[FSPA] Question about week 5. Re: Mustang Sally Spring 2024 Call for players!

[Kevin Stone]

The seeding for week 5 will be manually calculated with best 3 of 4 weeks to seed the ladder for week 5.  The adjusted points in results are for the overall season total.

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Subject: [FSPA] Question about week 5. Re: Mustang Sally Spring 2024 Call for players!

So, the announced rules said:

Week 5 will be grouped based on overall points from best 3 of the first 4 weeks of league (drop the lowest score). Weeks 5 through 10 will continue to use…

But, the standings after week three rank us based on our best single week— “adjusted points”.   Two weeks are dropped, resulting in 20 points as the top ranked players after 3 weeks.

Will this change for next week?

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Paul McGlone
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Fairfax, Virginia


On Jan 13, 2024, at 10:02 AM, Edan Grossman via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org<mailto:fspa at fspazone.org>> wrote:
•  former format.
•  Week 5 will be grouped based on overall points from best 3 of the first 4 weeks of league (drop the lowest score).
•  Weeks 5 through 10 will continue to use
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Paul McGlone
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Fairfax, Virginia


On Jan 13, 2024, at 10:02 AM, Edan Grossman via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org<mailto:fspa at fspazone.org>> wrote:

Good morning Mustang pinball league players.

I hope we all enjoyed the holidays and are ready to start our first pinball season of 2024.  We have a few big changes to our format for our leagues this year, please review the changes below and we will listen and evaluate your feedback after this season is over.

Registration
Online registration links are not yet ready, so if you plan on playing at Mustang this season, please email me at edan at fspazone.org<mailto:edan at fspazone.org> and I’ll mark you down as playing.

Schedule
Week 0 is January 23rd for meet and greet, and to get familiar with the games.  (You may also complete preplays this week.)
Week 1 is January 30th.
Start time on Week 1 is 7:30pm.  We ask players to try and arrive by 7:15pm so we can properly account for all players.  We will likely get started around 7:45pm.

Dues
$40 – normal dues
$0 – first time Mustang Sally players dues (operators pay the $40)
We start taking dues on week 1, not week 0.

Changes for this season:
There are changes to the league format this season to provide all players the chance to compete and earn a place in the top divisions.  We will be seeking feedback from all players after the Winter/Spring season to evaluate the enjoyment and player satisfaction with these changes.

Summary
All players will have the opportunity to compete for A division placement by playing against random opponents for league points in the initial weeks (balanced to avoid playing the same players more than once). Subsequently, players will be seeded into initial divisions, and our traditional "ladder" movement will resume for the rest of the season.

Details

  1.  First 4 weeks of league will comprise a random grouping for week 1 followed by balanced random groupings week 2 through 4.  The balanced component will attempt to avoid players playing the same player more than once or twice, depending on the league size.  This will allow players to compete against many players they may not have had a chance to play with in the former format.
  2.  Week 5 will be grouped based on overall points from best 3 of the first 4 weeks of league (drop the lowest score).
  3.  Weeks 5 through 10 will continue to use the ladder system, so winning moves a player up a group, and losing drops them down a group.
  4.  Divisions will be determined at the end of week 9 using the average ladder position, like how divisions are determined now.

Any questions, feel free to reach out directly to me at edan at fspazone.org<mailto:edan at fspazone.org>.

Thanks, and looking forward to this season of pinball at Mustang Sally.
-Edan Grossman
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