I have no idea how I can challenge San Fernando as I'm no longer a premium member.
Or can I??
@all HGL-PL teams, please read:As some teams might face this same dilemma, I'll reply to everyone at the same time.
You can challenge teams without being a Supporter, when you use Pickup-function, which we use in HGL and in HGL-PL.
You can follow team links on this HGL-PL schedule/league table-post (here:
(331392.21)) to access each HGL-PL team page. For San Fernando VR their team page for instance would be found through this link (that is also available in that post), here:
(77070).
From that team page, when you scroll down, it's important to choose the right option;
not the friendly match, but Pickup match instead.Here's the procedure in a nutshell:1. First click the day and time selection (which currently to me looks like this: "2026-07-13 08:15").
2. Then choose correct day - note, that Buzzerbeater uses American format in calendar, so last day of the week is Saturday and not Sunday; check out that number of the day is correct.
3. After that, choose time for the match.
All matches are played at Official Match Time, just like in HGL.
This means that all matches will begin at the same time, and end approximately at the same time (if it's hard to grasp the idea, you can think it like it that we could be discussing over chat about all of the matches at the same time, even though we reside on other sides of the world).
As for time and day selection, it's important to get it right. Remember, matches with wrong specs
do not count.How do you know what's correct time of the day? Check out HGL-PL post (link above), and note time in front of your team name.
When you send Pickup challenge, you use this time in front of your team to challenge teams.
When you accept PU challenge, you should only accept challenge if it's correct time
your local time (time in front of your team name).
Example: If I would challenge Tassie Devils, I would send challenge at 03.30PM EET DST (Eastern European Time, Daylight Savings Time), as that's the official HGL and HGL-PL match time.
As there is time difference of 7 hours between myself and Tassie Devils, for Tassie Devils the match would start at 10.30PM
their time. In other words, if Tassie Devils would see any other time than 10.30PM as my challenge time, they should
not accept my challenge, but contact me and send message about it to HGL Thread(s).
4. When you have chosen
correct day and time, click 'Done'. Note that at this point challenge has not yet been sent!
5. Then, one important step - click 'Challenge!'. If you don't do this last click, then match challenge is not being sent (we've had this similar situation in HGL as well).
6. If you've been the team that's challenging another team, you need to check out periodically your teams' schedule (or Friendly matches-page) to see if that match has been already accepted.
Match number is only becoming visible after it's been accepted.
7. When match has been accepted, note match number and add it to your own teams box score post (as a match link).
8. If you are team that are receiving challenge, remember to check out all match specifics; correct opponent, day, time and court balance,
and then remember to accept match offer. Communicate with manager who has sent challenge and preferably also send message to me or here on Official HGL Thread if match specs are not correct.
Do not accept match with wrong specs.When you have accepted correct challenge, add match link to your teams' own box score post (for HGL-PL), just as challenging team would do.
With these previously mentioned and linked instructions (that have also been given on HGL Threads - we follow pretty much the same procedure as in HGL) and BBMails, all HGL-PL teams should be able to proceed the way they're supposed to.Last edited by Wagner at 7/13/2026 5:40:29 PM