[luis]

Some ideas, probably very bad ideas....

*) Add a checkbox to the player profile/setup where you can indicate if you are looking for someone/somewhere to play or not. You can then mark those players in the list of players and you will know who you can ask for a team match or to open a table. Sometimes I want to watch vugraph and get 9000 messages to play, sometimes I want to play and nobody asks me...

*) When a player puts the mouse over a player display aditional information such as
you played: XXX boards with him. Avergae: -1.5 imps per board.
You played: XXX tournaments with him: Average position: XX

*) This is debatable: Organizing team matches is not natural, a player decides to create a match, spams the lobby with a zillion messages, after 30 mins, he gets the 8 players, 2 are now offline, he gets two more, when the match opens 2 of them can't play etc etc....
I think a good way to handle this is to have a "Team Matches Being Organized" section where a player can open a "team match" indicating requiered level of play, #of boards, when to start and a description. Then you will see for each "open" match the 8 slots divided in teams and teams in pairs.

Match: Crazy Dudes vrs Rest of the Wordl (8 boards, Experts, Authorization Req)
Team A: _______ with ________ ___________ with __________
Team B: _______ with ________ ___________ with __________

This will improve the system to organize a match:
The organizer opens a new match, indicates #boards, when to start, level of play and description. (And if a player has to be authorized to join)

He can now send the lobby 1 msg about the new match. Not a million.

Players register indicating the team where they want to play and/or pd, so if you already have a pd you can register to play with him in some team without having to tell the organizer (I want to play with XXX). This prevents you from playing in a team with enemies as partners or with people you don't want to play etc...

When a player asks to register the organizer will have to accept him (optionally not as in a regular table opened to anyone) (Foo wants to register in your Team Match XXX )
When the 8 players are ready the match starts.
Details can be changed but I think this will improve a lot the organization of team matches.

Luis

[csdenmark]

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sometimes I want to play and nobody asks me...

Advertice yourself Luis - in lobby or your friends! Voila - simple it is. You will of course also be welcome to respond to my adverticings Luis. I play with all interested in the systems I advertice for.

Register a team for the polish team tourney or Rays Bridge Ladder - and you will have no more problems with team matches. - No software modifications needed for that!