TPPC HOSTING RECOMMENDATION'S
LAST UPDATED : 06/06/2004 11:17:14
THIS PAGE IS MEANT FOR A COMPLETE EXPLANATION ON HOW HOSTING IS SETUP
IF A HOST CAN NOT PLAY, THEY WILL GET 3 BONUS POINTS
N.B. THESE ARE THE BASIC GUIDELINE'S RJC USES. ALL HOST ARE AUTONOMOUS WHEN THEY HOST AS LONG AS THEY STAY WITHIN THE BASIC GUIDELINE. IN OTHER WORDS, PLEASE NO BONUS POINTS FOR 2 QUEENS OF HEARTS ETC.
1. I USUALLY MATCH UP THE TEAMS AS THEY FIRST SIGNUP, BUT WILL TRY TO NOT HAVE THE SAME TEAMS PLAY EACH OTHER ALL THE TIME.
2. SO THAT IS NOT A RUNAWAY FOR ANY TEAM ON A PARTICULAR NIGHT; WHEN 2 TABLES ARE DONE, I MATCH UP THE TWO WINNING TEAMS TO PLAY EACH OTHER. I DO NOT THINK IT IS FAIR TO HAVE THE WINNING TEAM OF THE FIRST GAME PLAY THE TEAM THAT HAD JUST LOST.
3. THE WAIT POLICY AND "BYE". WHENEVER I HAVE AT LEAST 3 TABLES AND A SPARE TEAM; I WILL MATCH UP THE FIRST TWO TABLES WHEN THEY ARE DONE. THE THIRD TABLE THAT IS STILL PLAYING; THE LOWEST SCORE OF THAT MATCH WILL GET THE "BYE". THIS MAKES THE GAME "MOST" FAIR AS THEN A TEAM THAT FINISHED THEIR GAME FIRST AND HAD A LOW SCORE WILL NOT HAVE TO WAIT TO BE TOLD "SORRY" YOU GET THE "BYE"
4. WHILE IT MAKES IT "VERY HARD" ON A HOST TO HAVE A TEAM ASK NOT TO BE ASSIGNED TO A PARTICULAR TEAM, I WILL TRY. BUT PLEASE, LET'S TRY AND GET ALONG. I KNOW AT TIMES GAMES GET FRUSTRATING, I AM GUILTY OF THAT MYSELF. WE ARE HERE TO HAVE FUN...............SO I MAY HAVE TO GROW UP LOL.
LASTLY, AND MOST IMPORTANT TO ALL!, I HAVE PLAYED WITH MOST OF YOU FOR YEARS. IGAMES DOES HAVE LAG AT TIMES BECAUSE OF THEIR SERVER. I HAVE NOT EVER THOUGHT SOMEONE IS CHEATING. PLEASE GIVE THEM THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT. YOU ARE ALL TO GOOD OF PLAYERS TO CHEAT. I KNOW IT HAS HAPPENED TO ALL WHERE A PARTNER WILL HIT HIS TEAMMATE. THIS DOES HAPPEN!