We are currently discussing the problem of the overflow of tournaments in the staffer shack.
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That post has so much truth to it, Peachy.Half the people in these tourneys forget they even signed up.
This is probably one of the biggest things that annoys me about this board. My goal is to try to make people take competitive online more seriously as a viable form of competition and stuff like this definately makes people look down on it.I think there should be requirements to start threads in this part of the forums. not necessarily a blue name, but maybe a certain number of posts or an invitation-only sort of thing. Just to cut down on the crappy tourneys that take forever and end up dying out in the end because of poor organization or an inactive host.
You know what would be nice? A stickied Online Tournament Calender that people could reference so that we don't have a ton of tournaments around the same date.Nope, did not intend to lock thread.
Right now we will NOT restrict who can post tournaments.
Alternatives are being discussed though, like some seperate forum for Online TO's, or a forum (with a designated leader) to organize when tournaments will be and who gets stickies (yes, finally, stickies!).
We do not want to get rid of the free market that is Smashboards tournaments.
theres were succesfully run or not(if not, makes sure its because of them and not the entrants, it wouldn't count against the hoster if it was the contestants fault)
my qoute essentially explains what would happen ithat case, i got it all like planned out and stuffTournaments can go bad for reasons that have no reason that involves the director, though.
For example, sometimes you just can't get enough people to sign up. That doesn't guarantee that the director is unfit, just that people weren't interested in a tournament at that time.
I know the offline tournaments page had one but I didn't know it could be used for online tournaments too. Interesting...There's already a calendar that we could add our tournaments on to. Its just that the majority of SWF doesn't even know it exists.
So yeah, a thread that would keep track of all tournaments both in progress and in waiting would be ideal.
I think it's the same one. You can post online and offline tourneys in it.I know the offline tournaments page had one but I didn't know it could be used for online tournaments too. Interesting...
I second this. All three of us are on pretty often and have experience. I do more work behind the scenes though. I have run tournies but not as many as some due to the simple fact that it just wouldn't be practical to do so at the moment. Just adding to the already enormous amount of online tournaments going on wouldn't help alleviate the problem.I'm also willing to run the thread, and I'd like to suggest Fatmanonice as well.
Probrawler, myself, and him are all on regularly and have significant knowledge of how online tournaments are run and setup here.
what are stickies? im a smashboard noob so i really dont know all the terminologyNope, did not intend to lock thread.
Right now we will NOT restrict who can post tournaments.
Alternatives are being discussed though, like some seperate forum for Online TO's, or a forum (with a designated leader) to organize when tournaments will be and who gets stickies (yes, finally, stickies!).
We do not want to get rid of the free market that is Smashboards tournaments.
I would like to know this as wellA sticky is a thread that is kept at the top of the forum, regardless of whether or not it has the most recent post.
This solution should be effective, simply because the higher up a thread is the more likely it is to get attention.
@Alpha, when can we expect that poll to be made?
They already said that they're not restricting who can hold tournaments, but rather they're giving stickies to help fill ones that are run by people who've proven themselves to be competent directors.Are people going to start banning tournaments unless made by an experience smashboard memeber?