Admin: Can we get STATE/CITY title rule?

poolmouse

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Some of us are missing tournaments because the title doesn't include State and City. It would be great if it could be a rule (ie: admin can bounce the post so the poster can post again with State and City). :)

State | City | etc | etc | etc
 
I still think there should be State Icons used for each thread

Not sure if that's an easy mod or not but would be cool for the Icons below the message to be the Postal Abbreviations in different colors.. IE there would be an Orange "TN" for Tennessee tourneys.....
 
I agree...

Even just the state abbreviations, or the zip code in the header, when I scroll over the listing, would be a huge improvement... SOMETHING that would tell me that the tourney is in or near my area...
 
Perhaps just make sub folders or categories under the Tournament forum tab. Like sub forums for each state.
 
There is a sticky outlining how to title a tournament announcement. Sadly,Few read it.

Policing thread titles would be a full time job. Bottom line. Blame the promoter of the events you're missing.

Ray
 
Lol isn't there a way to make requirements for a thread? AKA some sort of <form> code to make this happen? Doesn't seem too hard. If you need help, I can probably look into it.
 
Lol isn't there a way to make requirements for a thread? AKA some sort of <form> code to make this happen? Doesn't seem too hard. If you need help, I can probably look into it.

I am absolutely sure some code could be implemented that forces thread owner to choose a State radio button when creating a new thread in this particular forum. This is long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng overdue.

I took a quick look to see if there was a tourney to be played in Florida this weekend, and after the 4th/5th time opening a thread only to find the tourney was 500 miles away, I said f*ck it.. I will just study for a certification this weekend.

If we have a web/coder guy anywhere on the forum that can knock this out for the AZBilliards forum, please do so..

Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaase. Lack of coordinated communication of tourney dates/locations is killing attendance. It is not motivating at all to practice when I feel like I have to open up a million threads in the tourney forum just to find a tourney to play. This can easily be governed by code, and needs no moderator to maintain.

Russ
 
I am absolutely sure some code could be implemented that forces thread owner to choose a State radio button when creating a new thread in this particular forum. This is long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng overdue.

I took a quick look to see if there was a tourney to be played in Florida this weekend, and after the 4th/5th time opening a thread only to find the tourney was 500 miles away, I said f*ck it.. I will just study for a certification this weekend.

If we have a web/coder guy anywhere on the forum that can knock this out for the AZBilliards forum, please do so..

Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaase. Lack of coordinated communication of tourney dates/locations is killing attendance. It is not motivating at all to practice when I feel like I have to open up a million threads in the tourney forum just to find a tourney to play. This can easily be governed by code, and needs no moderator to maintain.

Russ

Everyone's welcome to use my site for tournament listings. It's free and easy to find tournaments. I'm up for any suggestions for modifications. I created it originally for tournaments in my area, but expanded it for all of the U.S. It has a nice search feature.http://findpooltournaments.com/
 
Taking my own advice

Since I don't see any of the weekly Volcano's (Hurst, TX) tournaments listed here, I took the liberty of listing this week's tournaments. It took less than 5 minutes, and anyone can glance at the subject and quickly determine if it's a tournament near them.

http://forums.azbilliards.com/showpost.php?p=3377606&postcount=1

A form for adding tournaments would be great. Drop-down menus to select state, city, entry fee, single/double elimination, fee, number of days, etc...
 
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