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[BillHicks]

Heniek wasulnlucky v myself

[Mr Intensity]

Just been speaking to livehelp, think they hate me

Chris says:
hi
eSport says:
hi
Chris says:
can i ask what is happening with regard to the problems in the HU league last tuesday?
Chris says:
sorry i mean this tuesday match day 13
Chris says:
i've just seen the scores have been added
eSport says:
what problems been there?
Chris says:
people couldn't register or log in to pokerroom - if you check it you will see there were 5 matches with only 1 person registered and another 2 matches matches where 2 were registered and only one was playing
eSport says:
arf
eSport says:
didnt know about the UK having connection problems at that time
Chris says:
ok
Chris says:
also what is happening regarding the gaps in the table?
eSport says:
We are just testing today our new backend tool, to fill those gaps manually
eSport says:
should be on the LIVE system this weekend or monday latest
Chris says:
right, so will the results from match day 13 stand?
eSport says:
have to discuss that internally cant tell you right now
Chris says:
has a decision been made about matchday 8 where there were also connection problems for some players?
eSport says:
yap, those games are replayed on 27. of may
eSport says:
email with infos about to get sent
Chris says:
that's bad - rearranging one of the thursday games on a tuesday lol
eSport says:
well, you play anyway on a tuesday
eSport says:
and it will be scheduled an hour later
Chris says:
that's ok but i generally can't play on tuesdays - that is the big problem with this league, people had to qualify before knowing what the schedule will be
Chris says:
any chance of changing the format of the playoffs to allow everyone through because of the problems we've had so far with pokerroom?
Chris says:
thanks
eSport says:
sry, phone


Didn't say anything after that

[ISL| Joachim]

eh chris, no I dont hate you And I'm back from phone...

[Mr Intensity]

Originally Posted by ISL| Joachim

eh chris, no I dont hate you And I'm back from phone...

[Mr Intensity]

We did finish the conversation.....

eSport sent 16/05/2008 13:39:
re
eSport sent 16/05/2008 13:39:
what you exactly mean by changing the format?
Chris says:
i mean the number of qualifiers - a lot of people have missed a lot of games because they didn't know the schedule when they qualified - so a large portion of the league is basically who has got the most "free wins" which isn't exactly fair
Chris says:
also i can't play most tuesdays and wouldn't have tried to qualify for the league if i'd known most games were on tuesdays
eSport says:
ah
eSport says:
hmm, I will discuss that with the others here. get back to me next week about that.
Chris says:
ok thanks


Thanks Joachim

[BillHicks]

So basically you want to get free entry from the league to the next round because you chose to be doing other stuff on most of the nights the league runs. I've got to admire your chutzpah.

[Mr Intensity]

Originally Posted by BillHicks

So basically you want to get free entry from the league to the next round because you chose to be doing other stuff on most of the nights the league runs. I've got to admire your chutzpah.

Well if they released the schedule before the tournament to qualify for this I wouldn't have bothered entering. It must be the same for other people too as every matchday there are some who don't register and some (like me) who register and sit out.

It's also not fair on the other players, as a most basic example the players who are drawn to play me on a Tuesday are more likely to qualify than the ones who are drawn to play me on a Thursday. I'd imagine from the randomness of the draw there will be 1 or 2 players who get say 4 "free wins" and there will be some who get 0 or 1. At least some of this must be attributed to releasing the schedule after the qualifying tournament.

Different (better) approaches would have been to give people a timeframe to play each game then we could decide the times to play (like the PL Heads Up tournament happening now). Or to find a method of fairly not counting the games where one person doesn't turn up - my idea for this would be only take the results where both have turned up, so long as at least 50% of games have been played, and convert the results into a win %.

The problems with matchdays affected by problems with pokerroom are also a concern. Matchday 8 which was one of the few Thursday games that I knew I could play - and I could log in - is now rescheduled for a Tuesday (also my Birthday) which I probably won't be able to play. The decision on matchday 13 hasn't been made yet - where I couldn't log in - but I'll probably be screwed there too.


...and it's worth a shot

[Mr Intensity]

Originally Posted by Mr Intensity

eSport says:


should be on the LIVE system this weekend or monday latest

Now been told that there could possibly hopefully be a table tomorrow

eSport says:


email with infos about to get sent

Anyone get an email?

[Mr Intensity]

Who's on table 1 tonight? I think I'm going to try to make it back as I've still got a slim chance of qualifying (until they change the table where I'll get screwed) but if you're good I won't bother

[heniek31]

Any one got pass yet?

[Mr Intensity]

Originally Posted by heniek31

Any one got pass yet?

Last week they sent them out for the rest of the matches

[heniek31]

Wake up .

[BillHicks]

I have no password - I can see that mostof thetables are registered.

Doh! I see now - Thanks Mr Intensity

[GazBlades]

My 4th game with a no show tonight.

[BillHicks]

I had no show too - I noticed that 4 tables had at least one no show - hopefully we stil get 3 points for turning up.

[wallg]

A rare win for me - beat Madge280

Might make a late run for the top half of the table

[Mr Intensity]

Turned up, logged in at 20:00 and found myself with 1100 chips and a guy franticly raising as fast as he could. Still managed to take it down

[Dodger]

Just won a half hour tussle with Burnley Joe...like a roller coaster then my flush draw paid off for once.
Good game Joe



...now, no doubt the write up will have me near the top but will the table reflect this???
Doubt it

[Burnley Joe]

good game, well played

[Fonzie14]

Beat superbell tonight after about 40 mins.