[FSPA] CarPool playoff info for 8/14/18

[Dave Hubbard]

My two quarter-slugs:

1) I think we take too many people to the playoffs in certain league
configurations.  I know the rule of thumb is roughly half.  I'd prefer
something around a third once you get large enough (for example, I would
never want to go less than 3 in a division).  I'm in agreement that
5-person playoffs almost always feels bad and shouldn't happen any more.

2) 5 (or more!) divisions seems silly to me.  Is there really that much
differential between say, C and E, or is it just a contrived structure to
advance extra people into the playoffs?  My thought on this would be to
extend the amount of people in a given division before spawning a new one,
and never more than four.

        --- Dave

On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 5:31 PM, Joe Schober via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org>
wrote:

> First of all... thank you very much for sending feedback about what you
> like and don't like.  The goal of the FSPA and its officers is to create a
> competitive and fun environment for all players... if y'all aren't having a
> good time, then we're not doing our job properly.  So it helps a ton to get
> feedback from players about what's working and what's not.  So really, I
> appreciate that, and invite everyone to provide feedback about our leagues
> any time for any topic... you can post something here on the list, contact
> me, contact your league officers, whatever works for you, but don't
> hesitate to do it.  I can't promise that every suggestion will be accepted
> and implemented, but I can promise that every suggestion will be considered
> by league officials -- we talk regularly on a mailing list, and usually
> meet in person between seasons with a lengthy agenda of stuff to review.
>  (We do not change league rules during the season, so whatever is in force
> at the start of the season remains for that season.)
>
> BTW, the original intent of two-round playoffs was actually to have them
> take place over two weeks; i.e. semifinals on one week, finals on the
> following week.  At some point we drifted away from that to instead slam
> both rounds in one night, because players reported not liking the extra
> week.  At least it tends to be a little less lengthy than it seems, since
> most of the games are 2-player, not 3 or 4 player, so they move along
> quicker.  Definitely will be interested to hear how tonight goes at Carpool.
>
> Anyway, we've made changes in the past to push off two-round playoffs, and
> I suspect we'll do that again.  I could easily see 35-45 player leagues
> moving to 5 divisions, with 3-4 qualifiers per division.  Probably need
> more discussion about what happens after that... obviously we *can* add
> divisions indefinitely, but at some point it gets a little weird.  ("I won
> H Division!")  I've already been working with several other leagues that
> use FSPA rules as a baseline, but have 60, 70, 80 players, and
> unsurprisingly, our existing grouping and division rules don't work great
> at that scale.  So we've been tinkering with different variations.
>
> Thanks, and good luck to everyone at tonight's playoffs!
>
> --Joe
>
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