Extract PAPA world championship specific parts of the rules into a separate set of rules

[AitonGoldman]

Context

It is unclear what the future of the PAPA world championships are. Because of this, it doesn't make sense to have world championship specific information in the rules.

Intent of rule change

The intent is to separate out the PAPA world championships specific information from the rules, in the same way that the Pinburgh specific rules are separated out from the PAPA rules. The intention is to separate out the following information :

• Anything describing entry costs
• Anything describing payouts
• Anything describing the PAPA facility
• Anything describing specific PAPA world championship divisions or competitions

Ideally, a new section would be introduced to replace the removed sections which gives generic instructions describing different tournament formats ( i.e. PAPA style, HERB, etc )

As a side benefit of doing these things, the rules will become more generic making it easier for other competitions to use them ( if they want to )

Proposed changes/additions/removals

• Extract the Quick Overview
• In Singles Competition section :
  • Extract divisions of play section
  • Extract skill division restrictions section
  • Extract the fees section
  • Extract the prizes section
• In Singles Qualifying Rounds section
  • Extract the Purchasing tickets section
  • Extract the Playing a ticket section
  • Extract the Scoring section
  • Extract the Scoring Example section
  • Add a section with a generic description of different tournament formats
• In Singles Finals Rounds
  • Extract Winners section
  • Extract Classics Division section
• Remove the Other Competitions section
• In the Player Conduct section :
  • Extract the Facility section
  • Extract Wagering and Gambling section
  • Extract Internet use section
  • Extract `Accommodating disabilities" section

[ichesh]

I'm not sure I agree with removing such large sections of the rule book. It could perhaps benefit from a clearer definition as the PAPA World Championship rules, but the vast majority of the book holds up regardless of format (we know because we've changed the format).

It may be better to separate out the PAPA World Championship rules and create a generic PAPA Ruleset without destroying the current rule book. I'd envision the following (quick thoughts, I'd need to expand on these):

• The Quick Overview should remain and tout the years of experience. It can also describe (briefly) a number of different formats.
• Retain Scoring and Scoring Examples
• If removing the Prizes section you have to keep the end, spelling out the title limits of the World Champion.

As for re-writing the existing rule book:

• Did the rule about the supremacy of the tournament director and their rulings being final get removed in a previous version?
• The Wagering and Gambling section needs to stay. It covers our ass, spells out that No, Sean Grant, we will not pay you for Jorian's winnings so he can get cash from you right now, and honestly has been useful in stopping several conversations before they even start. However, I am in favor of moving this to be #5, directly under Interference, Collusion, and Cheating, because wagering and collusion are best friends.
• "Prize Checks" needs to be removed from the rule book regardless of the larger decisions. I believe there are two references.
• Under Major Malfunctions it starts with a numbered list and then stops numbering.
• Stuck Balls says "the player must wait for three automatic ball searches" and then says "if the ball has not been freed after four such searches"... so is it 3 or 4 ball searches?
• Disabled Machines contradicts itself. "A permanently disabled machine may be replaced with a substitute by tournament officials. If the failed machine is eventually repaired, it will be put back in to play." Either a machine is permanently disabled or it isn't. The next paragraph talks about scores on the disabled machine holding, which... how do you fairly count that if (for example) Dracula breaks, is replaced with (for example) Phantom of the Opera, and then Phantom comes out and Drac goes back in?
• Player Errors says "Any player who tilts their own ball, which then results in a tilt warning given to the following player will not have any consequences for the first offense. The player with the warning will be allowed to continue play as normal, or choose to have the ball played on a fresh game." Is this accurate? If Aiton tilts and I get a tilt warning ON BALL 1, I can just play my own one-player game afterward? Or do I have to play two balls and get a third on a fresh game? This is super confusing. Does anyone take advantage of this?
• "If a player does get disqualified from a game, their position in the game is considered open" AND ALL PLAY ON THAT POSITION MUST STOP, HILTON. YOU DON'T GET TO KEEP PLAYING AFTER BEING DISQUALIFYING YOU DUMB ASS.
• Intentional Delays says "A player is permitted to wait a reasonable amount of time, as determined by the tournament director, for a tilt mechanism to settle." Isn't this contradicted by the proceeding "No player may delay their game for more than 60 seconds, except to await a ruling or resolution of an environmental inconvenience. Environmental inconvenience is defined as any condition which can reasonably be expected to be resolved quickly, such as unusual noise, lighting problems other than sunlight, or repairs to an immediately adjacent machine. No player may wait for more that 60 seconds from the end of the previous player’s turn to begin their turn." Basically, if Aiton tilts, can I wait more than 900 seconds, or is 60 seconds the rule?

[AitonGoldman]

@ichesh : DOH! Thanks for pointing out that I did not finish pushing up all my changes to the PR. The intention was to remove the World Championship specific parts, and put them into a separate file ( the same way we do with the pinburgh rules ). In addition, the Scoring and Scoring examples would be moved to a section that describes 2 possible scoring systems for a generic tournament : PAPA style and HERB style.

I'll push those changes up so that it is obvious.

As for the "Re-writing the existing rule book" section of your comment : if there are things in there that are not addressed by issue #5, then I'd suggest that we pull these out into a separate issue.