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Hey SPF! Even though Round 1 is still open, it's time to get the Round 2 sign up thread posted. Under the updated format, Moo Moo farm will get some serious incoming starting Friday 
What is RFL?
RFL stands for Rune Finding League. RFL is a free for all rune finding tournament that has two individual parts. You can participate for both rounds or pick only one.
During this contest we farm runes in various areas during 17-day periods, with 4 days of rest and planning between each round. Players get points based on rarity of the rune (not its level) and at the end each player posts top 5 highest scored runes to get the final score. History of prior RFLs is here, thanks to the great work of @Pb_pal, for those interested.
This year, the first round will be Areas, basically any part of the game (including Terror Zones for those in D2R), except Cows (Round 2 target) and LK. Travincal round is effectively combined with Areas from prior three-round format. For those in D2R, Terror Zones can't be run for Round 1 if Terrorized zone is Cows or LK.
When is RFL?
General rules
These are the rules that stand for all the three rounds. Specific rules for the first round are posted below.
1. For each round, running time is limited to 20 hours of playing (when you mule to stash or in ATMA/GoMule, you can pause clock/counter/online stopwatch or whatever you use). However, when you finish your 20 hours of running, you can start a new batch of running which is again limited to 20 hours of playing. You can play as many batches as you want.
2. You are not allowed to start a new batch as long as you don't finish full 20 hours of the previous one.
3. Every batch is scored individually, and you will get points towards the league according to your best batch from each round.
4. Best batch is the one where your top 5 runes give the most scores. Scoring can be found below.
5. Screenshots of runes are not required, but I assume people would like to see them anyway. You are encouraged to post your findings...
6. ... but only after each round is finished! Don't post your qualifiers when the round is still going. You are warmly welcome to discuss your other findings however. But remember: Don't post your qualifying runes!
7. Runes qualified (giving scores) are all Pul+ runes.
8. Cubing runes into higher ones is not allowed. In other words don't cube Pul runes into Um to get a higher score.
9. Versions allowed: 1.13-1.14 and D2R. Also version 1.07 is allowed, and this year, we're opening it up to 1.08 and 1.09, given that v1.07 has already been included, as discussed here.
Specific rules for the 1st round
Scoring
Scoring is based on rarity of runes. System is the same as we had during the earlier RFLs and during RFOs and Zodthon. Combine the points of the top 5 runes from your best batch each round.
Pul 3.4
Mal 5.0
Um 5.1
Gul 7.1
Ist 7.5
Ohm 10.1
Vex 10.6
Sur 13.7
Lo 15.1
Jah 18.3
Ber 20.5
Cham 27.5
Zod 71.8 (not available for the 2nd round)
1.07: (Edits: thanks to @art_vandelay for update to v1.07 and other version scores)
Scoring towards the whole RFL
After each round is done, you will get points toward the whole RFL depending your placement that round.
1st: 10 points
2nd: 8
3rd 6
4th: 5
5th: 4
6th: 3
7th 2
8th: 1
And remember, only your best batch from each round counts. While we crown every winner from each round, the biggest champion is of course the overall winner:
The Champion of the RFL is the player who has the most points given by placements total. In case of a tie after both rounds, the winner is the one with a higher scoring rune from Areas. If that is a tie as well, we check Cows. If all three are still the same, it's 2nd best from Areas etc.
Sending results
PM me your top 5 runes from your best batch. Please do this immediately after you have stopped running so that we can have results and standings after each round ASAP. Also PM me if you didn't run. Your PM should include: five runes, five scores, and the total score.
Example:
1. Zod 71.8
2. Cham 27.5
3. Lo 15.1
4. Lo 15.1
5. Ist 7.5
total: 137
After receiving your results, I'll make the results thread for each round. There you can brag about your runes, and also post screenshots of your top 5 runes, at least. This is not mandatory however. Claiming to have found 5 Zods may seem strange without screenshots though.
Prize
Eternal glory and the seal of approval from the Zod God.
Participants
Entrants as of 4/28/23
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PhineasB (D2R)
Kstil3227 (D2R)
little birdy (D2R)
Excalibur (D2R)
m4ke (1.07)
Swamigoon (1.14)
ffs (D2R)
LouB (D2R)
Nano (D2R)
Vildecor (D2R)
Silvio415 (1.14)
Jpy (D2R)
CaseyJones(D2R)
Kruemelmonschda (D2R)
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Please post if you have comments or suggestions. You are also warmly welcome to discuss your builds, running tactics, finds apart from qualifiers etc.! Everything regarding the tournament in general.
Good luck and HAVE FUN!
What is RFL?
RFL stands for Rune Finding League. RFL is a free for all rune finding tournament that has two individual parts. You can participate for both rounds or pick only one.
During this contest we farm runes in various areas during 17-day periods, with 4 days of rest and planning between each round. Players get points based on rarity of the rune (not its level) and at the end each player posts top 5 highest scored runes to get the final score. History of prior RFLs is here, thanks to the great work of @Pb_pal, for those interested.
This year, the first round will be Areas, basically any part of the game (including Terror Zones for those in D2R), except Cows (Round 2 target) and LK. Travincal round is effectively combined with Areas from prior three-round format. For those in D2R, Terror Zones can't be run for Round 1 if Terrorized zone is Cows or LK.
