[FSPA] League questions - player opinions wanted

[Joe P. Said]

I agree with Dave. Parties don’t serve the purpose they once did since ppl
travel for tournaments. So I’d say revisit it. A single day a year could be
more appropriate. But it should be 100% opt in.



On Thu, May 9, 2024 at 11:36 AM Dave Hubbard via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org>
wrote:

> 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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