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2020–22 FOCAL season
The 2020 FOCAL season is the current season of FOCAL.
The season was heavily disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and several tournaments were cancelled, with Edinburgh likely to follow.
Changes from 2019
The main change between 2019 and 2020 was the move to a new scoring system, following complaints the previous system was heavily biased in favour of middling performances at big tournaments over superstar performances at smaller ones. Whilst a distinction over the number of entrants was retained, such a bias was the basis of the new system, designed by Gevin, and uses the formula of (1 − [position] ÷ ([players] + 1)) × 1000. For an event that has 50 entrants, therefore, the winner now receives 980 points.
Manchester returned to the calendar after no event in 2018 and 2019 there, whilst Edinburgh moved to later in the year. A Leeds event returned, but would be played using Goatdown rather than standard Countdown. A new event in Peterborough was planned, replacing the Cambridge event. Several events, usually on the calendar, had not been announced prior to the pandemic, and it is therefore unknown whether they would have been continued or not.
Several events were cancelled officially, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. The FOCAL website does not list any events prior to September, although those prior to that date listed here have not been formally cancelled yet. It has been suggested that 2020 and 2021 will merge, but this has not yet been confirmed.
Events
Round | Event | Location | Date | Entrants | Winner |
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1 | COLIN XVI | Lincoln | 25 January | 46 | Jonathan Wynn |
2 | COLIN XVI: The Hangover | Lincoln | 26 January | 34 | Jack Worsley |
3 | CoMan 2020 | Manchester | 15 February | 33 | Thomas Carey |
— | CoNuT 2020 | Newcastle | 28 March | ||
— | CO:York 2020 | York | 18 April | ||
— | Co:LON 2020 | London | 16 May | ||
— | CoPet | Peterborough | 6 June | ||
4 | CoEdi5 | Edinburgh | 27 June | Currently under review due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |
5 | Co:WY 2020 | West Yorkshire | 5 September | ||
6 | Co-Blackpool 2020 | Blackpool | 10 October | ||
7 | Goat:Leeds 2020 | Leeds | 7 November | ||
GF | 2020 FOCAL finals | tba | tba |
Points table
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