• Registered: Jan. 11, 2010
  • Posts: 8

Topic: Shouldn't picks be hidden until tourney starts?

Hi, this is my first time playing on your site and I must say I already love it and can't wait for the tourney to start!  Just a suggestion though, shouldn't everyone's picks be hidden until the tournament starts?  It's kind of silly that you can see your friends selections and who everyone's sleeper picks are.

  • Registered: Dec. 26, 2008
  • Posts: 217

Re: Shouldn't picks be hidden until tourney starts?

Hi knicksin,

Thanks so much for the suggestion. We did not think about that, but it does make perfect sense. You might find some hidden talent and you don't want everyone to see it. We were thinking that copying another person would be equally risky, but if you are known to make great picks then others would start to copy them. I will put this down as a feature to add before the French Open. Do you think hiding picks should be automatic, or should we add a "hide" button for those people who want to hide their team?

Does anyone else have any opinion on this?

Thanks,
Charles

  • Registered: Jan. 11, 2010
  • Posts: 8

Re: Shouldn't picks be hidden until tourney starts?

Thanks for the quick response Charles.  I def think it should be automatic because there is no benefit of seeing others picks unless you wanted to see what the majority of people are taking.  Can't wait for this tourney to start!!!  Let's go Hewitt, haha!

  • Registered: Jan. 4, 2011
  • Posts: 2

Re: Shouldn't picks be hidden until tourney starts?

I realize that this topic is over a year old, but I had a related concern.  I'm assuming that here your "picks" refers to your team of 8, which is hidden from others before the tournament starts.  But I can still easily click on my friends' profiles and see their match prediction choices before those matches happen.  While the majority of points (600-700) come from your player picks, a good chunk (300-400) are from match predictions.

Would it be possible to hide your match predictions from others until the match starts?

  • Registered: Dec. 26, 2008
  • Posts: 217

Re: Shouldn't picks be hidden until tourney starts?

That's a good question. I think it makes sense to hide the team of 8, especially given the fact that you are selecting from 128 players and might get some ideas from looking at another's picks. But I wonder if this matters when there are two players to select from. Does anyone else have an opinion on this?

  • Registered: Jan. 11, 2010
  • Posts: 8

Re: Shouldn't picks be hidden until tourney starts?

I think they should def be hidden.  There is no reason that your friend should know who you selected.  This is especially helpful if you are playing catchup in points.  Def hide them for the next tournament until the match has started.