FUMBBL :: Online Blood Bowl League

Recently I had to play a tournament game against a coach who I never played before nor had any contact with.
The game had to be played from Wednesday to Wednesday the next week.
It is recommended to get in contact early with the coach you don't know to not risk a violation of the deadline; who knows the coaches timetable after all.
Since we both hadn't initated the contact and it was already Saturday night, I made a request when I saw the coach being online.
Dominik: "Hi, let's play in 1 hour after my game?"
That is as short and friendly as it should be. Have I failed any etiquette here?

What answer is to be expected to such a request once a coach offers another coach to play the scheduled game?
Probably not "Get lost!"

How dare I to waste his time by such a pm?
The proper pm to FUMBBL luminaries like him would be:
"Dear Master, I am awaiting your command to join YOUR game. Please tell me your gamename, the time when I have to join and the time when you have to leave since I totally want to fulfill your wishes. I apologize in advance for being such a nuisance because of my simple presence on FUMBBL. Furthermore, if you desire I can stay away from any tournaments you consider to attend in the future."

Posted by asteflix on 2016-02-20 22:12:34

Are you sure this is not one big misunderstanding ? He *might* have meant he didn't have the time to play a blood bowl match.

Posted by Dominik on 2016-02-20 22:17:09

It's what you said. But he also said that he utterly hates the idea of playing me and he makes sure that I know aswell and why so.
Do you think his reply was expedient?
Why did this coach participate in a tournament where the risk exists to get confronted with a coach like me?

Posted by awambawamb on 2016-02-20 22:17:19

there's always people pulling stunts around here... sometimes being a d**k pays, sometimes not. but I've noticed that pays off quite a lot in terms of "game winning". a lot less in terms of human realtions but, hey, who am I to judge someone else's behaviour and ideas.

Posted by easilyamused on 2016-02-20 22:19:36

Dominik, I am going to give you a chance to edit the swearing out of this blog before I delete it.

Posted by fidius on 2016-02-20 22:20:01

You're being too sensitive. He should have suggested an alternate time -- but let's face it, the reason most of us spend our discretionary hours playing a fantasy-themed sports simulation board game on the internet is that our social skills aren't the greatest!

Posted by easilyamused on 2016-02-20 22:24:10

Also, if you have a problem scheduling a game then you are better off taking it to your tournament admin, not whining about it in a blog.

Especially when it is plainly obvious who you are talking about.

Posted by Dominik on 2016-02-20 22:26:56

I've a problem with the attitude of this certain coach. His identiy is not obvious, I wrote "I had to play a game against an unknown coach". There are lot of them.

Posted by JellyBelly on 2016-02-20 22:34:01

The response you linked doesn't seem like it was necessarily intended to be rude. Besides, why did you both wait until Saturday night to contact each other? Doesn't give you the best chance of scheduling the game ..

Posted by easilyamused on 2016-02-20 22:34:55

No, it really is obvious who you were talking about as only 1 coach was online recently who is a tournament opponent.

Like I said a poor attempt at a name and shame blog is not the way to deal with this. You are not a child, please do not act like one.

Add your tournament admin to the PM so they can see where and when you have attempted to play the game.

Posted by Dominik on 2016-02-20 22:36:11

Have you ever played or seen a game which took four hours?
If you get offered a game which has to be played and you are not free at the moment, you will either thankfully deny the offer or make a proposal.

Posted by ArrestedDevelopment on 2016-02-20 22:50:37

Dom, just pm'ing someone and asking them, as you did, "let's play in 1hr after my game" isn't making a particularly reasonable offer either (it's actually almost a demand given the timeframe). You ask if you've failed any etiquette - you've made a very short, blunt and extremely one-sided question (you fail to take your opponent's time into account and only factor your own).

As you say, nobody initiated contact. Social protocol would probably have been to simply ask when a suitable time was and state that you were available to schedule/start from as around an hour later if the opposing coach wished to get things started soon, and reiterate that you were aware the game had to be played by Wednesday.

Posted by Dominik on 2016-02-20 22:54:21

Thank you.

Posted by JimmyFantastic on 2016-02-23 01:40:36

Sounds like a lovely chap, if I were ever lucky enough to meet him I'd buy him a pint!

Posted by awambawamb on 2016-02-23 19:26:54

yep, perhaps a "hey there, looks like we've got a match to play. when are you usually online?" could be perceived as more friendly. for extra points, you could also tell them when you usually check fumbbl or you are online and available to play - sometimes the two things are not connected.

Posted by shadow46x2 on 2016-02-25 01:24:31

maybe if you'd stop playing this idiot game of "hey let's wait until people are online and then expect them to drop everything and play me"?

how about actually contacting your opponent when you are scheduling and giving them a range of times that you are available?

god forbid you give people some flexibility instead of expecting them to cater to your online habits?

Posted by the_Sage on 2016-04-01 00:10:27

Yeah, I've experienced similar issues with people on BB2. "I'm too busy to schedule the match we're supposed to play this week". Some people get salty too easily. Still, I can't fault Jimmy for not wanting to take a day or three to play vs you.

Posted by Cavetroll on 2016-07-04 01:47:48

douche canoe

Posted by Oly1987 on 2016-12-14 03:16:50

TBF Dom the guy has to set aside half his day to play you zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..........


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