Any Strategies for Private Messaging?

[Jesse710]

Does anybody have a really good strategy for private messaging everybody for your tournement? Lack told me that the next forum update will include multi private messaging, until then what is the best strategy?

Thanks, Jesse710

[Forza AZ]

Does anybody have a really good strategy for private messaging everybody for your tournement? Lack told me that the next forum update will include multi private messaging, until then what is the best strategy?

Thanks, Jesse710

I personally always PM all players with their gamenumbers. Not really a strategy, but I have a standard PM in which I just change the gamenumber and password for each player/team.
Some organisers just send a PM with a link to the forum (and a standard password), so you can send the same PM to all players.

[Gilligan]

I send every player a PM, with only their games and passwords, 1 by 1, individually.

Can't wait for multiple PM sending!

[lord voldemort]

i set up in word a form with an xl link so it just changes name game number pswd etc, then i copy and paste each pm.
time consuming at the start, but it allows me to right a paragraph formally welcoming them to the tournament

[MarVal]

See also:
http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=31928

Grtz
MarVal

[soundout9]

I send every player a PM, with only their games and passwords, 1 by 1, individually.

Can't wait for multiple PM sending!

I do the same thing....for ALL players. takes a while.

REALLY CAN'T WAIT FOR MULTI PMing

[jennifermarie]

i write out one basic paragraph about how i'm happy they joined (whatever tourney) and that they have (however many hours) to join game. Then i have an excel spreadsheet up w/ game #'s and passwords and then i copy paste the paragraph in, and then type in the game #/pass...it really doesn't take too long....Though i'm still eagerly waiting for the day in which i can send as many pms as i want...(then i can run a fairly large tourney i've been planning in my head)

[hulmey]

i firt make the games and then post the games and there unmbers in the fourm of my Tournament. So that people who have a great interest in the Tournament can get in there games. Then after 3 days i check the games to se who has entered and send the last remaining emails to the players

A usual pm look like the below :

Hello,

you have made it through to the next round of the KOE Vs Conquer club Tournament.

Could you pleaase enter your below game as ASAP so that it may start!

Game Number 1200311 / Password : Round 2 Game 4

bob3603 & yorkiepeter (now untouch)
driskmaster & Demon666

Good Luck!

Hulmey.

[Tieryn]

Yeah, I'm a fan of the spreadsheet paste option.

I have an introductory paragraph outlining what round, any news, etc. eg; It's Round 3, Pearl Harbour. New scores have been updated in the forum! Please join all your games promptly. Some games may have delays starting due to non-prem players, but most have agreed to give up an extra slot.

Your Opponents, Game Number and Password for this round are

Rahimj_27 1170979 PearlHarbour
brikb
UselessTriviaMan
trk1994

The names, game # and Password are simply a 3x4 grid from excel copied and pasted. Then I shift-select a name, ctrl+c, shift+tab twice, ctrl+v and click Submit. then I Alt-LeftArrow to go back to the same page, select the next name and repeat. Once I've done all 4 names, I paste in the next block of info, and repeat.

Recursion is a wonderful thing. If you can develop recursive patterns to follow when sending out pm's and make it an organised and straightforward process the task becomes manageable. 60 pm's for a reasonably large tournament takes me, I suppose 30 minutes. I generally have the TV on, cause that gives me something to watch in the 5-10 second gap between pm's.

Until mass messaging comes in, this is really the only way to improve the process. Make it as automatic as possible.

Hope that helps.