Re: [pbmserv-dev] tournament

[jmw.vandijk@quicknet.nl]

Non-member submission from <jmw.vandijk@quicknet.nl> for pbmserv-dev@gamerz.net

> In response to what lyman has written and my experiences is that in 
> the past there was more support for tournaments also some tournaments 
> directors asked richard what is possible and not before issuing 
> tournaments rules and time limits. 
> 
> I ask myself if it not possible to have a second richard just for 
> tournament directors to start scripts, write scripts so it is easier 
> to start and manage tournaments.
> 
> I remember from a far past that the timelimit for tournament games 
> pro move was 1 or 2 days. Also those tournament games got special 
> board numbers. There was even pools.
> 
> I understand that not all tournaments could be played in pools, but 
> those special boardnumbers were very clear. 
> 
> What if a tournament director ask from richard if an official 
> tournament maybe run on his server and that richard gives out a 
> letter for that tournament(round) and that tournament director can 
> issue tournaments boards with his userid pasword and a special 
> command.  
> 
> 
> > I have been writing up the results (finally) from the
> > Zertz+11 tournament and thought I would mention on
> > this list some rough spots and places where the server
> > could have made life easier!
>  
> > 1) The tournament rules were set up so that each
> > player had a 30 day total cap.  Several players
> > exceeded their cap without warning, and it meant that
> > a few games had different "official" results than
> > their final outcome.  It would be good if the server
> > had "nag" and "forfeit" settings in line with a total
> > time limit.
> 
> That is only possible with offical tournaments games so with 
> boardnumbers starting with a letter. 
>  
>  
> > 2) Purely in the "it would be nice" category, it would
> > have been nice to be able to message the participants
> > all at once.  Conversely, it would be nice if the
> > message command showed the recipients (to indicate
> > that the messages were not just for each individual).
> 
> That would not be so hard, if you ask it nicely richard set ups a 
> maillist only for that tournament. I guess nobody asked it before or 
> not? 
>  
> > Who knows, if I can get this resolved I may be fool
> > enough to organize a Cathedral tournament to drum up
> > more interest in that game!
> 
> Please be very kind to those tournamentdirectors programmers and 
> tournamentdirectors be very nice to richard and his wife and ask him 
> first before you start a tournament.  
> 
> just my 2 eurocent
> Jeroen
> 
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