How Many Royalty Points Do You Have?

[Bacon Double Cheese]

I have 1771

Me too

[No Fixed Abode]

1880

[Compo's Hat]

I sort of agree Compo but perhaps have the home and away points separate. Wiping out previous seasons points would even keel thing but would not push those up the queue who attend the majority of games. Away support is more expensive and timely but garners only 2 - 5 points IIRC.

They'll be a point somewhere down the line where a Stevenage situation will be completely unfair on those new supporters, particular the youngsters who have never had the chance to gain points.

[weybridgewanderer]

other similar schemes I am a member of wipe out points after 3 seasons.

I think RFC could look at maintaining a 5 years.

In addition to this, 2 years after a season ends they should half the points for that season.

[JC]

I sort of agree Compo but perhaps have the home and away points separate. Wiping out previous seasons points would even keel thing but would not push those up the queue who attend the majority of games. Away support is more expensive and timely but garners only 2 - 5 points IIRC.

That's never going to happen is it. The club make nothing from away tickets and they are always going to reward season tickets and home tickets more than away tickets because, at the end of the day, they are trying to encourage more people to attend home games.

[Rex]

Well that was too obvious to mention.

[Wizard]

Only 320

I've only been going since the first season back in the Championship, bar two matches in about 2003. Missed all the Premier League stuff

[Kitson12]

Exactly 1999.

Oh and 2000th post.

[TFF]

There are 101 ways you could operate the Loyalty system, and they are all wrong.

those that have been to every game inthe last couple of years?
those that have been going for 50 years but not so much these days?
those that have had a ST through rain sleet or shine?

Remember the hasle in 95 for the play off sems? i had to take the afternoon off to queue round the ground with johnny come latelys despite not having missed a game for 2 years. ST holders locked out for Bolton at home as well.

the current system is about as good as you are likely to get.

You know, it really shouldn't be beyond the ability of a half decent programmer to devise a system whereby two royalty points schemes can run side by side - home (with the points valid for a maximum of the last five years to reward "current and active" supporters) and away (say three seasons worth of points awarded).

For home games STHs get first dibs followed by banded access by home royalty points, away games go first to regular away followers across maybe one or two bands before home royalty points are taken into account.

[Y21_Royal]

I had exactly 1871 points this morning. Almost made me think twice about getting anymore tickets!

[Row Z Royal]

Only 320

I've only been going since the first season back in the Championship, bar two matches in about 2003. Missed all the Premier League stuff

PLASTIC

[Row Z Royal]

I had exactly 1871 points this morning. Almost made me think twice about getting anymore tickets!

DId you get a screen shot?

[Harpers So Solid Crew]

I sort of agree Compo but perhaps have the home and away points separate. Wiping out previous seasons points would even keel thing but would not push those up the queue who attend the majority of games. Away support is more expensive and timely but garners only 2 - 5 points IIRC.

That's never going to happen is it. The club make nothing from away tickets and they are always going to reward season tickets and home tickets more than away tickets because, at the end of the day, they are trying to encourage more people to attend home games.

So as the club only get a small cut for selling away tickets, why not do as so many suggest, there will be fans that have attended a dozen away games in the last couple of seasons that will miss out on Stevenage. While ST holders who rarely go away decide to make a day of it as they have more points.

[Rex]

Indeed. My point exactly.

[LWJ]

In answer to the thread, Not enough.

[PieEater]

The system is pretty good as it is. The club need to look after their STHs even if it mean pissing off someone who only does away games.

The only improvement I could see is to create points inflation each year so that makes older accrued points worth less that currently accrued points. i.e 6pts for an away and 11 for a home game.

[66DD]

I sort of agree Compo but perhaps have the home and away points separate. Wiping out previous seasons points would even keel thing but would not push those up the queue who attend the majority of games. Away support is more expensive and timely but garners only 2 - 5 points IIRC.

They'll be a point somewhere down the line where a Stevenage situation will be completely unfair on those new supporters, particular the youngsters who have never had the chance to gain points.

I agree totally. I've been buying a season ticket for my grandson for the last 3 seasons (he's now 5) to ensure that when he's old enough to want to go to high demand away games (like Stevenage) he's got a fair few points to have a chance of getting a ticket.

[Ian Royal]

It is madness that points just accrue and accrue so someone who hasn't been for 3 years, but had a season ticket for 5 before that, gets priority over someone who has had a season ticket for the last three years. Or someone who has been to 23 games a season, every season for 5 years, but half of them away - which provide fewer points.

Do people think it's fair, that someone like me who goes to about 12 games a season, almost every season, should have a better chance of getting to one of these games than someone who has only been with us one season but bought a ST?

[Harpers So Solid Crew]

Same point keeps being raised Ian, fact is club have been made aware, but not done anything about it.

[PieEater]

It is madness that points just accrue and accrue so someone who hasn't been for 3 years, but had a season ticket for 5 before that, gets priority over someone who has had a season ticket for the last three years. Or someone who has been to 23 games a season, every season for 5 years, but half of them away - which provide fewer points.

Do people think it's fair, that someone like me who goes to about 12 games a season, almost every season, should have a better chance of getting to one of these games than someone who has only been with us one season but bought a ST?

In this case it doesn't matter, neither you as a part timer or a JCL would of had enough points.

The system worked as intended and the most "loyal" fans got the tickets.