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Tournaments will now have a set time.
Topic Started: Aug 11 2008, 06:31 PM (246 Views)
Memento Mori	Aug 11 2008, 06:31 PM Post #1
Founder Posts: 2,583 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: November 23, 2007 Friend Code 4639-8629-6796	In addition to the set date. Anyone not present within fifteen minutes of the set time will be disqualified. The time will be set when the tournament is announced, so do not sign up if you know you will not be available. With any luck, we can do tournaments in a single day. As opposed to, you know, a month or more. If this doesn't work, we'll try something else. Edited by Memento Mori, Aug 11 2008, 06:38 PM.



Silver Dragoon	Aug 11 2008, 06:33 PM Post #2
Trainer of Charz, Squirts, and Ivy Posts: 1,640 Group: Referee Member #23 Joined: February 11, 2008 Friend Code 0989-1411-2845 Wii Code 2016-2510-7004-0713	Wow, ten minutes? ... but, at the current rate of tourney progression, it`s probably necessary.



Memento Mori	Aug 11 2008, 06:38 PM Post #3
Founder Posts: 2,583 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: November 23, 2007 Friend Code 4639-8629-6796	Yeah, maybe 10 is a bit harsh, considering this is a new policy... Fifteen minutes, then.



indimew	Aug 12 2008, 11:01 AM Post #4
Advanced Member Posts: 477 Group: Brawler Member #79 Joined: May 5, 2008	glad to see something is being done. am i right to assume that sudden emergencies are the only exception to the rule?



Jin	Aug 12 2008, 02:40 PM Post #5
Advanced Member Posts: 807 Group: Referee Member #29 Joined: March 18, 2008	Right... 15 minutes is much better then 10. I'm not opposed to the rule... but excluding people from tournaments because they can't show up in THAT time, but can show up maybe an hour later, isn't exactly logical...



Memento Mori	Aug 12 2008, 02:49 PM Post #6
Founder Posts: 2,583 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: November 23, 2007 Friend Code 4639-8629-6796	Can't please everyone. shrug The times will be, to an extent, flexible. If moving it to an hour later allows someone to join, and everyone else joining is fine with it, then it can be moved. Once the time is set, though, it is set.



Jin	Aug 12 2008, 03:05 PM Post #7
Advanced Member Posts: 807 Group: Referee Member #29 Joined: March 18, 2008	I don't know if you realize how ridiculous this is sounding... The problem you've had is not times, it's carrying out the force on people who don't follow the day set rule. 15 minutes is harsh, I'd say at least an hour leeway on either side of it, to have a time agreed on by the participating parties, meaning. I'm fighting Bagel, so we say... half an hour before set time, get our fight over with then, and it's all good. Next fight is against say Doob, we say half an hour after set time, it's all good. Half an hour isn't a long time period to do things.



Memento Mori	Aug 12 2008, 03:08 PM Post #8
Founder Posts: 2,583 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: November 23, 2007 Friend Code 4639-8629-6796	Hey, look, I can make hypothetical situations to justify whatever point I'm trying to make, too! But I won't, because they aren't worth shit.



Jin	Aug 12 2008, 03:12 PM Post #9
Advanced Member Posts: 807 Group: Referee Member #29 Joined: March 18, 2008	At least I'm attempting to justify a point. Punishment shouldn't be brought upon the whole of a people because you all failed to exact punishment upon those who disobeyed.



Memento Mori	Aug 12 2008, 03:15 PM Post #10
Founder Posts: 2,583 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: November 23, 2007 Friend Code 4639-8629-6796	LOL at this being a "punishment." We're just trying something new.



Jin	Aug 12 2008, 03:16 PM Post #11
Advanced Member Posts: 807 Group: Referee Member #29 Joined: March 18, 2008	It'll screw over tournaments in the opposite way, I'm sure.



47drift	Aug 12 2008, 03:17 PM Post #12
"I rock." Posts: 485 Group: Brawler Member #34 Joined: March 25, 2008 Friend Code 4468-0636-6399 Wii Code 6471-7205-2212-9316	Aren't worth shit, eh? Okay, let's say there's a killer on the loose with a sniper rifle, and he lives in your town. He knows where you live, and he's got a bounty on your head. You know he's going after you, but there's nothing you can do, and the police don't believe you. You look out the window, and you see a shadow lurking in the trees. Should you do something? No, because hypothetical situations aren't worth shit.



Memento Mori	Aug 12 2008, 03:18 PM Post #13
Founder Posts: 2,583 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: November 23, 2007 Friend Code 4639-8629-6796	Because having all the entrants present at the same time so all the matches can get done within, at most, a few hours... is a bad thing...?



