  • Division 1
  1. 1st - 4th  : Level 8 skill level
  2. 5th - 10th : Level 10
  3. 11th - 12th : Level 12
  4. 13th - 16th : Level 14
  • Division 2
  1. 1st - 4th: Level 10
  2. 5th - 6th: Level 12
  3. 7th - 12th: Level 14
  4. 13th - 16th : Level 16
  • Division 3 (SD, DM or MA multipostional)
  1. 1st - 4th  : Level 10
  2. 5th - 6th  : Level 12
  3. 7th - 12th : Level 14
  4. 13th - 16th : Level 16
  • These players are allowed to be traded without playing 10 games, unlike other player acquisitions.


Awards

These have been tweaked slightly from the start of season 22, in 2009.

Manager of the Season

Each Division will have Manager of the season, as voted by all the managers on the website frontpage.

  • +1 OTF

Golden Boot

  • Golden Boot 300k
  • Silver Boot 200k
  • Bronze Boot 100k

Golden Gloves

  • Golden Gloves 200k
  • Silver Gloves 100k
  • Bronze Gloves 50k

Other Awards (per division)

Rookie Hotshot

  • 200k
    • Age 0 only

Golden Oldie Hotshot

  • 100k
    • Age 5+ only

Worst Shooter

  • 50k

Fair Play Team Award

  • +2 OTF

Bad Boys Team Fine

  • >200DP per team at season end is fined in cash.
    • the total DP greater than 200DP is the cash fine, e.g. 230DP = 230k fine.

Prediction Prize

  • 100k shared by weekly winners
  • 1st Overall +3 OTF
  • 2nd Overall +2 OTF
  • 3rd Overall +1 OTF

Prediction Competition

Season 20 saw the re-introduction of the Prediction League.
[Forum] details on Prediction League in Season 20.
Whilst Season 22 is outlined on the [forum] also, now being ran by Dave Dowson for SESL.


--Markcreasey 10:37, 25 January 2010 (CST)

Retrieved from "http://www.olmec.org/wiki/index.php/SESL"
Personal tools