[FSPA] Announcing the Experimental League!

Sun Apr 17 00:03:19 EDT 2022

Excellent question - you will need to play with at least one other person,
so games of at least 2 people, just like preplays work.  It's less about
honesty and more about preserving a competition experience versus just
playing a game solo.  In fact, mechanically I envisioned this working just
like preplays do, except they're not preplays.

It should be possible to find someone who hasn't played a game you need, if
not, you can grab any other league member who has already played the game
you need.  Or grab me and I'll play it with you.

      --- Dave

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On Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 11:35 PM Steve Jones via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org>
wrote:

> 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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