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| Rick |
Posted - 03/22/2008 : 9:54:40 PM
Probably an old subject , but well worth going over again . What SL does a new player start at ? Does it differ for men and women ? Does a first game win automatically mean a rise in SL level ? Does a first game loss mean an automatic reduction in SL level ? |
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| Rick |
Posted - 03/23/2008 : 11:53:18 PM
Thank you both . |
| katolin007 |
Posted - 03/23/2008 : 8:41:00 PM
Rick,
You can also download the 8-ball and 9-ball scoresheets. There is Note for New Players and it spells out what SL's new players start out at.
"Say what you mean, mean what you say, but don't be mean in saying it." - Kato Lin |
| Taz |
Posted - 03/22/2008 : 11:24:11 PM
Rick,
All your questions are covered in the Official APA Team Manual. You can find it in the docs & forms link or send in $2 and purchase a hard copy, though I would wait until the beggining of next session, as and updated version will be released this summer.
New Players - All are unrated and as such get two time-outs per game/rack. In 8-Ball, Males play their first match as if though they were 4s while females play their first match as if though they were a SL3. In 9-Ball, males play their first match as if though they were 4s and ladies play their first match as if though they were 2s. The APA's rational for the starting skill level is simple. The average male player is a SL4 in both 8-Ball & 9-Ball while the average female player is a SL3 in 8-Ball and SL2 in 9-Ball (though I would argue that those statistics are a bit old and may need to be revised at some point).
Since win or loss is not the determining factor in the skill level calculation, a first match win does not give an automatic raise nor does a first match loss mean an automatic drop in skill level. There are actually 15 different variables (all come from information on the scoresheet). It is rare, but a new player can actually lose their first match and go up.
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