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(Message started by: arimaa_master on Feb 11th, 2009, 1:29am)
Title: WC game first round against The Jeh
Post by arimaa_master on Feb 11th, 2009, 1:29am

Hi John,
would you mind if our game will be played at least 4 hours back? (or 7 hours the best).

I donīt know why but scheduler scheduled this game to my 5th choice - that's almost unacceptable for me.

Thx for answer.
Title: Re: WC game first round against The Jeh
Post by Fritzlein on Feb 11th, 2009, 6:55am
Has the new scheduler ever scheduled a game later in the week than 15:00 Sunday my time (the time of your game)? There are supposedly new slots open later in the week, on in to Monday, but if they aren't being used it could indicate some kind of bug.

By the way, when you say moving the time "back" it is somewhat ambiguous.  I think that "back" means starting the game later, but it could mean starting the game earlier.  I propose we talk about moving game times "earlier" and "later" to be clear.
Title: Re: WC game first round against The Jeh
Post by The_Jeh on Feb 11th, 2009, 3:16pm
I can play 2 hours earlier, but no more than that. I could also play 17 to 19 hours earlier. My apologies.
Title: Re: WC game first round against The Jeh
Post by arimaa_master on Feb 12th, 2009, 1:06am

on 02/11/09 at 06:55:14, Fritzlein wrote:
Has the new scheduler ever scheduled a game later in the week than 15:00 Sunday my time (the time of your game)? There are supposedly new slots open later in the week, on in to Monday, but if they aren't being used it could indicate some kind of bug.

By the way, when you say moving the time "back" it is somewhat ambiguous.  I think that "back" means starting the game later, but it could mean starting the game earlier.  I propose we talk about moving game times "earlier" and "later" to be clear.


Hmm, although I donīt understand how you can change "back" with "later" - but my native language isnīt English so I agree :))

They are many preferable time slots (at least 10) for me earlier on Saturday and on Sunday. I see one explanation that The_Jeh hasnīt any of these time slots checked (that means it is not even his 5th choice - so i cannot get these time slots in any case).
Title: Re: WC game first round against The Jeh
Post by arimaa_master on Feb 12th, 2009, 1:12am

on 02/11/09 at 15:16:28, The_Jeh wrote:
I can play 2 hours earlier, but no more than that. I could also play 17 to 19 hours earlier. My apologies.


Thanks at least for that - (original time is 10 pm for me so assume at least 3 hours of play and next day is working day). 8 pm for me would be much better for me.

Ok I will send Omar a request for shifting game start two hours earlier.
Title: Re: WC game first round against The Jeh
Post by omar on Feb 12th, 2009, 11:13am
The game time has been shifted two hours earlier.
Title: Re: WC game first round against The Jeh
Post by Fritzlein on Feb 12th, 2009, 4:10pm

on 02/12/09 at 01:06:14, arimaa_master wrote:
Hmm, although I donīt understand how you can change "back" with "later" - but my native language isnīt English so I agree :))

Sure, look at this article for example:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/125166/windows_vista_release_pushed_back_to_january_2007.html

When the software was released two months later people say the release was pushed back.  Don't ask me why, that's just how it is used.
Title: Re: WC game first round against The Jeh
Post by arimaa_master on Feb 13th, 2009, 1:13am

on 02/12/09 at 11:13:16, omar wrote:
The game time has been shifted two hours earlier.


Thank you very much!
Title: Re: WC game first round against The Jeh
Post by arimaa_master on Feb 13th, 2009, 1:15am

on 02/12/09 at 16:10:32, Fritzlein wrote:
Sure, look at this article for example:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/125166/windows_vista_release_pushed_back_to_january_2007.html

When the software was released two months later people say the release was pushed back.  Don't ask me why, that's just how it is used.


Hmm, thanks for that link. Now I see how it is used. In this example is "back" used in term of "to its previous scheduled time" thus using back in my previous post could be ambiguous.
Title: Re: WC game first round against The Jeh
Post by Simon on Feb 13th, 2009, 2:45pm
That's not how it's used in that example (Vista was never intended to be so late, I think). Plus, moving something to an earlier time can be called bringing it forward (though it's less common).

I don't know why it's used this way. In the context of a story on time travel, going forward in time definitely means going towards the future, and going backwards in time means going towards the past.
Title: Re: WC game first round against The Jeh
Post by arimaa_master on Feb 14th, 2009, 7:39am

on 02/13/09 at 14:45:07, Simon wrote:
That's not how it's used in that example (Vista was never intended to be so late, I think). Plus, moving something to an earlier time can be called bringing it forward (though it's less common).

I don't know why it's used this way. In the context of a story on time travel, going forward in time definitely means going towards the future, and going backwards in time means going towards the past.


Thanks for explanation.
Title: Re: WC game first round against The Jeh
Post by 99of9 on Feb 15th, 2009, 4:00am
I use push back and bring forward all the time.

I think the reason for their use is an analogy with a physical situation.  Say you are facing someone, and you push them away from you, you can call it pushing them back.  Here the event is obviously analogous to the other person or object.


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