KotZ Announcement -- I\'m stepping down as TD
 

I have an announcement to make concerning the King of the Zoo tournament series. At the end of this year I will be stepping down as Tournament Director.

When I took over from SimonDiamond my main intention was to make it an all around test of skill in different forms of poker, to shore up what I felt was a poor rating system and to get the overall winner a little something more than just "braggin' rights". I've done all this and the past couple of years have been more or less on auto-pilot. Basically, I've taken it as far as I want to go with it.

Second, the fact is I'm a little burned out on poker and I find myself drifting away from it. At least the posting online part about it. I've been checking up here on 2+2 less and less and I feel with the lack of web site updates and my lack of involvement here on the forums that I'm not doing it justice. Also, my company has started blocking "gambling" sites and already I can't access cardplayer.com and the online poker web sites and it's only a matter of time when they block this site. This will severely affect my ability to admin.

I don't want to leave like Simon did by just dumping the web site abruptly, so I want the 2nd half of the year to be a transition period. I still plan on playing in the series, but I don't want to administer it any longer. So I'm looking for a replacement in the next several weeks. So put your resumes together, here's what I'm looking for:

1) Web design skills - I'd like to transfer the domain name kingofthezoo.com to whomever takes over. The person must be able to put a cogent website together much like I have and Simon before me did. I will be happy to hand over my html files and spreadsheet to whoever takes my place. The spreadsheet automates the process quite a bit.

2) The Person must be an active participant in KotZ. This narrows the field a bit. I want someone who makes a point of playing the majority of the events as this is someone who will obviously enjoy the admin part of the job.

3) The person should be a fairly active poster on 2+2 so they can be more responsive then I have over the past year. Furthermore, they should be a trusted and respected poster.

4) The person taking over shouldn't be making radical changes to the format. In the transition, I will have a hand in planning next year's schedule so that will be programmed by Stars for the whole year before the season even begins. Once '08 starts, it will be completely up to the new TD to do whatever he/she wants.

My goal is to find someone who can be a co-TD with me for the rest of this year. We can plan next year's schedule together and they can have a hand in updating the web site this year. Then when the 2007 season begins, I will step down officially and will only continue as a player.

I will accept responses for my replacement over the next few weeks. I hope to make an announcement sometime before or shortly after the next KotZ event in July. Please submit your requests to me here as a PM or to [email protected]

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Ed,

I don't play in KOTZ events very much anymore, but regardless would like to say thanks for all your hard work. Whoever answers the call will have some pretty big shoes to fill.

Good luck,
J

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Although I never played in this tourney, I know it was pretty fun for the guys who were in it.

Sorry to see you step down :'(

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Ed: I think to most of us that have been playing the Kotz torunaments realized that you had lost your enthusiasm or were to busy (family,work etc). To me Kotz has been fun and interesting in that we are playing against our piers and can give us as idea as to how we rate as poker players by the standings and the point system you have so diligently worked out(As well as the fun aspect of it). I realize a lot of time and effort has gone into all of this and I for one would like to have seen you (or anyone who might continue in your footsteps) compensated in some small way, even if only a free entry into the Kotz tourney. Thanks again for all your efforts and continued success in your endeavors....

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Ever considered having the KOTZ sponsor do it? I'm not sure how much work it is but I'm guessing it could be fit into the schedule.

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Yes, you would certainly be considered.

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Assuming PokerStars tournament hand histories show where all the people finished, I could make a script that would automatically update the standings after the admin copied and pasted the complete tournament hand history.

I don't want to be an admin but I could definetly design a site where the new admin has to do much less work. As long as KOTZ continues to be popular and the work wouldn't be wasted I would have no problem doing it.

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Assuming PokerStars tournament hand histories show where all the people finished, I could make a script that would automatically update the standings after the admin copied and pasted the complete tournament hand history.

I don't want to be an admin but I could definetly design a site where the new admin has to do much less work. As long as KOTZ continues to be popular and the work wouldn't be wasted I would have no problem doing it.

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That would be great. I'm willing to admin the site, especially if this script could be developed and used.

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I currently have an Excel macro that creates an HTML page starting with a copy and pasted tournament history. But it's not perfect and needs some tedious updating after it's created. I will be happy to hand off the spreadsheet to the successor.

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Ed,

I don't play in KOTZ events very much anymore, but regardless would like to say thanks for all your hard work.

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I do not play in KOTZ often because Thursday nights are usually a busy night for me, however, I would be more than happy to help in organizing the events with another party starting next year. If you poke around MTT you will very quickly see I have run some of the biggest and most elaborate competitions on 2+2.
~Justin

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Ed

Without you, the trophy on my mantlepiece would never have materialised. Thanks for all your efforts as TD. It'll be a shame to see you go at the end of this year's events.

Sheriff

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Good job these past years, Ed.

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Sorry to hear that you are stepping down, and just want to echo the sentiments of appreciation for all your hard work. The tourneys have been a lot of fun, and you deserve a lot of credit for putting them together and managing the site.

Shauna

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Ed,

I don't play in KOTZ events very much anymore, but regardless would like to say thanks for all your hard work

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Ed,

Nice job....lot's of work.....certainly appreciated.

Thanks much for your efforts!

Myrt..........

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Ed,

Thank you for all of your efforts associated with the KOTZ tournies! Your efforts have been greatly appreciated by everyone associated with KOTZ and 2+2.

I have not played in the past several tournies but had a blast when I did play. Family and work have prevented my from playing lately. Thanks again!

Thank you,

Jim Kuhn
Catfish4u
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I also echo all the thanks of everyone here. You've been a great commish.

haven't played at all anymore because Thursdays are really lousy in my schedule. But i have enjoyed them almost since the very beginning and fondly and proudly remember by 2 runner-up performances.
Great competition and great fun in those things.
completely understand wanting to pass the torch.
Thanks again for all the work that went into maintaining this.

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After you finish a stars MTT can you get the entire hand history or is that just for SnGs.

Also is there any automated summary that shows the places each person got?

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Currently I would def offer to take place as TD is I had someone help me with the website. This could a little more complicated if I take a job with Poker Stars, however, my job would be to set up private tournies which would give us even more leeway in the set up of these. So either way it would be a good fit. Perhaps if Ed agrees with this we could have a 2 man system when he leaves, 3 man until he is fully gone and would have the ability to further customize. I will PM ed as well but right now a team of myself and pokergrader (I assume that is the sponsor) could work out well. The KOTZ events would obviously stay based in the zoo however, my inclusion would likely up the participation from the MTT boards and up field size in general.
~Justin

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I [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] KOTZ. Thanks for your efforts, Ed.