Curls77

Description strings for tournaments https://news.bridgebase.com/2020/11/17/description-settings-for-tournaments/ Description strings for team matches https://news.bridgebase.com/2020/11/17/description-settings-that-will-help-your-team-match-run-more-smoothly/

If you create individual clocked tournament with N-1 rounds, where N is number of players in the tournament, players will get new partner every round and end up parding all other players exactly once.

Please use +private+ string when creating team matches. Manuals are here: Setting up team matches on BBO https://blog.bridgebase.com/2020/05/01/setting-up-team-matches-on-bbo/ Description strings for team matches https://news.bridgebase.com/2020/11/17/description-settings-that-will-help-your-team-match-run-more-smoothly/

BBO has couple of options for independent clubs and private groups that are not affiliated to any National Bridge Organization. Please ask for more information by writing to tournaments@bridgebase.com

oh noo, how horribly terribly sad : (((

NOT TRUE. We had lesson in IAC club last wednesday where teacher opened table in windows client (V1). None of V3 members could see or join that table, invit or not. It's been how long now? 2 weeks? and not yet servers communicate, yet we still get this half truths from yellows who are supposed guide us, all the while bbo support only mails ticket saying too busy help? If there ever was one rushed bbo decison this was it, and bbo is not dealing well with consequences. or is it what they wanted = kill casual?

You can only see reservations and join table if the host and you use same bbo version.

TY very much, that will help :) We are really trying not be PITA, so any mid solution is fine. One weekly update will be just fine, if possible. Meanwhhile, it all should be solved and get immediate answer when servers can communicate, is that correct? I just wonder how soon it will be, almost passed 2 weeks. And while I nag, allow me remind that 2 months passed since no free trnys,

Untrue Barry. NO MEMBER added to Iac after server split can join IAC room. NONE. So they definately do not share same database, because on main server they can join exclusive trnys and they get bbo mail with club events, sent daily. We have tested and tested. There was a way around in V2 when we would invite non-mmeber to join table, they could then stand but still remain in club and able join another table. That doesnt work in V3 either. Which for security reasons is ok, but we just can NOT get new members assist lessons, unless we bother teacher reserve seats for them, authorized members.

I am afraid neither of answers understood the problem. This member has been added to the club on the day servers got split. She can join IAC tournament, which is exclusive for iac members, "outsiders" are automatically rejected by bbo. So, clearly "main" server sees Tazz as IAC member. Once she passes to casual, she can see club managers and TDs online, as well as we see her, but she is denied entry to IAC room, or any IAC table, getting blue screen error that says "it is a private club and you need register". Logical conclusion is that casual server does not recognize her as member, I wonder if bbo just copied our member list as it was on the day of separation, and now of course does not update it? We asked yellows, but they do not know how to help. We send mails to bbo support, and other than ticket we were never answered. Now we know same happens to ALL members we added to IAC since the server separation. They can not see lessons, main reason why they joined the club. Very frustrating. PS: Needless say it has nothing to do with Flash, members have to use V3 to access lessons using bbo voice. EDIT: Just remembered another fact. When bbo_iac, club manager, broadcasts announcement of lesson just about to start, which until recently went to all members online as private chat, now goes only to members at main server, which again is pretty silly, coz ones that await lesson in casual are not informed.

As so many good things V2 (flash version) had and are omitted in V3 (html), there is no way edit, alter and save the played hand. Nor you can save bunch of hands u watched at teacher's table, but instead gotta do 5 clicks to save one by one. I am sure the recording of altered hand is somewhere on bbo's to-do list, but so far they have not done even minor requests members asked, as chat color, while doing all other "improvements", who knows when this will come to top to be fixed. There are external sources as aabridge or dummy solver to get around it, but neither is too user friendly.

https://blog.bridgebase.com/2020/05/15/4-boards-express-and-12-boards-express-tournaments-are-here/ I know it's not really useful post this, but I have to protest in name of all free Trnys and specially in name of Clubs of BBO. So ban on us continues, yet server can and will host MORE trnys? I understand it's money, and bbo is business, BUT PLS!! Bingos, bot express, prime day longs and alikes are all but real bridge, pls do ur best allow forever members play in normal, fair, human tournaments, bbo has members from all around the world, it is just not fair ban them on account of acbl running their closed member events, and offer them instead 6 paid for, non-real-bridge-tournaments per hour.

Well, things rapidly change and I'd like redraw some of what I said earlier. We now DO see people using other versions and tables / trnys they created. So, it's not all that bad. I fully understand that most bbo players couldn't care less for private clubs, and BBO has been discouraging creation of new ones for years now. But clubs that still remain active are either for beginners, or interm-adv, or specific systems hard find in main bbo room, or even total points scoring. We are not talking about clubs run by and for couple of friends, but where hundreds of people learn the game, improve and maybe one day we watch them in vugraph at bbo :D All these clubs have been part of BBO since it's beginning, with hard work of so many volunteers. It will be great shame for them to end.

Will this than be death of public and private clubs? Because only club management tools are in V1, not by our choice, but because they were never integrated into any other bbo version. And if manager of the club, can not see people in club, nor members can see the admin, it becomes one queer twilight zone. <_<

Not ALL bbo players use html, many prefer flash and quite few still use oldest window client. BUT, even tho each of them click causal, they will not see each other, only people using the same bbo version : ( And will need refresh friend list. More, if they enter IAC or ACOL club, for example only, they will not see tables opened in different version. Html users can not see lobby club chat that calls for tables to be filled, unless they are already at the table created by html. And even if ban on free trnys is lifted, we won't be pulled into trnys if we are in casual. Same for team matches. I still think that upgrade should not have happened until servers able communicate.

