Limit the number of players coming to a game (continuos check)
The idea in short is to disable the "Coming" button whenever the limit of allowed players in a game has been reached and enable it whenever the number of players drops under the limit. This would allow for players with status "Unknown" or "Not Coming" to change presence to "Coming" if and whenever a free place becomes available. All this would be possible without any admin intervention.
Currently whenever the limit of players is reached Automatic Roster Off will set all players not in the "Coming" list to "Rostered Off". The rostering-off of players is a one-off action, and the limit isn't checked or maintained in subsequent updates. The problem with this is that if a free place becomes available only the admin is able to add a player and this creates a lot of work for him. Since admin doesn't know who can join he will need to ask again team members, add them manually etc and repeat again if there is another last-minute drop.
Disabling the "Coming" button would remove the need for auto-rostering-off altogether. People would be able to change their status to "Unknown" or "Not Coming". Manual roster-off would still be present as is now to be used manually by the admin.
Next to reducing a lot of admin work and team communication this would also remove the need for a reserve list.
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Ben commented
+3 for this problem, We really need a solution to reduce the admin work. Changing the status from rostered off everytime when there is vacancy below the limit can be pain in the ass. I think when the number of people who are in the "coming" status drops below the limit, the system should automatically set the other players to unknown status so they could choose if they want to attend.