[FSPA] Preplays are better

[Matt Wycoff]

In that format if someone shows up 5 minutes late.  They get 0s for the
night?

Doesn’t seem friendly for casual or new players, also doesn’t seem
administratively fun for SLOs.

On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 11:55 AM Joe P. Said via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org>
wrote:

> I agree with Steve's thinking.
>
> On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 11:44 AM Stephen Jonke via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org>
> wrote:
>
>> I like these ideas and agree that drop 2 doesn't seem compatible with
>> our current format, but no big changes can be made this season. If next
>> season we adopt a groups are formed based on who shows up approach, it
>> seems to me there has to be a hard cutoff for when you can show up, and
>> that includes no 15 minutes if you let them know ahead of time rule - what
>> if you then don't show up in time, then we have a missing player again. So
>> it seems to me the groups have to be formed with who is actually present at
>> a set time, Probably we require everyone to check in 15 minutes prior to
>> league start (or however much time early is needed) to show they are here.
>> If you don't check in on time, you get 0s.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 10:16 AM Elliott Keith via FSPA <
>> fspa at fspazone.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Even though I had to drop out of MOM's league this season due to
>>> personal stuff, I felt the need to chime in with a 'simple' solution.
>>>
>>> Pretty much every other league I've played in besides FSPA had a drop 2
>>> format, with no headache. The difference with FSPA seems to be that you
>>> guys try to 'pre-make' your groups of 3, which obviously causes scrambling
>>> when people don't show. The 'drop 2' and 'pre-made groups' just don't seem
>>> compatible to me. Most all other leagues randomly dole out groups at the
>>> start of the night, and Crabtowne's league had a 'division split' halfway
>>> through so you'd play with people somewhat around your skill level.
>>>
>>> My solution idea is that instead of trying to 'pre-make' groups, why not
>>> just keep track of ladder position? Like, after confirming who's not there,
>>> the top three present are group 1, next three group 2, etc. all the way
>>> down, with the last group being a 4 or 2 if necessary. Keeps the similar
>>> skill level thing going, and seems pretty easy to implement, since you guys
>>> keep track of that anyway.
>>>
>>> Just my two cents. Hope to be back in a league next season, and happy
>>> 4th!
>>>
>>> -Elliott
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 9:57 AM Rob Wintler-Cox via FSPA <
>>> fspa at fspazone.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 9:38 AM Daniel Northover <northovr at verizon.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Just ribbing you Rob your doing a awesome job
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> After last week my ribs are pretty sore. ;)
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