ProSeason00

Prior to Season 01, Pro League ran as a challenge-based pyramid competition. This format ceased in June 1997.

Summary
Competing Teams : 1976, The Alliance, Apocalypse, Asian Connection, Black Company, Black Dragon, Black Hole, Black Knights, Corona/Coercive Acts , Conclusive, Deathalien Clan, Deathwing, Doomsday, Dukes Of Hazzard, E-5 Mafia, FlakViperZ, FuN!, FusiON/XCE-Omega, Harvester Of Sorrow, Heaven's Army, High Voltage, Illuminati, Infinite Death, Jedi Lords, Judges of Death, Killjoy Marauders , Knightz , Lemon Zinger, Lite^Speed/Adrenaline, Logical, Lost Rocks/Rock Garden, Mysterious, NoWare Men, ONE, Paradox(-WZ), Pharcyde, Phatboyz Elite, Punishers, Rebels, ReDs, Renegade , Replicants, - Saturn - , The Shadow , Silver Ring, Sons of Satan, Soultakers, Space Iupui, Sphere , Starfire Elite, Striker Elite, Strychnine/Negative, Players, Synergy, Templar Knights, Time Bandits, Vulture Squad, Warhawks, Wildcats , Winds Of War , Wolf359, Worms , X2. Champions: ONE. Runners-Up: unsure if there was such a classification

Divisional Split
There was an upper and lower section of the pyramid, but it would change boundaries as the season progressed.

Pyramid Layers
As at January 8, 1997 There was usually a 40-team max rule in place.
 * Lvl 1 Supreme Champion (1 slot)
 * Lvl 2 Star Lord (2 slots)
 * Lvl 3 Elite (3 slots)
 * Lvl 4 Star Gladiator (4 slots)
 * Lvl 5 Expert (5 slots)
 * Lvl 6 Veteran (6 slots)
 * Lvl 7 Novice (7 slots)
 * Lvl 8 Newbie (8 slots)
 * Lvl 9 Amoeba (unlimited)

Results
''Uncertain when the season started. There are hints that champions were announced more than once, lending credibility to the possibility of multiple seasons, although seasons' end seemed to be "called" at some point rather than established before start.'' Data shown is only that known. The seasons most likely continued without break.

Regular Season (Dec '96 to Jan '97)
Various dates prior December 7th/8th, 1996: High Voltage 6 def Judges of Death 0 Harvester Of Sorrow 3 def Doomsday 2 Black Knights 12 def NoWare Men 11 Black Dragon 1 def ReDs 0 December 14, 1996 (approx): Doomsday 12 def FuN! 4 Deathwing 2 def Strychnine 0 High Voltage 11 def Rebels 8 ONE 12 def Black Dragon 1 Apocalypse 12 def Soultakers 6 Commenced in league: 1976, Renegade. December 22, 1996 (approx): Asian Connection were dropped. December 29, 1996 (approx): Deathalien Clan 11 def Black Knights 10 Judges of Death 12 def Jedi Lords 9 Dukes Of Hazzard 10 def Players 1 Worms were dropped. January 5, 1997 (approx): Heaven's Army 12 def Infinite Death 6 Apocalypse 12 def Time Bandits 5 FuN! 7 def Deathwing 6 Paradox def Wildcats - NO-SHOW ReDs 9 def Doomsday 5 Mysterious 12 def Wolf359 7 E-5 Mafia def FlakViperZ - NO-SHOW High Voltage 12 def Strychnine 9 Warhawks 11 def Space Iupui 8 Wildcats were dropped. The Shadow were re-admitted. January 12, 1997 (or earlier): Replicants v Soultakers January 19, 1997 (or earlier): FuN! v Black Dragon Harvester Of Sorrow v Doomsday FusiON v Warhawks Negative v The Alliance Judges of Death v Renegade Black Knights v Rebels Apocalypse v Deathwing

Standings
These were the Standings as at Jan 8, 1997. It seems these were the entirety of competing teams at that point. The team distributions across levels suggests that the season may have been called some short weeks after this time, but that is by no means guaranteed.
 * Level 1 - Supreme Champion - empty
 * Level 2 - Starlord - ONE (6-0), empty
 * Level 3 - Elite - Black Dragon (5-1), ReDs (5-2 ^), empty
 * Level 4 - Star Gladiator - FuN! (4-1 ^), Doomsday (4-4), Harvester Of Sorrow (6-2), empty
 * Level 5 - Expert - Black Hole (3-2), Deathwing (3-2), empty, empty , empty
 * Level 6 - Veteran - High Voltage (3-0 ^), Apocalypse (2-3 v), empty, empty , empty , empty
 * Level 7 - Novice - The Shadow (2-0), Deathalien Clan (2-0), The Alliance (2-0), Time Bandits (2-1), Soultakers (3-1), Rebels (1-2), Negative (3-6 v)
 * Level 8 - Newbie - E-5 Mafia (2-0 ^), Black Knights (2-3), Warhawks (2-2 -), Heaven's Army (2-1), Replicants (1-0), Infinite Death (1-4), Mysterious (2-0 ^), Dukes Of Hazzard (2-0)
 * Level 9 - Amoeba - FusiON (1-1), Judges of Death (1-1), Paradox (1-0), Players (1-2), Wolf359 (1-2 v), FlakViperZ (1-4 ^), Renegade (0-0), Team-IS (0-3), Space IUPUI (0-1), Jedi Lords (0-1), Sons of Satan (0-0), X2 (0-0)

