Week 2 Foursomes Matches Announced!
The secret envelopes were as follows:
And here are the resulting week 2 Matches: this time around 3 matches can only work at the weekend, 1 can only work weekday, and the other two have overlap times both weekday and weekend. Please read the suggested times information below and consult the Chart.
As I mentioned in the earlier post, the direct correlation 1-1,2-2, etc did not work out for scheduling. I followed the process outlined above, and match-ups worked out perfectly for all 6 matches only in the 5th permutation, by shifting the secret envelope line-up order by 3 places (ShiftBy3: 1-4, 2-5, 3-6, 4-1, 5-2, 6-3).
If anyone cares about transparency, you can reference all the tabs at the bottom to see what the problem was with each other try. Most often it was that I just don't have much weekend availability and was coming up against players that had no weekday daytime overlap. Ironically, there is a 2hr window on Saturday morning that could work for me, but only on the 1st and 4th weekend of the event.
As always, it will take everyone's best intentions and clear communication to pull this off! Please pay attention to PMs and this thread, and confirm your matches for precise times and be there as scheduled! Real-life may well interfere, but let's all do our very best to make this work. Thanks!
See detailed instructions below on What to do next... Please also confirm here in the thread when your match is all arranged.
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Week 2 (from Sat 1/31 to Mon 2/9):: will be Foursomes (Alt Shot) with a set of six matches to be played over all 18 holes at Olympic with the following conditions:
Olympic :: 4-Player Alt Shot :: Ranked Mode :: Full 18 :: Uneven Lies :: 60 second timer :: all other conditions as set by the game lobby
Please note: Matches should end at the 18th, if they haven't ended earlier. You should not play Extra Holes. If match is tied after the 18th hole, then the result is A/S, and each team wins 1/2 pt.
The line-up for the 2nd week 4-Player Foursomes (Alt Shot) matches, to be completed by Mon 9th Feb, is as follows (see Availability Chart here):
Team USA vs Team ROW
A :: ColumbusStorm & fredsf vs JoeMaverick & sebicu
B :: Devonnnnn & DaveDwingdale vs KonradOse & Saurabh08
C :: KyRock75 & iconian vs Daskino & Priestess
D :: BigKnight & ab1983 vs emmalinks & Corwyn
E :: bhoese & GolferDadRB vs FairwayRuepel68 & johehejo
F :: mmyers0 & Wesdogg75 vs fmagnets & Wontonamo
Suggested dates/times for Matches: The spreadsheet shows a bolded and bordered block of 2-3hrs for each match that is the suggested overlap.
Note that I am recommending Saturday times for all groups constrained to the weekend, in order to avoid Sunday's SuperBowl.
A :: The only overlap for the 4 of you is the weekend, between 8pm-11pm UTC (noon-3pm WGT time). Please schedule for Saturday 1/31 at 8pm UTC (noon WGT time).
Update: Russ unavailable Sat 1/31. Group are trying for same time Sun 2/1 or Sat 2/7.
Russ (ColumbusStorm): your 3pm local time.
Fred (fredsf): your 12noon local time.
Joe (JoeMaverick): your 9pm local time.
Seb (sebicu): your 10pm local time.
MATCH B :: note amendment to start time since original post :: the suggested time was too early for Dave, so I'm pushing it back 2hrs to 3pm UTC (7am WGT time)
Your foursome could play weekdays or weekends, but with Devon's post saying he has all of Saturday off, let's try for that first day. You have a wide overlapping block of time, between 1pm-7pm UTC (5am-11am WGT time). But to avoid overlapping with another match, please schedule for Saturday 1/31 at 1pm UTC (5am WGT time) 3pm UTC (7am WGT time).
Devon (Devonnnnn): your 9:30am 11:30am local time. (the spreadsheet can't show 1/2hr increments)
Dave (DaveDwingdale): your 8am 10am local time.
Konrad (KonradOse): your 2pm 4pm local time.
Saurabh (Saurabh08): your 6pm 8pm local time.
C :: The only overlap for the 4 of you is the weekend, between 9pm-midnight UTC (1pm-4pm WGT time). Please schedule for Saturday 1/31 at 9pm UTC (1pm WGT time).
Mike KyRock75 & Icon (iconian): your 9pm 4pm local time.
Luciano (Daskino): your 10pm local time.
Tess (Priestess): your 9pm local time.
D :: Your group can only play on a weekday. Please schedule for Tue 2/3, Wed 2/4, or Thu 2/5 at 6pm UTC (10am WGT time).
BigKnight & AB (ab1983): your 1pm local time.
Emma (emmalinks): your 7pm local time.
Corwyn: your 10am local time.
E :: Your group can only play at the weekend. You have a wide overlapping block of time, between 2pm-11pm UTC (6am-3pm WGT time). But to avoid overlapping with other matches, please schedule for Saturday 1/31 at 5pm UTC (9am WGT time).
Ben (bhoese) & Ross (GolferDadRB): your 11am local time.
Marc (FairwayRuepel68) & Jorg (johehejo): your 12 noon 6pm local time.
F :: Your foursome could play weekdays or weekends. You have wide overlapping blocks of time: weekdays between 1am-4am UTC (5pm-8pm WGT time), and weekends 11pm-5am UTC (3pm-9pm WGT time). If you want to join most of the other matches in a SuperWGT RyderCup Saturday extravaganza (to rival the SuperBowl next day, lol!), you might opt to foliow the Icon/Rock v Lu/Tess match, and start yours on Saturday 1/31 at around midnight UTC (4pm WGT time)?
Please be careful about which day you schedule (as Tom will be 1 day ahead of mm, Wes & Mags) & note that Tom is 10.5hrs ahead of UTC time.
mmyers0 & Wes (Wesdogg75): perhaps Sat at your 6pm local time.
Mags (fmagnets): perhaps Sat at your 10pm local time.
Tom (Wontonamo): perhaps Sun at your 10:30am local time.
Here is the Chart in picture form: right-click to open in new tab, (note: it's easier to read in the spreadsheet itself; also the spreadsheet will be constantly updated; it's dynamic, while this pic below is not!)
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What to do next?
Send Friend Requests to your playing partner and your opponents from the other team. Either use this forum thread to confirm your matches via public replies (please quote this post and any relevant replies to make it easier to track), or do it all via PMs. [Always post here in the thread so we know you are scheduled.]
This tourney will not work if you rely on just 'catching your partner and opponents green' -- you must schedule a specific time and date, and be there at that time!
Team ROW will be leading after the first series and thus have the honor for this second series, the Foursomes (AltShot) matches.
And, the procedure for figuring out who tees off first within each team is explained in WGT's FAQ (copied below, with my emphasis):
How are the teams made?
The creator of the game invites 3 other people to play, then chooses a partner from one of those players to form Team Green. The remaining 2 players form Team Gold, and the representative for Team Gold gets to choose who will tee off first for their team. The creator of the game will always tee off first for Team Green.
What are the rules for Alternate Shot?
Whoever tees off first for the team will tee off on all of the odd numbered holes (1,3,5 etc.). Their partner will tee off on the even numbered holes (2,4,6 etc,).
Any questions, please ask here!
Thanks, and good luck to everyone,
Corwyn