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Do You Play Games Over the Internet? Do you want to play the best? Do you want to prove your the best?

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From: bi... Bill Macaitis
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 00:00
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Do you play games over the Internet?  Want to find out if your the best?  Join 
Case�s Internet Gaming Ladder and prove your the best.  This site basically 
ranks and brings together the best players in the world for a wide variety of 
games which can be played over the net.  It doesn�t cost anything to join.  
The site is really just for people who love to play games against each other 
over the net.  Just goto http://www.igl.net to find out more information or 
read on.

What is Case�s Internet Gaming Ladder?

Basically the ladder is web site that ranks players who play against each 
other over the Internet.  It�s an amazing simplistic yet highly accurate 
ranking system which pits players of all abilities against each other.  When 
you join the ladder for a particular game you start at the bottom.  You can 
challenge any player you like and if you beat them you move up half the 
distance between their rank and yours.  There�s no complex rules, you can play 
anyone on the ladder any time.

In other words if you just joined you would start at the bottom of the ladder, 
say 500.  If you challenged and beat the number one person, you would then be 
ranked 250.  The best part is if you get challenged by someone beneath you and 
you lose (I�m sure this would never happen to you) you don�t drop any rank.  
So in the above example, the #1 person wouldn�t lose any rank by playing and 
losing to the #500 player.  About the only way you can lose rank is by playing 
someone directly under you.  In other words if the #1 player plays the #2 
player and loses, they would switch spots.


Why would I want to join this ladder thing?

#1)     Well there�s a couple of reasons.  Have you ever had the feeling that, 
yeah I know I rock in this game.  You�ve beaten all the people in your 
neighborhood, all your friends, but you still wonder how you rack up against 
the best players in the world?  Well this ladder brings together the best 
players in the world.  Once you figure how to play games over the net (we give 
help to show you what you need to do), it allows you to find out how you stack 
up against the best players in the world.

#2)     The ladder is a great way to find people to play against.  If your 
sick of playing against the computer and want some live flesh to pit your 
skills against, then the ladders is the place.  Even if your not the best 
player to grace the earth you can find a wide range of players to play 
against.

#3)     Hell your on the Internet, do something cool with it


Hey!  I went to your little web site and my game is not on your ladder!

        Well tell us!  Goto the web site or e-mail us at ca...@westol.com to 
let us know what games you want a ladder for!  Basically any game that can be 
played over the internet we can set up a ladder for.  If we get enough people 
to let us know they want a ladder for their game we�ll set one up.  Currently 
we have about 10 games that we have ladder for including Warcraft 2, Red 
Alert, Links, Quake, Descent, Cyberstorm, Deadlock, Duke Nukem, Command & 
Conquer and a few others.  But if your games not up there and you think it 
would be cool if it was, let us know by all means!  I mean there really is the 
possiblity to extend this ladder ranking system to all types of games.  Right 
now we just have ladders for a couple of action/strategy games but we could 
make ladders for card/board games, sport games, rpg�s or just about any type 
of game you can think of � so let us know!

Ok half the stuff I see on the net makes me pay, what about this?

Basically this ladder was created by a couple of people who just loved playing 
games over the Internet.  When we started playing each other there was no real 
way to prove who was the best.  One of our little players, Case, (who�s the 
computer guru of the group) decided to invent this "ladder" which would rank 
all the players who joined it.  Were not some greedy corporation that�s trying 
to advantage of people, rather some guys who just love playing games over the 
net.  You�ll never have to pay to be on the ladder if you don�t want to.  We 
do offer this gold type package for 10 bucks which gives you a bunch of extra 
stats on how your doing and stuff, but that money really just goes to offset 
the server and bandwith expenses.  And you never have to get the gold package 
if you don�t want to.

Hey this sounds pretty cool, where do I go to find out more info?

        http://www.igl.net
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From: bi...@webspun.com (Bill Macaitis)
Subject: Do You Play Games Over the Internet? Do you want to play the best?  Do you want to prove your the best?
Date: 1997/02/10
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