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Dave Robjohns One week left to get these games done for Season 15 - so now is the ideal time to be sending out those aptomails and getting the remaining fixtures done.

Almost everyone is past half way now so thanks all for getting many of the games in promptly :)

Dan Byrom eep - everyone please ping me to save me from starting 10 mails myself! I will try to come on for a bit this evening

Dan Byrom For those still to play me (which is most of you!), I will be online this evening, from about 8pm. I will also check online every so often throughout the afternoon today. Please send me a message to arrange something if that would be helpful.

Philip Aston Great tourney, Dave. For future, would you consider scheduling one match at a time and giving each player, say, two weeks to play it, rather than all games at once? That way, everyone, or at least almost everyone, completes their games, there’s no procrastinating, and there’s no streaking ahead by playing all your games early while others are not even halfway through playing their games with just a few days left.

Anthony Endsor Philip, in what way would that help people complete their games? It would mean all players would have to be available within a 2 week window instead of going on holiday for a month and catching up later, which the current system allows. This would also stretch each season to nearly 6 months, which in all honesty would make the competition a bit stale after a while.

Mike Lee I agree with Anthony, the format isn’t broken so it doesn’t need fixing.

Dave Robjohns Cheers :) Yeah I'd basically echo what Anthony said - I think short seasons are key to the promotion/relegation format as it keeps things interesting, and it's nice to be able to get games done as and when both players are available rather than waiting for a specific slot. I don't think the mismatch in games played at times is a huge issue as long as the majority get played in the end :) (also, on my side, significantly easier/quicker admin-wise to set it up as one block!)

Philip Aston That’s fair enough, thought I’d ask.

Stu Harkness I think it's just always been the way that there's a flurry of activity at the start, a bit of a lull in the middle and a mad panic at the end. Notoriously tough division to escape from, up or down...

Dave Robjohns Yeah - does make me wonder sometimes if going back to 1.5 months per season wouldn't be a bad thing, to reduce that quiet chunk - doubt (m)any less games would get played. Always keen to have feedback/discussion on the format and tweak bits over the seasons so cheers for bringing it up Philip :)

Dave Kempshall Stu - I found it extremely easy to escape down.

Dave Kempshall Dave - I think a 1.5 month season would be a great idea.

Stu Harkness Glad you got your win on the board South Korea! Don't be a stranger :'(