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| carolina phil
- 09 May 2011
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This Saturday Syed's fun tournament will feature a never before tried event! This is a one game tournament. One game, double elimination tournament for money! Never before has there been a one game sudden death event. First one to 7 wins!
The tentative format is random draw with most of the players being the ones there for the Noon doubles earlier in the day; but open to anyone. Tentative time of Sudden Death is about 3 PM at SRO this Saturday, May 14.
As Chair for the Committee on AH Innovation, I see this as a region of ah space to go where no man has gone before! I look forward to participating and to catching the reactions and opinions of particpants and spectators alike.
Does this one game format have any future among ah competitors? Why not? There are many ways to express ah excellence: accuracy, endurance, doubles, singles, 49 game marathons, short matches, Swiss tournaments, and now Sudden Death events for Money.
How much would you pay to enter a one game Sudden Death tourney? You know you can on your best night beat anyone in the world one game, right?
Arriving at the Future, Now.
Phil A.
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| jdtaylor
- 09 May 2011
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If anything, I hope it speeds the pace of the games. Players might not pace themselves if there is only one game per match. IMO, the 7-seconds per shot is a bit anti-airhockey, and not very fun at all. Being a spectator and watching slow games is even worse.
It reminds me of Bobby Fischer's arguments against what Chess has become. He devised his own format involving randomized openings to make the game more dynamic:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_fischer#Fischer_Random_Chess
Randomized Air Hockey is natural if players don't have much time to set up their shots. I hope this new format accomplishes this.
-- On second thought, single-game matches will probably slow the game down because shots will matter that much more. Oh well.
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| tableman
- 10 May 2011
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jdtaylor said: If anything, I hope it speeds the pace of the games. Players might not pace themselves if there is only one game per match. IMO, the 7-seconds per shot is a bit anti-airhockey, and not very fun at all. Being a spectator and watching slow games is even worse.
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If you don't like 7-second AH, you REALLY wouldn't like 10-second AH, which was in place until 1985 or so, when the USAA Board voted to go back to the original Brunswick rule of 7 seconds. Until the mid-90's when the "grandfather clause" was eliminated, 3 players had petitioned for and received an exemption which allowed them to continue playing their matches under the 10-second rule. Those 3 were Don Bearden, Vince Schappell, and Jesse Douty.
Mark
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| therood
- 11 May 2011
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carolina phil said: This Saturday Syed's fun tournament will feature a never before tried event! This is a one game tournament. One game, double elimination tournament for money! Never before has there been a one game sudden death event. First one to 7 wins!
The tentative format is random draw with most of the players being the ones there for the Noon doubles earlier in the day; but open to anyone. Tentative time of Sudden Death is about 3 PM at SRO this Saturday, May 14.
As Chair for the Committee on AH Innovation, I see this as a region of ah space to go where no man has gone before! I look forward to participating and to catching the reactions and opinions of particpants and spectators alike.
Does this one game format have any future among ah competitors? Why not? There are many ways to express ah excellence: accuracy, endurance, doubles, singles, 49 game marathons, short matches, Swiss tournaments, and now Sudden Death events for Money.
How much would you pay to enter a one game Sudden Death tourney? You know you can on your best night beat anyone in the world one game, right?
Arriving at the Future, Now.
Phil A. |
I'm intrigued by this. I'd like to hear how it turns out. This could be really interesting at a large-draw tournament where many of the players have seldom played each other. That could present the possibility of a lot of upsets.
What would the payouts be? Top 3? Top 5? Winner-take-all? I think that could influence how much I'd pay, but $5 seems reasonable.
I'm Eric Rood and, luckily, you're not.
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