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Creating a strict but executable tournament schedule (long)
Posted By: Phil Simborg In Response To: Creating a strict but executable tournament schedule (long) (Chuck Bower)
Date: Friday, 26 April 2013, at 5:07 a.m.
All good points. I personally favor eliminating the calcutta altogether and just do a blind para-mutual for those who want to do some gambling. This takes up no time and can be done at multiple stages of the event.
A major factor that holds up many tournaments that you did not mention is players who enter multiple events and keep winning. Players alive in the main event simply should not be allowed to play "minor" events such as blitzes, knockout, and minis. If the player is still alive in the main, masters, and doubles (which are all major events) then the main must always take priority.
As for doubles, THERE SHOULD NEVER BE A DOUBLES MATCH WITHOUT A CLOCK. Aside from the time some teams take, it is simply just too tedious to have to listen to one player hold a seminar about an opening roll so he can show off to his girl friend about why 3-1 is such a good roll. One way or another, I want to "clock" him. I also don't want to hear them talking about how they are not sure they should double when it might be too good because they are trying to snooker me into taking. Do it as long as you like if you think you can fool me, but do it with the clock running.
Even with a clock, we don't have very good controls on the time people use to take breaks or how long they take between games. There are several people I know who abuse this and we need to give some thought to how to prevent these abuses.
No one should be required to start a match past a certain time of the night. If that causes problems on Sunday, too bad. People who schedule early afternoon flights simply should know better. Matches that are lagging should be required to start earlier than the posted starting time on Sunday morning to catch up.
As for clock availability, if we happen to be at an event that has a shortage of clocks, in 1 minute I can load a good, free clock on to any smart phone and they work just fine. Once clocks are required, finding enough clocks will not be a problem.
I can't stress enough that the purpose of clocks is not just to keep the tournament and match running on time. The clock makes the game more interesting and enjoyable for both players and spectators. It adds a skill element to the game (allocation of time) and it keeps players from being resentful of opponent's that take a lot of time to make decisions. It lowers the stress level and it levels the playing field by not allowing an unfair advantage to a player rude enough to take a lot of time all the time. A clock also solves a lot of problems relative to legal moves, fast rolling, concerns about crooked dice, and general flow of the game.
Tournaments should NOT be allowed to give away door prizes worth less than $3.00. Talk about a stupid waste of time! If you want to give away some nice prizes in return for promotional consideration, like discounts to upcoming tournaments etc., find a way to do it without taking up an extra half hour of time that could be used to play backgammon.
Lastly, more time should be allocate for lectures and seminars, and the people who give those seminars should be paid tremendous amounts of money.
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