[FSPA] League questions - player opinions wanted

[Dave Hubbard]

On Thu, May 9, 2024 at 1:06 PM Wei-Hwa Huang via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org>
wrote:

> One thing that we do that you could consider, though, is that our playoffs
> is also our end-of-season party.  We use a system (I devised) called Swiss
> Elimination, which keeps people playing in the tournament longer even when
> they've been eliminated from first-place consideration. If you are having
> problems with party attendance, having tournaments in conjunction with it
> could be a way to get that interest back. Especially if that tournament is
> IFPA-eligible.  Right now our playoffs are not IFPA-eligible, but we still
> give out trophies and awards based on those.
>

I wanted to comment on this part, because the idea of having a tournament
at the end-of-season party has been floated here already.  I don't think it
works, because in order to be IFPA sanctioned, you must allow anyone to
enter if they want to.  This means allowing non-party guests to enter,
including people who didn't play league and/or aren't part of the FSPA at
all, which would seem really weird for what is supposed to be a league
party.

I also feel this would take away from the party itself, as those making a
deep run are basically just attending a tournament for the day, same as any
other weekend tournament.  It also takes machines away from the rest of the
party attendees, which isn't as fun for them.

The idea to stage an event to draw interest is a good one, I'm just not
sure an IFPA sanctioned tournament is the way.

         --- Dave

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