Joining Tournament Games

by **Night Strike** on Sun Jul 13, 2008 10:11 pm

I am curious to know what method you use most often to join your open tournament games.

Options:

Game Finder
Game tags in PMs
Join a Game

Only 1 vote allowed. You may change your vote if necessary. Comments are appreciated as well.

by **White Moose** on Mon Jul 14, 2008 4:53 am

All tournament organizers, exept one, in which tournament i've been in send the game numbers in a PM.

So thats how i join, game tags in PMs.

by **Lufsen75** on Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:35 am

White Moose wrote:All tournament organizers, exept one, in which tournament i've been in send the game numbers in a PM.

So thats how i join, game tags in PMs.

Agree

by **Gilligan** on Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:09 am

Never from 'Join a Tournament'.

If there is tags in the PM, I do that. If not, Game Finder.

by **Natewolfman** on Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:38 am

i think i have had 2 occasions when i had to search for the tourny... 1 was ZZ's snowy rock races which is set up like that... the other was one of brendan man's and i remember thinking "god what a pain this is!" lol, other then that its all PM

by **amazzony** on Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:25 am

I can't cast a vote because there are all kind of ways. For me, who plays in many many tourneys, appr. 80-85% organisers send them properly with game tags. Then there are a bit annoying organisers who send just game numbers, then there are a bit more annoying organisers who send a link to the thread where are instructions or game numbers. And then there are very annoying organises who just send "join your games, password for this game this and that game that".

For me, game tags is the only way to send [read: in 99% of times]. Exception is when I'm sending a second reminder, then I don't bother to make player's life easier. Another exception is Snowy Rock Races tournament when everybody has to join 3 random games (but I think that I have pretty good explanation how people can find their games).

And I never use Join A Game. Maybe sometimes it would help but there are better ways IMO.

by **White Moose** on Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:43 pm

amazzony wrote:I can't cast a vote because there are all kind of ways. For me, who plays in many many tourneys, appr. 80-85% organisers send them properly with game tags. Then there are a bit annoying organisers who send just game numbers, then there are a bit more annoying organisers who send a link to the thread where are instructions or game numbers. And then there are very annoying organises who just send "join your games, password for this game this and that game that".

For me, game tags is the only way to send [read: in 99% of times]. Exception is when I'm sending a second reminder, then I don't bother to make player's life easier. Another exception is Snowy Rock Races tournament when everybody has to join 3 random games (but I think that I have pretty good explanation how people can find their games).

And I never use Join A Game. Maybe sometimes it would help but there are better ways IMO.

NS asked for what you use Mostly, so you can cast a vote since even though you are in lots of tournaments

I'm in sure over 30 tournaments right now myself..

by **amazzony** on Mon Jul 14, 2008 3:50 pm

White Moose wrote:NS asked for what you use Mostly, so you can cast a vote since even though you are in lots of tournaments

I'm in sure over 30 tournaments right now myself..

Darn, missed the most part :roll:

by **keiths31** on Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:31 pm

Depending on the tournament...

But mostly with game tags in PM's

by **Sir. Ricco** on Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:09 am

If I had a choice between the three. IT would always be the tags. But them you got the host (who I will not name) who don't use the tags. And that is pretty annoying. But then you have the host who don't even tell you what game number is yours, you have to figure it out. And that...well, gets me mad.

by **dittoeevee8888** on Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:15 am

I almost always use game tags unless if I forget to put the game tag thing for sending it out.

For joining, thankfully, all tourney organizers that I've signed up for have used game tags, if not, I'd use the game finder. Never from "join a tournament" you can barely locate anything easily in a short period of time.

by **KidWhisky** on Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:56 pm

I always join from links or game numbers sent out by PM. Every once in awhile a organizer will just send the game number so I'll have to copy and paste it into the game finder but mosty of the time it is linked in the PM.

by **Bones2484** on Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:02 pm

I will always love the TOs who send the game numbers in a tag so all I have to do is click on the link to take me straight to the pw screen

by **blakebowling** on Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:06 am

Lately I have found that players enjoy it mutch more when you encode the password in the link. However that requires you to use the URL tag.

by **Night Strike** on Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:15 am

blakebowling wrote:Lately I have found that players enjoy it mutch more when you encode the password in the link. However that requires you to use the URL tag.

I need to run this by the other Directors and possibly Twill. I'm pretty sure I've seen somewhere in either the forums or chat that a link that directly joins a player in the game is not allowed. That's probably why the game tags were coded as they were. I don't think that the directly join link by itself is such a good idea. There are some players who prefer to look at the games but join them later in the day or the next day.

by **whitestazn88** on Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:26 am

mostly tags in the pm, but at the same time, the smaller ones i've joined just sent the numbers.

and i've only done like 4 tourneys, so theres no mostly, it was about 2-2

by **blakebowling** on Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:02 am

Night Strike wrote:
blakebowling wrote:Lately I have found that players enjoy it mutch more when you encode the password in the link. However that requires you to use the URL tag.

I need to run this by the other Directors and possibly Twill. I'm pretty sure I've seen somewhere in either the forums or chat that a link that directly joins a player in the game is not allowed. That's probably why the game tags were coded as they were. I don't think that the directly join link by itself is such a good idea. There are some players who prefer to look at the games but join them later in the day or the next day.

I understand what you are saying, but most of my players enjoy just having to click a link to join their game.

by **Optimus Prime** on Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:31 pm

Night Strike wrote:
blakebowling wrote:Lately I have found that players enjoy it mutch more when you encode the password in the link. However that requires you to use the URL tag.

I need to run this by the other Directors and possibly Twill. I'm pretty sure I've seen somewhere in either the forums or chat that a link that directly joins a player in the game is not allowed. That's probably why the game tags were coded as they were. I don't think that the directly join link by itself is such a good idea. There are some players who prefer to look at the games but join them later in the day or the next day.

Doing it with malicious intent is not allowed, but coding passwords into game tags is not against the rules. As for using a simpler system to do it for tournament games, it is under development and Twill is deciding whether to let us use it or not.

by **hulmey** on Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:16 am

Optimus Prime wrote:
Night Strike wrote:
blakebowling wrote:Lately I have found that players enjoy it mutch more when you encode the password in the link. However that requires you to use the URL tag.

I need to run this by the other Directors and possibly Twill. I'm pretty sure I've seen somewhere in either the forums or chat that a link that directly joins a player in the game is not allowed. That's probably why the game tags were coded as they were. I don't think that the directly join link by itself is such a good idea. There are some players who prefer to look at the games but join them later in the day or the next day.

Doing it with malicious intent is not allowed, but coding passwords into game tags is not against the rules. As for using a simpler system to do it for tournament games, it is under development and Twill is deciding whether to let us use it or not.

i think it really depends what kind of tournament your hosting. My recent one named Assassin's of the world, you had to enter 30 games at once so i just directed people to game finder. But my new one , will have the game number included =D>