Memento Mori	Aug 12 2008, 03:18 PM Post #14
Founder Posts: 2,583 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: November 23, 2007 Friend Code 4639-8629-6796	47drift Aug 12 2008, 03:17 PM Aren't worth shit, eh? Okay, let's say there's a killer on the loose with a sniper rifle, and he lives in your town. He knows where you live, and he's got a bounty on your head. You know he's going after you, but there's nothing you can do, and the police don't believe you. You look out the window, and you see a shadow lurking in the trees. Should you do something? No, because hypothetical situations aren't worth shit. lol, logical fallacies. I don't know why I waste my time arguing here.



Memento Mori	Aug 12 2008, 03:19 PM Post #15
Founder Posts: 2,583 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: November 23, 2007 Friend Code 4639-8629-6796	Memento Mori Aug 12 2008, 03:18 PM I don't know why I waste my time arguing here. And, in fact, I won't. Zeke and I are the admins. We're doing this. If it doesn't work out for whatever reason, we'll try something different. Like I said in the very first fsking post.



Jin	Aug 12 2008, 03:20 PM Post #16
Advanced Member Posts: 807 Group: Referee Member #29 Joined: March 18, 2008	Because you must defend your honor Vyse! What's left of it anyway... the whole Lyra thing...



Memento Mori	Aug 12 2008, 03:21 PM Post #17
Founder Posts: 2,583 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: November 23, 2007 Friend Code 4639-8629-6796	Jin Aug 12 2008, 03:20 PM Because you must defend your honor Vyse! What's left of it anyway... the whole Lyra thing... I don't particularly give a shit about that. It's just a character. Get over yourselves.



Jin	Aug 12 2008, 03:23 PM Post #18
Advanced Member Posts: 807 Group: Referee Member #29 Joined: March 18, 2008	Lawl Vyse. I was over myself a long time ago, but apparently you aren't over yourself quite yet. I was only messing with you about Lyra... geez.



Berserker Swordsman	Aug 12 2008, 03:41 PM Post #19
AMAZINGJOBSQUIRTLE Posts: 1,913 Group: Forum Leader Member #9 Joined: December 5, 2007 Friend Code 4983 4600 7715	Guys, if it's a set time, you can give leeway about it, you know.....You don't just show up 2 hours into the tourney, and go "HEY LOOK I HAD AN EMERGENCY!" Tell people. Seriously, you all are being ridiculous about this. I've been in three tourneys on AiB with set times, and all you had to do was TELL someone if you were going to be late. And 15 minutes is all you should need to notify someone, much less the entire day before that set time.



Jin	Aug 12 2008, 03:48 PM Post #20
Advanced Member Posts: 807 Group: Referee Member #29 Joined: March 18, 2008	Berserker Swordsman Aug 12 2008, 03:41 PM Guys, if it's a set time, you can give leeway about it, you know.....You don't just show up 2 hours into the tourney, and go "HEY LOOK I HAD AN EMERGENCY!" Tell people. Seriously, you all are being ridiculous about this. I've been in three tourneys on AiB with set times, and all you had to do was TELL someone if you were going to be late. And 15 minutes is all you should need to notify someone, much less the entire day before that set time. So we're aiming to become like other Brawl sites, is that it? I wasn't aware, my apologies. Edited by Jin, Aug 12 2008, 04:26 PM.



Berserker Swordsman	Aug 12 2008, 04:38 PM Post #21
AMAZINGJOBSQUIRTLE Posts: 1,913 Group: Forum Leader Member #9 Joined: December 5, 2007 Friend Code 4983 4600 7715	...It's not just Brawl sites that do it. Anything that has a set time gives leeway for maybe 15-20 minutes before it moves on. That's what set times mean. It's flexible as long as you give people notice. I'm sure someone won't mind waiting an extra 5 minutes for you, but if you have to show up 3 hours later, then you really shouldn't bother to sign up for it.



Silver Dragoon	Aug 12 2008, 04:40 PM Post #22
Trainer of Charz, Squirts, and Ivy Posts: 1,640 Group: Referee Member #23 Joined: February 11, 2008 Friend Code 0989-1411-2845 Wii Code 2016-2510-7004-0713	Yeah, BS is right. Jin, it's just a way to prevent tourneys from going on for far too long, that's all. Surely we can all agree to that, can we?



47drift	Aug 12 2008, 04:42 PM Post #23
"I rock." Posts: 485 Group: Brawler Member #34 Joined: March 25, 2008 Friend Code 4468-0636-6399 Wii Code 6471-7205-2212-9316	Sure we can. And don't call me Shirley.



Jin	Aug 12 2008, 04:42 PM Post #24
Advanced Member Posts: 807 Group: Referee Member #29 Joined: March 18, 2008	The point is... having set dates hasn't stopped tournaments from going long before.



Berserker Swordsman	Aug 12 2008, 04:46 PM Post #25
AMAZINGJOBSQUIRTLE Posts: 1,913 Group: Forum Leader Member #9 Joined: December 5, 2007 Friend Code 4983 4600 7715	Plan ahead. At most, these tourneys should only go a couple of days past, and people who would not be there for even those couple of days would most likely be DQ'd by the set time + late time. The set time isn't just to know who's going to be here, you START the matches right there.



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