ryanvergel
New Member
It's a simple suggestion, and I think it would reduce the disorganization of players, reduce clogging of certain traffic areas, and overall reduce the length of a tournament a little bit. You also have the positives of exposure to your website, and more media access and publicity for those who aren't actually attending the tournament.
1. Reduces player disorganization. This is done by not having to go back to a pairing sheet in case you forgot, or if there was discrepancy. You can also update the round start/end times, which helps with lunch and dinner breaks and top cut breaks too.
2. Reduces the clogging of the aisles. At a big regionals or nationals, people are mashed together in the dozens or hundreds trying to read their names.
3. It reduces the effort and trouble- so many players have a smart phone, and I know I would rather refresh a page of the pairings than stand in a mass of people trying to see who I play.
4. Not having to stand in line and everything reduces the time in between rounds. Rounds start faster. It may not be much, but it adds up. Starting 2 minutes faster per round, and with 9-10 rounds at nationals adds 20-30 minutes. This could be used for longer lunch breaks or something.
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1. PTOs- you get more exposure to your website. Put an ad up, or generate more traffic for future events.
2. Pokemon Media- now players from anywhere in the world can see the status of their favorite players and communicate results and status much more easily.
Almost every PTO has their own website. I'm sure whatever output is generated to print off the pairings could be done in a way to merely copy/paste the text into a browser. An organizer should, in theory, be able to copy the text, click the window in a browser, paste, update, and in a matter of seconds have duplicated the output method for delivering the content of round pairings, match times/ends, etc. You can do this for different age divisions, too.
Any PTOs up to the task of leading the way to more efficient, cleaner, and smoother tournaments? More publicity for your site, tournament, and players?
Maybe pokemon.com can provide PTOs with their own pages/subpages to do this if a PTO either didn't have their own website, or could not easily update it. I think any obstacles in the way of this can easily be overcome.
1. Reduces player disorganization. This is done by not having to go back to a pairing sheet in case you forgot, or if there was discrepancy. You can also update the round start/end times, which helps with lunch and dinner breaks and top cut breaks too.
2. Reduces the clogging of the aisles. At a big regionals or nationals, people are mashed together in the dozens or hundreds trying to read their names.
3. It reduces the effort and trouble- so many players have a smart phone, and I know I would rather refresh a page of the pairings than stand in a mass of people trying to see who I play.
4. Not having to stand in line and everything reduces the time in between rounds. Rounds start faster. It may not be much, but it adds up. Starting 2 minutes faster per round, and with 9-10 rounds at nationals adds 20-30 minutes. This could be used for longer lunch breaks or something.
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1. PTOs- you get more exposure to your website. Put an ad up, or generate more traffic for future events.
2. Pokemon Media- now players from anywhere in the world can see the status of their favorite players and communicate results and status much more easily.
Almost every PTO has their own website. I'm sure whatever output is generated to print off the pairings could be done in a way to merely copy/paste the text into a browser. An organizer should, in theory, be able to copy the text, click the window in a browser, paste, update, and in a matter of seconds have duplicated the output method for delivering the content of round pairings, match times/ends, etc. You can do this for different age divisions, too.
Any PTOs up to the task of leading the way to more efficient, cleaner, and smoother tournaments? More publicity for your site, tournament, and players?
Maybe pokemon.com can provide PTOs with their own pages/subpages to do this if a PTO either didn't have their own website, or could not easily update it. I think any obstacles in the way of this can easily be overcome.
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