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Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?

Posted By: mtuhtan
Date: Friday, 10 September 2010, at 11:15 a.m.

In Response To: Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon? (Daniel Murphy)

Different players want different things - different match lengths, different entry fees, different registration fees, different tournament formats, different rakes, different side events, etc.

There are (A) players which are willing to pay 240 euros for registration fee in Monte Carlo (every year less and less of those, but never mind), players who don't mind "one loss and you're out of main event", etc.; and there are (B) players which don't care about maximizing equity, see backgammon as fun, don't calculate MET, would like to have many matches guaranteed, etc.

Solution is not to offer "either A or B", solution is to have "both A and B".

From what I can see, tournaments for "A-type" players are having problems with decreasing attendances, but they refuse to make significant changes. And there is large population of "B-type" players which are getting louder every day, demanding that A-type tournaments change to their preference.

But, solution is not to merge A and B into one tournament type, because that way no one would be completely satisfied.

I like Phil Simborg's idea - to have both types of tournament at the same event - Open/Masters division for those "A-type" players, and other division(s) for "B-type" players.

IMHO

Messages In This Thread

• Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
  Daniel Murphy -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 3:33 a.m.
  • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
    Matt Cohn-Geier -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 4:09 a.m.
    • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
      Stick -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 4:46 a.m.
    • NEVER Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
      svilo -- Friday, 10 September 2010, at 3:04 p.m.
      • NEVER Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
        Chiva Tafazzoli -- Saturday, 11 September 2010, at 10:34 a.m.
        • NEVER Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
          Bob Koca -- Saturday, 11 September 2010, at 5:32 p.m.
        • NEVER Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
          Daniel Murphy -- Saturday, 11 September 2010, at 9:42 p.m.
  • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
    Rich Munitz -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 6:55 a.m.
  • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
    Chiva Tafazzoli -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 7:46 a.m.
    • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
      rew -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 10:06 a.m.
      • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
        rew -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 1:58 p.m.
      • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
        Rich Munitz -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 5:57 p.m.
        • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
          mtuhtan -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 9:38 p.m.
          • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
            Chiva Tafazzoli -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 10:50 p.m.
        • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
          rew -- Friday, 10 September 2010, at 8:02 a.m.
    • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
      Leonardo Jerkovic -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 1:41 p.m.
      • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
        Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 5:34 p.m.
        • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
          Leonardo Jerkovic -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 7:57 p.m.
  • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
    phil simborg -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 8:27 a.m.
  • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
    Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 2:17 p.m.
  • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
    alex21 -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 5:47 p.m.
  • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
    Mike Main -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 8:38 p.m.
    • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
      Chiva Tafazzoli -- Thursday, 9 September 2010, at 8:41 p.m.
  • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
    mamabear -- Friday, 10 September 2010, at 2:21 a.m.
    • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
      Leonardo Jerkovic -- Friday, 10 September 2010, at 2:32 a.m.
      • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
        phil simborg -- Friday, 10 September 2010, at 4:36 p.m.
        • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
          Leonardo Jerkovic -- Friday, 10 September 2010, at 9:19 p.m.
    • What the Dayton Guy Said
      mamabear -- Saturday, 11 September 2010, at 12:44 a.m.
      • What the Dayton Guy Said
        phil simborg -- Saturday, 11 September 2010, at 2:12 p.m.
        • Side pools
          Chuck Bower -- Saturday, 11 September 2010, at 3:38 p.m.
          • Side pools
            Tom Keith -- Saturday, 11 September 2010, at 5:10 p.m.
            • NEBC used to do it differently
              mamabear -- Saturday, 11 September 2010, at 8:08 p.m.
              • Blinding signups?
                Chuck Bower -- Sunday, 12 September 2010, at 6:59 p.m.
                • Blinding signups?
                  mamabear -- Sunday, 12 September 2010, at 9:56 p.m.
                  • Blinding signups?
                    Matt Cohn-Geier -- Sunday, 12 September 2010, at 9:58 p.m.
                  • Blinding signups?
                    Stick -- Sunday, 12 September 2010, at 9:58 p.m.
                    • Blinding signups?
                      Jason Lee -- Sunday, 12 September 2010, at 10:23 p.m.
                      • Blinding signups?
                        Stick -- Sunday, 12 September 2010, at 10:46 p.m.
                  • Blinding signups?
                    Michael Petch -- Monday, 13 September 2010, at 1:40 a.m.
  • Eliminate entry fees to promote backgammon?
    mtuhtan -- Friday, 10 September 2010, at 11:15 a.m.