Regular Season (Feb '97 to Apr '97)
A substantial amount of data is missing during this period. There is a strong chance that a season was called during this time.

Regular Season (May '97 to Jun '97)
May 3/4, 1997 : Mysterious 12 def Heaven's Army 5 Synergy 12 def Illuminati 8 Dukes Of Hazzard 8 def ReDs 6 Black Company 9 def Doomsday 4 May 10/11, 1997 : Apocalypse 12 def Lemon Zinger 6 Warhawks 12 def Templar Knights 6 Silver Ring 12 def Rock Garden 5 ONE 4 def Black Hole 0 Harvester Of Sorrow 12 def FuN! 2 Punishers 12 def Phatboys Elite 1 The Shadow 3 def Sphere 1 Lite^Speed 12 def Paradox-WZ 9 May 17/18, 1997 : X2 def Renegade - DEFAULT Infinite Death 12 def Striker Elite 9 Illuminati 12 def Pharcyde 8 Doomsday 12 def Lemon Zinger 5 Withdrawn from League: Sphere Commenced in League: Knightz, - Saturn -, Winds of War May 24/25, 1997 : Vulture Squad def Killjoy Marauders - DEFAULT Warhawks 12 def Synergy 7 Templar Knights 12 def Silver Ring 8 Black Hole 11 def Dukes Of Hazzard 8 X2 9 def The Shadow 1 The Alliance 12 def Illuminati 5 Striker Elite 12 def Lemon Zinger 6 May 31/June 1, 1997 : Templar Knights def Illuminati - DEFAULT Starfire Elite def Corona - DEFAULT Lite^Speed v Phatboyz Elite Heaven's Army v Black Dragon Logical v ReDS Harvester Of Sorrow v ONE Winds of War v Paradox June 8/9, 1997 : Pharcyde def Renegade - DEFAULT Winds Of War 11 def Vulture Squad 4 Logical 12 def X2 4 Black Company 10 def Black Dragon 4 Dukes Of Hazzard 12 def Soultakers 0 Silver Ring v The Shadow (cancelled as The Shadow dropped) Black Company v FuN! - await rematch Synergy v Lemon Zinger - await rematch Killjoy Marauders v Knightz - postponed Withdrawn from league: Corona, Renegade, The Shadow June 15/16, 1997 : Knightz def Killjoy Marauders - DEFAULT Lemon Zinger 12 def Synergy 5 ReDs 12 def Mysterious 2 Apocalypse 12 def Harvester Of Sorrow 5 Starfire Elite 12 def Illuminati 5 Adrenaline 11 def Heaven's Army 7 Paradox 12 def Lost Rocks 4 Winds Of War 12 def X2 2 Killjoy Marauders withdrew June 22/23, 1997 This weekend reportedly consisted of only 'scratch' matches : Harvester Of Sorrow 12 def Doomsday 5 Logical 12 def Soultakers 3 ONE 9 def Black Hole 4 Black Dragon 11 def Templar Knights 5 Vulture Squad 12 def Silver Ring 7 FuN! 12 def Black Company 5 The Green Voices 12 def Winds of War 7 4th of July weekend : This was announced as being the last weekend of the Pyramid league.

Standings
As best as can be recreated, the final standings seemed to look somewhat as follows: ''Teams likely to have finished near top of the table include Doomsday, Dukes Of Hazzard, Harvester Of Sorrow.
 * Level 1 (Supreme Champion): ONE (surely).
 * Level 2 (Star Lord): Apocalypse (^), ?
 * Level 3 (Elite): ?, ?, ?.
 * Level 4 (Star Gladiator): ReDs (-), ?, ?, ?.
 * Level 5 (Expert): ?, ?, ?, ?, ?.
 * Level 6 (Veteran): Adrenaline (^), Lemon Zinger (^), Winds Of War (^), ?, ?, ?.
 * Level 7 (Novice): Starfire Elite (^), ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?.
 * Level 8 (Newbie): Knightz (^), Paradox (-), ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?.
 * Level 9 (Amoeba): ?.