Posts moving to Game Over too early

2013yearofthehouse

I'm not an end-date comper, but I always double check the end date comps for ones I've missed (either by accident or deliberately to enter later if I haven't had time to bookmark them). I usually comp earlier in the day, but today (meaning yesterday now, since it's taken me a few minutes to write this!) I was a bit last minute and I found I had to go through Game Over to find the majority of the E: 30/09 comps. Obviously a few had ended sooner than midnight so were correctly in Game Over, but I did find quite a lot (mostly twitter) that were still open until midnight (and had a correct title), so shouldn't yet be in Game Over. I don't know how many people have to click expire for posts to move to Game Over, but it seems like a large amount had moved too early. I have noticed this occasionally before, but I try not to be last minute too often, so I don't know how often it happens. Anyway, just wanted to warn others, that if you find yourself entering the current day's comps after 11pm, then it's always worth checking the Game Over section to check any that might have been incorrectly expired a bit early

mjm3346

As per the guidelines

WARNING: If you are entering comps on the day or even the day before they end you run the risk that perhaps the comp has closed a little early & your entry won't be counted. Another thing to bear in mind is that the Board Guides volunteer hours of their time to keep these boards clear & running smoothly so sometimes comps which are ending today or perhaps tomorrow (in rare cases) may be moved to Game Over a little early - this is a task which has to fit around their real lives & also when they have some spare 'online' time.
SUGGESTION: If you really want to only enter comps right when they are ending then I strongly suggest you get a couple of days ahead of yourself to avoid the above.