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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I agree with CJ, and have played in 5 player playoffs previously. I estimate we’ll be done by midnight but not before 11pm. Especially with 4 divisions and
long playing games. Combine waitlists with having up to 8 matches going at a time with 9 games, yeah it will be a long night.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> FSPA [mailto:fspa-bounces@fspazone.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Max Baskin via FSPA<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 14, 2018 8:47 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> FSPA main discussion list<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Max Baskin<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [FSPA] CarPool playoff info for 8/14/18<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I don't think it's quite as bad as you're imagining since all of the games in the semifinals are 2 player, but yeah, that definitely has the potential to be a long night.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Aug 14, 2018, 7:57 AM CJ Brown via FSPA <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org">fspa@fspazone.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">May I make a request to the powers that be?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Can you consider changing the amount of people that get into finals after the season ends? 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. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Long story short, tomorrow is going to be a *very* late night.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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
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<p class="MsoNormal">Many thanks! - CJ<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 2:17 PM, Joe Schober via FSPA <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">How do the playoffs work with groups of 5?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">There is both a semifinal and a final round.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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
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<p class="MsoNormal">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).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.fspazone.org/complete-rules/#8.3" target="_blank">http://www.fspazone.org/complete-rules/#8.3</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">--Joe<o:p></o:p></p>
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