Scheduling For Dummies

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Please schedule by giving a specific time-window, of any length you wish, during which you are available to play. Please avoid just asking your opponent when it can play, without giving a time-window, as well as using generic time slots such as "anytime" or "Saturday".

Finally, if your series is subject to betting, please consider playing during the weekend, and avoid playing during the first few days of a round, if suitable.

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Ey dummie you made a double thread
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zoom wrote:Please schedule by giving a specific time-window, of any length you wish, during which you are available to play. Please avoid just asking your opponent when it can play, without giving a time-window, as well as using generic time slots such as "anytime" or "Saturday".

Finally, if your series is subject to betting, please consider playing during the weekend, and avoid playing during the first few days of a round, if suitable.

Thank you!

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zoom wrote:Please schedule by giving a specific time-window, of any length you wish, during which you are available to play. Please avoid just asking your opponent when it can play, without giving a time-window, as well as using generic time slots such as "anytime" or "Saturday".

Finally, if your series is subject to betting, please consider playing during the weekend, and avoid playing during the first few days of a round, if suitable.

Thank you!

hi, play when?
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zoom wrote:Please schedule by giving a specific time-window, of any length you wish, during which you are available to play. Please avoid just asking your opponent when it can play, without giving a time-window, as well as using generic time slots such as "anytime" or "Saturday".

Finally, if your series is subject to betting, please consider playing during the weekend, and avoid playing during the first few days of a round, if suitable.

Thank you!

hi lets play this week
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zoom wrote:Please schedule by giving a specific time-window, of any length you wish, during which you are available to play. Please avoid just asking your opponent when it can play, without giving a time-window, as well as using generic time slots such as "anytime" or "Saturday".

Finally, if your series is subject to betting, please consider playing during the weekend, and avoid playing during the first few days of a round, if suitable.

Thank you!

Hi i dont know my timezone and i dont know what gmt means, lets play at 22h my local time?
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Also, everyone just bet against me please.
Pay more attention to detail.
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hey. this is my first post in the scheduling thread, but I was online yesterday, how come we didn't play?
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lemmings121 wrote:
zoom wrote:Please schedule by giving a specific time-window, of any length you wish, during which you are available to play. Please avoid just asking your opponent when it can play, without giving a time-window, as well as using generic time slots such as "anytime" or "Saturday".

Finally, if your series is subject to betting, please consider playing during the weekend, and avoid playing during the first few days of a round, if suitable.

Thank you!

Hi i dont know my timezone and i dont know what gmt means, lets play at 22h my local time?

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zoom wrote:Please schedule by giving a specific time-window, of any length you wish, during which you are available to play. Please avoid just asking your opponent when it can play, without giving a time-window, as well as using generic time slots such as "anytime" or "Saturday".

Finally, if your series is subject to betting, please consider playing during the weekend, and avoid playing during the first few days of a round, if suitable.

Thank you!


Curious, why avoid using "anytime" as a time window, it's basically saying, "whatever time you pick I'll play it", what's wrong with that?
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If it's literal, then that's fine (it's the same as giving a time-window, after all). The only problem could be that neither player decides on an actual time. Lets just say I've experience with it happening.
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blackwidow wrote:Curious, why avoid using "anytime" as a time window, it's basically saying, "whatever time you pick I'll play it", what's wrong with that?

It's like when you ask your significant other where they wants to get dinner, and they say "I don't care". Even if they don't, it is totally unhelpful for the decision process.

My suggestion if you really are available any time would be something like this:

Hey, I'm available pretty much any time. My time zone is EST (-5 GMT).

A couple of really good times for me would be Tuesday at 17:00 GMT and Thursday at 19:00 GMT. Let me know if one of these work for you, or feel free to suggest another time slot.

That way scheduling can be accomplished in a minimum of 1 post from each person if one of your time slots works for them. Otherwise, with "anytime", the other player will have to suggest a time and get confirmation from you that you're *actually* available at that time.
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It's time to bring this up again :flowers:
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Moved the thread since this is indeed relevant again (and funny). Made a shadow thread in the old board that links to this thread.
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I'm here now where you?
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This might be helpful too, for players new to the forums. Go to my-esoc.php (by clicking on your username in the top-right and clicking "MyESOC") and you can see your local time and the current time at GMT+0. If your local time is 2 hours later, you are GMT+2. If your local time is 6 hours earlier, you are GMT-6.

Is your local time not correct? In that case, you probably selected the wrong country. Change your locating by selecting a different flag at the bottom of this page: ucp.php?i=ucp_profile&mode=profile_info. Your local time is based on the country flag you choose, not on what you write in the "Location" field.

Now that I think about it, how cool would it be if you could see the local time of your opponent, right there in the scheduling thread. Would only work if everyone selected the right country though.

EDIT: seems like the local time is based on your browser.
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edeholland wrote:Is your local time not correct? In that case, you probably selected the wrong country. Change your locating by selecting a different flag at the bottom of this page: ucp.php?i=ucp_profile&mode=profile_info. Your local time is based on the country flag you choose, not on what you write in the "Location" field.

Now that I think about it, how cool would it be if you could see the local time of your opponent, right there in the scheduling thread. Would only work if everyone selected the right country though.

This is incorrect, the displayed time is not affected by selected flag, and can not even be as you propose it, since some countries span multiple timezones. It is not possible to implement unless everyone would manually input their exact timezone and we would handle such a field in the profile.

The displayed local time is based on what's reported as local time by the user's web browser.
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I stand corrected. Don't know where I got the flag thing from.

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