[FSPA] League questions - player opinions wanted

[Stephen Jonke]

I know we do ones, but I seem to recall that we don’t know what they are ahead of time. I guess just emphasize it more. Also I just really liked the gauntlet. :)

Steve
On May 9, 2024 at 1:50 PM -0400, Dave Hubbard via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org>, wrote:
> > 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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