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Season Seven Seat Reservation
Moocher:
--- Quote from: AMRN on June 03, 2013, 16:56:05 PM ---
I think that"s a great idea!
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OMG OMG OMG
Im gonna need to lie down somewhere dark
Ive peaked.................. 8)
dwh103:
I try to sell APAT to the people I know locally. APAT's competitive advantage is less than what it was in the past, so just selling it on its own is difficult - a £75 comp, couple of hours travel, getting time off from the missus/kids etc.
I"m sure Dwayne (2nd in the Masters) won"t mind me speaking for him when he said "I see what you mean about the APAT camaraderie" - and that wasn"t even a "proper" event. But it was only Wembley getting Dwayne to APAT. Just me telling people that it"s great simply isn"t enough.
Poker players always want something for nothing, they"ll get annoyed/confused at the simplest things. I had enough trouble getting supposedly smart people just to post on the bleeding seat reservation threads! I can say with absolute surety that plenty of players (from a completely ignorant viewpoint) at my local casino would view an extra layer to the process with suspicion - Ok, they don"t have to reserve - but why go to any hassle of organising the rest of their lives to make plans for a non-guaranteed seat? People just won"t bother at all. It"s far too easy to not go, or go elsewhere.
The hardcore know how much fun APAT can be, and they"ll pay a fiver no question to support the tour. I probably would too, even if I think it"s a very inelegant solution to the problem (which tbf is the main crux of why I don"t think it"s a good idea - you"ll still need to admin the £5 fee and the seat list, case by case I assume?).
I would think this discussion would be better served on the LPPL forum - more of the kind of players APAT want to attract there. Has it been posted there? (I can"t see it, but assume I can"t see everything).
Edit: And Moocher"s idea is excellent if it can be worked from an admin POV (get Phil_TC to dust off his coding gloves ;))
Des:
--- Quote from: Moocher on June 03, 2013, 16:32:30 PM ---
Ive spent 20 mins reading all this thread, and it seems to be going round in circles tbh.
I class myself as a recreational player, and attend 2/3 APAT events where possible.
Happy to send £5 direct to APAT bank account ( no fees)
I then register interest in Coventry,
I turn up at Coventry.
I still have my £5 credit at APAT
I register interest in Event 2
I dont turn up and fail to unreg
I lose my £5 credit.
I pay £5 direct to APAT and I can reg for another event.
At the end of the season, APAT keep my fiver and I do it again next season.
Any good? Or have I missed the point as usual ?
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It"s a pretty decent effort Graham, but how does it work on the "Pay Now" button? That"s what we"re looking for, a simple button / banner that sits on the home page right up until the event.
So with your first event you would use the button, and attend as planned. However, your second event now starts to involve admin and lists. Have you paid or not? Do we need to check lists from several events? Do we have a second button on the home page if you have? It just doesn"t have the simplicity that I think we need.
I have to say I"m getting frustrated with the thread now - the win win answer doesn"t exist so I"m at the point of saying stuff it, let"s stick with closing the events two weeks early and have buy in via the APAT or Partner client. Then I can switch my energies to looking for a couple of admin volunteers.
Paulie_D:
How about a "Register Now" button instead which leads you to the relevant event(s) IF you are already listed in the "Permit Registration" database table.
If you aren"t it takes you to the form to allow you to pay the £5 to become a member with Registration privileges.
Lists of users allowed to register and those who have registered for events should (he said hopefully) be just a matter of exporting a file from the database.
I think this is entirely possible using WordPress but you"d have to talk to Phil.
Moocher:
Des / Paulie
Some fine tuning required. I did think of it as a REGISTER NOW,
A PAY NOW bypasses it completely and possibly adds admin to separate the 3 costs involved?
For the record, as I only play a few I would prob pay the £5 regardless, but can see the added costs for die hard players who play every event. It doesnt reward their loyalty.
I thought it may be workable as an option
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