A ladder (or pyramid) tournament is an open competition where members play matches against each other and move up and down in the ranking as they win or lose.
Members of the tournament are listed as if on the bricks of a pyramid. The pinnacle is the highest ranked member. Immediately underneath, lie the second and the third members, and so on. Members of the tournament can challenge higher ranked opponents. If the challenger upsets the higher seeded player, the challenger moves up and takes the spot of the defeated player (that loses one position).
Because there's no elimination, competitions can go on indefinitely!
Example
A given player can challenge for a match only the players that have a slightly better rank. Let's say you are in a ladder, ranked 8th as in the image. The players you could challenge are colored in green.
In this way, you get to play with someone who is either at your level or better than you, making it more and more exciting (and tough!) as you advance. And when you reach the top, take a moment to congratulate yourself for being the champion - but not too long: you can always be challenged and lose your title at any time!
We prepared a demo tournament where you can experience how the pyramid works.
It's very easy. Once you join the tournament you can immediately challenge the
players at your level! When the opponent accept your challenge, you can pretend
to have played a match, and insert the score. Most of the players in the demo
tournament are Wimball robots: they accept challenges in few seconds!
Climb
the pyramid and have fun!
Sports and games
Ladder make match-based sports and games more engaging, competitive and fun! And
onthe process, allow you to meet new people and make new friends.
Good examples are: any racket sports as tennis, badminton, padel, squash or
table tennis, board and card games, videogames, golf, basketball, darts,
fussball, chess and checkers, billiard, boules, soccer, volleyball.. and more
Ladders suit both single players or teams.
Ladders are for any group that wants to get the competitive spirit going!
- Sport clubs
- Schools sports centres
- Offices (fussball, table tennis..)
- Friends & Neighbourhoods
- Leisure centres
- Student societies, community & workplace sports groups