[FSPA] Announcing the Experimental League!
Mike McGann
mike.mcgann at gmail.com
Sat Apr 16 22:18:33 EDT 2022
This does sound interesting. I'm up for joining the experiment.
// Mike
On Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 8:16 PM Dave Hubbard via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org>
wrote:
> And now for something completely different...
>
> In between the Spring 2022 and Summer 2022 seasons at MOMs, we're going to
> try an experiment. Starting April 27th (the week after MOMs playoffs) and
> ending May 25th (the week before Summer Week 0), I'm running a 5-week
> "league" using a completely different scoring and grouping system that will
> be unlike anything the FSPA has tried before. This is set up as a
> completely new association (thanks Joe!) with its own ruleset, badges, etc.
> so there is no pollution of proper FSPA leagues for stats or anything like
> that.
>
> First, the important details:
>
> - *ALL ARE WELCOME!*
> - League will happen on Wednesday's at 7:30pm (ish, see below) so it's
> the normal Wednesday MOMs slot. If you've been coming to MOMs league, keep
> coming! If you're bored between FSPA seasons, try this!
> - No dues, no finals, no prizes, no WPPRs, etc. We're doing this
> purely for fun and to try something different.
> - Participation in this does not earn you a machine giveaway draw,
> does not earn you end-of-season party credit, etc. It's not a real FSPA
> league.
>
> Now, the format:
>
> - We'll be running a modified version of the Tri-City Pinball League,
> which you can see here: http://tcpl.league.papa.org
> - Players will play 6 machines each league night, under normal FSPA
> play rules. I'm probably going to "randomly" pick 4 moderns and 2 classics
> for each night.
> - All players play all 6 machines.
> - Once all scores are submitted, all scores for a given machine will
> be ranked from top to bottom. Highest score on a given night gets 10
> league points, lowest score gets 1 league point. Failure to post a score
> on a machine gets you zero. Everyone else gets an evenly-distributed
> percentage between 1 and 10 depending on how many scores are posted. Yes,
> there will be fractional points. So the max you can get for one night is
> 60, and the lowest is 6, provided you play all the machines.
> - If we have machine malfunctions or other problems like that, I'll
> just make a command decision (remember this is an experiment).
> - That's it. Whoever has the most points after week 5 is the winner.
>
> I chose this format because it looks interesting, it's different, and I
> think it solves some of the gripes I've heard:
>
> - No groups - no one is stuck in the bottom group(s). You are free to
> play your 6 games with anyone you want, it can be the same group of people
> for all 6 games, or you can mix it up and be social. Your choice!
> - No lateness, no "15 minutes" - as long as you get your games in at
> some point (within reason) they will count. If I show up to MOMs before
> 7:30 you can get started early. If you don't show up until 8:00, that's
> probably fine also. If you don't show up until 10pm then I'm probably gone
> and you're out of luck though.
> - No drop-2, no preplays, no league drops - play as little or as much
> as you want. No one will be booted from the league if they don't play
> enough, they just won't score any points. No IFPA concerns here since
> we're not submitting this.
> - No divisions - we're all competing against one another. Moving up
> ladder positions has additional meaning now; it's a direct measure of your
> progress.
> - No being stuck behind group 1 all night - play the games in whatever
> order you want.
> - All your scores count, no walk-offs - since all scores are ranked at
> the end of the night, you won't be "safe" ever. Play your games out and
> score as high as you can. Similarly, no more losing with a great score
> because everyone blew up a machine, and no more cheap wins because everyone
> sucked and you just sucked a little less.
>
> Sound interesting? Just show up at MOMs on April 27th at 7:30pm and we'll
> see how it goes! Feel free to spread the word.
>
> --- Dave
>
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