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ethansiegel
4/17/2008
17:45:19
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 Subject: Mini-Tournament incompletion?
Message:
Gameknot users, moderators, and everyone else,
I received an invitation to a mini-tournament a few weeks ago, and accepted. The organizer
of the tournament, however, dropped out, and now, with the mini-tourney more than half
over, we still only have 10 players in it.
Will the tournament ever end? Will an 11th person have to get invited for that to happen? Or
will this permanently take up one of my (and the other 10 players') mini-tournament slots?
I'm curious as to how GK deals with situations like this.
Ethan
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ccmcacollister
4/17/2008
17:59:17
[ report abuse ] | Me Too~!
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It IS an interesting Question to me too, just from curiosity. So I hope someone can tell you here. If you do not get someone here who can, you may have to write GK directly from the Site Map page. At the bottom of it there is a link called someting like CUSTOMER SERVICE, CONTACT US.
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heinzkat
4/17/2008
23:01:51
[ report abuse ] | It happens quite often
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Contact gameknot_com and tell them about it, they will probably delete the whole tournament (but perhaps you should wait a little until all games that can be played, are over)
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fmgaijin
4/17/2008
23:16:19
[ report abuse ] | Me Three
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I'm in an invitation-only tournament stuck at 9/11 (including many top GK player) by the absence of the organizer. What will happen? Oh, the suspense *grin*!
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chessnovice
4/18/2008
05:59:33
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Message:
That's a really interesting dilemma!
Here's the way I think it should be. If the host of an invitation-only mini-tournament becomes unable to host, the mini-tournament should become public. That'll at least tie up the loose ends.
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fmgaijin
4/18/2008
08:15:34
[ report abuse ] | That Makes Sense
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Good suggestion!
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zoltantor
4/18/2008
09:05:25
[ report abuse ] | My experience
Message:
I was involved in a miniT with this inconvenience: 10 of 11 players in and the owner suddenly disappeared from GK.
My solution: I waited until the owner's account expired and then asked gameknot_com to delete the tournament, due to the evidence that the completion was impossible. He does it fast.
This only happens in invitational minis (and in some rare public, but this another case)
The owner was irish_pete, a good player and better person, whose absence is more important than the end of the mini.
Currently I'm involved in another case of incomplete invitational mini:  gameknot.com
The creator serkan00 has not logged in for 258 days (at the date of today) end we are 9/11 on it.
What I (We) must do? Easy wait until the account of the owner expires and then ask the webmaster to delete the tournament. Only this. Why? Because the owner can rejoin again the site...
I hope this can help a bit
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ethansiegel
4/18/2008
10:11:15
[ report abuse ] | Easiest solution?
Message:
I was kind of hoping that they could just make the tournament for the number of players that
are currently in it (a 9-person tourney or a 10-person tourney, for instance). This way no one's
effort in the mini-tournament goes to waste.
For my mini-tournament, the organizer is still online, I think he's just ignoring me because he
doesn't like my speed of play. Is there a way that GK can make him invite someone else to it?
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heinzkat
4/18/2008
10:15:33
[ report abuse ] | Oh, that one
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His account got restricted, I think. Also, he didn't pay attention when filling up the tournament. Ah well. Just contact gameknot_com
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