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GaylanStudio2 Premium Member Posts : 243 |
A simple change regarding handler selection:
When I pick "Choose Handler" the next page shows the Judge link. Can we not have the judge's traits automatically load - saving another click to see that then another click to go back to select the handler. It might encourage me to enter these shows more often when there is no "Owner" judges available that day . . . |
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XiZang Premium Member Posts : 1,000+ |
What I would like to see is 75% of the handlers removed. |
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Sunwing Premium Member Posts : 237 |
Has there been any new rotation of handlers? When I came back for some reason I expected to see a different set of handlers lol. |
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gaylanstudio Premium Member Posts : 2,000+ |
I'm not sure there has ever been a rotation or any kind of change in handlers. There used to be periodic retirements of judges and new ones added but it hasn't been done for some time. I can't recall the details but it seems there was some kind of issue around the process. I think maybe there was a failure in the creation of new judges and the roster was becoming quite limited. |
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XiZang Premium Member Posts : 1,000+ |
Some of the judges retired before I even joined. It's like the codes to rotate handlers and/or judges was deleted. It is extremely frustrating and I no longer try to match judged to dogs. It just takes too long. It takes some of the fun out of it for sure. |
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Eclipse 207 Premium Member Posts : 95 |
this post has been edited 3 time(s) I agree with XiZang. I like to show everything by Owner, and feel all Handlers should go away, I think it's more fun and fair that way. ----- Last edited by Eclipse 207 on 1/1/2023 8:14:42 AM ----- Last edited by Eclipse 207 on 1/1/2023 8:15:19 AM |
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Comet Poodles Premium Member Posts : 500+ |
this post has been edited 1 time(s) quoteNo thanks. I have campaigned many dogs on this website utilizing judge preferences and that's part of the fun for me. Taking the short time to evaluate for group/show placements and wins has led to some of my best dogs. Handlers are a part of that. They also keep the schedule of points fairly low for /most/ breeds, which keeps things fair. Owner handler preferred judges are fine and I enter all class dogs when they pop up. However, I don't see any reason for the rest of the judge pool with handlers to go away. ----- Last edited by Comet Poodles on 1/1/2023 9:47:30 AM |
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Tarot Premium Member Posts : 500+ |
Re handlers, there are just too darned many. The bottom half could be eliminated and it would not change anything, just make it a little quicker. Re judges, used to be that there was a smaller pool of judges that rotated. With as many dogs as I have in 5 kennels, some just get shown under OH and for the others, because it's so time consuming I usually just pick ones who like handlers in the top half so I can't have to scroll down for every one. I used to have a spreadsheet listing the judges and their preferences, but now there are just too many to do that. |
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Comet Poodles Premium Member Posts : 500+ |
this post has been edited 1 time(s) quoteMaybe I'm just running on memory at this point because when I see certain names in the preferred handlers list, I already know who to pick (say, Ellen, Roxanne, Joe, Reberol, Billip). But perhaps that's just after playing this game for 16 years, on and off edit: also of the Top 25 handler preferences per judge, we effect handler rankings and we always pick the usual suspects. The game might be different if there wasn't so much weight on the handlers, but again, game updates and improvements. quoteYes, that is true, the pool is large and was handled better a long time ago with retirements and new judges. Again, this is an issue of maintaining and updating the game. As I have said on other boards, I don't think that's something that will be addressed seriously ever again. ----- Last edited by Comet Poodles on 1/1/2023 5:27:11 PM |
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XiZang Premium Member Posts : 1,000+ |
It would be interesting if for a month everyone just used the handlers at the top of the judges' preference listss. |
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