General

[Talfuchre]

This is an e-mail from the NPPL:

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"Unfinished Business

An otherwise stellar event finished with controversy at NPPL event #4 in Kansas City this past weekend. In the Professional division, Edmonton Impact and the Ironmen battled through three games vying for first place. Impact won the first game, the second ended in a draw and the third went to Ironmen. By NPPL rules the match should have ended with a shootout to break the tie, each team picking 3 players to play a best-of-three series of “one on one”.

Emotions and tension ran high and instead of playing the shootout, both teams requested to settle for a tie. Although at the time this seemed like an acceptable resolution, upon further review by the league’s Rules Committee, it has been decided to finish what should have been completed Sunday night in Kansas City.

Therefore in the San Diego NPPL Commander’s Cup this November, before the Professional games begin, the tie-breaker will be played between the Ironmen and Edmonton Impact. The winner will be crowned the Kansas City Professional Champion and awarded the 26 ranking points that go along with first place while the other team will be awarded 2nd place and 23 ranking points.

The NPPL Rules Committee consists of current and former players along with league officials who make up the 9 voting members and one moderator. The role of the Rules Committee is to address issues between events concerning rules and regulation. When actions occur that aren’t within the rule book, the Rules Committee is called upon to determine what steps need to be taken to achieve resolution while upholding the intentions and integrity of the league for current and future play."


TF

[oldschool]

bleh

[angelpena]

how about an 11-14 man woodsball game to settle it, like in the old days

[Al Ray]

How bout a Nelspot Duel

[BigOldSkool]

Both teams are full of attention whores.....

I say settle it with a knife fight in the parking lot.

[Schmitti]

Or open handed combat... or wiffle ball bat "swords" .... or give each of them a crate of vinyl records to wing at each other....

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[incynr8]

Each team has to drink a case of Wifebeater while wearing wifebeaters, then play each other.

[Painthappy]

Yeah, got the news but was slow to post it as I'm in VT on my way to EMR

Seems like the people spoke, and the league acted. I doubt anything would have changed it everyone was for some reason happy with the outcome.

Still this changes the dynamics of sudden death, tired players, etc. Now they'll be playing fresh. Oh well.

While I'm glad the league made the right call, it's too bad it was done this much later as opposed to at the location. Rules are set for a reason, and someone holding the event needs a game plan for every event. If someone doesn't show or play... What happensn or if there is a tie... What happens? No back room deals. Just set rules.

All the work to make it look professional is diminished if you don't act it.

That being said, this is a huge undertaking and my hats off to the guys tring to make this happen.

[shadawg]

Hopefully mentally it will effect their performance at Commanders cup, and they both lose the new tournament for sucking so hard.

[Delta]

Originally Posted by Talfuchre

Therefore in the San Diego NPPL Commander’s Cup this November, before the Professional games begin, the tie-breaker will be played between the Ironmen and Edmonton Impact.

Well that's great, but what about everyone who paid for tickets and then sat around for hours to see the Kansas City Final, isn't that a shot in the nuts for them?