2017 the Death of the Selfie League.
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Quoted from desertT1:- Certain formats (Selfie Leagues, TOPS Tournaments, etc) rely on players submitting their own results without the verification of a TD or authorized scorekeeper on site. Any qualifying format that includes “unverified” results where a TD, league official, or authorized scorekeeper is not present to record their score, will not have the qualifying portion included in the TGP calculation. The IFPA will classify these qualifying formats as strictly for seeding purposes, with only the finals format counting towards the TGP calculation.
As in the 20% cap for unlimited qualifying, or does that also include the 4%/game for those that are available to play?
I think what Josh is saying is qualifying games will not count.
Quoted from Whysnow:That is a good point and I agree. I already hosted a bolt on event last year where the top 48 in the state played and competed in an end of year event and it was a great success. Unfortunately many states dont even have SCS at this stage and lowering the barrier for hosting is probably still more important at this stage. As things continue to build then I could see opening up qualifying a bit deeper in a few more years.
Best of the Rest Champ Baby!
I think the 5.3 changes are good.
Josh, do you think we will see a drop off in Selfie Leagues?
I think this is the only negative. Not because of WPPR but because it could hurt some of the locations running them in that there could be a drop in the number of players.
Quoted from Whysnow:I hope whomever hosts this year is able to carry on and do it again!
Do we even have a Milwaukee TD or location?
Quoted from Whysnow:nope. I have heard nothing. It may soon be the time when you and I need to discuss other options (maybe Rusty hosting? or another large private colleciton that plays good). We are already nearing mid year and I think we owe it to the players to figure something out.
I will send Neo a PM.
If we can't find anyone I'll check with Russ.
Quoted from ifpapinball:I posted this on Tilt Forums, but thought it was worth posting here as well regarding the imminent DEATH OF SELFIE LEAGUES. It's always important to keep perspective on how the changes actually impact the players participating. There's always a race towards assuming this change is going to grossly alter the universe of the WPPR system forever, when in reality we're talking about peanuts.
Anyway, here's my TF post:
This is about making the world rankings more accurate, and the selfie leagues are simply overvalued for "what they are". It's taking advantage of a system that's built around events being organized and run by volunteers who spend countless hours, money and energy putting something on.
Compare that to the "effort" it takes to run a Selfie league, which for me is entering a score from my phone at my leisure, and finding a clever comment to post on Facebook along with posting a picture . . . and showing up for 90 minutes once a month to run a final. It's really a f*cking joke (and I say that because I created it, and I still think it's awesome, and I still think it has a place in this wide world of competitive pinball . . . just at a reduced value based on the play where that TD is putting in that time/effort/energy like they have to do for every other tournament on our calendar).
If we wanted to help out operators we would value all Selfie leagues at 100 points minimum. If we wanted to help boost the business of JJP we would offer a 5X multiplier in WPPR points for any tournament that uses a JJP game in the lineup. Unfortunately the benefits for the operator from WPPR's is more of a collateral damage sort of thing rather than the goal of the system.
Right now our SSL averages about 10 WPPR points a month. Anyone that finished outside of the top 4 got less than 2 WPPR points for their performance. Next year our TGP will go from 64% to 24%. The winner will be getting ~4 points instead of 10, and anyone outside of the top 4 will see a drop of LESS THAN ONE WPPR POINT each month for this change. For anyone in the bottom half of the field, we're talking HUNDRETHS OF A POINT difference.
If that less than one WPPR point difference is going to ruin everything for operators, TD's, players, kids, puppies, etc, then someone needs to prioritize where WPPR's fall in their life.
Well, I'm all about the puppies, but screw everybody else!
Quoted from ifpapinball:http://www.ifpapinball.com/2017-ifpa-nationalswomenspin-masters-championships-head-to-dallas/
The big announcement is that courtesy of Stern Pinball, the 2017 National Pinball Champion will receive a brand new Stern pinball machine as top prize!
Very Cool.
Quoted from Whysnow:does this mean if a state does not send a player then they no longer have to donate $100 to the national pot?
lol Nice try.
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