When is RFL?
- Round 1 (Areas): 0:00 Friday, March 24 through 23:59 Sunday, April 9
- Round 2 (Cows): 0:00 Friday, April 14 through 23:59 Sunday, April 30
General rules
These are the rules that stand for all the three rounds. Specific rules for the first round are posted below.
1. For each round, running time is limited to 20 hours of playing (when you mule to stash or in ATMA/GoMule, you can pause clock/counter/online stopwatch or whatever you use). However, when you finish your 20 hours of running, you can start a new batch of running which is again limited to 20 hours of playing. You can play as many batches as you want.
2. You are not allowed to start a new batch as long as you don't finish full 20 hours of the previous one.
3. Every batch is scored individually, and you will get points towards the league according to your best batch from each round.
4. Best batch is the one where your top 5 runes give the most scores. Scoring can be found below.
5. Screenshots of runes are not required, but I assume people would like to see them anyway. You are encouraged to post your findings...
6. ... but only after each round is finished! Don't post your qualifiers when the round is still going. You are warmly welcome to discuss your other findings however. But remember: Don't post your qualifying runes!
7. Runes qualified (giving scores) are all Pul+ runes.
8. Cubing runes into higher ones is not allowed. In other words don't cube Pul runes into Um to get a higher score.
9. Versions allowed: 1.13-1.14 and D2R. Also version 1.07 is allowed, and this year, we're opening it up to 1.08 and 1.09, given that v1.07 has already been included, as discussed here.
Specific rules for the 1st round
For the second round we will be running Moo Moo Farm AKA Cow level.
All qualifiers from Cow level area counts. Runes from Tristram or Stony Field (when picking up the leg), do NOT count.
Picking up the leg COUNTS toward the total running time however!
You don't have to collect legs and kill cows on a same character, as long as you remember to have your clock running all the time spent in the game!
All qualifiers from Cow level area counts. Runes from Tristram or Stony Field (when picking up the leg), do NOT count.
Picking up the leg COUNTS toward the total running time however!
You don't have to collect legs and kill cows on a same character, as long as you remember to have your clock running all the time spent in the game!
Scoring
Scoring is based on rarity of runes. System is the same as we had during the earlier RFLs and during RFOs and Zodthon. Combine the points of the top 5 runes from your best batch each round.
Pul 3.4
Mal 5.0
Um 5.1
Gul 7.1
Ist 7.5
Ohm 10.1
Vex 10.6
Sur 13.7
Lo 15.1
Jah 18.3
Ber 20.5
Cham 27.5
Zod 71.8 (not available for the 2nd round)
1.07: (Edits: thanks to @art_vandelay for update to v1.07 and other version scores)
Pul 19,3
Um 29,0
Mal 38,5
Ist 57,8
Gul 76,9
Vex 115,3
Ohm 152,4
Lo 228,7
Sur 307,0
Ber 460,5
Jo 613,5
Cham 920,2
Zod 736,5
Um 29,0
Mal 38,5
Ist 57,8
Gul 76,9
Vex 115,3
Ohm 152,4
Lo 228,7
Sur 307,0
Ber 460,5
Jo 613,5
Cham 920,2
Zod 736,5
Scoring towards the whole RFL
After each round is done, you will get points toward the whole RFL depending your placement that round.
1st: 10 points
2nd: 8
3rd 6
4th: 5
5th: 4
6th: 3
7th 2
8th: 1
And remember, only your best batch from each round counts. While we crown every winner from each round, the biggest champion is of course the overall winner:
The Champion of the RFL is the player who has the most points given by placements total. In case of a tie after both rounds, the winner is the one with a higher scoring rune from Areas. If that is a tie as well, we check Cows. If all three are still the same, it's 2nd best from Areas etc.
Sending results
PM me your top 5 runes from your best batch. Please do this immediately after you have stopped running so that we can have results and standings after each round ASAP. Also PM me if you didn't run. Your PM should include: five runes, five scores, and the total score.
Example:
1. Zod 71.8
2. Cham 27.5
3. Lo 15.1
4. Lo 15.1
5. Ist 7.5
total: 137
After receiving your results, I'll make the results thread for each round. There you can brag about your runes, and also post screenshots of your top 5 runes, at least. This is not mandatory however. Claiming to have found 5 Zods may seem strange without screenshots though.
Prize
Eternal glory and the seal of approval from the Zod God.
Participants
Entrants as of 4/28/23
-------------------------
PhineasB (D2R)
Kstil3227 (D2R)
little birdy (D2R)
Excalibur (D2R)
m4ke (1.07)
Swamigoon (1.14)
ffs (D2R)
LouB (D2R)
Nano (D2R)
Vildecor (D2R)
Silvio415 (1.14)
Jpy (D2R)
CaseyJones(D2R)
Kruemelmonschda (D2R)
-------------------------
Please post if you have comments or suggestions. You are also warmly welcome to discuss your builds, running tactics, finds apart from qualifiers etc.! Everything regarding the tournament in general.
Good luck and HAVE FUN!
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