The new rule is OK for singles, but for doubles, it's very painful. People will be confused on whose turn it is for serving and which side to serve from. I just hope IBF can make some more changes and make it simpler.
I say old system but the new system would be pretty cool like ping pong. Fast and simple. Or even 11x5 like ping pong would be fun. I can't believe they aired ping pong on sportsnet central. I was surprised. Lol.
bill gates favourites sports is ping pong.. i even saw him attending the atlanta96 ping pong tourny alone? wonder where is his bodyguard? but around him got no spectator?????
i think this new system is Idiotic at best ... i'm actually quite disgusted with this at the moment.... can anyone get some more polls going on this new scorring? not here! but perhaps in a bigger forum? .. or format where more poeple could voice thier oppinion so that we can send a message to the IBF perhaps on http://www.petitiononline.com/ mabye someoen can start a petition to tell IBF to return to old scoring and send this petition to all badminton sites to get ppl to voice thier say.
Well, I watched my first tournament with the new system. Pretty dull. If you do get extra points, it's exciting because you have to go up by two. The trouble is that in doubles, the server is so vulnerable that the game seems to be always won by a receiving side. I gave up on trying to follow the serving order. Maybe it was because it was a domestic tournament with seasoned international veterans against high-level kids, basically, but too often, as soon as the score reached 18 or 19, the game just seemed over. For someone to hold serve 5 times in a row after being behind for most of the game, it was nearly impossible. The only games in extra points were the ones where the two teams were neck and neck the whole time. With the old system, a losing pair could always count on their ability to kill an opponent's game-point serve and then fight back. On a side note, I didn't end up seeing Yoo, Ra, Ha, or Kim in action. Ra and Ha were there watching but the only international retiree who played this tournament was Lee Dong-soo and he and Im Bang-eun were elimated in the QF and he and Jung Jae-heui went out in the semis. Lee Jae-jin and Jung Jae-sung were reunited for the men's doubles event but lost in the semis to Jung's new partner, Han Sang-hoon.
i am still wondering what is the proper serving ordering for doubles. anybody can shed light on this? as mentioned, it seems rather confusing who's supposed to serve, and how players are supposed to stand. and who says this is supposed to make badminton simpler? we are confused even before we started. anyway, we want to try it out and understand the new scoring system first hand. if i am planning to diss something, i must at least try it out to know what is so bad about it...
We tried it about 2 months ago and in 5 minutes lost track and went back to the current system of scoring. Then tried again in another match and lost track in 2 minutes.
The more changes they try to implement, the more people will think that this is a poofter's sport since they have major rules changes almost every other year.
Poll result evolution Has anyone noticed that the poll gives more and more people against the new scoring system? Seems that we are getting nearly unanimous against it now!
Errrrrrr...that's why it's called a "poll". People have free will to vote. Long live the old scoring.
Yes, what I mean is that people are more and more unanimous against the "3x21 rally scoring" (should soon reach 86% against it). Why doesn't IBF listen to its fans base?
On this topic, does anyone know when IBF will take its OFFICIAL decision? I saw that the host for 2009 WC has just been decided, so I suppose the decision is imminent... (if not already taken) I really hope they will abandon this silly idea, but I am rather pessimistic...
"More and more unanimous" is a bad choice of words. But yes, most Badders prefer the old system and hopefully the IBF will listen.
yes I know what unanimous means 99% is not unanimous, it is "very close" to unanimous. Obviously, we can't be unanimous as there are at least one or two persons (who said idiots? ) at IBF who defend this crap scoring system!
Hmmmm...... Indonesia demands new badminton scoring system The Indonesian Badminton Association (PBSI) demands that the current 3x15 scoring system be changed into the 3x21 system that is more television-friendly, an official disclosed Thursday. According to Gandhi Sulistyanto, head of PBSI foreign affairs division, the new system is more suitable to TV coverage and will make badminton more popular. "But we must wait decisions by PBSI regional chapters," Gandhi told Xinhua in a written statement. The proposed 3x21 scoring system adopts rally point while the current scoring system allows only the serving side to add point. PBSI's official stance will be submitted to the Asian Badminton Confederation (ABC)'s meeting in Kuala Lumpur this weekend. The International Badminton Federation (IBF) implemented a 5x7 scoring system in August 2002 but the trial period was short-lived and replaced by the old 3x15 system. Source: Xinhua
The decision is now official, see http://www.badzine.info/news.asp?id=708 , or http://www.ffba.org/home/actualite.php3?act=lire&id=960 : --> All matches from official IBF events between 1 feb and 15 may will be played in 3x21. The defivitive decision weel be taken on 15 may 2006.
