patricks
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Sorry - I've been very slow in getting around to answer this. Seems to be lots to do sometimes and I have been playing too much bridge (I am told).
The background to the question was not explained in the brief notes given. The ba…
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Is there a plan for updating the Sky Blue book sometime? The initial arrangements felt very much about making as little change from face-to-face regulations as possible, and we can see some of the same attitude in the way RealBridge has develo…
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I would feel terribly as the recipient of +300 here. It might be the letter of the Law but it does nothing to make the game appealing. In any top level game I would expect that claim to be accepted.
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I have gone with the relevant pairs score 0 imps on the board in question, but cannot help feeling it is anomalous, as were there a half table and they had to sit out a board because of that their score would surely be factored in accordance with…
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A lot of the Laws are, to me, written specifically to work in face-to-face contexts. I believe we need a fresh laws book asap to cater for the online game. We don't want to wait until 2027 for it.
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The divisions are scores independently of each other - and it is only the fact that they are playing the same boards which makes it so clear that a very favourable result was obtained by one pair.
Giving both pairs at the one table which …
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This is absolutely the best way forward, and the ability to do this when playing online is one of the great attractions of that form of the game. It is also what the Laws (as opposed to the Regulations) say.
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A key point is being missed in this (off topic) discussion about online hesitations.
The thrust of a number of the Laws is to ensure that after application of the Laws nobody can be accused afterwards of having "cheated" and got away with…
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In the face-to-face world the restrictions on the wording of announcements is to limit the possibility of using variations to pass UI to partner. In the case of online announcements (except F2F emulation on Realbridge) this problem does not occu…
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I fully support a relaxed approach to UNDOs. The regulations I use for the games I run are
- Please only request an UNDO for a genuine mis-click and not for a change of mind or because you were not paying attention.
- Be genero…
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I have always taken the attitude that there are a myriad of reasons for an online interruption, and I remind people of that - the consequence being that drawing any inference is a much riskier business.
Given they known that, they can ta…
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I must admit that playing in a large field online and face-to-face feel quite different. Although I might only (in your example) meet 11 pairs out of 53 others in both cases, at least in face-to-face I get to see the other 42 pairs scattered arou…
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I have come across two cases recently where UNDO was not invoked (ignorance in one case, not allowed in the other) - where a PASS had been announced as "11-14 balanced" when the intention was to open 1N, and where a raise of 1S to 2S had been ann…
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That's what I needed to hear; no problem, we just live without NGS
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Is there a timetable for updating the Skyblue book?
There are aspects, particularly of the approach to announcing bids, that, IMHO need updating.
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As Barrie say you must be conscious of the event type.
In a Swiss Pairs, the average of the NS pairs will be (roughly) equal to that of the EW pairs, because of the way in which matches are assigned. But SOpp does affect how you are expe…
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The sessions are uploaded for UMS payment and magazine points on either option.
What you do have is SOpp (strength of opposition) which page 11 of the full NGS Guide suggests is based solely on whom you play against in a Swiss Pairs game.…
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The Midlands Counties League has used this form of scoring for a small number of years, and using the discrete scale. We have used Bridgemates to collect the scores and sometimes to generate the result.
We have a Midlsands Counties Onlin…
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But this possibility is a very positive advantage of always ANNOUNCING and not ALERTING in online bridge. I try to answer every question an opponent could ask in my announcements. So opening bids of a major are annotated "4+" or "5+" a…
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Three thoughts -
1) The opponents are entitled to fully understand your bidding methods. The Laws say that. That is independent of the alerting procedures. You are duty bound to make sure there is an adequate means for them to be inform…
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I had the same on Monday (1st Nov) running a Swiss teams which was due to start at 1930. The problems were evident from 1915 and many persevered (after the occasional phone call) and did manage to register for the event, but others found it impos…
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I always poll peers to find out what they would have done with the correct information.
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This is a problem in face-to-face bridge also. I often think that there should be lessons given on how to explain your bidding when asked, rehearsing what should and should not be said, and with reminders on what needs to be added when relevant.…
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Very many thanks for all your help - I've been distracted for a few days.
I should say how grateful we are to have this BBOtoXML and MERGE capability. It makes our teams matches a lot more interesting when we can compare results.
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I played one RealBridge session and felt after wards that I actually prefer BBO. I have played online bridge off and on for over 20 years (back to OKbridge on a character display) and with increased amounts on BBO in recent months have become …
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Although there are aspects of the face to face experience we do want to replicate, I do not believe the mission should be to replicate the flaws and compromises we have had to make over the years in face to face to support the true game. Where o…
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The relevant XML file had
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The trade-off in a pub/restaurant is between (a) spreading the disease and (b1) economic shutdown and the (health & other) effects of recession.
The trade-off in a bridge club is between (a) spreading the disease and (b2) c…
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Prompted by some notes from Ron Millet : as we come out of the current crisis the candidates for learning them game will come from different camps - at least
1. Raw beginners who were in classes when the crisis hit.
2. Newcomers o… -
Prompted by some notes from Ron Millet : as we come out of the current crisis the membership will fall into different camps - we will have at least
1. Those past players who never got to play online.
2. Those past players who are …