Stargazers TD Information Center

WELCOME TO THE TDIC

If you are a Stargazers staff member, we hope the information gathered here will help you direct tourneys.

If you are not on staff but thinking about completing an application, you are welcome to look around the center at the information that would be available to you as a new TD. Please contact an Admin or use the email at the bottom of the page if you have any questions. A link to the TD application is below.

If you are from another league, do not take the codes and information here for your own use. Taking an idea and recreating it in your own way is one thing. Copying & pasting code is unethical & unprofessional. Codes and information provided here are for Stargazers use only. No exceptions.

TD APPLICATION

RECENT UPDATES TO THE TDIC

This section will include any recent updates to information in the TDIC by date of the update.

Updates will include same IP members, special needs members, revisions to league and/or game rules, changes in staff, schedule changes or any information deemed valuable to staff.

PAST 30 DAYS:

12-May-2012 - Added red_thair, sushi135413 & weebitlooney to Admin

7-May-2012 - Removed Black Jacks from Forced Bid Variations game list

4-May-2012 - Cases removed trackedmehere from Staff

29-Apr-2012 - Added May 2012 Specials Calendar

29-Apr-2012 - Added ru4gigi & vantz.stockwell to the Cannot Partner List.

27-Apr-2012 - Added frag3nal & tribezfan to the Cannot Partner List.

27-Apr-2012 - Added l3ambin & baylor_grl to the Cannot Partner List.

2-Apr-2012 - Removed guanoapes2011(purged) & ladystuntebeck428 (purged) from the Cannot Partner List.

2-Apr-2012 - Removed catlady2532, zackpzack (purged) & catladie2532 (purged) from the Cannot Partner List.

2-Apr-2012 - Removed masters_poohbear (purged) & doghousemaster (purged) from the Cannot Partner List.

2-Apr-2012 - spadesgall was removed from staff

LESS RECENT UPDATES

TODAY'S TD TIP - AUTO PAIRINGS

Members on Auto are ALWAYS paired based upon the individual's Registration Number in sequential (low to high) order. For example, if you have 4 members on Auto and their Registration Numbers are 3,6, 8 & 10, members 3 & 6 will be a team and members 8 & 10 will be a team. The seeding option (rating, random, etc.) only applied to the team AFTER Auto has put them together. Same Household members are not allowed to register sequentially on Auto. If they do, one must withdraw and rejoin Auto or make a Team.

MORE TD TIPS

~*~ TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE (ET USA) ~*~

10:00am ~*~ TD CHOICE (NO REGULAR OR SUICIDE)

12:00pm ~*~ REGULAR OR REGULAR VARIATION

2:00pm ~*~ TD CHOICE (NO REGULAR OR SUICIDE)

4:00pm ~*~ REGULAR OR REGULAR VARIATION

6:00pm ~*~ SUICIDE W NIL OR SUICIDE ANYTHING GOES W DNIL

8:00pm ~*~ REGULAR W NIL ONLY (NO VARIATION)

10:00pm ~*~ TD CHOICE (PREFERABLY A POPULAR GAME - NO REGULAR OR SUICIDE)

12:00am ~*~ REGULAR W NIL ONLY (NO VARIATION)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING TOURNEYS:

Special tournaments will replace scheduled tournaments.

Please check specials calendar prior to scheduling tourneys.

Please check assigned tourney time slots prior to scheduling tourneys.

Please do not take more than 1 prime time (6PM, 8PM, 10PM, 12AM) slot per day

Please do not duplicate games within the same day (Exception: Reg w Nil)

All even-houred scheduled tourneys (including most specials) are non-random partners 2v2 10/30/500 SE, 8/30/500 SWISS or 8/20/500 DE

Quickies on odd hours should be random partners 4/15/500, 5/15/500 or 6/20/500 and start no later than 15 minutes past the hour.

One-hand roulettes should be 1v1, no ladder stats and start no later than 15 before the hour (4 roulettes = 1 tour credit).

For all time slots, if not enough players for 2v2, please remake as 1v1.

