Drama Free Scheduling

From hereon out, all Friday Night and/or weekend games need to be scheduled in advance, with firm commitments in hand by Thursday nights.

No more last minute logistical nightmares, no more 11th hour flurry of frantic/confusing/contradictory phone calls, and no more bullshit claiming players are all lined up & ready to go, when they haven't even been contacted yet.  No more drama.

Period.

We ought to be able to schedule games enough in advance to avoid all the drama.  So please do it.  If the game hasn't been announced earlier in the week, and at least five or six are committed by Thursday evening, just count me out.

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As an aside:

I've been pretty clear, I think, in stating that I'm not particularly interested in playing short-handed games with 4 or fewer players at the table. And even five is a bit thin... 5 is the bare minimum, more would be preferred.

I absolutely hate it when I commit to a game, with the understanding that we absolutely have at least the bare minimum number (5) in hand... only to show up to find there's only three of us playing, and begging for late arrivals. Please don't bullshit me anymore with phony head counts when asking me if I'm in or not... if it happens again, I'm just not going to play anymore.

I also absolutely hate it when I choose to not play, and get a barrage of friggin' phone calls trying to talk me into playing anyway. When I say 'No', I mean 'No', and pushing me to change my mind is only going to piss me off.