[POOL] Fwd: Argonne Pool League PROPOSED CHANGES

[Robert Jacob]

At 12:56 PM 9/5/2007, John Valdes wrote:
>On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 10:09:20AM -0500, Robert Jacob wrote:
>
> > I'd propose something similar to what Ti said:   Go down
> > to 4 games in a match but don't count match wins, just count game
> > wins.   Then a 2-2 tie doesn't mean anything.   Team rankings will be
> > determined by total games won-loss.
>
>This makes a lot of sense to me, and admittedly, this is how I thought
>rankings were initially determined when I first started playing.
>
>Also, having played (and lost :( ) a fair number of marathon 10-1
>match-ups lasting 2 hours or more (one had to be continued on a 2nd
>day), I wouldn't object to having those match-ups tweaked some (eg,
>maybe 8-1 or maybe even 5-1).

Yes.  I've also lost some 10-1 and they always take forever.

Rob



>John