After a lot of evaluation and planning, we’re pleased to finally announce updates to the format for the upcoming ToPL season beginning on April 30th!
Responding to feedback from our members, the goal is to make our season, playoffs, and tournament more relevant for our members. Many expressed that our playoffs were both ‘too much of a grind’, and had no connection to the actual season of play. We also heard that members preferred their fees to stay with the league rather than fund what is actually an independent tournament.
Here are the highlights of how next season’s playoffs and tournaments are going to work:
ToPL Playoffs
• The new ToPL Season will remain 14 weeks, however, we will now have a true season playoffs on Week 14 (Monday evening) open to all paid ToPL Season members.
• Divisional Seedings: Players will be automatically seeded into their playoff division (A or B) based on the season standings on Week 14, with half going to each division.
• Playoffs consist of four, single game rounds, with the 4-player groupings being rebalanced after each round.
• In groupings, season rankings determine choice of order of play – highest rank earns 1st choice, and so forth.
Playoff Finals
• After 4 rounds, the top 4 players from each division go into single elimination finals.
• Player 1 plays Player 4, and Player 2 plays Player 3 – the winners and losers of these matches will play each other, respectively, to determine the final top four outcome.
ToPL Seasonal Open Tournaments
• Future Seasonal Open Tournaments organized by ToPL will be financially self sufficient, and will incorporate a variety of tournament formats to keep play fun, fresh, and interesting.
See the updated ToPL Rules for full details.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask!
Don’t miss the opening night of the new season, this coming Monday (April 30th) at Jim’s!
David