Arbiter and the Over-riding of Blocks.

[ODog]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

… One thing that I want to get off my chest: A "block" means a "block"; adding a "firm block" is absolute nonsense. ...

+1

This is the most absurd thing I've heard in a while. But I just checked it out on the site and it's all there, as others have described. Ridiculous.

[SC Official]

Thank goodness that we are not assigned games on blocked dates here. If there is a bind we simply get an e-mail asking if anyone can open up their calendar.

I shouldn’t have to make a block “firm.” If I’m blocked, I’m blocked, and it’s not really an assigner’s business why.

[Stat-Man]

Originally Posted by kcoulter

About 6-8 weeks ago, I discovered when I got a game for a time I was "blocked" that most of my partial day blocks had disappeared.

At first I thought I did something stupid, but the full day blocks remained and partial day blocks remained on days I had accepted games for.. so I can't figure out how I could have done it.

Kevin

Each summer, I set up partial-day blocks for the coming academic year based on my Monday-Friday work schedule. At some point this fall, I accepted a game and noticed all of my partial-day blocks I set for the 2018-19 season had disappeared as well . I replaced them as quickly as I could and wondered what happened.

Apparently, it wasn't just me. Now, I'm curious if there was some sort of glitch in Arbiter.

[LRZ]

I forgot to mention one of the most egregious examples of how arbiter is designed for everyone's benefit but ours, the officials: you can't remove yourself from an account; only the assigner can do that.

[chapmaja]

Originally Posted by Stat-Man

Each summer, I set up partial-day blocks for the coming academic year based on my Monday-Friday work schedule. At some point this fall, I accepted a game and noticed all of my partial-day blocks I set for the 2018-19 season had disappeared as well . I replaced them as quickly as I could and wondered what happened.

Apparently, it wasn't just me. Now, I'm curious if there was some sort of glitch in Arbiter.

Some? There have been several this year. One of them we had during volleyball season was all the sites for our assigner somehow ended up being at one venue. The AD couldn't figure out why all of the sudden volleyball matches from a hundred miles away were in his gym, or why he had 100 matches in his gym at the same time.

The one I found was similar, the site was ok, but the sub site was switched. Difficult to have a swim meet inside the gym.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by chapmaja

Difficult to have a swim meet inside the gym.

https://youtu.be/MnKoQbFXemE

[ODog]

Sorry to dredge this one up, but anyone know if there's a way to make Site or Partner blocks "firm"?

I've known about the "firm block" function for dates/times for a few seasons -- and I make all my blocks firm now -- but there doesn't appear to be that option for other categories of blocks.

A friend of mine also on the firm-block wagon just got an assignment at a site he's had blocked for more than a year.