GameKnot: GameKnot related, mini tournaments

GameKnot related: mini tournaments

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iantolu
17-Jan-11, 02:48

mini tournaments

I like playing mini tournaments but find they often take too long. How about gameknot adding an option of how many games at a time do you want to play, instead of a maximum of four. My suggestion is that when you start a tournament you can specify four games at a time max, or one game against every other opponent ( so playing 10 games at the same time for 11 player tournies), or all games start immediately (so all 20 games).

Ian

liam1260
03-Jun-11, 04:40

I would hate playing any more than four opponents in the one tournament.

Also, none members are restricted in the amount of opponents they can have at any one time. I think if a member is accepted into a mini-tournament this rule is overridden so the member gets more opponents than normally entitled too. Gameknot may not wish this option to be exploited too much.

For me, 8 opponents in total at anyone time is ample and I have really concentrated when I am down to 5 or 3 games consecutively. My max still only about 13, 4 mini-T + 6 Tournament plus maybe a few slow burning 'lets play chess' individual games.

I have a question about the points awarded for the Mini-Tournament

I finshed my games in an 11-player mini-tournament and have a total that cannot be equalled or overtaken. The tournament still has 15% still to be completed. Is there an option of getting an adbvance on th points I will receive?

It has not prevented me joining another standard 11-player mini-tournament. But I am not entitled to Join a 'special opening/themed' mini-tournament at the moment.

dutchkiwi2
25-Jun-11, 02:43

Faster finish on mini tournaments

I'm in a different timezone to most - being in New Zealand. This means my games take longer
than most. I am now the last of 4 players finishing a mini tournament. I have the most games
to
complete (3) but with one of the players I have to still start the second game as we haven't yet
completed the first.

Can I suggest that when there are, say, 10 games left to complete in a mini tournament, the
computer kicks in to have all remaining 10 games go "live" whether it means playing both games
with the same person or not?

This would have the advantage of forcing the slower players (like myself) to complete the
tournament in a time frame that is more to everyone's satisfaction!

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