[FSPA] Preplays and malfunctions

[Steve K]

Rulings should be consistent with league play.  Something not scoring would not under most circumstances lead to any sort of additional compensation- at worst the game would be dq'd if the issue was significant enough to make the game not worthy of play.  And a game that was not available for preplay (due to machine condition or availability) is not a justification to not play the game on league night.  So even if you dq'd the game during your preplay... you don't really gain because you now have no score... (which could impact group movement... but you want those season points).

Conversely, league night conditions don't weigh what conditions were at another time.  The game is evaluated based on that match and future matches that will be impacted.

This falls under the principle of trying to encourage live play.  Sometimes the needle swings one way or another...

You find that savvy players will strategically decide when to create their undated preplay based on game conditions.  If games are playing like junk... don't bank scores until they are tuned up.

-Stev

> On Sep 22, 2017, at 12:45 PM, Steve Peck via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org> wrote:
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> Is there any rule about preplays when the machine condition is different in a way that significantly impacts scoring?
> 
> Several seasons ago I had to play against an alien poker preplay of over 1 mil, but during my game the queen drop wouldn't fall making that score basically impossible and punishing the players w/o actually showed up since the preplay was done when it was fully functional
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