The winner takes a little bit [Abandoned]

by **Kenobi_BR** on Tue Oct 20, 2009 11:42 pm

OliverFA

Please update group 5

Finished Game 4735208 and Game 5676844

Thanks!!!

by **Qwert** on Sat Oct 24, 2009 7:39 am

by OliverFA on Thu Oct 01, 2009 11:50 pm

this whas last oliver post and now its 24 oct-what is going on-its this tournament dead??

by **69Chevy** on Sat Oct 24, 2009 2:19 pm

qwert wrote:
by OliverFA on Thu Oct 01, 2009 11:50 pm

this whas last oliver post and now its 24 oct-what is going on-its this tournament dead??

I've send Oliver a PM ;
Re: The winner takes a little bit - Games 6 and 7
Sent: Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:45 pm
From: 69Chevy
To: OliverFA

still waiting on an answer.....

I'm afraid this is heading to Abandoned

by **squishyg** on Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:25 pm

Noooo! I'm doing so well.

by **cdogg85** on Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:36 am

69Chevy wrote:
qwert wrote:
by OliverFA on Thu Oct 01, 2009 11:50 pm

this whas last oliver post and now its 24 oct-what is going on-its this tournament dead??

I've send Oliver a PM ;
Re: The winner takes a little bit - Games 6 and 7
Sent: Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:45 pm
From: 69Chevy
To: OliverFA

still waiting on an answer.....

I'm afraid this is heading to Abandoned

Agreed. I even typed in the game chat of his active game for this tourney about a week ago and no one responded to it, even though they are all taking their turns.

by **OliverFA** on Sun Nov 08, 2009 6:22 am

Hi all,

Unfortunately, it's pretty evident by now that several reasons prevent me from continuing the tournament at this moment. The first one being the crash that destroyed all the data in my hard drive and the other ones being having limited time and thus making it difficult to dedicate the needed time reconstruct all the standings.

I really would like to continue the tournament, but I don't know exactly when this will be possible. Of course, this is ASAP, but ASAP is enough vague and imprecise to mean almost any period of time.

So we have two options here.

First, to wait until the data is reconstructed and I can continue the tournament. The approach to this option would be, having patience while I reconstruct all the standings. Some of them are reconstructed. But others are not yet. This process would not begin until November 16th, and would be probably slow. To give visibility to the process, I would post the current state here. Something like "Groups 1 to b updated. Groups b+1 to 32 waiting to be updated". After that, the tournament would continue more or less like before, with updates in groups of 8.

Second options would be to handle the tournament to someone else. I would send the Excel file (I recreated it but did not put all the data inside) and that person would take care from that moment. I have one offer, but I would like to know what you think about it, and also to double check if that person is still willing to do it.

So, what do you think about this?

by **69Chevy** on Sun Nov 08, 2009 7:12 am

Thanks for your reply,

I don't mind to wait a while, as long as things are clear. Just no answers or updates make players doubt about it.

I don't have time to help you with the complete tournament, maybe it's an idea to have 1 assistent per group who keeps the score. If you put your sheets online by (i.e.) google docs like I did in my tournament you can protect them with a password and you also have a back-up in case of future crashes. ( I had a crash a few months ago, tournament went on cause sheets were online )
For an example see http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key= ... utput=html , if you do it like these I would help you in group 7. I even want to help you to put all sheets online, PM me for my email.

Just think about it, 69C :mrgreen:

by **Marino_1** on Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:38 am

Whatever works for you. That's fine by me.

However, until everything is "back to normal" I am am going to join into other games. So, I'll not be keeping a slot open until I am sure the tourney is back on track.

I hope that's ok with you.

by **elvigilante** on Tue Nov 17, 2009 8:12 am

Whatever works best for you.

I would love to see how this one finishes out so I'm up for whatever get us there.

thanks for the post and letting us know what was up.