Running a ladder

The short answer

Six decisions, in this order. 1. Get ten names you can actually contact. Ten is the floor. Below that a ladder collapses into the same two players every…

The short answer

Less than an organizer expects, if the deadlines are automatic. Challenges are sent by players. Scores are entered by players and confirmed by players.

The short answer

Ten to open, twelve before it sustains itself. The number that matters is not the roster, it is how many people are willing to play a stranger on a…

The short answer

Yes, and most ladders in the world still are. It works until three things happen at once: somebody disputes a score, somebody goes on vacation, and…