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Match Structure
Jon MW:
--- Quote from: jbworldwide on March 13, 2012, 22:06:29 PM ---
Just before we get into the emphatic yes...
can we just spare a thought for people like me who have to work the next day? I also have to stay up until the end of the tournament in order to get the results out. I cannot sustain 3am finishes because I need to function the next day but I also don"t want to have to give up my volunteered support for APAT either.
As much as I appreciate a good tournament, it does not need to go on until 3am as it is a series of tournaments and should cut down variance and good players should come to the top over the series. 12 min blinds & 5k starting stack is about 1.30am finish and is just as good imo.
Aside: Jon how many people are in your 5:1 ratio?
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Oh yeah, completely irrelevant sample size - but the total sum of anyone expressing an opinion on any thread is trivial compared to the total number of players, just thought it was worth emphasising that the subset of those in a more "influential" position such as yourself are an even smaller group of opinions and a feel for how one-sided an argument is can easily get lost over the course of an extended debate such as this one.
And even though the team captains et al might feel like it is their "duty" to stay up until the end of the tournament (but they don"t want to stay up til 3am) - it isn"t necessary for them to do so.
Plus it"s already been mentioned that even with this structure - the league numbers will fall, so the end time will get earlier by itself.
NB: "can we just spare a thought for people like me who have to work the next day?" - I"m pretty sure the vast majority of APAT players have to work the next day.
deanp27:
Yeah gonna struggle to play these on a regular basis with that finishing time, great tournament that it is.
Probably a couple of early levels are a bit unnecessary with 5k starting (ie 10/20) but can understand why you wouldn"t want to change it.
I stopped playing Sundays for quite a while due to field sizes and late nights when I am usually stacked at work on a Monday.
Will try and support it as much as I can though
AMRN:
--- Quote from: jbworldwide on March 13, 2012, 22:06:29 PM ---
As much as I appreciate a good tournament, it does not need to go on until 3am as it is a series of tournaments and should cut down variance and good players should come to the top over the series. 12 min blinds & 5k starting stack is about 1.30am finish and is just as good imo.
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^^This
For the weekly $11 online league, an 8 hour tournament feels like a bit of overkill. imo 3k/15 might be more appropriate (same as the Big 55).
Curlarge:
If the blinds were reduced to 12 mins the timings would be thus:- (last weeks comparible times in brackets)
19.00-19.12 10/20 (19.00-19.15)
19.12-19.24 15/30 (19.15-19.30)
19.24-19.36 25/50 (19.30-19.45)
19.36-19.48 50/100 (19.45-20.05)
19.48-20.05 75/150 (20.05-20.20)
20.05-20.17 100/200 (20.20-20.35)
20.17-20.29 125/250/25 (20.35-20.50)
20.41-20.53 150/300/25 (20.50-21.10)
20.53-21.10 200/400/50 (21.10-21.25)
21.10-21.22 300/600/50 (21.25-21.40)
21.22-21.34 400/800/75 (21.40-21.55)
21.34-21.46 500/1000/100 (22.00-22.15)
21.46-22.03 600/1200/125 (22.15-22.30)
22.03-22.15 800/1600/150 (22.30-22.45)
22.15-22.27 1k/2k/200 (22.45-23.05)
22.27-22.39 1250/2500/250 (23.05-23.20)
22.39-22.51 1.5k/3k/300 (23.20-23.35)
22.51-23.08 2k/4k/400 (23.35-23.50)
23.08-23.20 2.5k/5k/500 (23.50-00.10)
23.20-23.32 3k/6k/600 (00.10-00.25)
23.32-23.44 3.5k/7k/700 (00.25-00.40)
23.44-00.01 4k/8k/800 (00.40-01.00)
jbworldwide:
--- Quote from: WYoung83 on March 13, 2012, 23:05:32 PM ---
Your line doesnt make sense JB. Stars need any more exposure? Yeah right, most people (i would take a bet on about 90%) playing in this league would have a stars account already.
And why is there a desire to promote the league even more. We just got 547 runners baby........ and anyway, isint this is a bit contradicting then. If if gets promoted even more, then we get more runners so the finishing time will be even later?
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Well not really, Stars didn"t partner with APAT to lose money, they did it to increase exposure and as a form of promotion to get more players playing on the site, which they have achieved and of course they would always want to see more.
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