CONTEST
If you have won 1st Place or 2nd Place in one contest you cannot win 1st or 2nd place prizes in the next contest (ie. no same 2 wins back-to-back by same person.
I will be keeping track of items collected by all players. If you are unsure of what items you still need, feel free to pogo msg me Grannymouse754 If you have any comments, suggestions or concerns regarding these contests, please feel free to pogo msg Granny or Donna. Our main goal is to keep the league fun and challenging, as well as reward our members with prizes.
Good luck and have fun !!!!
HOSTS HOSTS HOSTS
Granny's Angels is always looking for hosts to host the tours and cover our own hosts when they have things to do. No experience is necessary. All that is required is your desire to host and your time. We will give you all the training and tools necessary to host tournaments. It is easy to do and fun to interact with all the members in tours. If this is something you think you might want to try, please complete the “TD Application” link that is located on the homepage or contact any host/admin and let them know. We’d be very happy to have new hosts join the hosting crew.
NEW MEMBERS
Please extend a warm Granny's Angels welcome to them. Some of our new members are familiar with leagues and some are not and may require a little bit more explanation and help in tours. Please be patient and remember ….. we were all “new” at one time.
To all our new members, welcome to the league and we hope to see you playing in tours with us. We have a variety of tours each day, and if there is any specific game you’d like to play and don’t see it on the calendar, let us know and we will look into getting that game.
As well, always remember that there are “potential” new members in the room while we are in tours. If someone shows an interest in joining, or asks a question about the league or even if they just ask a general question like “I see so many hearts in the room”, please take the time to acknowledge their question and invite them to join the league. The hosts will normally do this, but there are times when they are away from the screen doing tour business and don’t see it. If you’re not comfortable doing this, then plz let the host know “busybee” was inquiring about the league. It takes cooperation from all to keep a successful league going.
GUIDELINES FOR TOURS
It is timely, once again, to go over conduct expected in our tours by the players::
• It is YOUR responsibility to make sure you are registered for tours. Hosts try to make sure all are in that want to be in, but in larger tours, this can be missed. Plzzzzz register for tours well in advance, listen for your name in roll call and speak up if your name is not called.
• There is ONE host per tour. Plz do not interfere in the host’s responsibilities. Lately it has been expressed by some that “there are too many cooks in the kitchen”. This results in not only confusion it causes frustration as well. If the host requires assistance, he/she will ask for it.
• Please pay attention to the host, especially when announcing pairs and byes. Tours are generally long enough without added delays.
• Keep chat at a minimum while hosts are getting scores in tours. When everyone is chatting, the chat box scrolls very fast and it is quite difficult for the host to get all scores. Please hold your chat each round until the scores have been collected.
• WAIT for the host to announce “refresh”, unless there is a special reason why you need to refresh ahead of time. Let the host know before you refresh
• Only Pogo names are to be used in tours - not personal names even though you may ask you to use their real name. Now, common sense should also be used. If the player’s Pogo name is BusyBee and you are asked to call her “bee”, that’s acceptable as it is part of the Pogo name. Now if the player’s name is “Bob” and their Pogo name is Coalminer – then no, Bob is not allowed. There is no correlation between “bob” and “coalminer”. This may seem petty to some, but the biggest reason is assigning pairs in tours. You may know Bob is Coalminer, and the host may know as well, but there will be some in tour who do not.
• Please also keep in mind that our hosts are human and they do make mistakes like the rest of us. When a mistake is made, please be patient and allow the host to correct. Do not all talk at once and add to the confusion. If you are expecting perfection in tours, maybe playing in tours is not for you.
• Plz keep all religion and political discussion at the door. We want our tours to be fun for all and not everyone shares in the same beliefs as others.
• Any disputes, concerns or discussions should be handled by the host only. If there is a dispute between players, the host will take BOTH players into Private Chat to try and resolve the matter. If the dispute cannot be resolved satisfactorily, then the matter should be taken to Trouble for resolution. Under no circumstances should any other player be involved.
We want our players to join the tours, have fun with your friends and support the league. With everyone following the above guidelines and working together, we can have the best league on Pogo with the minimum amount of disputes and disruption!!!
