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Head2Head

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Ranked 1v1. A coin toss picks who names players and who names the links connecting them. First to time out or miss loses the match. Climb from Tee Ball to Hall of Fame.

  1. Tee Ball
  2. Little League
  3. Middle School
  4. JV
  5. Varsity
  6. College
  7. Golden Spikes
  8. Rookie
  9. All-Star
  10. World Series
  11. MVP
  12. Hall of Fame
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How Head2Head works

You're matched against one opponent near your rating. A coin toss picks who goes first, going first means opening the chain by naming any player, and that makes you the Namer for the entire match, your opponent is the Linker. Unlike Chains Live, these roles don't rotate: you'll only ever be asked for one type of thing the whole game.

Worked example

You're the Namer, your opponent is the Linker.

You: “Mark McGwire” (opens the chain, no link to prove)

Opponent: “Team” → “Cardinals” (McGwire really played for St. Louis)

You: “Albert Pujols” (also a Cardinal, completes that link)

Opponent: “Team” → “Angels” (Pujols really played for the Angels)

You: an Angels player who hasn't been used yet…

It keeps alternating like that for as long as you both keep it going, you naming a player, them naming the link, back and forth.

Sudden death

Every move has a 15-second clock. Miss, or run out of time, and the match ends right there, whoever's still standing wins. No best-of, no coming back from a single mistake.

Rating

Everyone starts at Tee Ball (rating 0). Winning and losing moves your rating up or down based on how the matchup was rated going in, beating someone much higher-rated gains you more, losing to them costs you less.

Tee Ball 0–149

Little League 150–299

Middle School 300–449

JV 450–599

Varsity 600–749

College 750–899

Golden Spikes 900–1049

Rookie 1050–1199

All-Star 1200–1349

World Series 1350–1499

MVP 1500–1649

Hall of Fame 1650+

After the match

There's no rematch button and no challenge flag here, win or lose, queue up again and you'll be matched with a new opponent.