Assigned Tourney Time Slots & Tourney Fees
Time	Sun	Mon	Tues	Weds	Thurs	Fri	Sat
10 AM	75	75	75	75	75	75	75
12 PM	75	75	75	CLAIRE'S CLUB 100	75	75	75
2 PM	75	75	75	75	75	75	75
4 PM	75	75	75	75	75	75	75
6 PM	75	75	75	75	75	75	75
8 PM	SPECIALS 100	NUTTY'S BASEBALL 200	100	100	100	TWENTY ONE 100	100
10 PM	MIRRORS 100	WHIZ W KAY 100	GAZERS FEUD 200	CRAZY SPADES 100	TRIVIA 200	100	100
12 AM	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
SE ODD-HOUR (QUICKIES) ARE 50 BUX SWISS ODD-HOUR (QUICKIES) ARE 100 BUX SE SPECIALS ARE 100 or 200 BUX SWISS & DE SPECIALS ARE 200 BUX ONE-HAND ROULETTES ARE 100 BUX If you have an assigned slot and are unable to fulfill your obligation, it is your responsibility to make sure that the slot is filled. If you wish to take an open slot please contact Head Admin suicide.nuts Judy or any Admin. Assigned slots do not have to be Specials. Regular schedule tourneys may be replaced with Specials if calendar conflicts. Last Revision: 30-Dec-2011 Codes & Information for Stargazers use only. Please comply.

SPECIAL CASE MEMBERS

SAME IP ADDRESS MEMBERS

These members may only partner in Random Partner tourneys when paired by the system. Any teams or Auto pairings should be disqualified.

jamminonthemike07 & lillyborer1

poet28429 & sassy_cowgirl2006tx

gazers_confused_1, fearlessscorpio13 & blonde_grad2011

ky_teddybear2004 & lady_teddybear2004

crazy_lives_in_my_head & l3e4vis0x0x

sexyhot_cherries & babytronspader

nil_queen_62901 & nil_king_62901

i_carry_ur_bags (gazers.george) & make_me_bag

tweetygirl2010 & coolgranny17

ll3jj30 (kimber84772000 & blue_crab2004) & nobodyuknow408 (ken_likes_to_nil & gtoragtop72)

bedbugger2001 & creatingmemorieswithalbums

cheesesteakboy614 & spades_mart

redheddevl & mrstevejarrell

ru4gigi & vantz.stockwell

frag3nal & tribezfan

l3ambin & baylor_grl

SPECIAL NEEDS MEMBERS

Only staff directing tourneys has authority to use CAPS in the lobby. TD may extend game time for Special Needs Members.

blue_1sland - Sight impaired - Everyone use CAPS at the table.

candianrose20 - Sight impaired - Everyone use CAPS at the table.

liburke - Parkinson's causing slow play at times.

chryl_gul - Illness - Playing with severe pain so possibly slow play at times.

calie_lady - Sight impaired - Everyone use CAPS at the table.

oldernwyzer - Recovering from a stroke - May be slow at times.

If you know of other Same IP Address members or members with Special Needs, please email tropical_stargazer@yahoo.com with the IDs.

Specials Calendar ~ May 2012
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
29 APR BIRTHDAY PARTY NOON BIRTHDAY PARTY 8PM MIRROR SPADES 10PM	30 APR SHUFFLE W NUTTY 8PM WHIZ W KAY 10PM	1 GAZERS FEUD 10PM	2 CLAIRE'S CLUB NOON CRAZY SPADES 10PM	3 TRIVIA 10PM	4 REG +21 ~ 8PM SUICIDE QUALIFIER 10PM	5 TOC NOON TOC 8PM
6 MIRROR SPADES 10PM	7 BASEBALL W NUTTY 8PM WHIZ W KAY 10PM	8 BOL QUALIFIER #1 ~ 8PM GAZER FEUD 10PM	9 CLAIRE'S CLUB NOON {SUICIDE IL 8PM} CRAZY SPADES 10PM	10 BOL QUALIFIER #2 8PM TRIVIA 10PM	11 REG +21 ~ 8PM	12 {BOL IL 7PM} ANGELS v DEVILS 10PM
13 ROYAL BALL 8PM MIRROR SPADES 10PM	14 BASEBALL W NUTTY 8PM WHIZ W KAY 10PM	15 SHUFFLE NOON 1 V 1 MANIA W WEEBIT 8PM GAZERS FEUD 10PM	16 CLAIRE'S CLUB NOON CRAZY SPADES 10PM	17 TRIVIA 10PM	18 REG +21 ~ 8PM	19 3X3 RELAY 8PM
20 BOS 8PM MIRRORS CHAMPIONSHIP 10PM	21 BASEBALL W NUTTY 8PM WHIZ W KAY 10PM	22 GAZERS FEUD 10PM	23 CLAIRE'S CLUB NOON CRAZY SPADES 10PM	24 TRIVIA 10PM	25 REG +21 ~ 8PM	26 BIG BUX SWISS MIX 10PM
27 BIRTHDAY PARTY NOON BIRTHDAY PARTY 8PM MIRROR SPADES 10PM	28 BASEBALL W NUTTY 8PM WHIZ W KAY 10PM	29 GAZERS FEUD 10PM	30 CLAIRE'S CLUB NOON SHUFFLE W NUTTY 8PM CRAZY SPADES 10PM	31 TRIVIA 10PM	1 JUN REG +21 ~ 8PM	2 JUN TOC NOON TOC 8PM
Need More Information about a Special? Use the Creation Guide in the TD Center. Calendar Subject to Change Without Notice Codes & Information for Stargazers use only. Please comply.

