- What does Teamsubs do? Teamsubs allows you to send out invitations to events where you know that you need a certain amount of attendees. You can fill in a list of people to invite, and lists of people to invite if people from that first group can't come.
- Why use Teamsubs? Teamsubs will automate the invitation process so that you don't have to constantly monitor who is and isn't coming and add more people onto an invitation. Let the computer do some of the work for you... that's always a good idea (note exceptions: HAL in 2001: A Space Oddessy and that episode of The Simpsons where the machines rebelled). Many people find this type of system very helpful in sporting situations (when you need 11 people to field a soccer team, or 9 to have a full field in softball).
- Can I have an example? You have a coed soccer team, consisting of 5 women and 8 men. You need at least 4 women and 7 men to play. You create an invitation with 2 main lists, for the women and the men. Each list has a sublist, full of people you know to invite if enough men or women can't make it. If more than two women reply "no", the first sub is sent an email and invited to the game (5 women - 2 women is a maximum of 3, and not enough to make the minimum). If at least 4 of the 5 women reply "yes", then the substitutes will not be contacted.
- What if I run out of subs? If there comes a situation when you run out of subs to invite, the old method was to show up for the game, and hope that someone from the previous game happens to want to play again. This is a straightforward solution that Teamsubs is taking to another level. Teamsubs will allow you, as the organizer of your game, find other players who are at the same field, on the same night, who aren't involved in a game at the same time and send them emails asking for assistance.