Week 26 update
sarny_lad relegates ritcho who had held onto the middle position in Division 2 for the last two weeks (or fortnights...!). No games played yet in Division 3, so I'm gonna have to investigate that. It happened before that there was no promotion from a division (and therefore no relegation from the division above), and that remains a possibility.

Results so far
Division 1
scott7a 53-2 punkpoet

Division 2
beenjammin 35-11 sarny_lad
beenjammin 35-19 ritcho
ritcho 20-36 sarny_lad

Division 4
clooneman 9-48 irish_ninja
lethal_playa 39-26 irish_ninja
clooneman 28-37 lethal_playa

Division 6
9ballsniper_ 7-37 powerfool

To be played

Division 3
w_hoolahan vs jose_enrique
w_hoolahan vs dgeneratio
jose_enrique vs dgeneratio

Division 5
mattywellie vs tweedweasle
mattywellie vs potlimit
tweedweasle vs potlimit

Deadline: Monday, January 21st.

New players for Week 27
crazzymadman
erigert
lethal_lures
sean9

Woohoo not long to go for us to play

Could i get in on this Clooneman?

Definitely!

New players for Week 27
crazzymadman
erigert
lethal_lures
sean9
bluenose1872

Hmmm, 5 of you, how to integrate you all...! I'll either split you into two groups or I'll rank you by ranking as it stands on Monday, or some other way, I dunno yet.

Update on Division 2 procedure if no games are played: there's the further option of relegating everyone. It was used before back when the ladder was a... ladder. As opposed to a league, which is fundamentally what it is now.

Is there a post what explains what this is as a whole? Just so i know what it is i am doing and all that rubbish?

Yes there is in fact! Normally I'd send you to the very first post, but the competition has undergone a change in format from a ladder to a league based on divisions of three players with promotion and relegation between them. The post http://www.funkypool.com/thread/18323/straight-pool-ladder/26#1457653 and all subsequent posts basically provide a recent history. If you're bored you can read the earlier ones too

And luckily for you, someone asked me in an offline message how it worked, so here's a copy-and-paste job that might make it even easier:

"Basically each division will have three players (most of the time!), and every player has two weeks to play the two opponents in their division.

Whoever finishes top of their division gets promoted. Whoever finishes bottom gets relegated. People who don't play face removal after a couple of rounds."

Sounds easy enough to understand that

I am on more than most so should have no trouble playing any games.

w_hoolahan 27 - 36 jose_enrique

a run of 24 for me but 2 in one happened a few times unluckily as well.

So it's the end of another gameweek, and here are the results of Week 26:

Division 1
scott7a 53-2 punkpoet
punkpoet is relegated to Division 2

Division 2
beenjammin 35-11 sarny_lad
beenjammin 35-19 ritcho
ritcho 20-36 sarny_lad
beenjammin is promoted to Division 1, ritcho is relegated to Division 3

Division 3
w_hoolahan 27-36 jose_enrique
w_hoolahan BYE-N/S dgeneratio
jose_enrique BYE-N/S dgeneratio
jose_enrique is promoted to Division 2, dgeneratio is relegated to Division 4

Division 4
clooneman 9-48 irish_ninja
lethal_playa 39-26 irish_ninja
clooneman 28-37 lethal_playa
lethal_playa is promoted to Division 3, clooneman is relegated to Division 5

Division 5
mattywellie N/S-deact. tweedweasle
mattywellie N/S-BYE potlimit
tweedweasle deact.-BYE potlimit
potlimit is promoted to Division 4, mattywellie and tweedweasle leave the competition

Division 6
9ballsniper_ 7-37 powerfool
powerfool is promoted to Division 5

scott7a remains the man at the top of the pile, and faces another challenge in Division 1 from beenjammin. w_hoolahan and jose_enrique just make it over the line. Otherwise, I think I would have promoted no-one. In that division, dgeneratio unfortunately takes a tumble down a division due to computer problems I believe. I get relegated down to Division 5 for the moment, tweedweasle who has deactivated can be considered well and truly gone, and mattywellie remains gameless for a while now, so we say goodbye to him until he makes his return.

Now, we have some new players, so here are the preliminary divisions in Week 27:

Division 1
scott7a
beenjammin

Division 2
punkpoet
sarny_lad
jose_enrique

Division 3
ritcho
w_hoolahan
lethal_playa

Division 4
dgeneratio*
irish_ninja
potlimit*

Division 5
clooneman
powerfool
9ballsniper_

Division 6
empty

9ballsniper_ gets sucked up to Division 5 due to the absences. And I've decided that the new players will enter Divisions 6 and 7 based on their straight rankings as they stand now.

Division 6
lethal_lures
erigert
sean9

Division 7
crazzymadman
bluenose1872

And the fixtures for Week 27:

Division 1
scott7a vs beenjammin
Previous meetings
Week 25: Div 1: beenjammin 31-36 scott7a

Division 2
punkpoet vs sarny_lad
No previous meetings

punkpoet vs jose_enrique
Previous meetings
Week 13: punkpoet (3) 19-42 jose_enrique (4)
Week 20: punkpoet (2) 40-34 jose_enrique (3) (Composite result: 22-13 & unknown)

sarny_lad vs jose_enrique
Previous meetings
Week 25: Div 3: jose_enrique NP-NP sarny_lad

Division 3
ritcho vs w_hoolahan
Previous meetings
Week 25: Div 2: w_hoolahan 15-35 ritcho

ritcho vs lethal_playa
Previous meetings
Week 20: Group B: lethal_playa 35-31 ritcho

w_hoolahan vs lethal_playa
No previous meetings

Division 4
dgeneratio vs irish_ninja
Previous meetings
Week 1: dunkyfunk (2) 35-29 dgeneratio (3)
Week 24: Div 5: dgeneratio 36-18 irish_ninja

dgeneratio vs potlimit
No previous meetings

irish_ninja vs potlimit
No previous meetings

Division 5
clooneman vs powerfool
No previous meetings

clooneman vs 9ballsniper_
No previous meetings

powerfool vs 9ballsniper_
Previous meetings
Week 26: Div 6: 9ballsniper_ 7-37 powerfool

Division 6
lethal_lures vs erigert
No previous meetings

lethal_lures vs sean9
No previous meetings

erigert vs sean9
No previous meetings

Division 7
crazzymadman vs bluenose1872
No previous meetings

Deadline: Monday, February 4th. Good luck!

Can i play this soon as i see Crazzy online?

You can play it immediately

Edit: with the agreement of your opponent of course

This Division 3 is harder than the Division 2 last week

lol

Hmm, maybe! I had a look at the rankings, it's not certain, but it can be argued either way

Reminders sent to everyone. Thirteen days

Myself and crazzymadman played our game, on my screen i had passed the 35 mark and was on a 15+ run. I was logged out with no warning and the site page would not load but everything worked.

Crazzy can have the win if he wants to claim it though. As i have no way of proving otherwise.

Jay you must have had the issue as i was on 34 and you was on 29 or so. i thought you was being ignorant before you was logged out mate

Its ok, lets play again i dont wont to take a game like this, this is for fun and im happy for the practice

I'll be more than happy to re do the game mate. I was busy potting away so it is possible i never seen the connection timer on the top left.

Same time tomoz/over the weekend - sorted

Yeah that suits me mate, i am usually on around this time every night anyway.

potlimit has been offline for 16 days and I believe dgeneratio is having some computer problems

Wow! Never knew he was offline for so long. Didn't have to check as his previous two opponents were deactivated or not available to play. Ok, thanks for letting me know