ryanvergel
New Member
First off, I'd like to thank all of the staff and judges at this year's US national championships.
3 day event is amazing. All of my opponents were relatively knowledgeable of the game (the PP requirement almost guaranteed this, which was nice), and all of the judges I interacted with were also knowledgeable.
It's great to see so many of the nation's best judges together judging. All of the hard work from the brass and the staff is also greatly appreciated. Things get better every single year.
Speaking of things changing and getting better every year--
Next year we will almost certainly crack 1028 players in the masters division. We were only 23 shy away this year. This got me to thinking...
is P!P ready for a 10 round swiss with top 128 from each division? Would it have been ready this year? (we were 97.7% there already)
I know the players will want all 10 rounds. It was pretty unfortunate that the vast majority of 6-3s didn't make cut this year (I was one of them, as was almost my entire party/roommate situation (1 finished 5-4, and the other 5 of us were 6-3, and none of us made the cut). I hope to see 10 rounds next year so that 7-3s make it into a top128.
Top 128 from each flight, or perhaps 4 flights and top 64 from each of those. No matter what, I hope P!P is ready for that extra round of both swiss AND top cuts.
The only spot where I saw an improvement in timing to be made was on day 2 after the 4th (last) round of swiss. Players who were 6-3 or better had to wait around to see if they had made the cut. The problem was, this was also 'lunch break'. If you were one of the hundred or so players trying to see if you made the cut, you either skipped lunch (screwing yourself in the long run if you DO make it in), or just go to get a quick lunch and return early and see if you made it. If you didn't, you kind of made a bad choice for lunch (instead of going out for a real meal you hit the food court and grabbed a quick bite).
The posted time to be back was at 2pm, but the matches really ended at around 1:15 or so. That leaves 30-45 minutes. The time to be back should have been POSTED to be back at 2:30 or so. It's not reasonable to leave less than an hour for a lunch break when the people who NEED the food are the ones who also have to WAIT to see if they make the cut or not.
Besides these two concerns, the event was ran smoothly and great. I hope P!P is ready for next year when we break 1028 masters, and I hope the event is even more smoothly ran. It's amazing that year after year things just get better and better, and I can't wait until next year to be a part of it all again.
TL;DR
-P!P needs to make sure to be ready for 1028 masters next year
-Lunch break on day 2 could have been implemented better
3 day event is amazing. All of my opponents were relatively knowledgeable of the game (the PP requirement almost guaranteed this, which was nice), and all of the judges I interacted with were also knowledgeable.
It's great to see so many of the nation's best judges together judging. All of the hard work from the brass and the staff is also greatly appreciated. Things get better every single year.
Speaking of things changing and getting better every year--
Next year we will almost certainly crack 1028 players in the masters division. We were only 23 shy away this year. This got me to thinking...
is P!P ready for a 10 round swiss with top 128 from each division? Would it have been ready this year? (we were 97.7% there already)
I know the players will want all 10 rounds. It was pretty unfortunate that the vast majority of 6-3s didn't make cut this year (I was one of them, as was almost my entire party/roommate situation (1 finished 5-4, and the other 5 of us were 6-3, and none of us made the cut). I hope to see 10 rounds next year so that 7-3s make it into a top128.
Top 128 from each flight, or perhaps 4 flights and top 64 from each of those. No matter what, I hope P!P is ready for that extra round of both swiss AND top cuts.
The only spot where I saw an improvement in timing to be made was on day 2 after the 4th (last) round of swiss. Players who were 6-3 or better had to wait around to see if they had made the cut. The problem was, this was also 'lunch break'. If you were one of the hundred or so players trying to see if you made the cut, you either skipped lunch (screwing yourself in the long run if you DO make it in), or just go to get a quick lunch and return early and see if you made it. If you didn't, you kind of made a bad choice for lunch (instead of going out for a real meal you hit the food court and grabbed a quick bite).
The posted time to be back was at 2pm, but the matches really ended at around 1:15 or so. That leaves 30-45 minutes. The time to be back should have been POSTED to be back at 2:30 or so. It's not reasonable to leave less than an hour for a lunch break when the people who NEED the food are the ones who also have to WAIT to see if they make the cut or not.
Besides these two concerns, the event was ran smoothly and great. I hope P!P is ready for next year when we break 1028 masters, and I hope the event is even more smoothly ran. It's amazing that year after year things just get better and better, and I can't wait until next year to be a part of it all again.
TL;DR
-P!P needs to make sure to be ready for 1028 masters next year
-Lunch break on day 2 could have been implemented better