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elduderino1 16-Aug-21, 08:02	Your challenge to team "Insert team name" has been automatically cancelled.... "Your challenge to team 'Insert team name here' has been automatically cancelled due to one of the participating players in their team becoming unavailable for team matches." Long time follower of discussions, first time poster as this is something that really bothers me. After you go through the trouble of setting up a match only to get the above message in as little as two minutes after the other team has accepted your challenge. Me personally I try my very best not have the same player in two pending matches unless I know it's a player who handles many team games. If it's been a few hours I understand, but at least give the other team time to respond. Thoughts?
amacivn 18-Aug-21, 14:10	Deleted by amacivn on 14-Jan-22, 12:22.
joveyboy1 11-Sep-21, 08:57	I always try to send a new match when this happens, especially if my team was the reason for the cancelled match when the other team first sent the match, as I know it takes effort to start matches, and I don’t want other teams to think their efforts are ignored. If I can’t immediately, I’ll put the team down in my ‘Notes’ on my profile to challenge when I can. Eventually a match gets started in 99% of cases.
redfoxrising 30-Jan-22, 19:31	Reason: Too many active team games (player's max team games preference). How do I see each players max preference?
saguaro 31-Jan-22, 08:18	RedFoxRising You can't! Not even if you're a Captain or Co-Captain.
redfoxrising 31-Jan-22, 16:38	Thanks saguaro Thanks saguaro I was hoping I just couldn't figure it out seems you really have to know your team members and ask them how many games they want for their max. I've noticed the number of days for moves being asked for when pairing up for fair matches with-in 50 ELO in last 90 days. Once you communicate with your team the data can be added to your team page by the captain. I just started being a Co-Captain and so far, it's not too hard.
bearz2 05-Feb-22, 20:54	Sometimes the captain is in another time zone...I'm having this issue now with a few other teams. were either sleeping,working or can't match players on a mobile phone..can play games but can't accept challengers so please be patient and don't spit the dummy as some captains have.
classica 05-Apr-22, 00:53	"Reason: Too many active team games (player's max team games preference). How do I see each players max preference?" @ redfoxrising You can create a database for your own players by noting the number of team games they have when they are maxed out. Also, free players max out total games at 12 or 13 - so if a player has 10 games and one match pending they will max out if the match is accepted. Same applies for premium players at 50 or 100 games. Overall, there is no way to avoid matches getting cancelled, but these tips may help a bit to minimize it.

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