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 "Message to team captains"When you make a challenge don't you search the opponent's team page for availability/time control, etc.? Well, this new feature stops the looking ... and it takes no space on your team page - important to large teams with many "words/characters" on the page. I updated our team page yesterday and have not received the constant annoying ridiculously unfair challenges, which we have had constantly for three months, lol. If you have information directed to challenging Captains/co-Captains on your team page, simply cut and paste this info to the "Message to team captains". Great asset to all of us!!! Mike |
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Mike It does, however, take space on the team profile, but teams that already post information regarding challenges don't lose any space, it would be easy that they place it with the "message to team captains", so that it will be easy to find. |
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britgrl 08-Apr-11, 10:00 |
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maca 09-Apr-11, 06:24 |
Deleted by maca on 09-Apr-11, 06:25.
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maca 09-Apr-11, 06:25 |
Seems like an useful update... Regards, MaCa. |
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bjorn-viking 09-Apr-11, 19:51 |
Deleted by bjorn-viking on 01-May-11, 21:41.
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torric 10-Apr-11, 03:42 |
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sydneyapplebaum 10-Apr-11, 04:18 |
updated message in case i used too many words, i changed the message. new and old messages below in case anyone is interested. New message In general: 2 players per match for quick pairing 3,5, or 7 days per move depending on players preferences Match within 50 of 90 day high rating Old message Goal: Remove green dots ASAP. Generally: 1. When green dots appear for TWO players with compatible preferences for days per move, I will look for a match usually within 50 points of their 90 day high rating and usually starting with team captains online and going down the table. 2. In considering pairings I will check to ensure the players are not currently playing or have not recently played each other. 3. I will make a challenge and wait an hour or so. 4. If no response and especially if challenged team captain is no longer online, I will sometimes look at and accept open challenges. Otherwise, I will either post an open challenge and/or make an additional challenge with another team captain online and take the first offer and withdraw the other challenges. I apologize in advance if some find this annoying. Ray |
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"I'm hammered....probably a good time to try and pull one over on me"- Team "Southern Chess™ ()" |
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I also... I've discovered that some captains don't follow what they've posted in their "Message to captains" section anyway. No matter, that's why we have the "decline" option. Mayhap I'll try something along the lines of the above from "Southern Chess". Best one I've seen! |
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However, it has been helpful for the most part. And sometimes I find myself challenging these teams with comments first. It may be some sort of mind control haha. |
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In a related subject One of the newer GK improvements is that now, players can set their amount of team games they would like to play to zero. Of course I realize that for say, timeout players it may be difficult to get them to change there preferences. Fortunately, those players will only have a green light for two days. |
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not available - when the green dot is off they are removed from that list. Changes are made to this list every time there is a change in availability. I list them alphabetically but some teams list them by rating which may be better for the opposing Captains. As of this very moment we have 4 players listed and all have their green light on. One has not responded to my last two messages and may be off the team soon. One had 6 timeouts (his first ever) but is "unavailable" until his rating recovers - not fair to pair him because of the timeouts. The other two are in a serious bad streak and teams were sending ridiculous challenges aimed at them. I have found that some team mates will not follow directions when they are clearly told how to turn that green light off, it just amazes me. Although difficult and a bit time consuming, especially since many teams still do not use this feature, I always look for the unavailable player list. It reduces the number of declined challenges and with a large team we cannot have a challenge lay around for a long period of time. The 5 maximum team challenges should be increased for larger teams, IMHO. |
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This message to team captains feature does NOT take space from the team page! However, I did not test the character limit of this new section --- but will test soon, when our team page is completely redesigned. |
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O Yeah!!!!! |
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character limit of this new section |
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It does surprise me that there is no limit and allows many possibilities. JJ, as always you have a direct approach that brings a smile to my face. Go Buckeyes!! |
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maca 07-Sep-11, 13:40 |
The team pages of some teams are so long they're very difficult to read, even without that new section. Just list all the relevant challenge conditions and unavailable players in a concise manner. Regards, MaCa. |
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