I dont play my games at home anyway, lol. Rarely, at least. Most of my play happens when play testing route games.ralphwiggum wrote:I would also get rid of any championships that were based in a persons house. I think in general, those are bad all around. Anyone that says there isnt a homefield advantage isnt being honest with themselves..... Sure there are other concerns as a host, but the overall comfort level with your own collection, and muscle memory, it is a disservice to any tournament to be hosted at a residence.
I know it is tough to have a public location do something like this, but you could take an event like MRP and move the time back (not saying MRP specifically, just MRP as an example) so that it would be a split event- The City championships and whatever other event would be hosted. That would get you a variety of games and even things out quite a bit.
I agree that there is a distinct advantage for hosting in ones home where you are familiar with the games. Unfortunately that is a constraint given the ability and availability of novel games for people to play. Ideally it would be great to have hosts that dont also want to play in competitions but those are few and far between (understandably).
My hope was that this also provides an opportunity for some new people to visit my personal collection and compete. I suppose I could sit out the event (I may) but I enjoy playing also.