From Lee Tiani APA League Operator
Text originally from: http://teamapa.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2806
Text originally from: http://teamapa.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2806
READ ABOUT IT AND LET ME KNOW
WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
APA's 9Ball program has a unique scoring system, which allows for a match to finish when a pre-determined point count has been reached, not necessarily when a 9Ball is pocketed.
That is why I advertise our 9Ball Program as:
9BALL Rules with Straight Pool Scoring!
It is very unique and it is very successful!
One of the APA's 9B features that makes it exciting is the fact that a player can lose their individual match, yet still score points for their team. In 8B, the final score is so very Black & White: you either get the '1' or you get the '0' ... with no 'credit' given to the loser or any indication of how close the match was, like we have it in 9B.
BUT ... we are working on it for 8B!
I have asked to be a 'test site' for a proposed new 8Ball Scoring System .... one that rewards close matches as well as blow out matches. Nothing will change about the way an 8Ball match is played ... what will change is how the point(s) are distributed to both teams as a direct result of the final score of the individual match.
We propose calling it the 3-2-1-0 Scoring System.
And here's how it will work.
The WINNING PLAYER will win:
3 points for their team if they SHUT OUT their opponent; or
2 points for their team if they just BEAT THEIR opponent;
The LOSING PLAYER will win:
1 point for their team if they LOSE and were ON THE HILL; or
0 points for their team if they LOSE and were NOT ON THE HILL.
So you can either beat your opponent 3-0 or 2-1 or 2-0, which could result in a FINAL SCORE of all 5 matches (supossing your team wins all 5, which currently would be a 5-0 win)of
MAXIMUM: 15-0 (plus the Bonus Point for each team) or
MINIMUM: 10-0 (plus the Bonus Point for each team) or
somewhere in between.
Just like 9B, your team could lose 3 of the 5 matches and still win for the night. You could (for example) lose 3 matches 2-1, and win 2 matches 3-0, which would give your team an overall 8-6 win for the night.
I am very excited to even think of how this will affect the matches as they are being played. For example: 2 SL 5's are playing a Race-to-4. After 3 games, the score is 3-0. One player is thinking "I can't lose tonight, so this is my opportunity to lose a couple of games and run up a few innings" .. while the opponent is thinking "I can't seem to make a ball tonight, guess I'm going to get shut out".
This new scoreing system should change the attitude of both players. The player that's ahead 3-0, just might start thinking "1 more win and I win 3-0 for my team', while the other player is thinking "I'm shooting bad tonight, but if I can manage to scrape out a win, I will save a point and only lose 2-0 instead of 3-0".
The difference could very well be the difference of making the playoffs or not by session's end. And should give us a better quality of matches all up and down the line ups for all 5 matches.
Think about it.