My message was intended for Sarah. No idea why it doesn’t show. Lack of practice, probably. 
Bothers me also when I see that message. Especially after being quiet around my house waiting to her the “beep” for the start.
I register a few minutes early so players can see how many are going to be seated so we can have a full table.
@miri123.
If you want to reply to a specific post click the “Reply” in the post rather than at the bottom of the page.
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@miri123
Something else you may like to know about the forums here… If you hit the @ key on your machine it normally brings up the last few posters so you can select them by name and it pops up like your name did at the top of my posts.
Good Luck…
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Thanks for your kind suggestions, whoeverit. For the moment, I’ll put the first into practice. I’ll save the other one for my next response.
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Miri, also the “reply” in the post will get you that symbol showing who you are reply’n to, rather than using the slightly bigger “reply” just at the end of all posts…
You claim I “oppose vehemently” yet I didn’t, and went so far as to expand on his idea, as I thought it was presented… but yes Miri, there are times when rules cannot have loopholes… The main 2 differences between a SnG and a MTT are “fix’d vs variable start time” & “fix’d vs variable # of entrants”… other than that, both are basically the same thing… Just like chg’n things so NL …isn’t… anymore and is more like PL … People sometimes do things “on principal” for no gain, and all things have more than 1 side…
So, you see you can “chg” the start time all you want, but in principal… its potentially possible to still end up in the same boat 1 player short, and the MTT cancels so the chg isn’t gonna stop the cancelation… Not only that, but its not like these MTTs aren’t listed 23hrs ahead of time… there is ample time for interested ppl, to be rdy when thier MTT starts… Do you also see the benefit for replay to see which MTTs cancel due to “lack of interest”…
Miri, I enjoy exploring all sides to any “discussion”. It helps me form my opinions do to input of data from others, but yes i do have my opinions… and alot of the time what I consider to be fair for the most ppl, ends up hurting me personally… I just don’t see how this really helps anything, there still then remains a “hard start time” , so if the # of players aren’t reached it still will cancel. I would have a different opinion if the MTT was listed only 2 hrs before the start time, then I’d be all for a small grace period…
With the exception of the Sattalite MTT for 30 tickets, there are NO MTTs that require more than like 4-6 ppl… ( I think, 98% sure )… therefore if there aren’t 5 ppl outta 1000-2000 online players, it does deserve to cancel. Don’t treat the symptom, treat the cause… lobby Replay to better advertize and grow the Royal and Omaha formats… then you’ll always have 10 ppl for those MTTs.
(edit) Or Miri, let Coy write a few posts about Royal or Omaha, to drum up interest in them. I wrote “unlim rebuys for dummies”, 1 thread… and now 1 of them is part of a perm promo, and many more players play the 500 B&R than used to…
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@Sassy_Sarah
The change will not stop the cancellations, it will reduce them. It would only help the 1 or 2 players needed to start the game still be able to register if they are slightly late. It’s not meant for bringing any more players than those actually interested in joining. A tourney would still be cancelled if the minimum is not met by the end of the late registration period, but not 2 minutes before the tourney start time. It’s really very simple and straight forward. And it gives those who are a bit late to register the chance to still play, and those who already registered the chance not to have the tourney cancelled on them. Very easy, very straight forward, and has nothing to do with the tourneys being advertised 23 hours ahead or not. It just gives the tourney some extra time before it’s cancelled, exactly as it gives players some extra time to register late if they don’t make it on time. In other words, either extend the tourney cancellation time to include the late registration (starts on schedule if min players number is met otherwise starts when the number is met as long as it’s before the end of the late registration time, otherwise gets cancelled), or simply cancel the grace period of late registration for everyone and force them all to register before the tourney scheduled start time and be strict all the way. I hope that now I have explained EXACTLY what I mean because I don’t want you to get confused again if the sentences are apart
This may be a good time to bring up the concept of using prop players again. Availability of games is a huge deal in online poker and many sites use prop players to get games started or fill tables out. No one wants to have their tourney cancelled or have to wait an hour for a SnG to fill up. Many people don’t want to play rings with fewer than 3 people so may not be willing to start a new table and have to play heads up for a while.
