[Danke]

Yeah the folks running the event are trying to work the refunds so that everyone is treated equally. Folks that jump the line to get the first piece of the pie get a slap. from what I have seen in the posts they're trying to scale the refunds so that everyone gets an equal but not complete refund back to start and then as they unwind the other expenses they'll do that again.

if some players get a full refund to start then it upsets the apple cart.

I guess this all goes down to trust; just like calling hits. If you trust someone to call hits etc. then you trust them. If you don't trust them to refund you and need to start a dispute that's your call. But if that's the case getting a ban from the group's future events shouldn't bug you.

I understand that $150 is a pretty good chunk of change to just write off but at the same time since most of the tickets were paid for months ago it's not meaning your family will go hungry if you don't get it back today.

It all goes down to trust. If you don't like/don't trust this guy why were you signed up for this in the first place. And if you do trust him then I'd say keep the faith.

And for other organizers that run games that can be disrupted by weather or a landowner pulling the plug I would guess you should carry some sort of cancellation insurance and not roll on handshake agreements.

I don't know how well written the agreement the organizers had with the landowner but they should have a pretty good case to purse him for costs. The problem with stuff like this is that the dollars are so low it's likely going through the courts will cost more than they'll get back.