[FSPA] Preplays are better

Wed Jun 30 08:32:53 EDT 2021

They might be a ton of machines at places but sometimes you still have to wait to play the ones in the league especially if two groups play the same Machine in the second round

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On Wednesday, June 30, 2021, 8:27 AM, Deb Kapke via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org> wrote:

I like the idea of Drop-2 because:
1) There are a lot of machines at some locations. Preplays get time consuming when there are a ton of machines. (It’s GREAT to have a lot of machines unless there are a bunch of Popeyes or when trying to do preplays.)
2) Some of our current league locations don’t stay open late. So while it was easy to stay after league someplace like Carpool, it’s not possible now. Ocelot and Mustang Sally, are closed by the time league is over (or even before league is over). And getting there early to do preplays isn’t an option for many because of work and traffic. So preplays require a separate trip, possibly multiple trips.
If Drop-2 stays around then maybe there can be some adjustments. 
It is, of course, a courtesy to tell a league officer when a person won’t be there. But maybe a little more emphasis on letting somebody know. At some point a person knows they're not on their way, so they won’t be there. I would imagine that even a half hour notice is helpful. 

On Jun 30, 2021, at 3:17 AM, Joe P. Said via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org> wrote:
What Pittsburgh does is generates the groups from the players that are present. We should aim to adapt the rules to that if we want the drop 2 to be successful.
On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 11:46 PM Daniel Cotter via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org> wrote:

Daniel Cotter here, miss you guys. I have been running a couple seasons of a social distance league at the Richmond Pinball Collective that was basically a preplay league. You had the set week to come in while the collective was open and play a set bank of games (solo if you wanted to avoid human contract) and submit your scores, but no actual preplays, if you missed a week you forfeited. My intent was not to remove anyone based on forfeits and everyone would make the finals, so forfeits equaled less points and lower seeding for finals. The aim was just fun and to have some reason to play each week during the pandemic. The first season I did 3 player(or default) groups and didn't like that those forfeits caused to many two player match ups as I felt it skewed the points a bit if it happened to frequently. The second season I went for 4 player groups and this greatly cut down on 2 player match ups and I feel was a good offset for not dealing with preplays. I know this summer season was a kind of fun test the waters so I wanted to share my experience with something similar.
Daniel
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Subject: Re: [FSPA] Preplays are better Option 1: Prioritize 4 player grouping to minimize risk of 1 player groups.  Consequence, everyone plays in 4 player groups, in preparing to avoid the potential of someone not being there.
(this was actually my pre-season recommendation - but the hate for 4 player groups was too strong)
Option 2: Stick to the 'default' grouping which prefers 3 player groups, and face risks of 2 and 1 player groups more frequently.  Rules account for all the scenarios, so you can just 'play on' w/o extra intervention.  Consequence... you have 2 and 1 player scoring more frequently.
As Matt mentioned, we have discussed and are sticking with #2 with the modification we will have the single player play with the group below them if there is space (or above) so they can play in a group - but we will still score them as their independent groups.
The other options are far more disruptive change and not for something mid-season.  You either change the ladder and movement system, and in turn, the handicapping model used for the whole league, or you use ghost scores of some format.
Personally I think 4 player groups are far less disruptive and provide 'cheap' defense to the problem.. but it seems everyone hates every scoring format but 3 player groups :D
-Steve
On Tuesday, June 29, 2021, 08:58:27 PM EDT, 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. 

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