Syracuse Points Race

[5barwarrior]

Its still to help the people going. For instance if someone finishes in the top 4 but doesn't plan on going then they are dropped from the draw and replaced with the next highest person who is planning on going.

Where did you get this from? We are supposed to video tape the draw and send it to them. I'm not about to manipulate the draw so that only attending players get the prize.

Its not really to encourage brand new players,

And why not? Why shouldn't new players be encouraged by this?

its suppose to inspire recreational (beer leaguers) to come out to Syracuse and become competitive foosball players, and it does this by offering them a monetary incentive because many of the complaints surrounding attendance at tournaments includes the "financial costs" associated with attending the tournament.

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Agreed. This group of players will benefit the most from this promotion.

Right now we are doing DYPs on Friday nights and I don't have any immediate plans to change that. I've already put effort into promoting the September Student drive and don't want to mess with that.

So the chances of me finishing in the top 4 is going to be dependent on random draw and other peoples performances who are not interested in going to a competitive foosball tournament?

YES. Yes it is. Suck it up Nancy and play the game. It is not just about you or the other players that are planning on going to Syracuse. This promotion is for EVERYONE. If we do only BYPs or Singles, then anyone outside the list of top players in OFA, which you mentioned as interested in going to Syracuse, won't stand a chance at winning Did you consider that? Did you consider that they should have an equal chance at winning this? Or should they not count because they don't have any skill yet?

This conversation is not being productive for OFA. I've already gotten text messages from people asking if they should NOT come on Friday because they are not planning on going to Syracuse and don't want to disappoint their partners who are. This is not good. We WANT people to come out, ESPECIALLY for the DYPs.

Like I said earlier, if your rigid about Student Promotion>Syracuse Promotion, then have the Syracuse points race on Wednesdays until league starts in October, then we can switch it to Fridays, at which point the September Student Promotion should be over.

I'm not going to change the dates in the middle of the points race. It is unfortunate and fortunate that these two promotions are colliding. We can use this to our advantage to promote to the new STUDENTS that come out about big tournaments.


There have been two different types of views on this matter and others recently with OFA issues.
1) This is AWESOME! How can we use this to make OFA bigger and better?
2) This is AWESOME! How can I use this?

I will continue to focus on the first one.

Chris