Dennis "Whitey" Young
Verified Member
I have read the many threads on the Seniors event and there is no format consensus for next years Seniors event being developed. So this thread is dedicated to that goal.
First I think it is important to establish just what the players goals are in attending Seniors. There seems to a somewhat divide as to whether it is to play more in the tournament vs. time to match up and socialize, and also exhaustion is of course a main factor to consider especially for those that remain in the tournament. I feel much consideration has to given to this situation.
Some suggestions to date;
Shot clock, and wider pockets, these have been pretty well discussed but are open for further discussions,
Starting play earlier on Friday & Saturday,
Playing a 3/2 format final day, or 3/3 with one loss side winner break,
Starting a day earlier,
Players out of tournament first day is ok, or not a desired goal,
mr3cushion brought up RR format, this has been thoroughly discussed in a previous thread pertaining to MOT, but is open to further discuss.
I brought up going to a single elimination 8 player bracket on Sunday,
Playing later into the night on Friday and Saturday, and getting down to 4 players on Sunday.
This is not a thread to discuss specific game rules, that is a dead end street and not beneficial.
My role is to keep this on track, a little arbitrating, but what I hope is that members respond well to suggestions so everyone knows how they feel, for a lot of times suggestions or questions are just left hanging. Input about the Senior event is much needed, such as starting times, ending times, and when rounds 1,2,3, and so forth ended, this will let us know how much free time players had to socialize, match up and so forth.
We need to narrow this down to a few format suggestions that there seems to be a consensus on, so players going into next year Seniors have some bases to make decisions on how they want their tournament to proceed! thanks, Whitey
First I think it is important to establish just what the players goals are in attending Seniors. There seems to a somewhat divide as to whether it is to play more in the tournament vs. time to match up and socialize, and also exhaustion is of course a main factor to consider especially for those that remain in the tournament. I feel much consideration has to given to this situation.
Some suggestions to date;
Shot clock, and wider pockets, these have been pretty well discussed but are open for further discussions,
Starting play earlier on Friday & Saturday,
Playing a 3/2 format final day, or 3/3 with one loss side winner break,
Starting a day earlier,
Players out of tournament first day is ok, or not a desired goal,
mr3cushion brought up RR format, this has been thoroughly discussed in a previous thread pertaining to MOT, but is open to further discuss.
I brought up going to a single elimination 8 player bracket on Sunday,
Playing later into the night on Friday and Saturday, and getting down to 4 players on Sunday.
This is not a thread to discuss specific game rules, that is a dead end street and not beneficial.
My role is to keep this on track, a little arbitrating, but what I hope is that members respond well to suggestions so everyone knows how they feel, for a lot of times suggestions or questions are just left hanging. Input about the Senior event is much needed, such as starting times, ending times, and when rounds 1,2,3, and so forth ended, this will let us know how much free time players had to socialize, match up and so forth.
We need to narrow this down to a few format suggestions that there seems to be a consensus on, so players going into next year Seniors have some bases to make decisions on how they want their tournament to proceed! thanks, Whitey