Resuming PlayStation 3 Tour (Important Information!)

by **djarvik** » Fri, 20 May 2011 14:08

Very sorry, but I wont be able to do it. 3 days that are spread over the weekend - the time when majority of matches are being played. It will delay things too much.

by **djarvik** » Fri, 20 May 2011 14:39

djarvik wrote:Tournaments affected:
Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
Blumenau, Brazil
Barcelona Open BancSabadell
Prog. Napoli, Italy
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix WS
Santos, Brazil
ProEstoril Open
Serbia Open
BMW Open
Barcelona Ladies Open WS
Mutua Madrid Open
Mutua Madrid Open WS
Mutua Madrid Open DT
Prague, Czech Republic
Argentina 4 (ranking 100+)

All the tournaments above will be at QF rounds by the end of the day. Please try and play the R32 and R16 today. This will give us the best chance of catching up over the weekend.

Once again, if you cannot play, notify the host and he will issue a WO to your opponent and will get you points for the round you reached.

Thank you for your understanding.

by **xMFHxMataiiBANNED** » Fri, 20 May 2011 16:37

djarvik wrote:
djarvik wrote:Tournaments affected:
Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
Blumenau, Brazil
Barcelona Open BancSabadell
Prog. Napoli, Italy
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix WS
Santos, Brazil
ProEstoril Open
Serbia Open
BMW Open
Barcelona Ladies Open WS
Mutua Madrid Open
Mutua Madrid Open WS
Mutua Madrid Open DT
Prague, Czech Republic
Argentina 4 (ranking 100+)

All the tournaments above will be at QF rounds by the end of the day. Please try and play the R32 and R16 today. This will give us the best chance of catching up over the weekend.

Once again, if you cannot play, notify the host and he will issue a WO to your opponent and will get you points for the round you reached.

Thank you for your understanding.

Well this is a joke before the outage I had made sure I was ahead of schedule and now I get shafted like this.. I'm sorry but It's not like I have done anything wrong.. So im going to be kicked out of every tournament (5).. because PSN is down in ASIA for the next 2/3 days?!?

This leaves a terrible taste in my mouth and I'll prob stop ITST now due to this rubbish.. Its becoming a joke with all the moaners and now this blatant bullshit makes it worthless. - you cant even give it 2/3 days!? pathetic. sorry no understanding here.

by **djarvik** » Fri, 20 May 2011 16:40

OK. Opinion noted. If you want me to respond to that send me a PM.

by **xMFHxMataiiBANNED** » Fri, 20 May 2011 16:45

There is nothing to respond to.. It just makes the rankings pointless because now all of the good players will have a 2000+ point advantage due to no fault of my own.. anyway. I just think its cheap.

by **djarvik** » Fri, 20 May 2011 16:54

I "get" your frustration, but do understand that I cannot make all other continents/countries wait till Asia is back up. It is unfortunate, but no fault of mine.

The weekend is the busiest time at ITST. We could play the most matches on weekend. I cannot delay the whole tournament and everyone who can play matches only because you cannot.

I do understand that you are willing to play, and have no control over the situation.

by **xMFHxMataiiBANNED** » Fri, 20 May 2011 17:02

I'm not asking to delay every single match in every tournament .. just 1 opponent or 2 being my possible upcoming match.

The rest of the matches can go ahead just fine.. as I said this would just be delaying a very few matches for this 1 weekend.. it must be returning soon.

Just imagine how Americans would react if you told them no sorry we cant delay the tournament you're all out.. while they were unable to get on.. yes it would have pissed them off. big time.

by **djarvik** » Fri, 20 May 2011 17:22

You do understand that one match delays the whole draw right?

And once again, Roland Garros draw needs to be made asap. We have not finished a single tournaments since PSN is up. We dont have ranking.

Bottom line, I think I explain everything rather clear. You have all the right to be upset. But I have obligation to act in majority's interest and to the interest of the tour.

Hard decisions sometimes have to be made, this is one of them.

by **xMFHxMataiiBANNED** » Fri, 20 May 2011 17:26

Well it would stop the tournament being completed this weekend yes.. but most other matches would be perfectly fine.. but ok If you want to finish the tournaments within 45 mins .. I understand.

by **djarvik** » Fri, 20 May 2011 17:29

Don't patronize me please. Move on.

by **tigerofintegrity** » Fri, 20 May 2011 20:36

xMFHxMataii wrote:Well this is a joke before the outage I had made sure I was ahead of schedule and now I get shafted like this.. I'm sorry but It's not like I have done anything wrong.. So im going to be kicked out of every tournament (5).. because PSN is down in ASIA for the next 2/3 days?!?

This leaves a terrible taste in my mouth and I'll prob stop ITST now due to this rubbish.. Its becoming a joke with all the moaners and now this blatant **** makes it worthless. - you cant even give it 2/3 days!? pathetic. sorry no understanding here.

Come on. Be reasonable here. It's unfortunate for you yeah but you know Djarvik's right. We can't hold up all the tournaments just for one person. We have 4 weeks of backlog here and if people aren't pushed we'll never catch up. We need to get some of the tournaments over with so there's some sort of reasonable seeding system going on in RG. Nobody's singling you out on purpose. Just unfortunate circumstances, deal with it. Extraordinary times calls for extraordinary measures!

by **tigerofintegrity** » Fri, 20 May 2011 20:38

djarvik wrote:
djarvik wrote:Tournaments affected:
Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
Blumenau, Brazil
Barcelona Open BancSabadell
Prog. Napoli, Italy
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix WS
Santos, Brazil
ProEstoril Open
Serbia Open
BMW Open
Barcelona Ladies Open WS
Mutua Madrid Open
Mutua Madrid Open WS
Mutua Madrid Open DT
Prague, Czech Republic
Argentina 4 (ranking 100+)

All the tournaments above will be at QF rounds by the end of the day. Please try and play the R32 and R16 today. This will give us the best chance of catching up over the weekend.

Once again, if you cannot play, notify the host and he will issue a WO to your opponent and will get you points for the round you reached.

Thank you for your understanding.

I understand all the tournaments that started before the PSN outage but how is it possible to get up to QF stage in Madrid by tomorrow? Most people haven't even played the first round so nobody can play the further rounds. That would end up meaning everyone is knocked out of the tournament by tomorrow?

by **djarvik** » Fri, 20 May 2011 21:39

You right. I should not have said "all". Madrid will be still on a 2 day per round.

by **tigerofintegrity** » Sat, 21 May 2011 00:15

Just wondering. Is Internazionali BNL d Italia on the 2 day match play list too? I know it started after the PSN outage but the original end date should have been 29th of May. I presume we'll need to push along with that too?

by **djarvik** » Sat, 21 May 2011 01:20

Yeah, I started that one after the outage. So this one is fine.

Also, we have adjusted all the deadlines to be correct at this point. Just follow the deadlines, they should reflect at this point the expedited scheduling.

One thing remains thou, absolutely no extension till the finals. Need to wrap up as many tourneys as we can till next week.

I will try and hold off on creating the Draw for RG until at least one of the Masters series is finished and in the books.

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