[POOL] Fwd: Argonne Pool League Items

[Craig Stacey]

I agree with your assessment.
On Feb 1, 2013 5:33 PM, "John Valdes" <valdes at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:

> From the League's Fearless Leader.  Any comments on any of the issues
> raised in his email?  Speaking for myself:
>
> 1) I don't mind the practice table being used as a "make-up" table, as
>    I never use it for practice anyway.
>
> 2) Likewise, I don't mind the length of matches, but I'm OK too with
>    making them shorter.  I don't think reducing handicaps by 10% would
>    make much of a difference, but I'm not opposed the suggestion.
>
> 3) I don't like the idea of a 1 hr cap on 2:2 or 3:2 matches; they
>    should go as long as needed.  Don't think any of our 2:2/3:2
>    matches have gone (much) beyond 1 hr.
>
> John
>
> ----- Forwarded message from Kevin Beyer <beyer_k at aps.anl.gov> -----
>
> Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 16:54:44 -0600 (CST)
> From: Kevin Beyer <beyer_k at aps.anl.gov>
> Subject: Argonne Pool League Items
>
> Hello, All,
>
> A few people pointed out that there were some discrepancies with handicaps
> and/or wins for their teams.  I have gone through each and every score
> sheet, reviewed each and every match, and I have found where I made
> mistakes.  So, everything is now up to date and accurate.
>
> All previous make up matches were completed last week.  Three new make up
> matches are now in need of completion from last week.
>
> There has been a concern reported to me regarding matches taking too long
> and that the practice table is no longer a practice table, but rather a
> Make Up Match table.  I am open to suggestions as to how we can rectify
> this.
>
> There has been a suggestion that all of the handicaps be reduced by 10%.
>  This may have the result of bumping people down by one bracket in the
> match tables.  Doing that might shorten the length of several matches.
>
> There has been a suggestion that no 2:2, or 3:2, match should be allowed
> to run longer than 1 hour.
>
> I welcome feedback for these issues.
>
> Kevin
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
>
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