<div dir="auto">I CAN DEFINITELY MAKE IT. <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">See y'all then. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 7:14 PM Bob Johnson via FSPA <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org">fspa@fspazone.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div></div><div>Ok, Mike Polisky got scared and won’t play in public so Josh Jurgensen is now above the line and Deb Kapke is on the bubble. Josh if you can’t make it try and let me know. </div><div><br></div><div>See everyone tomorrow!</div><div><br></div><div>Bob</div><div>p.s. Currently play testing the beer taps at CarPool</div><div><br>On Aug 13, 2018, at 16:39, CJ Brown via FSPA <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">fspa@fspazone.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><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" rel="noreferrer">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><br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>How do the playoffs work with groups of 5?</div><div><br class="m_5849598558980903652m_-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" rel="noreferrer">http://www.fspazone.org/complete-rules/#8.3</a></div><div><br></div><div>--Joe</div><div><br></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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