Howdy all,

Stats updated for play after the 18th.

The weather was awful on the 19th, and life gets in the way, so the meeting on the 19th was sparse. In retrospect I should have just done it starting a half hour earlier on a Monday, or maybe it was unnecessary altogether.

The biggest things I wanted to address:

  1. Playoff eligibility based on the existing rules seems off balance at 60% of nights played, so we’re not holding to that standard. it’s not a freeforall, but as long as it’s not egregious and the players have some history with your team, necessary subs will be allowed.
  2. Playoff format – longer standing members would know, I probably should too, but I wanted to confirm how the last two weeks would be managed. Top 5 and bottom 5 are separated into “A” and “B” respectively. Night one is a straight round robin within the division, which is 4 games for each team, with a bye game. That’s 5 rounds, and the game is 1001. Night two is the same, however there is the addition of the playoff between the A champs and B champs, which is a best of 3 set of 701. The last night will also include prize dispersion, so it will be slightly longer than normal. The first night of playoffs should be a little faster than a normal night as it’s 5 rounds of 1001 and no 501.
  3. Prize payouts – I’m not going to go into specifics here, but I think we had enough people attend and agree to the proposed payout schedule that it’s basically a fair balance with a bit for everyone. I will say that while there is some meritorious payout, it’s weighted to give something back to all.

See you all on Monday, happy official-first-weekend-of-spring. My earlier post saying spring was already here was grievously incorrect.

Chris