[FSPA] Mustang Sally Summer 2025 week 1 this Tuesday 06/03

[Edan Grossman]

Good morning Mustang pinball league players.


Changes for Summer 2025.


Here is the big change coming up this season...  The Summer season will use
the new Matchplay format as used by the Carpool League in Arlington.  It is
a shorter season format, only 8-weeks long, which is appropriate for the
Summer season.  The Carpool league adopted it last year and it was very
well received by their players.  I decided to give it a try at Mustang for
the Summer season and see how it goes.


Not required, but you can read up on the new format here
<http://www.fspazone.org/format-non-ladder/>.


*Registration*

You can pre-register for the 2025 Summer season here
<https://forms.gle/cdedY3pZtFbm3cKt9>.  Just fill out the form.  This helps
with preparing for the first week of league, but is not required.



*Schedule*

*Week 1 is June 3*.  (First official week of this season)

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.


Full calendar is available here <http://www.fspazone.org/mustang-sally/>.



*Dues*

*$20 – normal dues (New low price!)*

$0 – first time Mustang Sally players dues (operators pay the $20)

We will begin taking dues on week 2, not week 1.



*Summary*

All players will have the opportunity to compete for A division placement
by playing against random opponents for league points in the initial week
and then grouped together using the swiss method.  Divisions will be locked
in on week 5 and players will only play other players within their division.



*Details*

   1. First 4 weeks of league will comprise a random grouping for week 1
   followed by swiss groupings for week 2 through 4.  The swiss component will
   attempt to avoid players being grouped against significantly higher or
   lower skilled players.
   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 8, divisions are locked in, and players
   will be grouped together using a "balanced" method that mostly avoids
   playing the same opponents more than once.
   4. Players only play other players within their division during week 5
   through 8.



Any questions, feel free to reach out directly to me at edan at fspazone.org.



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


-Edan Grossman
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