This game shows a logo instead of a host — what is it?
This game shows a logo instead of a host — what is it?
You’re scrolling the home list and there’s a game with a logo and a brand name — Alquila tu cancha, Quiero Jugar, or another partner — where every other game shows a host’s nickname and avatar. What you’re looking at is a partner game: an open slot Furbol is surfacing from a local pitch-booking platform it syncs with.
The short version: the slot is real and bookable on the partner. Nobody on Furbol has actually booked it yet — and that’s what take-over is for.
What it means
Furbol syncs with local booking apps so the open slots on those apps show up here too. That way, when you’re scanning Furbol for what’s playable tonight at 8, you don’t miss a perfectly good pitch just because it’s listed on a different app.
The flip side is that the slot isn’t paid for from the Furbol side yet. Until someone takes over and books it on the partner, it’s a listing — not a confirmed game.
Can I save a spot?
You can, but it’s a soft save: until someone takes over and actually books the slot on the partner, the game is only a listing. If nobody takes over by an hour before kick-off, Furbol cancels the slot and unbooks everyone who’d saved a spot. You’d get the same kind of cancellation notification you’d get from a regular game that didn’t hit quorum.
Can I take it over?
Yes — if you’ve got a verified phone and you’re up for booking the pitch on the partner’s app yourself. Take-over is what it sounds like: you go and book the slot over there with your own card, come back to Furbol with the confirmation code, and you become the Furbol host of the game.
From that point on, the game behaves like any other Furbol game — quorum, the last hour, ratings, host controls — and everyone who’d already saved a spot stays on the roster.
Step-by-step is on How to take over a game. The rules behind it (who can do it, what’s locked, what’s not) are on Taking over a partner game.
I just want to play, not host
Then the safer call is to find a Furbol-hosted game for the same evening if there is one. A Furbol-hosted game has a real player committed to running it; the partner game might still get cancelled at the hour mark if nobody steps up.
If the partner game is the only thing playable, saving a spot is fine — just understand the cancellation risk. Furbol will let you know if it falls through.