SPECIAL TOURNEYS ~ CREATION GUIDE
NAME	DATE/TIME	FORMAT	GAME~BUX	PARTNERS	AUTHORIZED	DESCRIPTION
TOC	1st Saturday Noon & 8PM	SE 10/30/500 No Ladder Stats	Reg w Nil~200	Random	Noon ~ TD/HTD TOC Approved 8PM ~ TD/HTD TOC Approved	No LadderStats. Invitation Only for members winning a tourney in prior month. If 1st is on a Saturday, TOC is played on Sunday the 2nd.
Royal Ball	2nd Sunday 8PM	SE 10/30/500	Reg w Nil~100	Teams/Auto	suicide.nuts	Encourage teams of 1 woman & 1 man, but not mandatory. Bounties encouraged (optional).
Angels vs Devils	2nd Saturday 10PM	SE 10/30/500	Truth or Dare~100	Teams/Auto	Devils~TD/HTD Angels~weebitlooney	1 tourney for angels, 1 tourney for devils. Winners playoff for Title. Bounties encouraged (optional).
BOS	3rd Sunday 8PM	SE 10/30/500	Reg w Nil~100	Teams/Auto	Women~TD/HTD Men~TD/HTD	1 tourney for men, 1 tourney for women. Winners playoff for Title. Bounties encouraged (optional).
Mirrors Championship	3rd Sunday 10PM	SE 10/30/500	Mirror Spades~100	Teams/Auto	TD/HTD	Monthly Championship for our Mirrors lovers. Winners are awarded this month's Mirrors Trophy. If month has 5 Sundays, Mirrors Championship is played on the 4th Sunday.
1 v 1 Mania	3rd Tuesday 8PM	SE 10/30/500 # of Players = 1 # of Teams = 2	Reg w Nil~100	Teams/Auto	weebitlooney	Big Bux to winner.
3x3 Relay	3rd Saturday 8PM	Swiss 9/30/500 # of Players = 3 # of Teams = 2	Reg w Nil~200	Teams/Auto	TD/HTD Swiss Approved	3 members per team rotating seats each hand. Big Bux to winners (optional).
Masquerade Ball	4th Saturday 10PM	Swiss 3 Rnds 8/30/500 No Ladder Stats	Suicide w DNil~0	Random	TD/HTD Swiss Approved	TD chooses theme. Members create & play using theme-based "masked" IDs. Member names are awarded Bux for creativity, humor, etc.
Birthday / Anniversary Party	Final Sunday Noon & 8PM	SE 10/30/500	Reg w Nil~100	Teams/Auto	Noon~TD/HTD 8PM~TD/HTD	Recognize current month birthdays & anniversaries. Bounties on honored members encouraged (optional).
Shuffle	15th Noon 30th 8PM	SE 10/30/500	Reg w Nil~200	Random	noon~TD/HTD 8PM~suicide.nuts	Admin required online to post top 8 finishers to top 8 rank spots at completion of tourney. If conflicts with another special, may be played any date 14th-16th or 28th-1st.
Sunday Mirrors	Sundays 10PM	SE 10/30/500	Mirror Spades~100	Teams/Auto	TD/HTD	Weekly special for our Mirrors lovers. Big Bux & Bounties are optional
