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2012-11-06 02:38:23
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2014-09-04 18:59:55
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LC - My apologies
Just want to be clear about a few things. First of all, PurpleChest generally does the advertising, but he was out of town - so I advertised for the LC instead. I thought that blogs would be sufficient - which is why I posted a blog 2 weeks before the draw, then once it fell off the top 10 blogs, I posted another one - which was 1 week before the event. Also I asked Woodstock who was nice enough to change the advert on the coach's homepage to say we were recruiting. I did not investigate how to get a news item because I did not realize how many people rely on the news items.

Obviously, I can do a better job of posting a news item and having the advert on the coach's homepage changed earlier. My apologies to those people that I did not communicate to the fact the LC was starting.

(I do see the irony though...by posting this in a blog, it is unlikely to reach people that missed the LC - since if they read blogs, they would have seen my earlier 2 blogs.)

Anyway - hopefully you all can realize that this was just an isolated incident of my failing to publicize the tournament properly - and I promise to do a better job in the future.
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Posted by WhatBall on 2014-09-04 19:05:23
I saw it on my coaches' page, which is where I manly look, because that is where my teams are. I actually decided to join after seeing it there, not planning to beforehand. I rarely read the news items beyond the title, but I guess it might have helped.
Posted by sonrises on 2014-09-04 19:05:55
you don't need to apologize, you all do a great job and i thank you for it.

Let's take this chance to openly and politely discuss how to improve all aspects of tournaments though. See my blog just below yours.

Tournaments are imho an important asset of this site. And they run good but things can be improved too.

Posted by keggiemckill on 2014-09-04 19:13:00
I saw it several times over. I don't think there is much more needed, and no need to apologize. Apart from Twitter, can one really provide more notice?
Posted by Malmir on 2014-09-04 19:24:10
I nearly pmed you yesterday to suggest a news post but decided people would prob have seen it at some point :) Just one of those things - no need to apologise. I think the tourney admin do a great job and while a news post would have been nice, there was enough there for people to find out if they bothered to look properly.
Posted by koadah on 2014-09-04 19:30:21
Azure should get 20 of the best. Live stream on Youtube or something.

I could ask my friend Ms Scarlet to do it.

On the other hand. If he had done it any better there would have been loads of whining along the lines of "why didn't my team get in".

Oh to be an admin. ;)
Posted by mister__joshua on 2014-09-04 19:38:15
Hang your head in shame!
Posted by Throweck on 2014-09-04 19:42:09
Kaodah, if you need Ms Scarlet to make an appearance, I'll need plenty of warning and check my diary, etc. ;)

Also, no need to apologise imo. Admins do a great job.
Posted by SzieberthAdam on 2014-09-04 19:46:38
No problem Azure, my vamps can wait until FC with patience.
Posted by DaCoach on 2014-09-04 19:57:15
No worries, it was fine. I think it was a (loud) minority who didn't see the blog.
A way to get the message out would be to have a group where PM's regarding majors would be announced, but it would probably be spammed with comments better kept in forums and miss it's purpose.
Posted by Purplegoo on 2014-09-04 20:08:03
Communication is a funny thing. I'm not very into the tournaments and I don't play that much at present, but I saw the advertisements.

With communication, I don't ever think you can do enough. Fair enough apologising, but I don't think it was necessary.

The beauty of Majors if you're into them is that there will be another one along in what seems like seconds. And if it isn't fast enough, SMACKs happen.
Posted by gamelsetlmatch on 2014-09-04 20:22:11
If it was missed..there couldn't have been much interest in actually playing in to begin with, I think..

=X
Posted by mrt1212 on 2014-09-04 20:34:56
Although I didn't participate I did notice that while the page says August, the tourney didn't really get off the ground until September. That might have added to the confusion too.

Honestly, I can understand not sending emails or PMs en masse unsolicited but FUMBBL/Christer/TPTB should really reconsider the low amount of sitewide communication that happens for important things like this. Sure, a few people will complain about excessive communication but they're malignant tumors on fun.
Posted by Chainsaw on 2014-09-04 20:50:47
As punishment for your crime you will be forced to play flings in Blackbox for 100 games!
Posted by Cavetroll on 2014-09-04 21:20:37
I saw the advertising and had plenty of time to enter. I did think it was curious that you were doing it, Azure, instead of PC, but now I know why. A news article 'might' have reached a few more people, but I don't think it was a huge deal. Thank you for stepping in, and props to your for this blog post. Your efforts are appreciated.
Posted by Wreckage on 2014-09-04 21:57:06
People who only read the news items will not read this.
Posted by cdassak on 2014-09-04 22:02:39
No need to apologise really. Just commit hARRakiri next season :P
Posted by Qaz on 2014-09-04 22:20:22
I applied to the main draw so see you guys there when you are done qualifying! Do!
Posted by Dalfort on 2014-09-05 00:24:49
Azure, you are an Admin Team Member and as such I cannot and will not let you stand alone in taking responsibility for a Blog not reaching the entire site, firstly as you didnt "just" do one blog you did 2... but mainly because I could have advertised it as well/instead (as indeed any/all the other Tournament Admins could), and at one point offered to do so then backed down (not one of my better traits!) especially as that was at the eleventh hour!

121 from 128 places is a "wastage" percentage I can live with. Especially if it doesnt include a few bad apples that complain about the way things are done on the site if their Tea/Coffee/Beer/Wine (delete as appropriate) happens to be wrong that day (would like to add I have not seen who has moaned about it).
Posted by Arktoris on 2014-09-05 02:11:06
well I have a long tradition of losing the qualifier in round 2 so I guess missing the LC no big deal.

thanks Azure for helping put these things together.

Arktoris
Posted by Beerox on 2014-09-05 02:18:27
Post on Myspace next time maybe
Posted by happygrue on 2014-09-05 02:24:23
It's a crappy thankless job. Seems perfect for you. ;)

But seriously, thanks to all the tournament staff (and of course a seperate thank you to the site staff too) for wading through all the "stuff".
Posted by Jeffro on 2014-09-05 02:24:41
PC on vacation... a lot of coaches on vacation. A good number of people busy as well... which was my own reason for not entering (among leagues starting). There's also the Black Cup going - not that folks can't enter both, but I wouldn't doubt some folks chose one over the other. Not your fault for "low" turnout... I wouldn't even consider 128 a low number.
Posted by lemf on 2014-09-05 12:47:03
LOL
Yep I missed it first time in years,
Yep I noticed this blog.
yep my own damn fault for not paying attention.
No apology required you did the right things just some of us are not all that observant.
Thanks for taking this on
Posted by dorfeus on 2014-09-05 18:50:54
I might need to kick you out of the tournament on the first turn for this. :)

Seriously I think tournament staff and Admins are doing great work on fumbbl for a very little credit.
Posted by BillBrasky on 2014-09-06 12:29:49
I am seriously aggrieved by this oversight!

I had grand plans to enter my best [R] team.

I can't be bothered to read blogs.

Sheesh! Some of us have thousands of games to play...