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Tourney
Tips
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Submit your
own hints and tips!!
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Holiday
and Special Events Tourneys and Activities
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Have a tourney
scheduled on a holiday??? |
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Change the
name for a day to represent a holiday Special Event!!
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Post it in the
Holiday Events by e-mailing Tourney name, time, day and info to Special
Event Scheduling |
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Event
Advertising
ICQ and
other IM Programs
ICQ
ads are a nice reminder to send out about 1 hour prior to your tourney
start time. Sometimes players are on line, but not in iPlay to see the ads running.
Sort
your contact list by game - send out a message to everyone letting them know what games
you are running asking what games they would like to receive ads
for. You may then create a group for those that wish to
receive all tourney ads, then by game or player request. It
makes sending all your tourney notices very easy using the
multiple recipient feature in your IM program and clicking on that
group for the ad you are sending. |
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Bot
Ads
11
PM CST Tourneys: The auto bot ads are
non-functional for the 10-11 pm hour ads for upcoming tourneys starting
at 11 PM CST. If you host an 11 PM CST event, you may run a 5 line
ad in Main on the same schedule as the bot runs: 60, 30, 15,
10, 5 minutes prior to start time. The auto ads resume at 11
AM CST.
The
best way to check to see if ads are running is to open the Club Admin
Lobby. If you need to find out who the host is in the Main lobby,
open the lobby, see who is opped and then close the lobby to avoid any
accidental macros in Main.
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Start
Times
This is the most common player
complaint. Please be ready to start promptly on the hour. If need
be, set a timer for 5 minutes til to remind you, & hold off on
additional sign-ups (tell those coming in you will be right with
them!). Finalize your current assignment list and, on the hour, run
your assignments. Then announce that anyone not listed to please
join you.
It is not fair (and annoying) to the "on
time" players to have to wait for you to get those latecomers
assigned. Get organized! If you have a single left, ask them
to be a possible sub. If you have an odd team, give them a bye.
Know when to close sign
ups!
It is hard to
turn away players, but accepting more players beyond 10 minutes past
the hour will put the other tables behind and make them wait. We are
seeing some hosts asking for more players as much as 30 minutes past
the posted start time! Make a macro saying "sorry you missed
this one, add my ICQ
etc
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Player
Turnout Low
player turnoutTourneys typically take a while to build up
attendance. Avoid canceling a tourney because of what you
think is insufficient players. As long as you have
enough for one table, you should still hold the event.
Being consistent is very important, and players will
eventually become accustomed to your day/time. If, after a few
weeks, you are not making progress, then consider changing to a
different slot or game. |
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Macros
If
you want to watch for your ads, open the Club Admin lobby
instead of Main. Keeping out of Main lobby
will decrease the possibility of running a macro in the wrong
lobby.
Club Admin
Training staff are available to assist you with designing and reviewing
your macros. Contact us in the club admin lobby if you would like some help.
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