jbejarano
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There's an interesting alternative tournament format I'd like to propose to FarSight. It wouldn't replace the current tournaments, but would provide an interesting new, additional alternative type of tournament.
The new format is called The Quadrille. On a given table, to participate in a Quadrille tournament, an individual will play a four-player game where they play all four players. They may (and are encouraged to) take advantage of any table dynamics of multi-player games that they can (e.g. one of their players stealing locked balls from another to start multi-ball, etc.)
At the end of their game, the individual will be judged on five scores. The highest of their four games is their "A" score, the second-highest is their "B" score, the third-highest is their "C" score, and the lowest is their "D" score. Finally, the fifth score is the sum of the scores of all four games, and is designated their "Total" score.
When an individual submits their five scores for a table to the tournament rankings, their "A" score is compared to everyone else's "A" score, their "B" score is compared to everyone else's "B" score, and so on for all five scores. For each score, the individual is given 100 tournament points if their score is the best in the tournament, zero tournament points if their score is the worst in the tournament, or a number of tournament points between zero and 100 that represents the percentage of other participants whose score they beat (i.e. if your "C" score beats 80% of the everyone else's "C" scores, you'll get 80 tournament points for your "C" score).
As there are five scores ("A", "B", "C", "D", and "Total") for each table, and each can earn an individual up to 100 tournament points, a perfect score for a table would be 500 tournament points. To get to 500, your "A" score will have to be better than everyone else's "A" score, your "B" score will have to be better than everyone else's "B" score, and so on for your "C" score, "D" score, and "Total" score. NOTE: Your "D" score would not have to be better than everyone else's "A" score. Different types of scores are never compared in this tournament.
For a given Quadrille tournament, the maximum number of tournament points would be 500 times the number of tables (i.e. a perfect score in a four-table Quadrille tournament would be 2000 tournament points). The winner of the tournament is the individual with the most tournament points from all tables combined.
ONE OTHER WRINKLE: In most conventional tournaments, your best score is kept and used to judge your performance. In a Quadrille tournament, since you have five scores for each table you play, and some might be better than previous scores, and others might not be, only your most recent four-player game is kept. If you wish to play a table again, your new "A", "B", "C", "D", and "Total" scores for that table will replace your previous values. That is to say, if you decide your performance on one table is not good enough and you want to play that table again, you risk getting an even lower score. Of course, you can then play again to try to get your scores back to where they were or better for that table.
If you wanted to adpat this Quadrille format to a "head-to-head" version for, say, a bracket-style tournament, then you would compare each player's "A", "B", "C", "D", and "Total" scores, and whoever wins a majority of them wins the head-to-head matchup. If there's a tie, the "Total" score would be the first tie-breaker, then the "A" score, then the "B" score, and finally the "C" score.
I like this format because it rewards consistency. Sure, it's nice if you can score really big on one game, but let's see how you match up on multiple games. High "C" and "D" scores are indicative of supremely consistent players. Conventional tournaments are great, but sometimes a few lucky bounces can really propel someone further than they otherwise should be. The only downside to the Quadrille is that it may be a bit time-consuming on some tables to play all four players of a four-player game. But, if you're a pinball fan and have some time to play, it shouldn't be a big deal.
What do you think of Quadrille tournaments? Crazy or intriguing?
The new format is called The Quadrille. On a given table, to participate in a Quadrille tournament, an individual will play a four-player game where they play all four players. They may (and are encouraged to) take advantage of any table dynamics of multi-player games that they can (e.g. one of their players stealing locked balls from another to start multi-ball, etc.)
At the end of their game, the individual will be judged on five scores. The highest of their four games is their "A" score, the second-highest is their "B" score, the third-highest is their "C" score, and the lowest is their "D" score. Finally, the fifth score is the sum of the scores of all four games, and is designated their "Total" score.
When an individual submits their five scores for a table to the tournament rankings, their "A" score is compared to everyone else's "A" score, their "B" score is compared to everyone else's "B" score, and so on for all five scores. For each score, the individual is given 100 tournament points if their score is the best in the tournament, zero tournament points if their score is the worst in the tournament, or a number of tournament points between zero and 100 that represents the percentage of other participants whose score they beat (i.e. if your "C" score beats 80% of the everyone else's "C" scores, you'll get 80 tournament points for your "C" score).
As there are five scores ("A", "B", "C", "D", and "Total") for each table, and each can earn an individual up to 100 tournament points, a perfect score for a table would be 500 tournament points. To get to 500, your "A" score will have to be better than everyone else's "A" score, your "B" score will have to be better than everyone else's "B" score, and so on for your "C" score, "D" score, and "Total" score. NOTE: Your "D" score would not have to be better than everyone else's "A" score. Different types of scores are never compared in this tournament.
For a given Quadrille tournament, the maximum number of tournament points would be 500 times the number of tables (i.e. a perfect score in a four-table Quadrille tournament would be 2000 tournament points). The winner of the tournament is the individual with the most tournament points from all tables combined.
ONE OTHER WRINKLE: In most conventional tournaments, your best score is kept and used to judge your performance. In a Quadrille tournament, since you have five scores for each table you play, and some might be better than previous scores, and others might not be, only your most recent four-player game is kept. If you wish to play a table again, your new "A", "B", "C", "D", and "Total" scores for that table will replace your previous values. That is to say, if you decide your performance on one table is not good enough and you want to play that table again, you risk getting an even lower score. Of course, you can then play again to try to get your scores back to where they were or better for that table.
If you wanted to adpat this Quadrille format to a "head-to-head" version for, say, a bracket-style tournament, then you would compare each player's "A", "B", "C", "D", and "Total" scores, and whoever wins a majority of them wins the head-to-head matchup. If there's a tie, the "Total" score would be the first tie-breaker, then the "A" score, then the "B" score, and finally the "C" score.
I like this format because it rewards consistency. Sure, it's nice if you can score really big on one game, but let's see how you match up on multiple games. High "C" and "D" scores are indicative of supremely consistent players. Conventional tournaments are great, but sometimes a few lucky bounces can really propel someone further than they otherwise should be. The only downside to the Quadrille is that it may be a bit time-consuming on some tables to play all four players of a four-player game. But, if you're a pinball fan and have some time to play, it shouldn't be a big deal.
What do you think of Quadrille tournaments? Crazy or intriguing?
