TLO 2010 [Winning Team: TOFUkingood]

[Lindax]

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Round 8 games sent. Please join them before Tuesday, November 2, 18:00 hrs. GMT.

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Lx

Ok, we're passed the deadline to join the games for Round 8. After 2 days to join the games I had to send invites for 33(!) games. Making a mistake on the way and having to make new games and send invites for those. Took me 2 hours to figure out who had not joined which game, etc. Come on guys, this is getting ridiculous. I really need a bit more cooperation to be able to run this tournament.

Did some teams not get my PM with the games?

Hereby I officially ask for somebody to assist me with this tournament. I will do the bulk of the work, I just need somebody to check if games are joined, send invites and follow up, because it's doing my head in.

Lx

Oh yeah, when I log in tomorrow, any games that have not filled will be forfeited.

Oh yeah 2: Please ignore my complaining if you're one of the many players that always join their games on time.


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[Chariot of Fire]

Unfortunately Rob this is the inevitability of running a tourney with over 100 participants and I don't think there's much you can do about it. Penalties probably won't be a deterrent (not for teams that are already losing badly) so I think all you can do is keep a black book and enter names of players that are late joining. Then in future whenever you stage a tourney you simply bar those people from entering.

What you really need is reserve squad of cooks. Whenever a team is late filling games you simply put a cook in their place, hehe. Or simply post the game numbers and passwords in Callouts and let anyone from the public fill the empty spaces - that'll serve them right. I genuinely like this last idea!

I'd like to volunteer to help but regrettably I can't commit, and nor can I guarantee I'd be able to check all the games so easily. I use a PC from 1997 and it's ridiculously slow drawing web pages, so it would be a real headache for me. Sorry. Maybe Dako can create a script that allows you to easily check the games that have not been joined on time - I'm sure it wouldn't be too difficult to write and he's pretty good at these things.

Si

[PROFITS]

Game 7799548 Studs win

[Maxamilian]

7799500 won by Hard Half Dozen

[Lindax]

Unfortunately Rob this is the inevitability of running a tourney with over 100 participants and I don't think there's much you can do about it.

Si

I have to politely disagree here Si. Yes, a few not joining games is to be expected. I sent over 70 invites, after the deadline had passed. That's for a total of 110 games.

Never seen it that bad in any of my tournaments, including TLO tournaments. And these are all officers, committed to it for the long haul.

Anyway, looking into a solution for this, together with danryan, he'll be helping me out from now on.

Thanks for your suggestions,

Lx

PS: All games are filled now....

[MTIceman41]

Game 7799474 Stud win

[Chariot of Fire]

Big jump from 33 (your original post) to 70, lol. But yeah.....even just having to send out half a dozen is a pain and I sympathize. It must be hell to have to check all those games and chase people up using invites.

Maybe a nicely worded PM to each of the captains, explaining just how much trouble you have to go to. Really the responsibility rests on their shoulders and they should maybe be reminded of this.

Good for you though for perservering and for keeping the status quo. It's appreciated by many and is what makes this the premier tourney on CC.

[Lufsen75]

Big jump from 33 (your original post) to 70, lol. But yeah.....even just having to send out half a dozen is a pain and I sympathize. It must be hell to have to check all those games and chase people up using invites.

Maybe a nicely worded PM to each of the captains, explaining just how much trouble you have to go to. Really the responsibility rests on their shoulders and they should maybe be reminded of this.

Good for you though for perservering and for keeping the status quo. It's appreciated by many and is what makes this the premier tourney on CC.

I like the Idea of PM the captains of the troubled teams and let them know wich of their teammembers that not join their games.

[Lindax]

Big jump from 33 (your original post) to 70, lol.

Well it was 33 games, which added up to 70 (or 71 to be precise) invites.

I will indeed send a PM and make an announcement here soon also.

Lx

PS: Thanks to everybody sympathizing and/or coming up with ideas/suggestions. I won't respond to everybody's PMs individually

[Pedronicus]

I'll help you out Rob. I need to stop joining all non tournament games so that I have as much time as possible to help.

I'll also have to stop posting in the public forums because the fucktard mods dish out bans to people like me on a regular basis. Cunts.

let me know if you want my help. I think that applying the pressure to the team captains could work, but I found from experience that once a team knows it can't win a tournament, they tend to not give a shit.

Possibly at the halfway stage, you might want to think about eliminating 20 - 50% of the lowest scoring teams.

