jiel wrote:if JL ceates one event with 6 skippers to do 3x3 races but only 4 skippers registered at time, do the system switches automatically to the lower format 4 skippers for 6 races 2x2 ? Or must JL re-create the correct event ?
The intention is to make it flexible, so it happens automatically when the event organizer click the button to create the race table.
jiel wrote:Now to cover all the needs, I would imagine the creator has only 2 infos to give : 1/ 2x2 or 3x3, 2/ number N races targeted. At the Event gun time if 4, 5, 6, or even 12 skippers registered, the program automacically generates the N (or near N) races, randomly if neccessary. I thought about that but it needs some special functions or code I even be not sure to succed to do ... and of course some work. However I will search a little in the next future and say you what I will find.
Good idea. The only downside (in addition to complex coding) is that there are more people involved on many servers, increasing probabilities for delays and drop-outs. At the old ITBYC, we had a robot in the irc chat that selected teams for each race, based on those who had told the bot they were ready to race, and it kept track of scores. This sounds quite similar, except it draws a series of races instead of just 1.
A similar alternative is to keep the original idea, but have an unlimited amount of skippers that can enter. Then based on number of entries, it will split the group in multiple independent parallell events:
If 4 sign up, there will be one event with 4 skippers.
If 6 sign up, there will be one event with 6 skippers.
If 8 sign up, there will be one event with 8 skippers (rpc).
If 10 sign up, there will be one event with 6 skippers and one with 4 skippers.
If 12 sign up, there will be two events with 6 skippers.
If 14 sign up, there will be one event with 6 skippers and one with 8 skippers.
Etc.
If odd number of entries (5, 7, 9 etc), the last to sign up will not participate, but will be on waiting list in case someone doesn't show up.
Harald