GRECO 4: Format Question [Closed]

[apeminkie]

I've been scavenging within the GRECO Forums for the past three Seasons-worth of Rulesheets in an effort to create and finalize the Rulesheet for GRECO 4 and I've become burdened with a problem.

For the first two Seasons, eliminations were basically based on the number of GRECOS (and in some cases, PATTERNS or QUESTIONS) you successfully got.
Season 1 Rulesheet:  http://www.golden-road.net/index.php?topic=1108.0
Season 2 Rulesheet:  http://www.golden-road.net/index.php?topic=2169.0

But for my most recent Season, a whole scoring system was created to rate you based on your successes.
Season 3 Rulesheet:  http://www.golden-road.net/index.php?topic=4508.0

As much as I want to stick with the back-to-basics of Option A, I cannot seem to abandon my scoring system in Option B.  So, I now specifically ask the opinions of my players:

For GRECO 4, which method shall I implement for eliminating players?

Your opinions on this issue are strongly desired, and any time you spend on making your decision is appreciated...so much so that I'm willing to give out a gift to any player or reader who expresses their issue on this issue.

Ahh, don't we love a surprise?  For this future Season, GRECO T-Shirts will be especially made and awarded as prizes to my players or fans for completing certain tasks, this being one of them.  If you make a vote to the poll I posed in this Thread and supply reason for your vote in a reply post (within 120 days), then your name will be entered into the large pool formed from this and other contests.  If I randomly select your name from the pool described, you win one of those GRECO T-Shirts I described earlier!  How fun!

I don't mean to bribe anyone, but I love my contest and I love my players.  I guess I also love spending money on random causes, come to think of it. 

[Chad1787]

The double-elimination format was ok, but the first format was a lot better IMO.  The problem with the match play brackets was that every player didnt have to submit a card every week. 

The first format was more live-or-die, the strongest survives.

[apeminkie]

The double-elimination format was ok, but the first format was a lot better IMO.  The problem with the match play brackets was that every player didnt have to submit a card every week. 

The first format was more live-or-die, the strongest survives.

Actually, I want to know whether you think I should keep the scoring system (1 point per space; 5 points for GRECO; 5 points for PATTERNS) or go back to the system of GRECO POINTS (each GRECO, PATTERN, or QUESTION earned a player one GRECO POINT). 

The Brackets and Tournament format has been put to rest.

[Voltron291]

I prefer the scoring system - it actually puts some weight on picking games, whereas GRECO points were only based on completing the pattern... getting four in a row doesn't net you anything in the first format.

[therealcu2010]

Having only played GRECO 3, and not any other seasons, I don't have too much to say.  However, after reading the Rulesheets from the first two seasons, I think I like the current scoring system better.  I feel it really does work, and, as Volty already said, it does make the actual games picked worth something.  However, I do like the old elimination format better, which I see is making a return.

[Chad1787]

Glad elimination is coming back.

As far as scoring, making the patterns worth 5 puts a whole new spin on the game and makes it more challenging. It puts more emphasis on game placement.

[bigwheel1991]

I personaly like the first format. It makes it harder then format 2.

[WhammyPower788]

I liked the second format.  Seems more game show-y.

[BRB_TheFireball]

Second scoring system.

[FieldsFan336]

I prefer the second format, aka the double-elimination tournament.  It was very exciting

[Garvin8r]

I prefer the most recent format used.  I like to see points given for actually picking the games correctly.  Obviously, slotting still matters, but I like the fact that someone can earn points if they screw up how they fit them onto the card.  I also like how a perfect card adds up to 100 points.  Maybe I've been in school too long, but 100 just says perfection.

[BuddyTom]

I didn't play under the second format, but with the lineups the way they've been, I prefer the first format, and I have voted as such.

[Enzo Aquarius]

Put me up for the second format!