[slickstick]

Round 7

Warriors vs. Hard Half Dozen

Singles:
Game 7799415-Warriors
Game 7799427-Warriors
Game 7799439-Hard Half Dozen
Doubles:
Game 7799453-Hard Half Dozen
Game 7799466-Warriors
Game 7799478-Warriors
Game 7799489-Hard Half Dozen

Triples:
Game 7799500-Hard Half Dozen
Game 7799516-Warriors

Quads:
Game 7799537-Warriors

13/8

[Lindax]

I'll help you out Rob. I need to stop joining all non tournament games so that I have as much time as possible to help.

let me know if you want my help. I think that applying the pressure to the team captains could work, but I found from experience that once a team knows it can't win a tournament, they tend to not give a shit.

Possibly at the halfway stage, you might want to think about eliminating 20 - 50% of the lowest scoring teams.

Thanks Pedro. With danryan's help I think we'll manage, but I'll let you know if you can do something.

Lx

[Lindax]

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ANNOUNCEMENT

In an effort to get everybody to join their games on time and keep all teams in the tournament I have accepted the offer by danryan to help me. Although the official rule of joining your games within 48 hours will remain, we will implement the following from now on:

1. For every round I will post the game rosters on page 1 with the game numbers so everybody can see who is supposed to join a game.
   
2. Every two weeks I will send a PM with the games to all players of all the teams, with auto-join links. This will happen Sunday afternoon US time or Sunday evening European time. This means that the 48 hr. deadline ends Tuesday afternoon/evening.
   
3. On Tuesday morning, danryan will check the games and send invites to those who have not joined a game yet. Those invites will expire on Wednesday morning. This will give everybody ample time no matter what time zone you're in.
   
4. On Wednesday morning, after the invites have expired, I will check the games and forfeit every game that has not been filled. If player(s) of 1 team have not joined the game by then, the win and the points go to the opponent. If both teams have player(s) that not joined the game, no points will be awarded.

Obviously Team Captains and other team members are encouraged to remind other players to join.

As a matter of fact, allow me remind the Team Captains of their responibilities:

show: TEAM CAPTAIN AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Thank you all for your cooperation,

Lx & dr

EDIT: This announcement has been sent to all players by PM today.

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[Lindax]

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Round 7 results and scores updated.

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Lx

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[Lindax]

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Round 8 results updated.

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Lx

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[Lindax]

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The games for Round 9 have been sent. Please join them before Tuesday, November 16, 18:00 hrs. GMT.

If there is a problem with joining the games, please advise me or your Team Captain by PM.

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See also: ANNOUNCEMENT

Lx

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[slickstick]

Warriors vs. TOFUkingood

Singles:
Game 7948602-Warriors
Game 7948617-Warriors
Game 7948632-TOFUkingood

Doubles:
Game 7948648-TOFUkingood
Game 7948660-TOFUkingood
Game 7948672-Warriors
Game 7948686-TOFUkingood

Triples:
Game 7948705-Warriors
Game 7948719-TOFUkingood

Quads:
Game 7948739-TOFUkingood

7/14

[Lindax]

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Rounds 7 and 8 results and scores updated.

Preliminary Round 7 standings are also posted.

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There are still 30 Round 9 games waiting for (a) player(s).

Lx

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[Kinnison]

There are still 30 Round 9 games waiting for (a) player(s).

Lx

You're a more patient fellow than me... I'd be spitting fire by now.

[Lindax]

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The games for Round 9 have been sent. Please join them before Tuesday, November 16, 18:00 hrs. GMT.

If there is a problem with joining the games, please advise me or your Team Captain by PM.

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See also: ANNOUNCEMENT

Lx

Round 9 is ongoing. Thank you all for joining your games on time!

And thanks to danryan for sending the invites.

Lx

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[slickstick]

Round 8:

Warriors vs. Rangers of the North

Singles:
Game 7871325-Warriors
Game 7871338-Warriors
Game 7871349-Rangers of the North

Doubles:
Game 7871363-Warriors
Game 7871375-Warriors
Game 7871389-Warriors
Game 7871403-Rangers of the North

Triples:
Game 7871415-Rangers of the North
Game 7871431-Rangers of the North

Quads:
Game 7871448-Warriors

12/9

[Lindax]

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Rounds 7, 8 and 9 results and scores updated.

Preliminary Round 7 & 8 standings are also posted.

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Round 10 player assignments are due coming Wednesday the latest.

Lx

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[PROFITS]

Game 7948711 Studs win

[Lindax]

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Round 7 is finished. Results, scores and final standings updated.

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Round 10 player assignments are due coming Wednesday the latest.

Lx

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[MTIceman41]

Game 7948666

Game 7948693
Studs win