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ACC Internet Cribbage The 2004 season in review Well, we have successfully completed our first, albeit abbreviated, season of ACC Internet Cribbage. Final results indicate there were over 5000 entries to these tournaments (including non-ACC members), with a total of 82 tournaments held on 66 nights. This equates to an average of over 75 entrants per night — a phenomenal number!! As with any new venture, ACC Internet Cribbage experienced a couple of bumps in the road. The Internet Steering Committee and the Tournament Directors appreciate everyone's patience as we worked through some of these. We will continue to monitor all situations as they occur. Taking into account all that we have learned through our first season, we have developed the following changes as the 2004–2005 season starts: 1. Tournament Scheduling. We will continue to offer single elimination tournaments at MSN Gaming Zone on the following schedule:
To vary the tournament formats and alleviate some of the difficulties that occurred in some of our events, we are expanding our schedule to include semimonthly (or more frequent) ACC Members Only events. These will include:
These ACC Members Only events will be held by our current tournament directors at MSN Gaming Zone. However, they will be held in either the Group or League Room, both of which are accessible via http://zone.msn.com/en/cribbage/rooms_others.htm. (To get to these rooms from the Main Cribbage Page at http://zone.msn.com/en/cribbage, click on the Play with Others button number 1). Only ACC members in good standing — that have registered Screen Nicknames with the ACC through the online form — will be able to participate in these ACC Members Only tournaments. 2. Internet Rating Points. The major change to the IRP system is that the maximum number of tourneys for which IRPs will be awarded is increased to 100. This number may change after we complete some analysis of participation levels during the first season, and as the overall tournament density changes. This will be announced within a couple of months, and your feedback is welcome in the meantime. At any rate you are welcome to continue participating in ACC Internet tournaments even if you have already reached your annual quota, so peg on, and don't worry too much about where the quota is eventually set. As before, the top ten IRP finishers will form the 2004–5 All-Internet, and the top 10% of players earning IRPs will receive an invitation for the ACC Tournament of Champions in Reno. On behalf of the Internet Steering Committee members, thank you for making our initial venture into Internet cribbage a successful one! With at least 180 tournaments planned for the upcoming season, we encourage you to "spread the word" about ACC Internet Cribbage amongst the membership, and to continue to use this as a platform for obtaining new members to the finest playing card organization in the world!! - Donald E. Ellis (+_LoneStar__) (back...) Copyright © 2004 by American Cribbage Congress. All rights reserved
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