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(Message started by: Boo on Jan 19^th, 2012, 1:46am)

Title: No more auto-postal games?
Post by Boo on Jan 19^th, 2012, 1:46am

I have 7 empty slots for auto-postal games for about 20 days having set rating difference to 200 points. But no more games are starting :( The last game started on 2011.12.31. Did they stopped showing up because of 2012?
During the whole 2011 year auto postals used to fill up pretty quickly.
Is there anybody who has started a new auto postal this year?

Title: Re: No more auto-postal games?
Post by ChrisB on Jan 19^th, 2012, 3:02am

on 01/19/12 at 01:46:43, Boo wrote:

Is there anybody who has started a new auto postal this year?

Yes, I signed up for 6 auto-postal games yesterday (range +/- 300) and so far 4 of them have been filled. Two of my opponents (arimaa_master and mistre) are in your range. Perhaps they weren't paired with you because you are currently playing one and recently finished a game with the other. I'm not sure how the system handles repeat opponents.

[EDIT] Hmm, I see you are currently 296 points above me. Perhaps if you change your rating difference to 300, you and I would be paired.

Title: Re: No more auto-postal games?
Post by mistre on Jan 19^th, 2012, 7:57am

Not sure why we haven't been matched up with another postal match, but I will challenge you and you can accept.

:D

Title: Re: No more auto-postal games?
Post by Boo on Jan 19^th, 2012, 9:24am

Hmm it seems a pool of players available is exhausted. Yeah, I have to set the range to 300pts then :)

Sure Mistre, lets play. I think a certain amount of time (1 month?) has to pass before the same players can get paired again.

Title: Re: No more auto-postal games?
Post by ChrisB on Jan 19^th, 2012, 10:13am

on 01/19/12 at 09:24:42, Boo wrote:

Hmm it seems a pool of players available is exhausted. Yeah, I have to set the range to 300pts then :)

Thanks! I see we just got paired. :D

Title: Re: No more auto-postal games?
Post by omar on Jan 19^th, 2012, 12:39pm

As your rating gets higher, it gets harder to find a match for you. Also if you played someone recently within 25 days, it doesn't pair you again. Here is a dump from the pairing program.

========= Players needing games =========
Boo 2137 wants=10 playing=0 diff=300
arimaa_master 2003 wants=20 playing=0 diff=300
mistre 1992 wants=7 playing=0 diff=300
ChrisB 1841 wants=6 playing=0 diff=300
freethinkerjdr 1423 wants=2 playing=0 diff=100
ii2bcnii 1185 wants=2 playing=0 diff=100
jabriol 983 wants=5 playing=0 diff=100
kingkouf 815 wants=1 playing=0 diff=100

checking Boo:2137 arimaa_master:2003
already playing
checking Boo:2137 mistre:1992
already playing
checking Boo:2137 ChrisB:1841
already playing
checking Boo:2137 freethinkerjdr:1423
rating diff >= what Boo wants: 714 >= 300