Pbarb2: why join a fellowship if you dont read the fellowship boards ?
especially the main language which shows its new messages as a red number on the right side column

people who dont read the fs boards wont read the group messages either .. they will simply delete them

posting new tournaments on the fs boards is (imo) the way to do it

of course your pms arent as often as some other fs pms .. some fs post their tournaments on their fs board, send a group message, post the tournament on the public tournament board, and post it in the public game board of the specific game .. thats a bit too much :)

i do read the red numbers .. i once in a while (when i have some more time) read the other fs boards .. and when i am really desparate i will look at the fs main pages and the tournament page

when i dont even have time to read the red numbers then i certainly dont have time to join tournaments which are group messaged to me

pms are to me important messages which are personal and have something to say which i want to know .. the group messages create chaos in that :)

i can only see 1 situation in which i would send out a group message and that would be if i would turn the fs over to someone else .. other than that i will use the fs boards

all that said i wont turn the group messages off because at the moment i can still handle the amount of spam by being online often enough .. but if i would be online a bit less often then i would turn them off for sure :)

(sorry)