Sunday, 29 June 2008
Euro final day and I can't post on PTS
It may be a simple administrative error, but this morning I was unable to post messages on the site. They wouldn't have decided to switch the forums off on final day of all days, would they?
Monday, 23 June 2008
Friday, 20 June 2008
What future for the Guardian PTS site?
At the moment the site is pretty dormant and there is no PTS input whatsoever, all links in the main paper have now been taken down and there has been no indication about whether the game will be relaunched in the new season. I think the Guardian might pull the plug.
So one day we might find that the site is no longer there. There's Facebook as a possible alternative rendezvous but although I have a FB account I don't feel at home there. Would a blog address such as this one be an alternative? We can have more than one managing the account, publish and if necessary delete comments. It might be possible to carry on running our silly games and banter from here. I admit I don't know much about the functionality* of these blogger.com addresses so any expert advice would be more than welcome.
*Oops, I'm talking gobbledegeek...I mean I don't know what you can do.
At the moment the site is pretty dormant and there is no PTS input whatsoever, all links in the main paper have now been taken down and there has been no indication about whether the game will be relaunched in the new season. I think the Guardian might pull the plug.
So one day we might find that the site is no longer there. There's Facebook as a possible alternative rendezvous but although I have a FB account I don't feel at home there. Would a blog address such as this one be an alternative? We can have more than one managing the account, publish and if necessary delete comments. It might be possible to carry on running our silly games and banter from here. I admit I don't know much about the functionality* of these blogger.com addresses so any expert advice would be more than welcome.
*Oops, I'm talking gobbledegeek...I mean I don't know what you can do.
Friday, 23 May 2008
Damn, it's raining at Old Trafford
This wouldn't worry footballers, but cricket's a different matter.
Anyhow, while the PTS site is more or less dormant - or in its dotage - I was thinking about a good way of setting up a little virtual betting game for the European Championships. I'm looking for input about what you think might be fun throughout the competition and what kind of bets I should include.
Because I would be doing this on a simple spreadsheet and my Excel skills are far from excellent, I have to keep the format reasonably simple. So something as complicated as, say, giving everybody a chance to bet on exact scores on all the games would be completely unworkable. Any input as to what bets you would like to see would be more than welcome. And, I note that it's possible to co-own these blogs, so anybody who feels they might be able to contribute over the Euros, please let me know.
One way of simplifying it that appeals to me would be to theme it into red, white and blue teams - partly to put a British interest back into it - but mostly to keep it workable. Take the top seeded teams whose home colours are predominantly red, white and blue, limit a small selection of bets to these teams. When the top seeded red team gets eliminated, the game passes to the next highest seeded red team, until there are no more red teams. That way, there will never be more than 3 teams to bet on at any given time, and when it comes to the final, I'll increase the number of betting choices so that there are the same number of choices all the time. Bet this is clear as mud...let me know if you've any comments.
Anyhow, while the PTS site is more or less dormant - or in its dotage - I was thinking about a good way of setting up a little virtual betting game for the European Championships. I'm looking for input about what you think might be fun throughout the competition and what kind of bets I should include.
Because I would be doing this on a simple spreadsheet and my Excel skills are far from excellent, I have to keep the format reasonably simple. So something as complicated as, say, giving everybody a chance to bet on exact scores on all the games would be completely unworkable. Any input as to what bets you would like to see would be more than welcome. And, I note that it's possible to co-own these blogs, so anybody who feels they might be able to contribute over the Euros, please let me know.
One way of simplifying it that appeals to me would be to theme it into red, white and blue teams - partly to put a British interest back into it - but mostly to keep it workable. Take the top seeded teams whose home colours are predominantly red, white and blue, limit a small selection of bets to these teams. When the top seeded red team gets eliminated, the game passes to the next highest seeded red team, until there are no more red teams. That way, there will never be more than 3 teams to bet on at any given time, and when it comes to the final, I'll increase the number of betting choices so that there are the same number of choices all the time. Bet this is clear as mud...let me know if you've any comments.
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