[FSPA] Announcing the Experimental League!

[Steve Jones]

This sounds fun..  one question - Since there's no particular timing (Play
whenever you want during the evening) does that mean there's no requirement
to play with/against someone else?  ie; if everyone else is already playing
a game, you can play your game as a one player (honor system)?  I ask
mainly because I know for pre-plays there was a requirement to play with
another player just to keep someone honest. (and to make it more fun).
Just making sure I'm reading correctly that there's no requirement for this.
-Steve

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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