I’m looking for a web-app that a frisbee group can use for scheduling games. Games occur often (one or more times a week, depending on the group) and have the same audience. There should be a way for someone to announce a game time and location that will be emailed to all members, and a way for each member to sign-in or out and leave a comment (like “will be late” or “bringing a guest”). And, of course, members should be able to check the status and see the sign-in status. E-mail access would be a bonus. The app needs to be responsive since game conditions can change on short notice.
Evite comes pretty close, but seems too heavyweight with the ads and self-promotions. Yahoo Groups does better at the group part but not as well at the event part. Plus it seems to have a big lag in message forwarding. Eventful looks promising, though it is in beta only and will surely get loaded up with ads like the others eventually.
The status quo is a simple unix app requiring an X-windows remote login to use
. I’ve taken a webapp that the chess group was using and rebranded it for ultimate. It works OK, but it lacks any notification features.


After winning the first game, I was able to relax a little for the
After the smoke cleared, I had taken his rook and pawn at the cost of a knight. Not enough of an advantage for a clear win, but certainly an nice advantage, nonetheless. After some regrouping of pieces on both sides, White started to bring his king into the action to reach the next shown position. However, it turned out to be a blunder since the tactical reply Rd2+ won his bishop.
Now I had a comfortable lead, and in the final diagram I found a move to improve my overall position while giving back a little material. After Rxc3 Rxc3, Bxe5 I was a piece up with three strong passed pawns, and Black soon resigned.