[FSPA] League questions - player opinions wanted

[Dave Hubbard]

On Thu, May 9, 2024 at 10:41 AM Sergio Johnson <lostinthezone at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for the feedback Dave and everyone else who has sent me direct
> emails. Not a ton of responses though so far, so please keep the opinions
> coming or it will be assumed that most of you are perfectly fine with the
> way things are going… :)
>

Bad assumption.  You can't assume that a non-response is a positive one.
Many people don't even know this mailing list exists.


> In regards to the party, a lot of the feedback so far is that a commercial
> location doesn’t have the draw that a home party does. Understandable,
> however one of the goals for the party as originally designed was to give
> people a chance to meet others from different leagues. Is it better to have
> a smaller home party with people you know already or a commercial location
> where you have larger capacity but are seeing the same ole games you may
> have played in league?
>

I'd say it's time to revisit the party goals.  Those of us that are still
active in competitive pinball see plenty of people as we attend area
tournaments.  Mixing with others in the DMV pinball scene isn't a problem,
if that's what you desire.  The parties were a good way to mix 20 years ago
when there wasn't much of a competitive scene, but we're not living in that
world now.


> @dave I’m intrigued by your comment about attending when the party is
> “interesting” again. Can you expand on that? What would make it interesting
> to you?
>

Anything that doesn't amount to just "hang out at a bar that I can go to
any time I want."  Now that Spinners is temporarily down, I 100% guarantee
that the "party" will just be hanging out at either Carpool or MSB for an
afternoon, and it's been this way for years, just cycling between the same
public locations.  Yawn.  If this is what people want, fine, I'm just one
person. Give me an opt-out please.

       --- Dave

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