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2018 PDGA Am Worlds--CHARLOTTE

Detail out a full schedule, maybe you're on to something.

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If we are sticking to the usual 6 rounds of disc golf.

For the first four rounds all four pools are playing all of their rounds at the same time.

So after the shuffle A and B pool would be playing at the same times for their last two rounds and C and D would be playing at the same times for their last two rounds. Four rounds is more than enough to prove you belong in the A and B pools.

Really, if it were up to me I would have a cut after the first four rounds and then just go with an A and B pool for two more rounds. Then another cut for the Day 5 morning round (like it is now) down to just an A pool.
 

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Yep, your proposed schedule works in a vacuum but not the real world. The four courses are unlikely to be equally distant for pairing travel. Unlikely all four courses have the same foliage density to balance variable winds. The schedule is usually balanced with three rounds before the shuffle, not 4. If those are the four best courses, they cannot be "hogged" by MA1 to box out a few other divisions playing them, especially MM1 which usually has two pools. Typically, MA1 will play gold level configurations on at least one or two courses where you would not want to play a second round that day.

But most importantly, there's even less incentive to worry too much about balancing course timing now that the event is "True Am" with no prizes other than top 10 trophies. The winner and likely top 10 will all come from the initial A pool which is seeded by rating with at least top 18 and maybe 36. The seeding is the most fair process independent of course schedule to make sure the contenders play the same course at the same time. They may have a worse weather schedule than other pools which is the luck of the draw. But at least they had the same conditions.
 
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Note: Your schedule could work. It's just that the right combination of circumstances haven't aligned where it would be the best option.
 
Yep, your proposed schedule works in a vacuum but not the real world. The four courses are unlikely to be equally distant for pairing travel. Unlikely all four courses have the same foliage density to balance variable winds. The schedule is usually balanced with three rounds before the shuffle, not 4. If those are the four best courses, they cannot be "hogged" by MA1 to box out a few other divisions playing them, especially MM1 which usually has two pools. Typically, MA1 will play gold level configurations on at least one or two courses where you would not want to play a second round that day.

But most importantly, there's even less incentive to worry too much about balancing course timing now that the event is "True Am" with no prizes other than top 10 trophies. The winner and likely top 10 will all come from the initial A pool which is seeded by rating with at least top 18 and maybe 36. The seeding is the most fair process independent of course schedule to make sure the contenders play the same course at the same time. They may have a worse weather schedule than other pools which is the luck of the draw. But at least they had the same conditions.

Pairing travel is just as problematic under the schedules for the past few years, hasn't it been? I mean, two days with two rounds and two days with one round.

As far as courses with different foliage density, I have already pointed out that "I understand that adverse conditions affect different courses differently, and that part could cause some unfairness. However, that unfairness is much less in my opinion than my earlier example of two pools playing the same course at different times and potentially very different conditions" in post #19.

As far as MA1 hogging the good courses, there is plenty of room for other pools to play those courses on day 3 and day 4. I could have added in course 5 and course 6 and have all of the MA1 pools play those on day 3 and day 4. Or some sort of mix of either course 5 or 6 and courses 1 or 2 or 3 or 4.

Here are some examples. The first has AM1 playing the 3rd and 5th best course, assuming that maybe the 6th course really isn't appropriate to for the bigger more accurate arms. The second example takes into account that maybe the 5th and 6th courses aren't great, but they still have enough difficulty to them for the AM1s. There are other possibilities, but the main point is that this is possible to do.

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As far as the event being a "True Am" event, I think that is great, but I don't see why that makes it unnecessary to try and make things as fair as possible for all players. I agree that putting the top 18 or 36 players in the A pool is a fair way to do things, but there are people outside of those numbers that are there to compete as well. Everyone is there to have a good time, but more people than 36 are there to do more than just have a good time. I would actually be fine with seeding everyone into pools by rating, but even then that would not be an excuse to try and do any less than make the ground as level as possible between each pool competing in the same division.
 

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Note: Your schedule could work. It's just that the right combination of circumstances haven't aligned where it would be the best option.

Thanks.

Steve asked me to put up a schedule. I know there are hiccups and other things to consider, but without being given those variables then that is the schedule I am going to put up.

It is something worth working towards, having everyone in the same division play at the same time. A true Am even or not, everyone paid the same.
 
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If the PDGA ever splits out the MA1/FA1 Worlds like they've done with MPO/FPO, then maybe the format would make sense. However, I think a six pool schedule might be considered at that point.
 
It seems to make sense the way I have it now, but then again I admit I don't have the other pools included. I guess if I knew the variables I might give it a shot.

I am curious in scheduling past Am worlds if having all pools of the same division play at the same time (on different courses) was ever a priority or attempted?
 
I've drafted or assisted most of the Am and Pro Worlds schedules since 2001. I would say playing at the same time is a lower priority than playing the same course on the same day. And until around 2010, we sometimes scheduled some or all courses 3 times per day which allowed up to 3 pools to play the same course on the same day. But we did pay attention to matching more open courses on the same day if pools were playing different ones when that was possible.
 
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I've drafted or assisted most of the Am and Pro Worlds schedules since 2001. I would say playing at the same time is a lower priority than playing the same course on the same day. And until around 2010, we sometimes scheduled some or all courses 3 times per day which allowed up to 3 pools to play the same course on the same day. But we did pay attention to matching more open courses on the same day if pools were playing different ones when that was possible.

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Chuck, do you really have fancy pants? If so, where did you get them and am I allowed to wear them? Do they look anything like Paul's?
 
He buys his Fancy Pants at Really Old Navy.

I hope I am not ruining the surprise. Charlotte will have 4 pools of advanced... so now everyone has year to plan for points and no excuses.
 
No fancy pants for me unless those thermal pants I wore for league Saturday count as fancy. Lyle Jensen is our fancy pants guy with his occasional throwback Zubazz.
 
You know... With the number of courses we have here, Charlotte could be the first host to have up to 4 pools for all divisions and simply do the big shuffle after 3 rounds just like the Advanced pool. This would let a MUCH larger group of folks play instead of those that register in the first 10 minutes.

Kalamazoo had two pools for MM1 and MG1 with a shuffle, so it's not unprecedented. I also think MM1 and MG1 had multiple pools at 2015 Selinske in Charlotte... so it's not that hard at all.
 
MM1 and MG1 have had more than one 72-player pool several times. There are ways to handle 6 pools of MA1 also.
 
Looking forward to Charlotte - Just one thing please........ No Sugaw, No Sugaw,......

(In case you can't tell, It wasn't my favorite)
 
Looking forward to Charlotte - Just one thing please........ No Sugaw, No Sugaw,......

(In case you can't tell, It wasn't my favorite)

Sugaw likely will be played, but not sure which divisions.
 
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