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<blockquote data-quote="invitro" data-source="post: 244818" data-attributes="member: 446"><p>I should say that of course I know that the post-qualifying rounds in big tourneys are single-game only. But the vast bulk of time in tournaments is for qualifying, and depending on the division and number of players, qualifying is usually the hard part of the tournament (though I personally had a harder time in the playoffs -- nerves).</p><p></p><p>I think the people who purchased tons of qualifying entries, or who restarted an entry after only a ball or two on one table, were somewhat looked down upon by most players. I remember one fellow, who became a WMS or Sega/Stern employee for a few machines, bought more than double the number of entries of the next most-entered player... and still couldn't qualify (I think this was in B, but it might've been in A).</p><p></p><p>The smaller "mini-tournaments" at PAPA and Pinburgh were entirely play as many times as you want to pay for.</p><p></p><p>All this are my tournament memories and things might have changed. And there is a huge variety of other tourney formats where number of attempts is limited, or held to one entry, especially in league and very small tourneys. I'm interested in trying out any and all formats in TPA tourneys. I don't mean to imply that I think the current format is the best -- I think that is a personal preference, unless/until research is done to support a particular claim -- but I do like it just fine.</p><p></p><p>(And I do understand the frustrations of people who really hate grinding.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="invitro, post: 244818, member: 446"] I should say that of course I know that the post-qualifying rounds in big tourneys are single-game only. But the vast bulk of time in tournaments is for qualifying, and depending on the division and number of players, qualifying is usually the hard part of the tournament (though I personally had a harder time in the playoffs -- nerves). I think the people who purchased tons of qualifying entries, or who restarted an entry after only a ball or two on one table, were somewhat looked down upon by most players. I remember one fellow, who became a WMS or Sega/Stern employee for a few machines, bought more than double the number of entries of the next most-entered player... and still couldn't qualify (I think this was in B, but it might've been in A). The smaller "mini-tournaments" at PAPA and Pinburgh were entirely play as many times as you want to pay for. All this are my tournament memories and things might have changed. And there is a huge variety of other tourney formats where number of attempts is limited, or held to one entry, especially in league and very small tourneys. I'm interested in trying out any and all formats in TPA tourneys. I don't mean to imply that I think the current format is the best -- I think that is a personal preference, unless/until research is done to support a particular claim -- but I do like it just fine. (And I do understand the frustrations of people who really hate grinding.) [/QUOTE]
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