And if in html. clicking casual, u cant see tables in a club you want join. Why oh why BBO makes so bad decisions lately? Why couldn't you await to link servers before releasing this update fully tested? And how it affects V1, still mandatory use for any club management, they speak to "none". No yellow either at all in casual, mind that not all read news (and some cant even understand) and will play "couple" while awaiting trny, only to never receive invite. This all thing needed be planned and executed far better. Going for mid solution that only helps fraction of members (new comers) is discrimination. Sorry I couldn't find more polite way say the fact.

The trny tool is not as logical I am afraid. We often run trnys exclusive to our bbo club, and we check "include members of our club" and then all members can join. But if we also select "include friends of the host" what happens is that ONLY members marked as friends will be able join.

It's simple. Teacher should start voice, add himself as speaker and allow speak requests. Other players and kibs get option to request to speak and teacher approves them. Then they can all speak, but it can get messy if too many speak over each other.

Oh so many wish Fred would. And bring back Uday, Rain, Diana :) But what we wish and what we get are two different worlds. I know this post will lead to nothing, none of bbo responded here, nor support mailed us back. But still, let me put plain in black and white. IT IS JUST NOT RIGHT. IAC spent hours yesterday reprogramming May schedule to meet gap restrictions only to be hit by bbo news, and no prior alert that ban gap will be extended. None from bbo could take a min and mail clubs existing since forever about the change? We all have altruistic teachers giving lessons for free, spending time making those lessons, usually started by trny and followed by review, then players that plan their day to be able assist, and all that just to gets *puff* at start time without notice nor sorry? And now, not even team matches are available as alternative because we get error message "too many matches running". Our broadcast to members is limited to one a day. So again I wonder, are we 3rd class citizens, or taken for granted, or even not wanted? Maybe soon "free" players will be allowed play only between 3-5am in local time, I wouldnt be much surprised. I nagged Aurora so much, because bbo appointed her as manager of clubs, but her hands are tied and she can not help. She does not even have tools access our member lists - yet another bbo's very bad decision.bbo-help answers ur queries with "no idea" and bbo support mail does not answer at all. * SO again, in mid of dozens daily express free trnys, bingos, and many other "crucial bridge games" bbo could cut & allow at least recognized clubs run their little trnys, which are not even every day. If our 6 table trny 5 times a week will save bbo from crash, then surely we will sacrifice, but will it really? ;) Takes little iq and some good will decide what is right and what is wrong. Sorry be so sarcastic, but we all from existing bbo clubs, feel SO frustrated, bad treated and disrespected.

I guess most are not feeling too affected with this, or just afraid be punished if they speak their mind. IAC 6 table trny was cancelled today, while quite few other free trnys were allowed start in period bbo said it was closed. As well as all bingos, tons of bot trnys and 2 (80 tables) Express fun. Anyone can draw own conclusions, and I rest my case, it's bbo staff (or better say what's left of its original) that gotta look at mirror without blushing. And rest of us have choice get used to new BBO or .. Stay safe, be well.

When BBO first limited "free tournaments" to 20 tables only, I have sent mail and spoke to bbo yellow in charge of clubs, where i was told that we can continue do our events, as long as we keep trnys under 20 tables. But right now, April 9th at 1900utc, there was broadcast by Gerardo: Gerardo (Broadcast): On tournament start: https://blog.bridgebase.com/2020/04/09/free-tournaments-unavailable-between-1pm-and-5pm-us-eastern-time/ Even tho I messaged him several times, asking for clarification, I was plainly ignored. We all understand huge strain is that bbo fights, and with big success. Lats few weeks is close to impossible manage club, because we are forced use old windows client, which just freezes with 35+k players online. We were limited to just 1 broadcast per day, and complied, without complain, we all just did best we could. And NOW we are not allowed to our one single tournament per day, with 6-8 tables?? Deny us that and you will kill your own BBO clubs, IAC, ACOL, BIL etc.. Clubs that exist on BBO since its very start? Hours you indicated are our "prime-time" only period of day when most our members are online, both europe and usa. Yet BINGO trnys run? PLS CONSIDER give bbo_iac, ACOL, BIL, TP, etc main TD able make our small tournaments. Yes, I am selfish mentioning just few clubs, but all this is also most unfair to independent TDs and all other clubs at bbo, which were applauded to hold 200 tables daily. They were good enough before ACBL moved in? PLEASE do not make us all think that BBO is now only good home for those that pay. Is bad enough that V3 does not care how it affects elderly and people with bad sight and brain problems, but now just young and rich are welcome? Please, please assure all interested that I jumped into conclusion and none of above is true. That we still can rely on BBO to be friendly nice place to play and chat with friends. Thanks. Greetings, keep safe. Sanya / Curls77 at bbo, IAC CEO

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THANK YOU BBO ♥

Good enough all you posted, so allow me please change request with djc11's proposal. If TD, or HOST of the table, has player set as enemy, do not allow them kibitz that table.

Yes that's what u do. A min or 2 before start u edit trny and disable INCLUDE CUSTOM LIST. From that point on any bbo player will be able register. And unless u set # of entries low, u can get many entries. Good protection is to set min TCR, 80% recommended to avoid most quitters and rudes.