WTF

Cut it out

Let’s talk about cuts...

Just like a tree, healthy growth doesn't come without a little pruning. First thing you need to know is "It's not personal"! Some folks really get bent out of shape when they see their friends get cut and react by quitting themselves! Please don't take it personally. Although we hope to be a close knit group of players, we simply must make room at the bottom end for better players to join the team. It really is the only way we will improve. Just like it doesn't matter who you are to become an officer; It doesn't matter who you are in positions 41-50. If you're down there, you're vulnerable!!!

This how we will proceed. And again if anyone has suggestions to make it better, I am open. That's what the comment section is for!

Cuts will be made at or around 12 noon Eastern. How many players that are cut will depend on what day of the week it is:

Monday - there will be no cuts as it is the start of a new week.

Tuesday - players 41-50 will be cut

Wednesday - players 42-50

Thursday - players 43-50

Friday - players 44-50

Saturday - players 45-50

Sunday - only goose eggs cut

I will make the cuts myself. If for some reason I am unable to do the cuts, one of the Co-Leaders will do it. This will be our automated cut mechanism going forward.

If for some reason this doesn’t work for us, we can adjust the policy as we go.

Let’s give it a go!!

Stripes

So you wanna be an officer? Ok. It’s easy! Just play better than most of your clubmates. A challenge to be sure! But not impossible because “We’re always looking for a few good men”!!!!

So how do we determine when and who becomes an officer! Well for starters, we don’t have a full team yet. So we have been promoting players that have crossed the 3 billion mark on the ladder for the week. And they will still have to do that. But that isn’t going to be the rule of thumb going forward. As we add better players and the average players score increases, it will become more and more challenging to reach the top ten. That’s not a bad thing! Because 3 billion won't be enough.

We’re not going to be one of those clubs that makes everybody an officer or co-leader. That’s just dumb. I get why they do it. Those clubs don’t want there to be angst over promotions, so they promote everyone. I think it goes without saying that if everyone is promoted, then being promoted means nothing.

We also aren’t going to be one of those teams that chooses officers according to favoritism. If you want to be an officer, no matter who you are, you can earn those stripes with your production. I’ll say it again another way. Members who display superior production relative to other members, will be promoted to officer.

So what if you see an officer that isn’t playing that much for the week and his score is low. You happen to pass that officer on the ladder. Should you expect to be promoted to officer because you passed an officer? Maybe, but not necessarily!

In order for there to be fairness, officers will be required to maintain a certain level of production to keep their stripes. That’s right! Officers can be demoted for lack of production.

You will notice that I haven’t made mention of Co-Leaders. For the most part Co-Leaders will need to earn their stripes as well, but there is additional criteria for Co-Leaders that I will address in a separate post.

Back to Officers...

I’m going to leave the specifics for what levels we promote/demote at open for discussion within this forum. What I am thinking is this: (1) A top ten finish for any member at end of week (Sunday and not before) earns that member his/her officer stripes. (2) A finish below position 30, ie; 31-50, the officer is relegated or demoted back to member. (3) A finish below position 20 for 3 weeks in a row, the officer is relegated.

This will insure that we keep the team fresh and hungry. It will prevent resentments from building up regarding promotions because everyone is playing by the same rules. So there it is! Let me know what you think and remember...

“We're all very different people. We're not Watusi, we're not Spartans, we're Americans. With a capital "A", huh? And you know what that means? Do you? That means that our forefathers were kicked out of every decent country in the world. We are the wretched refuse. We're the underdog. We're mutts.” - John Winger aka Bill Murray 

Tears for Tiers

Had a member go ballistic because he was in 10th position and got passed by another player, dropping him to 11th position. When this happened his score
on the club ladder decreased by 1/2. 

Numerous attempts were made to explain the 8 Ball Pool Club Tier scoring system to him. But he could not accept reality. He was convinced that somehow he had been cheated! It is my hope that simply putting up this post will prevent this from happening again. After all, this is Miniclips deal, not mine or the teams!!

If you’re new and you feel like it’s impossible to climb the ladder. Just remember, your coin contributions have nothing to do with you winning games and passing the guy who is on the next tier up. Take one rung of the ladder at a time and don’t worry about your contribution.
Winning games resolves everything!!
Happy climbing 🎱

 John

Welcome

Welcome USA ELITE CLUB Co-Leaders, Officers & Members!

I set up this blog so that we can communicate a little easier and more thoroughly than in the 8 ball pool chat.

It also gives me the opportunity as your leader to share my thoughts on team additions, promotions and player turnover/cuts.

Please feel free to comment

USA ELITE

John