Pbarb2: Are you talking about the option of "Receive group messages from the Big Boss" that you can turn on/off in a fellowship?

If so, I love this option. As a person who reads most of the discussion boards in the fellowships, one of my BIGGEST annoyances is when a BIG BOSS will send out a message to everyone, then I go and read the same exact message in the fellowship boards.

I know the option to send out a message to everyone is very helpful since not everyone reads the fellowship boards, but for someone like me - I love this option. (I have even left fellowships in the past where the BIG BOSS would send out 2-4 messages a day to everyone in the group).

But the default option is to reviece messages, so hopefully to the ones who do not read the boards - they will never know this option is there so will not turn it off.

BIG BAD WOLF: i love the option as well .. i still receive messages from all fellowships .. i havent turned them off .. but before my holiday i will so i wont be flooded when i come back

my message box is meant for private messages mainly .. although, because i am online often enough, i dont mind the fs messages that much .. as long it wont be too much ..

sometimes they are useful .. for example when i am looking for a new tournament :)
but at the moment i am trying to have only a few games left when i go on holiday so i am not looking for new tournaments to join :)

its a great option .. its great because its an option (which can be on or off ;))

BIG BAD WOLF: Hrqis..I have noticed it has been harder to get members to join games since that has been added. I have 2 fellowships so you may hear from me a little more. When things are posted just in the fellowship... I only have about 6 that sign up. If I send a message then that is where I get more people to sign up.
I think allot more have it turned off than you know, BBW. I play lots of games and I remind people about my games for sign up when I play my games. They say ..Oh I didn't know. That is why I was asking why it was added.
Thieu.. I didn't think about..it as a good feature for when you go on vacation. I still like to know what the others are doing when I don't get to their fellowships everyday. Thank you guys..

BIG BAD WOLF:I agree with you. I for one think that tournaments should be posted on the public Tournaments board, not sent to everyones inbox. They are all listed on tournaments page also..264 listed at present. If I want to enter one, I just read the boards or scan that list and find what I am interested in.

Dolittle: Thy're talking about fellowship tournaments which are not on the Tournaments pages and shouldn't be posted to the Tournaments board. ;-)

The question then is whether, for a fellowship tournament, to post the announcemeny to the fellowship board (main or one just for tournaments), as a broadcast message to all members, or both.

playBunny: Dolittle..You are right Playbunny..These are fellowship only games. Mine do not go out on the public boards.
My question was.. If the message from fellowship BB is turned off..how are the members going to know I have games for sign up. They don't.. and that is why it is so hard to get people to sign up for games that the fellowship is having. If it is turned off why belong to these fellowships if you don't want to hear what the fellowship has going on. 8 out of 10 members do not go to the fellowships and read what is going on. Only way we as BB have is by sending a group message. If that feature is turned off... that person knows nothing what is going on in that fellowship. We as a BB work hard to keep our fellowships going. It is very hard if the members have no interest in the games that we set up. My fellowships is doing pretty good but I'm talking about some.. where they can't even get the 16 required to join ponds..or the required number they set up for their games. It is very sad we have to.. pull teeth so to speak to get members to join a game or two.

Pbarb2: what fun is it to play games that you are forced to join???>.. I am sure that those members of fellowships that have the group messages turned off will visit the fellowships when they are looking for a tournament to join.. and those that join regularly will have no problem leaving the group messages turned on... why dictate to people what they do ??.. There only games... and we are here for our own enjoyment... Maybe there are too many fellowships and too many tournaments... can't join them all...

lovelysharon: I agree you can't join them all. I just let people know when I have new games coming. That way they can join if they want. Not forcing anyone to do anything. Anyway this has gone way off my question I asked to begin with.
Thank You

Pbarb2: it just seems to me that you are non-accepting of people to have this option to receive group messages turned off... If you are having trouble to get people to join your tournaments perhaps it's the parameters you set them at or other reasons... I don't know as I am not a member of your fellowships..

lovelysharon: I see it in many fellowships
that I am in. Some of the BB feel they have to beg
people to join. I just feel that the only way to get to the members is thru the fellowship message from the BB. Wether they join or not is up to them. At least they know about it if it is not turned off. My mesages are just to let people know when I have games started for sign up. If you don't belong then I guess you don't know.

Pbarb2: it is their option to turn it off... whether you agree with it or not... I know that if i received a great number of said messages about tournaments I'm not ready to join... i would probly feel frustrated from looking at all those messages and leave the fellowship... there is something wrong if you feel you have to beg people to join... or guilt them into it...

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)

Hrqls: here's a 2nd reason, I have been asked to join many fellowships that are in a foriegn language that I can't read, so I don't read the boards, but, they do send me group pm's about tournements that I do join

Vikings: hmm true .. i am in a few of those fellowships as well .. people all talk weird .. but they are still nice people ;)

i did join a few tournaments that way as well indeed

i keep the messages on as long as i am online often enough .. which is most of the year :)