[FSPA] Preplays are better

[Matt Wycoff]

It’s a trade off, you can force four player groups in the software but with
“many” groups you can run into game backlogs especially with top heavy
leagues like many of us have.  (Good players).

To compensate for this, if there are enough location games you can have
more 3 player groups but you do run the risk of a 1 person group from time
to time.

-Matt

On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 9:48 PM Stephen Jonke via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org>
wrote:

> 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..
>
> “ 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.”
>
> -Matt
>
> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> On June 29, 2021 9:12:34 PM EDT, Deb Kapke via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yeah.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> It can be mission critical.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jun 29, 2021, at 8:58 PM, Kevin Stone via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 2 player groups SUCK.  You can crush a game and still get 1 point for
>>> 2nd place.
>>>
>>> If you can figure this shit out,  I'm impressed. Edan and I got it
>>> re-organized but it was a pain.
>>>
>>> [image: Image]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Get Outlook for Android <https://aka.ms/ghei36>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> FSPA mailing list
>>> FSPA at fspazone.org
>>> http://lists.fspazone.org/mailman/listinfo/fspa
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------- This email
>>> was processed through Xeams to filter junk messages. If you feel this
>>> message has been tagged incorrectly, you can change its category by
>>> clicking the link below. Click here to mark email as junk
>>> <https://larry.iad.ransomtech.com:5273/FrontController?operation=mbeu&f=00001_-1013_20210629_5394406.eml&chkBayesian=1&pr=1&mt=1&ma=s>.
>>> -------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> --
>> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
>> _______________________________________________
>> FSPA mailing list
>> FSPA at fspazone.org
>> http://lists.fspazone.org/mailman/listinfo/fspa
>>
> _______________________________________________
> FSPA mailing list
> FSPA at fspazone.org
> http://lists.fspazone.org/mailman/listinfo/fspa
>
> _______________________________________________
> FSPA mailing list
> FSPA at fspazone.org
> http://lists.fspazone.org/mailman/listinfo/fspa
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.fspazone.org/pipermail/fspa/attachments/20210629/f8b7f5f7/attachment.htm>