Tournaments?

SiebrenBelfast

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26 Oct 13

SiebrenBelfast

Joined: 26 Oct 13
Moves: 480

26 Oct 13

Hi I am new, can I join any tournaments as a non-subscriber.

Ponderable

chemist

Linkenheim

Joined: 22 Apr 05
Moves: 670004

26 Oct 13

Originally posted by SiebrenBelfast
Hi I am new, can I join any tournaments as a non-subscriber.

Generally speaking: No.
There have been non-sub tournaments, but not more than once in a couple of years.
You can join clubs which offer tourneys for non-subs. But you will still be limited to six games in parallel.

SiebrenBelfast

Joined: 26 Oct 13
Moves: 480

26 Oct 13

ok thx. First wanna hang out here before I sign up

Kewpie

Felis Australis

Australia

Joined: 20 Jan 09
Moves: 390194

26 Oct 13

If you join a club - nonsubs can join clubs - and just play against other club members, there's a club player table (ladder) you can climb by winning games. That might keep you happy until you get addicted and six games is no longer enough. 🙂

Spence167

Joined: 27 Sep 11
Moves: 6592

29 Oct 13

I'm a subscriber. Rated at 1134. I tried to enter a tournament for 0-1149 players and it tells me I can't join because my rating is too high! Why?

Kewpie

Felis Australis

Australia

Joined: 20 Jan 09
Moves: 390194

30 Oct 13

Originally posted by Spence167
I'm a subscriber. Rated at 1134. I tried to enter a tournament for 0-1149 players and it tells me I can't join because my rating is too high! Why?

Your current Tournament Entry Rating (shown at the bottom of your profile page stats) is 1184. It's a method of smoothing the rating ups and downs just for tournaments. Your opponents run on the same calculated TER, so it's a fair way of keeping similar-level opponents together.