Unfortunate turn of events 
We didn't expect the playoffs to last that long when these times were decided...
So before we dive into the current problem, we've changed the times for future games to 7PM GMT instead of 8PM GMT and I've edited both posts .
Please keep in mind that I do understand where you're coming from. I've had plenty of tourneys that took very long and those nightly hours isn't the preferred time to finish the game. Especially annoying if lagouts occurred and people had to check everything before accepting anything in the order of handicaps.
That said, it's late here too, so I might seem incoherent (or more incoherent than usual, if you will
). I'll reread everything tomorrow after a good night's rest.
But at the moment, here's the bottom line
CF raises a good point about it being late.
CFC raises a good point about this game needing to be played now.
These games have been in the making for over 3 months now and we tried to pick a day/time that would fit most people. Sometimes people have to work during the weekend (Unique), but there are less people working weekends than working on weekdays. This is why we picked saturday; for most it's a free day, followed by another free day.
It took over 3 months to play even the first game of these playoffs and even now, it only happened because people rescheduled especially for these playoffs. Who is to say postponing this last game won't take another 3 months?
We also disussed the lineup with SPW (not sure if you were there the whole time, I don't think you were). If my information is correct, lalo played the BnG for cFc (it hasn't been reported yet), but if you take a look at lalo's BnG rating: https://www.tus-wa.com/leagues/graphs/members/lalo-BnG-all-max/
You'll see it's not his best scheme. I'm certain cFc has better BnGers, but they did not protest.
I'd also like to point out one more thing. It doesn't count towards handling this particular situation (and it shouldn't), but I still feel it ought to be pointed out for future problems regarding time.
The log of the pre-game lobby ends at [2010-09-25 23.44.00]
If it were a T17 that still needed to be played, it would be a whole different ballgame, but shoppers are usually done in 20-30 minutes with a very small chance for a draw.
If you can't find this acceptable, I'll ask MI to weigh in on this (because you did show up for the playoffs after all), but for now the decision stands.
I see chicken also posted before I had the pleasure of clicking 'Post' and I agree with him.
We didn't expect the playoffs to last that long when these times were decided...So before we dive into the current problem, we've changed the times for future games to 7PM GMT instead of 8PM GMT and I've edited both posts .
Please keep in mind that I do understand where you're coming from. I've had plenty of tourneys that took very long and those nightly hours isn't the preferred time to finish the game. Especially annoying if lagouts occurred and people had to check everything before accepting anything in the order of handicaps.
That said, it's late here too, so I might seem incoherent (or more incoherent than usual, if you will
). I'll reread everything tomorrow after a good night's rest.But at the moment, here's the bottom line
CF raises a good point about it being late.
CFC raises a good point about this game needing to be played now.
These games have been in the making for over 3 months now and we tried to pick a day/time that would fit most people. Sometimes people have to work during the weekend (Unique), but there are less people working weekends than working on weekdays. This is why we picked saturday; for most it's a free day, followed by another free day.
It took over 3 months to play even the first game of these playoffs and even now, it only happened because people rescheduled especially for these playoffs. Who is to say postponing this last game won't take another 3 months?
We also disussed the lineup with SPW (not sure if you were there the whole time, I don't think you were). If my information is correct, lalo played the BnG for cFc (it hasn't been reported yet), but if you take a look at lalo's BnG rating: https://www.tus-wa.com/leagues/graphs/members/lalo-BnG-all-max/
You'll see it's not his best scheme. I'm certain cFc has better BnGers, but they did not protest.
I'd also like to point out one more thing. It doesn't count towards handling this particular situation (and it shouldn't), but I still feel it ought to be pointed out for future problems regarding time.
The log of the pre-game lobby ends at [2010-09-25 23.44.00]
Quote« Last Edit: Today at 12:32 am by darKz »If you had played the shopper, you could've been in bed about 15 minutes (maybe more) before your last edit was done
If it were a T17 that still needed to be played, it would be a whole different ballgame, but shoppers are usually done in 20-30 minutes with a very small chance for a draw.If you can't find this acceptable, I'll ask MI to weigh in on this (because you did show up for the playoffs after all), but for now the decision stands.
I see chicken also posted before I had the pleasure of clicking 'Post' and I agree with him.
