08-01-2014, 03:34 PM
Mike wrote
As Alex has reiterated, the rights of the players at the venue - or those who would be - are equally important. Given that there are likely to be 100+ of them compared to 1 or 2 remote players, you can only go by the greatest good for the greatest number.
Quote:if the event is advertised as including remote players then everyone is free to enter or not.I was going to sit back and say no more, but the problem with this is that if, as often happens, players enter on the day (or even 15 minutes before round 1, as has happened!), then those who have already entered, shelled out for B&B and travelled to the venue are kinda hard-placed to unenter if they find the latecomer wants to play online. Even if you stipulate and stick to a hard-and-fast closing date, so we know who's who, there is no way a player, wishing to know if remote players have entered, could then enter and arrange travel or accommodation.
As Alex has reiterated, the rights of the players at the venue - or those who would be - are equally important. Given that there are likely to be 100+ of them compared to 1 or 2 remote players, you can only go by the greatest good for the greatest number.