two cents

[samhampton]

maybe there should be two scrabble organizations in north america. one can be for those who want to travel to overpriced suburban hotels every other weekend to play the same people they always play in 14-game round robins stretched over three days with equal prizes for each division (or whatever else they want to do), and in their forum they may

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[redessence]

I like these 2 cents! If WGPO really were like that in comparison to NASPA, then I would be far more likely to play in something WGPO sets up.

[samhampton]

i was thinking the other way around -- let wgpo (or whomever) handle recreational tournaments, allowing naspa to focus on more competitive ones. i know the whole pro vs amateur thing has been discussed before, but maybe it deserves a more rational and in-depth look.

tournament scrabble is older than i am, but i have been told (by frank) that scrabble tournaments used to all be single-division events. over time, the divisions evolved -- i don't know how or when, but i do know that it leads to a lot of disagreements. maybe it's time we stop demanding that people with different goals should want the same thing. it's holding scrabble back, and has been for a long time. we can't attract new players to a community in such disarray.

[jalapic]

i like option 2

[samhampton]

me, too.

[etheridge2]

the 2nd group sounds fun, the first one sounds lame. I will take group two ;)

[ar_raqis]

None of these groups are ideal for me. I mean, I like divisions (you get to play against people roughly on your level to a greater extent than in opens), but I don't like obnoxiously ostentatious venues. I like Collins (because I like learning new words!) but I also like round robins (they're less likely to leave performance mismatched with overall record, especially in tournaments shorter than Nationals