fivehead
Joined: May 16, 2014
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May 31, 2016 - 02:44 |
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Obviously, I'm pretty new to Fumbbl, and very new to Blackbox. I was reading through the description of Blackbox, and it said that the matches will be announced in the [B] section of the IRC channel, and then your team will be scheduled against whoever you have to face. I was just wondering if it was necessary to be in the IRC, or if you could just resume the match once it was scheduled. |
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Kryten
Joined: Sep 02, 2003
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Just pay attention and join the match straightaway after the draw. It's not required that you be in chat, but that is helpful to easily see whether you have a match to play. |
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fivehead
Joined: May 16, 2014
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May 31, 2016 - 02:48 |
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ArrestedDevelopment
Joined: Sep 14, 2015
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May 31, 2016 - 02:55 |
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You can activate, walk off and come back in 5min when the draw is made. And you don't need to stay in box chat, or on IRC, or even on the box scheduler page.
But you're supposed to be in-game no later than 10min after the draw is made, so I usually just leave the scheduler page open in a tab. The game you're scheduled to play will show up both as a "resume" option on your home page, and also with a big "start" button on the box scheduler page, so it's easier just to click on that rather than scan through your teams to see which one got selected. |
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pythrr
Joined: Mar 07, 2006
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May 31, 2016 - 03:55 |
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no, you don;t have to be.
but you should, so you can cackle when you draw my FLINGS |
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jdm
Joined: Nov 30, 2011
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May 31, 2016 - 09:19 |
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pythrr wrote: | no, you don;t have to be.
but you should, so you can cackle when you draw my FLINGS |
Empires rise and fall, mountains crumble, this joke never gets old
ArrestedDevelopment wrote: | ...I usually just leave the scheduler page open in a tab... |
Even better when you use Wreckage's awesome firefox and chrome add on, then you get chimes when your team is drawn to alert you to the fact. Just keep the scheduler tab open (but doesn't have to be active tab). |
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Christer
Joined: Aug 02, 2003
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Also, the scheduler page has a chat box which is connected to the IRC channel. It's not a requirement to be in the chat, but you are expected to start and play the match within a reasonable amount of time from when the draw is made. Having the scheduler page open is an easy way to notice the draw and see if you've been scheduled. |
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