Good Morning! 
We're in round 1 in Pleasanton; numbers are:
216 Masters
57 Seniors
30 Juniors
for a total of 303 players
We're in round 1 in Pleasanton; numbers are:
216 Masters
57 Seniors
30 Juniors
for a total of 303 players
Fall 2013 Pokémon Regional Championship - Pleasanton
- Thread starter bulbasnore
- Start date
nor cal regionals vg numbers: 14 juniors, 43 seniors, 111 masters. currently at lunch break; next round will start @ 12:45
Thanks to all who came out and to my staff for working very hard to try to give the players a smooth event.
Just ran some stats, and FWIW, in TCG Masters out of 1326 total match results:
Just ran some stats, and FWIW, in TCG Masters out of 1326 total match results:
| Wins 44% | Losses 36% | Ties 21% |
BobTehHobo
New Member
Is there any way you could give us a breakdown of how many matches
1. Ended 2-0
2. Ended 2-1
3. Ended 1-0
4. Ended 1-1, tie in Game 3
5. Ended 0-0, tie in Game 1 (if there were any)
pokeMATHter
Active Member
I would be really surprised if he could. The tournament software only records match results, not the game count within those matches.
No, those are totals for each match result type divided by the number of matches. Not every match that went to time ended in a tie.
PokeMATHer is right. It would be hard even going through all the match slips and counting, since there is no uniform way to mark the matches on the slip, you'd have to study and interpret each one. We provided instructions, but since there is nothing printed on the slip they can tick off to indicate, players forget and mark it as they can work it out.
Wow, thanks for passing that on; it means a lot to me, because a lot goes into it.
I'd like to point out GreatFox, who was our TOM Lead and MA results entry person. He is one of the faster TOM masters around, but when you're facing 80% of 219 slips coming in during 40-55 minute mark, that's a tough job for anyone. He adapted well to my new no double checking rule (there is no time to double check entry, IMO, in 50+3). He had the assistance of PokeDad, who was his reader/spotter during the high input times of the round, to make sure that what was entered was entered correctly the first time. We're all human, hence the need to double check, but by double checking as we entered, we didn't have to stop after all entry was done and double check. Well done GreatFox, doomsday24 and Lianne - they are the people who made no double checking happen: Last slip entered? Press Pair Next Round!
Also, Chrisbo, our judge lead, worked with our players and judges, PKM4, IvesRountree and ShuckleLVX to make sure everyone kept pace during the match (for fairness) and especially in the +3. This is where things could get out of control, as some players feel the untimed +3 means that pace rules no longer apply. All you need is one match that is allowed to proceed like that each round, and the whole tournament starts to drag for everyone: Keep pace moving, especially in +3.
Our floor manager, spookees, contributed by making sure we had enough runners and making sure they knew what to do. You'd be surprised how uninstructed runner can delay things by picking up half filled slips or batching slips. I'd like to thank all our volunteer runners, too. Make sure slips are filled correctly and brought up timely.
That said, our players out west and in California in particular make a timely event a reality because they are on their marks when the pairings go up and rarely seem to have the debacles on slip marking that seem to plague events elsewhere. Having players who actively keep the event timely is amazing. I never take it for granted, and thank you all for making the event timely for your competitors.
LibertyFigter
New Member
It's interesting to hear about the "no double-checking rule." It may be a necessity, but I would say that's disappointing. For instance, my record was entered incorrectly after a round, I told the HJ and TOM runner, and I had to just play out the round as is, regardless of the incorrect pair-down. I'm not sure if repairing should have been necessary, but maybe a double check would help prevent record entry errors?
Seems like a sticky situation.
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Seems like a sticky situation.
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Thanks for posting. I'm sorry to hear about this. To be clear the entries were checked, by the usual method during the slow part (early round) and two people watch the input during the heavy period (late round); we just weren't going to do it by going through the sorted match slips at the end of the round. When you check your pairings and find an error (which even occurs with the post entry double check), "don't sit down" but come to the score table. Usually we can correct your record and any re-pairs are minor (just a few tables). I'm interested to know if your record was corrected after the fact, even though your pair was wrong?
LibertyFigter
New Member
I didn't sit down- I went directly to the score table but was told to sit down and play the round out as is, even after they found my match slip that was recorded incorrectly.
It wouldn't have mattered in the grand scheme of the tournament, and my record was corrected after the round, but had I been doing a tiny bit better it would have left a sour taste.
Luckily that wasn't the case!
It wouldn't have mattered in the grand scheme of the tournament, and my record was corrected after the round, but had I been doing a tiny bit better it would have left a sour taste.
Luckily that wasn't the case!
Benzo
Front Page News Editor<br>Forum Moderator
I liked the registration process for the VGC on Sunday. Things are always improving each event- and building onto making events more enjoyable to the player base. The staff as well get this bonus with changes and improved efficiency - so thanks all around to everyone growing with how events are run and the community efforts to look for more ways to improve.