michael
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"no relationship whatsoever" is a huge overbid. If you look at the data there is actually a pretty strong correlation between master points and NGS, which if you think about it isn't too surprising. People who have played for a long ti…
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Forgive me if I misread your previous post, but weren't you claiming that it's not popular? I was simply telling you that you're wrong in that belief - it's actually one of the most popular things the EBU does. Of course if it…
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I can't tell you what the absolute numbers are, but the NGS page (the top ranks and the search) is the third most popular page on the website, behind only the front page and My EBU. This is for unique visitors, not total views. The NGS…
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That could certainly imply that you can play bridge at your table of 4, but you could never move to another table without breaking the rules.
Then in Updated advice about social distancing Comment by michael September 2020
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I'm sure you really mean "traditional card games", but this rather illustrates my point. There are a ton of great card games out there that are very much not in decline, and I think it's a blindspot at the EBU that we barely even know …
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"Bridge is recognised as the best mindsport"
That'll never happen, and it's just a bit silly that the Board would even consider it. What does it even mean? Best in what sense? There are loads of great games out there, many of which could …
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I find that so interesting. I don't, but then I don't tend to misclick either. But I suspect that's because I'm used to playing computer games.
One other thing perhaps worth mentioning is that you can enable keyboard entry for …
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You can have multiples of the same bot in a single session, so just use the same EBU numbers for each sitout.
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Yeah, it's open source. Use it for whatever reason you like.
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Ok, I've hopefully fixed that. Let me know if it's still broken on any other posts.
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Looks like the forum's suit symbol emojis interfere with the formatter's suit symbols.
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Yep, good idea. I'm sure there will be further versions - it's just starting off basic.
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And, just to confirm, it works in replies too:
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(you may have to hit refresh to see the change though)
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If it's not in the USEBIO specification, I shouldn't really add it to the DTD. But nothing wrong with two third parties (JG and Bridgewebs) agreeing on a private extension like this.
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Yep, or open it in Chrome directly. That usually tells you what the issue is too.
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Good spot - there was a typo in there, although not the one you think. EBU_CHARGE_CODE is correct in the SESSION element but it was down as EBU_CHARGE_RATE in the EVENT element, which was incorrect. Charge codes can differ from session to session…
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Yes, exactly this. It's on my to-do list to make that look less messy, but haven't got there yet.
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Sure, I understand why you did it. But there is a big difference between not being bothered that someone double-checked which RKCB they had agreed, and green-lighting some crazy system that few would dare play in live bridge. Just wond…
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"Players may consult their own system card and other notes at any stage."
That seems like a scary thing to explicitly allow. Anyone worried that it opens the door to people playing complex relay systems without having any memory load?
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I had a situation in one of the matches where I claimed, it got rejected, so I clarified my claim and claimed again, again rejected. So I started to cash my top winners, when one of the defenders (presumably not the one who rejected it) claimed t…
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For (1) I'm sure they correlate pretty strongly. And even if it's not quite perfect, I'm not sure that's an argument not to grade them. We still grade teams games and butler IMPs and various other formats, even though some people might…
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Don't think that's related.
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Happy to stand corrected, then. It would never occur to me to hide four-card support, and I thought the "delayed game raise" with four cards has been dead for decades.
Say the auction continues something like:
1H - Pass - 2C - 2S<…
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I don't think it should be alerted because it might be three cards, but it might well need to be alerted because it could conceal four-card support. That seems "potentially unexpected" to me, and the kind of thing that the opponents are entitled …
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Not really on-topic, but what's going on with that double-dummy table? It looks like if you can't make 7 tricks it puts you down for making just one.
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I've never actually played strong twos, but isn't the single raise usually game forcing? Maybe diamonds is an exception.
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To create a potential member you do the same as creating a club member but you untick the box that says "this player is a member of your club". See the screenshot in 3.1 of the in NGS on EBU Web. New players. Comment by michael February 2020
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Can declarer, who perhaps can't be bothered to figure out the double-dummy problem, just claim all 13 tricks without stating a line and then when the defence object it's the TD who has to figure it out instead? Any doubt would go against the clai…
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Don't do this if you're logging in to your account, though. Your password could be intercepted by someone.
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Mature = 1000+
Evolving = 150-999And yes - a Mature grade playing with someone who is not yet Evolving will not impact their grade.