[FSPA] FSPA: MOM's Organic Pinball Results for 09/29/2021 (Meet #2)

[Bob K Mertz]

If I ever put that much thought into a game pick I implore someone to make certain that I'm ok.

On September 30, 2021 6:01:41 PM EDT, Dave Hubbard via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org> wrote:
>They are definitely overrated.  It's one game out of 40 that you play
>in a
>season.  It's insignificant unless your league officer(s) use a
>progression
>for determining the other games in your group that involve everyone
>else's
>game picks, in which case people with later game picks can,
>theoretically,
>pick games in other groups as well.
>
>Something like this.  Imagine you have 12 machines for league, noted A
>through L for simplicity.
>
>Group 1 picks machine A
>Group 2 picks machine B
>...
>Group 8 is last to pick, and 7 machines have already been chosen.  This
>group's pick will be game H, leaving I/J/K/L to be assigned randomly to
>the
>progression.
>
>Every group in groups 1-7 that includes slot H is effectively chosen by
>group 8's game picker, and you can trace this back up the groups as
>well
>(for example, there's probably a few groups that include G, chosen by
>group
>7).
>
>So basically, game picks are not just your pick unless your SLO is
>filling
>out the other 3 games randomly.  You likely won't know who picked what,
>but
>you will know what games were picked and therefore which games are
>going to
>show up in other people's groups.  If you know the progression (and
>your
>SLO uses the same one every week) then with a little effort you can
>know
>which other groups are going to get the game you pick for your group,
>and
>that might be advantageous.
>
>        --- Dave
>
>
>
>On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 3:13 PM Kevin Stone via FSPA
><fspa at fspazone.org>
>wrote:
>
>> I think game picks are overrated.  Every time I’ve picked a game, I
>end up
>> playing horrible on it.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* FSPA
>[mailto:fspa-bounces+pinball=kevinsplanet.com at fspazone.org] *On
>> Behalf Of *Joe Schober via FSPA
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 29, 2021 11:47 PM
>> *To:* FSPA main discussion list
>> *Cc:* Joe Schober
>> *Subject:* Re: [FSPA] FSPA: MOM's Organic Pinball Results for
>09/29/2021
>> (Meet #2)
>>
>>
>>
>> Steph wrote...
>>
>>
>>
>> I don’t understand the ladder movement. I won my group but stayed in
>the
>> same group, I suppose this has to do with rearranging the groups into
>three
>> person groups after this meet but now who gets game picks?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "At each meet, the winner of each group who has moved up (except the
>> winner of group 1) will choose their new group’s first machine to be
>> played. In the lowest group, the lowest-ranked player will choose the
>first
>> machine to be played. If there is a conflict due to dropouts and
>> regrouping, then the lowest-ranked player in each affected group will
>have
>> the machine pick."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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