darmoose
Verified Member
I believe the RR format could be used in next years MOT because of the requirement of the host room having at least 16 tables...
Several people have outlined what they believe will and will not work using the RR format, and of course anytime something different is proposed for an event in which there are more than two participants, there’s usually a difference of opinion... perfectly natural...
Imo, Darmoose has the best overall grip on the RR format... He has explained his ideas flawlessly in this thread and I agree with the two days of RR’s
( Friday & Saturday ) to determine which ( 4 or 8 ) will advance to the finals on Sunday...
Winnowing down the field thru Friday’s and Saturday’s RR play to the desired # of finalists, would seem to be the only possible fly in the ointment...To that end, even thought I would prefer playing 21 games, ( 7 matches x 3 games ) I would agree with Whitey and his idea of playing 14 games ( 7 matches x 2 games ) to determine who goes to the finals... That’s still a lot of one pocket...
My reasons are these, (1) Every one of your opponents will get the break only once per match, and so will you... (2) the deliberate players, when matched against each other, will only play two games... (3) Playing 14 games each over a two day span ( rather than 21 ) will allow more time at the end of each day of play, for whatever you choose to use it for, be that socializing, dinner engagements, sight seeing, or matching up and playing some more one pocket...
I feel this could work, something just feels right about this format and the idea that everyone can and will get to play more games with more members... Sorry, but I couldn’t help putting this up, it sounds like a win/win on all fronts, while possibly solving a problem the MOT has had in the past...
Jeff, I wouldn't change a single word. I'm with you 100%.
Jeff and John,
Thank you both for your kind words and flawless judgement. You both are obviously highly intelligent and a credit to the human race.:lol:lol
No sh*t.
I can see what your saying about 14 games instead of 21, would give everybody a little more free time, if it is felt that this is needed. No problem here.