[FSPA] FSPA: Mighty Mike's (RIP) Results for 11/27/2017 (Meet #10)

[Matt Burke]

It was so worth it to get that 0 points badge!

On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 1:06 AM Joe Schober via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org>
wrote:

> Hey folks, a few notes about the Sterling Refugees results...
>
> First off, those of you in group 5 might be looking at the results saying
> "Wait, what?  I don't remember Matt getting disqualified on Game of
> Thrones."  Yes, well, funny thing... later in the evening, Matt
> inadvertently plunged a player's ball on an active league game.  I had to
> squirm and sigh and rule this as Interference, which carries a DQ penalty
> for the offender.  A seldom-used clause of FSPA rule 4.5 notes that if the
> violator doesn't have a current game in progress, the penalty will be
> assessed against the game with the highest league points from their current
> match, which happened to be Matt's GoT game.  (Just to add to the WTF-iness
> of this situation, the game that was interfered with was group 1's GoT game
> of David Horner vs two forfeits, so David was guaranteed 3 league points no
> matter what he scored.)  The good news is that the whole kerfuffle didn't
> have any material impact on the standings, so yay.
>
> Playoffs are next Monday, December 4!  We are particularly by-the-book
> when it comes to playoffs, which starts with timing.  Game picks will begin
> at 7:45, and everyone except the #4 seeds have game pick(s).  If you are
> not present when it's time for your game pick, you will drop a notch
> in seeding.  Playoffs will begin at 8:00.  If you are not present when the
> playoffs start, you will be dropped from the playoffs.  You *can* request a
> 15 minute delay per usual (for start time, not game pick time) if you're
> running late, but please just help everyone out and come early.
>
> I currently expect that Denice Thornton will not be able to attend
> playoffs, which would bump Matt "Plunge Early, Plunge Often" Burke up to
> the #4 seed in B.  Assuming that's the case, here are the head-to-head
> stats for that match: <
> http://fspa.league.papa.org/vsStats/127/126,307,199,248?a=1>   If any
> other qualified players won't be able to attend the playoffs, please speak
> up!  And if you're just below the line, consider coming out anyway, you
> never know when there might be a last-minute scratch, and you could sneak
> in.  If not, hang out with folks and watch the festivities.
>
> As y'all have heard, the Sterling Refugees will be refugees no more
> starting in the Spring season, with a new home at Roland's Party Palace
> Sterling Silver Ball-o-rama Deluxe with Cheese.  Keep your eyes on this
> list (or fspazone.org, or our Facebook page, or our Twitter feed) for
> more details soon.
>
> Thanks to all of you for playing this season!  We can't do this without
> yuz, so as always, we really appreciate your ongoing support of the FSPA!
>
> See y'all next Monday...
>
> --Joe
>
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