SPECIAL TOURS
TOC - The tour is held once a month (usually the 1st weekend of the month). All players who won a tour the previous month will receive an invitation to the TOC. Winner of this tour wins 10 gems, 1000 ladderbux and will be moved up to 1st place on the ladder.
BIG BUX & GEM TOUR - Every Sat @ 7pm, there will be a “Big Bux & Gem Tour” with 1,000 ladderbux and 5 gems to be given out to the winner.
WEAKEST LINK - Every Sunday @ 7pm . To remain eligible, you must commit to playing every Sunday @ 7pmuntil a winner is declared. At the end of each tour, the player with the lowest score in the tour will be declared ”The Weakest Link” for that week and be eliminated from the tour. If you play one week and do not get eliminated, but do not play the next week, you will be removed from the tour. Play will continue each Sunday until all the “Weakest Links” have been eliminated and there is 1 player remaining. That player will be declared the winner of the Weakest Link tour and win 10 gems. Anyone can play in this tour from week to week, including those who had previously been eliminated – you are just not eligible to win the prize.
LUCKY # 7 BINGO -- EveryTuesday @ 7pm Played in Bingo Luau - This tour is played the same as regular Bingo Luau, except there is a jackpot which goes up each week. The 1st week starts off at 5 gems, and each week that the jackpot is not won, 5 additional gems are added to a maximum of 25 gems. The jackpot will remain at 25 gems until won. To win the jackpot, you must call bingo on any number ending in "7". Example (b-7, i-27, n-37, etc.). Once the jackpot is won, it goes back to 5 gems the next week and continues on. (only 1 jackpot can be won per night)
BEAT THE HOST -Every Friday @ 7pm All players who beat the host’s score each round wins 2 gems
TRIVIA - Once a month hosted by Granny @ 7:00pm. 2 pogo gems will be given out for each correct trivia question, with 5 gems being given for the bonus question. One correct answer per player per round. All eligible to play in Bonus question.
BIRTHDAY TOURS: - Any player who would like a special Birthday Tour for their birthday, plz pogo msg grannymouse It will then be added to the Birthday List and when it’s time for your birthday, one of the hosts/admin will contact you to arrange particulars of the tour. The birthday person will automatically get 5 gems for their birthday – winner of the birthday bash will win 5 gems.
Case's Arcade 8 Ball Pool Tours
True Swiss – 5 Round
These tours will be held on Sundays, Tuesdays & Fridays at 4:00 pm edt each week.
S/E
These tours will be held at 4:00 & 4:30 pm edt on the 2nd Thursday of each month.
10-Minute Timer
These tours have a game-play limit of 10 minutes per round.
Go to Case's Arcade then click on 8 Ball Pool
Look under League Rooms, find & click on Granny's Angels (click on inactive leagues then Granny's Angels). After we become active, our room will show up under the regular list of League Rooms.
Before start of the tour, host will do roll call then will close & give pairs.
After pairs are given, host will ask if players are ready. Once players respond, host will tell everyone to click on Practice to start game-play against a bot. Game-play timer starts after host gives the time that the round ends (example: ROUND ENDS AT 4:10)
*Note: The reason for playing against a bot instead of your pair is because too often the game freezes or ends abruptly during game-play on a private table. It happens occasionally when playing bots, but not as often (we will check periodically to see if the private table game-play improves. If it does, we'll change to private tables for one on one game-play).
Each player posts their score in chat when their game is finished (everyone can see scores under Finished Games).
When time limit is approaching, the host will announce how much time is left (example: 1 MIN LEFT). At 10 minutes of game-play, host will announce that time is up and those that have not yet posted their score, are required to post at this time (it is a DQ if you don't post your score after the host announces time is up).
Granny's Angels values all our members. If you are sick, have family members who are sick or friends who need prayers, please let us know. Prayers always help and know that we are here for all who need prayers or just a pick-me-up.
If you have any special news or just have something you’d like to see in the Newsletter, please pogo message granny or Donna
Any questions, concerns or comments – we’d love to hear from you.
