Yyoooo!
I hope that everything's going amazing with you and that you've been practicing 'n enhancing your skills for the upcoming weekend! I'd like now to inform you about some few updates from our side and things you should be aware of before we kick off. Don't worry, it's not that many.
So first things first, let me talk about these boring stuff regarding scores. I assume I won't bring here any sort of ground-breaking news when I say that my table will consist of 4 sets of matches (5 for Cristina's table), each set having its own individual score limit, which'll increase as we approach the final. For scopone escoba, the score limits for each set are:
16 points for the first round,
18 for the second,
21 for the semifinal,
and 24 points for the final match.
For Cristina's table, the score limits are:
11 points for the first round,
13 for the second,
15 for the third,
18 for the semifinal,
and 21 is where it ends.
Now at first, we didn't really want to present the 2 points ahead rule, as it can make the game long sometimes. However, the problem is that when both players accidentally end up with the same score, one of them will just randomly hear the Hedgehoggish losing sound and the game's over. We're unsure about the pattern and we're striving for a fair game, thus we've finally decided to activate the rule, with a bit of editing in order to stay fair but still not go too much over time. If two players reach the winning score in the very same moment, or if one of the players is ahead by a point, the game continues till somebody reaches the winning score of the next planned set. In case the scores stay equal while reaching or passing this border, we'll wait till someone leads by one point at the end of a round and the game will be aborted immediately, the person with the higher score obviously wins the entire game then. This'll apply to both game tables. I hope it makes sense to you, we'd try explaining it better if necessary.
This being said, we can move on to a very important though nasty thingy we've prepared for ya, time limit that is. Yeah, to warrant a fast and smooth gameplay, we've decided to set a timer for each turn. This means for you that while it's your turn, you got 45 seconds for making your next move, being late means game over and loss. We'll be measuring the time and we would always warn you 15 seconds before the time's over. So you should consider your moves but do not think for too long. Although I believe 45 seconds is enough space for you to think, don't be worried about it. And again, this rule would apply for both tables.
Finally, please do not talk during rounds to keep things still, just like in other tournaments. Of course, it'S absolutely no problemos to speak / shout / cheer up between rounds, so yeah. Speaking of that, the tables will remain private for most of the time, so anyone who's willing to watch just drop me or Tina a message and you'll be invited.
Aand that's about it, hope everything's clear. If you have questions, suggestions or anything you want to say, this is where you do it. We''re definitely glad for any feedback you give us.
Thanks for reading and get readyy!
Cheers
A-T