[FSPA] Preplays are better

[Stephen Jonke]

That’s how it should have been handled by the rules, but the question is do 1 player groups happen more often with the drop 2 worst weeks rule? Maybe. It will be interesting to see what happens in the last 2 weeks, and especially last week.

Steve
On Jun 29, 2021, 9:36 PM -0400, Matt Wycoff via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org>, wrote:
> What do you mean “reorganized” groups?  You can combine people into groups for socially competitive purposes but the rules clearly state..
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> “ If only one player in a group is present and eligible to play (or has preplay scores for) a game, that player earns a win by forfeit and receives three (3) game points. That player still plays the game and his score will be recorded for statistical purposes.”
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> -Matt
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> > On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 9:28 PM Bob K Mertz via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org> wrote:
> > > And that makes it tough for those of us that don't have set schedules at work and can potentially get stuck at any moment. In my case I always try my best to send a notice but it can be easy to get caught up trying to make it in time that you totally miss what time it actually is. Whether it actually *is* any better or not, I felt a lot less stressed knowing I had preplays on standby just in case.
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> > > For various reasons I feel a lot better when there is a backup set of preplays that can be used in this situation. At the very least there needs to be clear expectations of what the limits are if we stick with the no prepay/drop two rule but for me personally the undated preplay system worked well and if we were taking a poll that would be my preference.
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> > > > On June 29, 2021 9:12:34 PM EDT, Deb Kapke via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org> wrote:
> > > > > Yeah.
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> > > > > I feel like if we have a drop-2 rule then we also need a let-a-league-officer-know-you-won’t-be-here rule.
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> > > > > It can be mission critical.
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> > > > > > On Jun 29, 2021, at 8:58 PM, Kevin Stone via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org> wrote:
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> > > > > > I thought dropping 2 scores would be better than preplays, but it is absolutely not. We would have had two 1 actual player groups tonight in first and last group,  but adjusted groups.
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> > > > > > 2 player groups SUCK.  You can crush a game and still get 1 point for 2nd place.
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> > > > > > If you can figure this shit out,  I'm impressed. Edan and I got it re-organized but it was a pain.
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