(I know I know, this discussion is going on very long... ) Jamie - I hope you are right that this format works - Barry makes a good point that this was discussed and tried last year too, and I appreciate that feedback. Also, I'm sure if I did have a sweetie back home she'd be perfectly happy regardless of where my team finished...
But I disagree with your statement that you are playing the 'wrong sport' if you want to compete at the highest level. This schedule simply would not fly for the Open Tour. It would be seen as unfair and, indeed, we have added an additional seeding tournament to help the situation. Are the people who lobbied for a tour 0 'playing the wrong sport' because they are too competitive? And why is competitive spirit frowned upon? Shouldn't drive and desire be encouraged? Crossovers add a great element to tournaments - taking a shot at a top team, or having some bunch of young guns take shots at you... It gives teams something to aspire to (lets go out there and knock 'So-And-So' out of the top 8...). OK, in this case maybe we can't fit them in due to time or shower limitations, but I don't think we should be resigned to accept that mixed need not have the same competitive feel as Open does For some reason are we meant to think that the mixed tour is not as important? Or should not be as competitive? Maybe it isn't - indeed many people do put preference into open or women - but not all. I'd think it benefits the community to make it more on par with how we run open. Maybe its not feasible at the moment, but I don't see why we should not encourage it to be so. -Justin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jaimie Cross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "brit disc" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 11:22 AM Subject: Re: [BD] MT1 schedule - no crossovers? > Hello, > > I have been writing or been involved with writing the Mixed Tour schedule > for several years. The current way in which schedules are determined is > FAR > superior to the good old days* and as far as I'm concerned is pretty much > perfect**. > > What is a mis-seeding anyway? Example from this year, Team A plays Team B > on > Saturday and then again on Sunday on Saturday Team A wins 15-13 on Sunday > Team A wins 15-6 same teams same players vastly different scoreline. > Taking > either scoreline in isolation gives you either a great seeding system > (Saturday) or a poor seeding system (Sunday)!!!! What happened to having a > good game, or a good tournament? What happened to having a 'season' with > ups > and downs, where over the course of a few tournaments you work out your > level? > > Honestly, if you're upset because your team finished 21st and didn;t get a > fair shot at 17th then you're playing the wrong "sport", or at least for > the > wrong team. Do you get home and tell the missus, who replies in consoling > fashion, "don't worry sweetie, you'll always be 17th best to me"??? > > It;s great that people care enough to want to get involved in making > schedules and other aspects of the "sport" right, so if you do have the > skills and interest, I'm sure there's space on the scheduling committee > for > people willing to consistently get involved. (Another, more important, way > you could contribute would be to put in a bid to host Mixed Nationals). > > Jaimie > > *based on how long it was going to take me to get to the venue and what > start time my team wanted ;) > > ** when we get it perfect you'll no longer have to travel to tournaments > 'cos we'll just announce the results! > __________________________________________________ > BritDisc mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc > Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed > __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