Since Replay Poker already is cultivating Player Reps, maybe it would be a good idea to also open up the door to having prop players? Easy enough to pay in rakeback and would probably enhance the experience to be found here for quite a number of players.
Would be interested to hear from the company on whether this is something they would consider.
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I love this idea. I volunteer to be a part-time prop player but do not want special ink or any sign that says I am one. I will play robot-like, typically loose, but not donkey-like. I will limit my chat to “GL”, “NH”, “VNH”, “GG”, and “You are a Root Fungus” (only joking about the fungus thingy).
Scratch
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Great idea !!!
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Awesome 
Great suggestion there!
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Which is why I could never be a prop player…lol
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Hey Scratch - My understanding of how the system works is that it does not require any change in style on the players part. The player will go about his/her business as they normally would. The give and take is limited to a very specific function. The host offers the prop player a rebate on rake (rakeback) for all hands/tourneys played and in return, the prop player agrees to assist in filling games out for the host.
If this site had any interest in it, I’m sure someone like @Shakeraise would be able to explain it a lot better than I can. I am not great at multi-tabling and so I haven’t ever been a prop player myself. It was just something I ran across and researched a bit and thought could work here as well.
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@1Warlock @Scratch I do have some experience with prop players and rakeback indeed. For real money poker, it usually ends up with more hassle and problems than benefits (i.e. fraud, game fairness, collusion, prop player reliability, cost).
We haven’t really considered it for Replay so far but we would consider any idea or proposal. As long as we are talking about volunteering, rakeback deals and that we prioritize the development of games that are important for Replay and its community of players, it sounds great.
For instance, we are particularly keen on developping sit’n’go tournaments further - especially at the low and medium stakes - as this is the best game format for a new player to learn the ropes of poker and progress. We would encourage any initiative towards this game format.
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If this ever becomes a reality I would love to be considered; It is also a great format for offering tidbits of good poker habits, by example or by word.
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1st off, thanks for the comments on prop players. I could see there being a ton of issues with these types of programs but they seem to exist so I suppose its a cost-benefit thing.
As to SnG development, does the company have any thoughts on what it would like to see happen? I’d be happy to give it some thought if I knew what the goals were. Are you looking for more frequent games? More players in the SnG’s overall? Leaderboard changes (hint hint)? You have lots of people here willing to pitch in and brainstorm if you give a little direction.
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@cohenmaya , @fizzymint , @Shakeraise ,
After trying to get as many of these sattalite thingies for WWT- Eiffel Tower
I now know Coy’s frustration…
A MTT shouldn’t cancel 2 min before the start time, had 2 cancel on me today alone…
If not enuff ppl by start time, fine… but not cancel 2 min early.
In Both cases, it canceled before the start time… thats just wrong… 1 sec after, and I’m ok.
While playing a sattalite with rebuys ( unlim 30 min ) , there was
Rebuys: 111
Add-ons: 31
But no tickets add’d … thats just plain wrong… Promo or no promo, you have that many rebuys/addons… you gotta add some tickets… maybee 1 for every 10-15 maybee… something… but if it was a prizefund, then all those rebuys/addons would @least add into the payouts…
I still don’t say , not to cancel until late reg… but canceling 2++ minutes before the start time… thats just plain silly, don’t-cha think ???
@Sassy_Sarah thank you. Yes I agree. Although I still think it should be extended till the end of the late reg time. But the start time works as well. 2 min can make a huge difference. The thing is 2 min before the start time is when players are seated and you can open the table, that’s why if not enough players are registered, they can’t be seated, hence the cancellation 2 min before start. But I still think it’s wrong and should be extended at least until start time, but even better until end of late reg or 2 min before the end of late reg.