Baseball	Mondays 8PM (Seasonal)	True Swiss 3 Rnds 10/30/500	Reg w Nil~200	Random	suicide.nuts	Wins = 2 Points. Losses = 1 Point. Byes = Wins. Cumulative points determine winners of prizes at end of Baseball season.
Football	Mondays 8PM (Seasonal)	SE 10/30/500	Reg w DNil~100	Random	suicide.nuts	Wins, Nils, Dnils, Opp Sets, etc = Points. Cumulative points determine winners of prizes at end of Football season.
Nutty's Big Bux Reggy	Mondays 8PM (Seasonal)	SE 10/30/500	Reg w Nil~200	Random	suicide.nuts	Played as Reg w Nil. TD awarded Big Bux to winners.
Whiz	Mondays 10PM	SE 10/30/500 Private Tables Kibitz On	Spades or NIL~100	Teams/Auto	TD/HTD	Weekly special for those who love Whiz.
Gazer Feud	Tuesdays 10PM	True Swiss 3 Rnds 8/30/500	Chosen from List~200	Teams/Auto	TD/HTD Swiss Approved	TD chooses survey questions. Top answers earn points. Member with most points chooses game for the round. Extra questions for ratings points optional
Claire's Club	Wednesdays Noon	SE 10/30/500	Reg w Nil~100	Teams/Auto	sushi135413	Played as Reg w Nil. TD tracks members having Jack & Queen of Clubs in single hand. 25 ratings points for each QJ pair. Admin required to award ratings points.
Crazy Spades	Wednesdays 10PM	DE 8/30/500	Crazy Spades~100	Teams/Auto	TD/HTD	Big Bux optional
Trivia	Thursdays 10PM	True Swiss 3 Rnds 8/30/500	Chosen from List~200	Teams/Auto	TD/HTD Swiss Approved	TD chooses theme and 4-5 Trivia questions. 1st correct answer chooses game for the round. Extra questions for Bux optional.
21 (Black Jack)	Fridays 8PM	SE 10/30/500	Reg w Nil~100	Teams/Auto	TD/HTD	Played as Reg w Nil. TD tracks members having Ace & Jack of Spades in single hand. 25 ratings points for each 21. Admin required to award ratings points.
BOL Qualifier	Tuesday & Thursday before 2nd Saturday 8PM	SE 10/30/500	Reg w Nil~100	Teams/Auto	TD/HTD	Winners represent league in BOL on 2nd Saturday 7 PM. Coordinate with BOL rep.
Suicide Qualifier	Friday before 2nd Wednesday 10PM	SE 10/30/500	Suicide w DNil~100	Teams/Auto	TD/HTD	Finalists represent league in Suicide on 2nd Wednesday 8 PM. Coordinate with Suicide rep.
If you are unable to run your assigned tourneys, it is your responsibility to find a replacement TD. Scheduled days are subject to change in months when 2 tourneys conflict. Please contact an Admin if you have any questions or concerns. Revised: 12-Jan-2012 Codes & Information for Stargazers use only. Please comply.

