klaus

Hi, there was a recent discussion in a german bridge forum about BBOs IMPs pairs scoring method. Is the description from the BBO- Help-Site still accurate? Someone gave an example that he thought shows that method 1 is in use. I didn't cross-check but decided to ask someone who knows :-) Here is for everybodies convenience the "official" BBO help text I found: "Computing the Score In team bridge tournaments the scoring is normally done using IMPs, but some pairs tournaments also use IMPs (instead of MPs) for scoring. This is called "IMP pairs" - clever name :unsure: Here's how IMP pairs works: Assume you are sitting North-South, play board 1 and get a score (say, for example, you bid and make 3NT and score +400). Your +400 is then IMPed (using the IMP scale) against all the other North-South pairs who played board 1. Let's assume that each board is played 16 times, just like on BBO. There are 2 ways that the IMPing can take place at IMP pairs: -1- Your +400 is compared 15 times with the scores of the other 15 North-South pairs (using the IMP scale). The IMPs you won or lost in each of these comparisons is added up and that is your partnership's IMP score for board 1. -2- The scores of all 16 North-South pairs are first added up and then divided by 16 to compute the average score for board 1. Then your +400 (and the scores of all the other North-South pairs) are IMPed against this average using the IMP scale. BBO uses method 2 (mostly because it keeps the numbers smaller and easier to comprehend)." I can post the score-calculation in question if needed. Thx and bye Klaus

Hi, as this site growth the lobby system does not work any more and should be redesigned. My main issues are: -1- It is difficult to select an unknown partner by his profile in the main bridge club. The empty seat will be taken when you finished reading. -2- for an already set up partnership its difficult to find another stable partnership as opps in order to play for a while. Lobby is to big, relevant messages can't be read. -3- There are to many open tables in the main bridge club wihich change to fast to follow. -4- When you open a new table you sometimes wait very long till someone shows up. And then u can hardly design by his profile if he suits you or not. -5- You don't know with unfamiliar partners and opps how long they want to play. This ends up in unstable table setups were opps and pard change often. Playing is often no fun! And sometimes even wasted time! Suggestion 1 : More lobbies Differenciate the lobbies. Make more. One for social style players (for fun only); one for tournament style players (fun and serious play); one for already set up partnerships; maybe one for newbies; maybe one for serious players who want partners ond opps for a long term table (> 1 Hour) Suggestion 2: More main bridge clubs Same as for lobbies. Make more so players can select the main bridge club that suits them. Suggestion 3: make players (in the lobby) and tables selectable by filters. Attributes for the filters have to be defined (in profile for players; table profile for tables). The values are set by the players themselves (no automatic ranking, pls). These suggestions would make it more fun to play more often. Please think about it. Ciao Klaus PS Tournaments are neither the solution nor an alternative. Imho the tournament area needs some redesign as well, but that should be another thread.

Hi, the Vugraphs are great shows. Really thrilling to watch. What is missing is the possibility to have commentators in different languages on the same match. The language (or the commentators) should be made selectable. As a intermediate solution different colors for different languages would be helpful. This would even make possible for native local experts to comment the play of their own team play AND to have a more general unbiased comment by experts in english. Probably to late for this BB and VC :-( Ciao Klaus