Mistagear
www.xgamesbowling.com
Robbie,
You said
"With regard to match based tournaments - this is possible without using the x-games system now. In any case, topology issues would be MORE important in such a tournament, due to the fewer opportunities to win a match point and the greater penalty that would thus attach to losing a match"
Illogical argument.
With XGames, every single ball bowled is an opportunity to either win a point or, to prevent your opposition from winning a point. The outcome of a match to decide an eventual winner, is directly connected to winning more points than your opponent. Personally, I've never seen or played any "match based format" which could make a similar claim, perhaps there has been, but I'm not aware of it.
If you think that constitutes less opportunity, we will continue to disagree logic.
Just one example of the current scoring system, can have 2 bowlers with absolutely identical shots, bowling on different pairs. One pair the condition/topography results in a 300 score and the other pair can theoretically result in all 9 count shots and a score anywhere between 90 and 190 or worse. It's almost certain that conditions will change, preventing the bowlers experiencing the same result when playing on the respective lanes later. Fair sporting contests do not allow such discrepancies in results to exist between identical individual performances !
In any case, match based formats like XGames, eliminate unfair lane conditions that may cause the impairing of tournament results due to differences in conditions, one pair of lanes to the other pairs.
It's not logical to think that all lanes can ever be made identical, therefore you have to change to a method where the differences have no consequence. That is, only if you want the sport to be seen as fair.
You said
"With regard to match based tournaments - this is possible without using the x-games system now. In any case, topology issues would be MORE important in such a tournament, due to the fewer opportunities to win a match point and the greater penalty that would thus attach to losing a match"
Illogical argument.
With XGames, every single ball bowled is an opportunity to either win a point or, to prevent your opposition from winning a point. The outcome of a match to decide an eventual winner, is directly connected to winning more points than your opponent. Personally, I've never seen or played any "match based format" which could make a similar claim, perhaps there has been, but I'm not aware of it.
If you think that constitutes less opportunity, we will continue to disagree logic.
Just one example of the current scoring system, can have 2 bowlers with absolutely identical shots, bowling on different pairs. One pair the condition/topography results in a 300 score and the other pair can theoretically result in all 9 count shots and a score anywhere between 90 and 190 or worse. It's almost certain that conditions will change, preventing the bowlers experiencing the same result when playing on the respective lanes later. Fair sporting contests do not allow such discrepancies in results to exist between identical individual performances !
In any case, match based formats like XGames, eliminate unfair lane conditions that may cause the impairing of tournament results due to differences in conditions, one pair of lanes to the other pairs.
It's not logical to think that all lanes can ever be made identical, therefore you have to change to a method where the differences have no consequence. That is, only if you want the sport to be seen as fair.
