<div dir="ltr">May I make a request to the powers that be?<div><br></div><div>Can you consider changing the amount of people that get into finals after the season ends?
<span style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">I hope this doesn't get dismissed with the reasoning "this is the way it has always been done". The rules are very clear. I am asking if they might be changed with some thought about the length of finals and the time at which they start. </span><div><br></div><div>Long story short, tomorrow is going to be a *very* late night.<br></div><div><br></div><div>4 person finals have five rounds. Starting at 8 pm already takes a long time factoring in waiting and machine availability. There have been a few finals where I was absolutely dead on my feet by the time the night ended. <div><div><br></div><div>If I understand the 5 person finals rules correctly, tomorrow there will be *ten* rounds of pinball instead of *five*. Semi-finals for all, then Finals for the top 3 players. That means the last 2 people in each group tomorrow don't get to play in the final five rounds. They literally can only sit and wait for everyone else to finish until prizes start.</div><div><br></div><div>There are certainly alternative solutions to pinball finals than what is currently listed in the rulebook. Dan Cotter submitted a spreadsheet with alternatives a few seasons ago. However, I know that I am not the person that makes those decisions. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Many thanks! - CJ<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 2:17 PM, Joe Schober via FSPA <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">Alex V wrote...<span class=""><br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>How do the playoffs work with groups of 5?</div><div><br class="m_-6358831475740935002Apple-interchange-newline"></div></blockquote></div><br></span><div>There is both a semifinal and a final round.</div><div><br></div><div>In the semifinal round, each participant will play head-to-head games against every other participant (so everyone plays 4 games), earning league points in the usual manner (3-1 unless the winner more than TRIPLES the loser, in which case it's 4-0).</div><div><br></div><div>The top three point-earners in the semifinal round move on to the final round, which is played as usual (an all-play, head-to-heads between each player, and another all-play -- so 4 games total again).</div><div><br></div><div>The main other "gotcha" is that a player with a game pick may not pick the same machine for a head-to-head game against the same opponent in both the semis and the finals.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.fspazone.org/complete-rules/#8.3" target="_blank">http://www.fspazone.org/<wbr>complete-rules/#8.3</a></div><div><br></div><div>--Joe</div><div><br></div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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