Football Squares Playing Blog

Sometimes a Host really needs to get a message to players. Maybe there’s an issue with points settlement or how to collect winnings. Sometimes players need a little reminder that a deadline is fast approaching.

It has always been possible to send an email to players, but not necessarily very easy. Well, we’ve fixed that now.

As of this month, any Host can send a quick message to either of two groups of players:

• All players who have claimed a square on a  pot
• Everyone on a list of players

Sending a message pot players is accomplished with a link on the Host’s view of the pot page. Just below the playing board, a “Send email” link appears under the “Active Players” group of features. Click that and the rest is easy.

Sending a message to an entire a players list is accomplished by viewing the list. The system displays the emails of everyone on the list. Just below that listing appears the “Send email” link. Click that link and the rest is simple.

As usual, everything you need to know about these new features is explained in its own “How do I…?” topic: “How do I…email players?” http://footballpot.com/HowDoI/emailplayers.html

Now, if you want to remind everyone to wear the team’s colors to watch the game at Harry’s - it’s  snap!

We’re always looking for new ways to make FootballPot.com better for you. So we’ve just published our first instructional videos. Each video is linked individually to the appropriate pages on the “How Do I…?” system and are viewable directly from YouTube …

• How to register
• How to join a pot
• How to create a pot
• How to create a players list
• How to invite players

To see all our How Do I videos on YouTube, go to:
http://www.youtube.com/user/SquaresGames

We’ll publish more videos in the future. Got a special request? We are always looking for new ways to make the FP experience better for our office pool players, college fraternities, bowling teams, and just sports fans in general. So, if you can think of a way to make FootballPot.com faster, easier, or better - please drop us a line at: info@footballpot.com

Meanwhile, spread the buzz! If you see some poor soul passing around a 10×10 paper grid, be merciful! Invite them to join the 21st century by just whispering, “FootballPot.com!”

Ha! Just when we thought we knew every possible way to use FootballPot.com, someone comes up with something new.

It turns out that bowling leagues are using FootballPot.com. They pit one team against another - or even just two individuals who have a particularly heated rivalry.

They even figured out how to run a pot at only 25¢ a square - by setting up the pot at 25 points per square and calling each point a penny. This results in a 2500 point pot, worth $25 - very affordable for a small club of players to run each week and cover some lucky winner(s) beer tab(s).

Lots of folks have used the “No Teams” option, which means that winning numbers apply regardless of team. That way there are two pot winners, even tho’ the only win period for a bowling game is the final score.

Even tho’ we created this free online squares game, it looks like we don’t know everything ~ but at least we’re willing to learn! ; )

Who knows how long this will last?

The race is on at FootballPot.com, which is giving away $25 each to the first 100 people who complete a pot on this new, FREE squares game Web application.

If you’ve never used this site, you’re a little behind the curve, but you still have time. All you do is:

• Register as a user (100% private, secure & free)
• Create a pot - YOUR game, YOUR rules, YOUR way!
• Create your own private list of player’s email addresses. (100% spam free - DEATH to spam!)
• Invite your players w/a single click.
• Sit back and watch your squares get filled.

You can even save your rules and email lists to use over & over again.

To get your $25, just git ‘er dun before 99 others beat you to it.

See all the details and find out how many $25 prizes are still available - CLICK HERE.

You can do a pot on all kinds of events:

• Football
• Basketball
• NASCAR
• Stock markets
• Birth of a baby

Get going & GOOD LUCK!

If a branch of your family tree is expecting a new sprout soon, take the opportunity now to use FootballPot.com to run a baby pot and put together a nice gift for the family.

Instead of Home and Visitor scores, your numbers should be determined by the first decimal digit in the new baby’s length (in centimeters) and weight (in kilograms).

Using both the metric system and the first digit after the decimal point helps ensure that the winning numbers could be anything between 0 & 9.

You might also use a 50-50 system, which is common when you Host a pot for a charity cause. Basically, the Host’s Share is equal to 50% of the pot, and goes to the family. The other 50% goes to the winner(s) of the pot. So, if the squares are 1 point each, the Host’s Share is 50 and the winner(s) get 50.

You can also spread the love around by choosing the “No teams” rule so that the winning numbers apply both ways (length/weight AND weight/length). This results in two pot winners unless the winning numbers are the same or “tied”.

There may be no end of the ways you can use this free Web gaming application!

set up a baby pot

set up a charity raffle