~*~Help Creating & Running Your Tourney ~*~

TD LOGIN

HTD LOGIN

DEFAULT TOURNEY RULES

Copy and paste League rules & save as your default rules.

GAME RULES

Copy and paste Specific Game Rules for your tourney.

STAFF LISTING

Current Stargazers staff list

DIRECTING & PLAYING

Rules for HTDs & TDs playing in your own tournament.

HTD RESPONSIBILITIES

Current HTD duties & responsibilities.

MYLEAGUE TD GUIDE

Valuable information for new Tourney Directors.

MYLEAGUE HTD GUIDE

Valuable information for Head Tourney Directors.

STARGAZERS STAFF FAQs

Common questions answered for Stargazers staff.

MYLEAGUE TOURNEY COMPLIANCE FAQs

A list of tourney Do's & Don'ts.

SHORT KEYS or KEY TEXT

Programs for spamming lobby and table rules. Use slow settings to avoid banning of ID by Yahoo.

!QUICK SCREEN CAPTURE or SCREEN SHOT

Programs for capturing screenshots. Window 7 users have Snip It.

LEAGUE TRAINING VIDEOS

Links to training videos for staff & members.

MYLEAGUE TD TRAINING

A site where you may practice making, running, and closing tours.

THT - ONE STOP FOR ALL YOUR TD/ADMIN NEEDS

A site with TD & Admin resources

TEXT SCRAMBLER

A site to create word lists for Text Twist. Works best with one word clues.

PAPER TOURNEYS

A site to create paper tourneys when MyLeague is not operational. Includes a tutorial.

KRISSY'S NEW BEES

A Yahoo group to learn PSP & HTML.

~*~Help Decorating Your Tourney Page ~*~

Most sites with pre-made tourneys allow you to copy and paste their HTML code to your Custom HTML box. Never HOT LINK directly to a sig website. If the site does not allow copy/paste, you will need to save the image to your computer and upload to your server space. NEVER remove designer credits.

A NIKKI CREATION

ANNIE'S TREASURES

BARB'S FANTASY DESIGNS

BIKKY'S PLACE

BLONDES PAGES

CG'S CREATIONS

CHERIE'S TOURNEYS FOR ALL

DELL'S SIG CELL

DESIGNS BY BEL

DESIGN BY BRENDA

DOOPY'S SIGS

PHILLYS DESIGNS

SILVER MOON SIGS

SQUIRRELYMOMM'S DESIGNS

TIGGS TAGGS AND TUNES

TOURNEYS FOR ALL

ZAZZLES BY DESIGN

BANNER GENERATOR

DRAAC CODES & MORE

TOURNEY COLORS
MINI TUTORIAL

COLOR CODE CHART

BASIC HTML

KRISSY'S NEW BEES
PSP & HTML

EMMA'S HOME

JPCA DESIGNS

JUDY816'S SIGS

KAYJAK CREATIONS

LADY JM DESIGNS

LEE'S VARIETIES

MARY'S SIGS

MYSTICAL DREAM DESIGNS

Some of these sites include tourney pages inappropriate for Stargazers. Check with suicide.nuts if you aren't sure about a particular page. MyLeague guidelines are found HERE

If you discover a website you would like to share with other staff, email the link to tropical_stargazer@yahoo.com.

~*~Interleagues~*~
BOL (Click to go to League Homepage)
- BOL Qualifiers are played at 8 PM the Tuesday & Thursday before the 2nd Sat of each month.
- BOL Interleague is played the 2nd Sat 7 PM of each month.
- REP is suicide.nuts Nutty Judy ~ Alternate Rep is OPEN position.
SUICIDE(Click to go to League Homepage)

Suicide Qualifier is played at 10 PM the Friday before the 2nd Wed of each month.
Suicide Interleague is played the 2nd Wed 8 PM of each month.
REP is suicide.nuts Nutty Judy ~ Alternate Rep is OPEN position.

As of July 2010, Stargazers league is participating in the BOL & Suicide Interleagues. Contact an Admin if you have questions about other Interleagues.

~*~Back Doors~*~

Access to Yahoo lobbies when lobbies are full & direct access is denied.

EMERGENCY BACK-UP LOBBY - AUSTRALIA KOALA BRANCH

THE BOARDWALK - BOL Interleague Tourney #1

MEXICO JUBILADOS - BOL Interleague Tourney #2

CANADA INTERMEDIATE 2 - Suicide Interleague

* TD Login:
* Password:

* Choose Tournament Format

* Date

* Time

Tournament Settings
* Name of Tournament (optional): (e.g. Spades or Nil with Bernie)
Game:
Game Room Name:
Game Room Link (url to where the game is being played):
* Game Format (name of your Spades game): (e.g. Mirror Spades 10/30/500)

Tourney Style:
Number of Rounds:
* Minutes between Round Start Times:
Number of Players per Team:
Teams Competing per match: HELP
Random Team Partners?
Membership Requirements: HELP
Multiple Day Tournament? HELP
Invitation Only Tournament? HELP
Ladder Stats Tournament? HELP
TOC Tournament? HELP
Select TOC tournament winners start and end dates: From to

True Swiss System? -Yes -No

Use one of your preset rules pages:

Custom message for TOC E-Mail invitation:

* LADDERBUX SETTINGS HELP
No entry fee; No prize or Ladderbux rewards
No entry fee; Ladderbux to top finishers HELP
Ladderbux entry fee; Ladderbux to top finishers HELP

Tournament Settings

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