Blocking in Arbiter???

[VAUmp]

I have read a few times on here about "blocking" other umps on Arbiter so you don't have to work with them.  How do you do that?  I'm guessing that our association has that turned off because I've looked and can't find it.

 

 

[Aging_Arbiter]

Click on the blocks tab, and there are 5 tabs under that, Dates, Sites, Teams, Partners & Summary. Click on partners and the alphabet string comes up.  click on the show all box & You pick the letter starting their last name.  It pulls up all of the names with the letter you picked. check a box & hit save.

[johnnyg08]

Your assigner has to set permissions to allow you to block partners.  

[mstaylor]

The groups I work with doesn't have that option. I can block schools but not partners. I work the idiots and being the diplomat that I am, I tell them exactly how it is. 

[VAUmp]

Yeah, we can't block partners.  But we do have the option to decline assignments.  When you decline, you have to provide a written reason.  So I'll just type in:

 

"_____ sucks and is a giant douche.  I'd rather eat a turd sandwich than work with him again"

[semper_fi_72]

Yeah, we can't block partners.  But we do have the option to decline assignments.  When you decline, you have to provide a written reason.  So I'll just type in:

 

"_____ sucks and is a giant douche.  I'd rather eat a turd sandwich than work with him again"

How do you know who your partner is until you accept the game?

In the Associations I am in with Arbiter with, I can't see who my partner is until I accept the game.

Then once you accept the game, you turning back a assigned game instead of declining a game.

Either way you may not get you a lot of points with the Assigner.

[KLAH316]

 

Yeah, we can't block partners.  But we do have the option to decline assignments.  When you decline, you have to provide a written reason.  So I'll just type in:

 

"_____ sucks and is a giant douche.  I'd rather eat a turd sandwich than work with him again"

How do you know who your partner is until you accept the game?

In the Associations I am in with Arbiter with, I can't see who my partner is until I accept the game.

Then once you accept the game, you turning back a assigned game instead of declining a game.

Either way you may not get you a lot of points with the Assigner.

 

This is how mine are.....

[johnnyg08]

There used to be a loop hole in Arbiter where you could go to Calendar view in your schedule, click on the game number and you could see your partner before accepting.  They fixed the bug. 

[Umpire in Chief]

Arbiter has a few issues that could be improved. 

 

IMO Assigners should have less control of blocks if I dont want to go to a certain location or work with a certain guy then I should be able to block it.

 

Another feature I'd love to see is a block by location AND fee. I'll drive 50 miles fore a $100 game, but not for a $30 one. I live in a rural area and have to have a large radius so I can get some of the better paying games, but all my assigner sees is I'm available and I may get the low paying game. He tries but, I realize it is tough.

 

I made a suggestion and got a generic thank you letter. 

[IABlue]

 

Yeah, we can't block partners.  But we do have the option to decline assignments.  When you decline, you have to provide a written reason.  So I'll just type in:

 

"_____ sucks and is a giant douche.  I'd rather eat a turd sandwich than work with him again"

How do you know who your partner is until you accept the game?

In the Associations I am in with Arbiter with, I can't see who my partner is until I accept the game.

Then once you accept the game, you turning back a assigned game instead of declining a game.

Either way you may not get you a lot of points with the Assigner.

 

This will vary by group.

 

My college associations have partner info blocked until you accept, but for all of my high school assignments I can see who my partner is before I accept/decline.  I would never take a high school game unless I knew beforehand who I was working with.

 

This is another thing that will vary by assignor.

[semper_fi_72]

 

 

Yeah, we can't block partners.  But we do have the option to decline assignments.  When you decline, you have to provide a written reason.  So I'll just type in:

 

"_____ sucks and is a giant douche.  I'd rather eat a turd sandwich than work with him again"

How do you know who your partner is until you accept the game?

In the Associations I am in with Arbiter with, I can't see who my partner is until I accept the game.

Then once you accept the game, you turning back a assigned game instead of declining a game.

Either way you may not get you a lot of points with the Assigner.

 

This will vary by group.

 

My college associations have partner info blocked until you accept, but for all of my high school assignments I can see who my partner is before I accept/decline.  I would never take a high school game unless I knew beforehand who I was working with.

 

This is another thing that will vary by assignor.

 

If I had DelawareBlue in my Association in Arbiter he would be BLOCKED after his UN-patriotic statement about playing the National Anthem before a game.

This Marine isn't going into battle with you.