Tournament Experiment - Questions and Suggestions

[Gweny]

:) Today, in effort to do close examination I do experimental tournament in Total Points format - I end up with 53 tables.

 

I announce this is time event (7 min per board) and yes Rain, Gerardo, this time i do not play tee hee.

 

This what I see. Majority of call for director is calls for subs.

And this bring up interesting point.

 

Part of challenge in all tournaments we host is seeing all tables at glance. Current view allow us to see 5 tables when in table and necessiate much scrolling. (my mouse is weary tee hee)

 

Yes you see additional tables if in lobby of tournament but high number tables require scrolling....

 

8)Maybe it is possible to give host/td some type "thumbnail" view to see all tables?

 

In this view maybe table number turn red if one person at table boot. This maybe save time and number of director calls.

 

Ideally when td click on "red table" this show all 4 players and what player is red.

 

Other problem is sub list...

I play in much of tournaments I host so I use sub list exclusively to today when I td and no playing.

 

:-Apparently this list is generic for all tournaments - if a person sign up to sub all active tds see same list

.... needless to say this annoy certain people who think if they sign up in tournament xyz then they subbing for tournament xyz so little bit annoy when they find they sitting in tournament abc....

 

[glow=red,2,300]Director button. [/glow]

Maybe it is possible to LIMIT the number of times a player push this with in certain time frame? O in extreme cases disconnect annoying person who continue push this button?

 

.... ie player push button 3 -4 times and td come and resolve issue and 5 min pass and same player push button 3-4 times and td ask please push 1 time - additional pushing slow process vs help me come here fast...and then player continue do this multiple pusing of director button .... i lose patience with one player today and at 10th time he do multiple pushing i replace him. to me, this is player clearly abusing this button.

 

::)So maybe multiple pushings do not generate additional/multiple director calls? tee hee maybe pepper pushing abusing persons screen with please hold you already call director? tee hee

 

[glow=red,2,300]Director Calls II[/glow]

Part of problem with this messages is you require to say/yes no o you no ability to do other work - ie child window pull mouse from current activity to yes/no of new director call.

 

;)Maybe it is possible to make this calls into list? this way we see what tables we need visit vs try remember what table you cancel in attempt to chat to current table o do subbing.

 

Hosting tournaments is very fun but people who is chronic complaining remove much joy from this. And flood of director calls is no much fun for how do you attend to 6 people all same time?

Maybe we need "table" director call button vs 4 people at table director call button. this way 1 call from table vs multiple calls from same table for same problem (need sub)

 

Maybe give us "need sub" button in addition to call director button? this way td see immediately what is problem. (See thumb nail view idea tee hee)

 

[glow=red,2,300]Adjustments[/glow]

Sigh... in clock tournament majority of adjustments involve people who is slow o no accepting claim at end of round. maybe to help director you consider

Request for Claim thing where player is force to say what board, what directions and what contract. this to maybe help reduce time to do adjustment. tee hee players say things like... "we set opps on board 4 and they play slow and now we blah blah blah when all td need is contract, direction, board.... then td look at movie to see if this is valid request... oppps.... we no ability to see movie of boards to time tournament is finish! hmmmm Uday what is solution to this problem?

 

For if we must look at movie prior to doing adjustmetns then what is problem for no host tournaments if TD do substitutions in timely fashion?

 

tee hee :) Food for thought :-)

:D

[Willem]

Gweny,

 

I have the same problem with people constandly hitting the director-button. I mentioned it in my thread "some questions by a newbee director" in the Tournament Directors Forum. Uday replied he will fix it in the next version. Let's hope he does :)

 

Willem