(Note: This is all just fun discussion with no impact at all on future Circuits, because the 17-18 PAPA Circuit points distribution are what they are, and it’s going away once it morphs into the Stern Circuit. )
Thanks for the feedback. I understand now how the team made the decision. Under the premise of “major” being any of the IFPA-defined Majors (IFPA, PAPA, Pinburgh, EPC), I completely agree! And I’d suggest these Major 10th’s are even more than twice the difficulty of a non-Major 10th.
But for those “majors” based on survey results, I’d argue that twice as difficult isn’t as convincing.
One further question to fulfill my curiosity: why only 50% more for 1st then?
We have still yet to see how much these “survey majors” will be affected by the drastic change in circuit points awarded. My gut feeling is that it won’t be enough of an attendance increase to make the event comparable to one of the four ifpa majors, but I don’t think a true balance of points awarded was the goal…that’s what wpprs are for.
Similar logic. Winning a major is more difficult but is it twice as difficult? Also the potential for runaway points is there at 1st, while doubling at 10th has less impact on the overall standings.
Why does it seem to take the PAPA website so long to update the circuit standings after an event is complete? Bat City was almost one month ago and the standings have not been updated. I know Pinburgh is looming but it’s frustrating to see no updates.
As a newer player to competitive pinball and different tournaments, can someone point me in the direction to what the significance is of a PAPA circuit event and what that means exactly? Or what all these points are going for?
Sidebar: I estimate that Cayle will dethrone Zach as IFPA #1 once Pinburgh is posted. By around 10 points maybe?
I believe that Cayle is the first player to make the final four at three majors in the same year: he was #3 at PAPA, #2 at IFPA, and #4 at Pinburgh, all this year. Awesome! Go for a full set and #1 at EPC?
Safe to say that wherever it is held it won’t be where people were expecting. I look forward to the opportunity to try to get there over the next couple months.
