spwdo
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i wanted to register for the new bingo thing, one has to try everything and i was forced to go trough the webversion. When i returned to my loved windows version and the tourney started i got a message that one of my teammembers was not ready at gametime. Not ready meaning not on the forced client. I hope it helps getting people to turnover to the web version altho i regret the ways that re used to "help" people, it feels pushy(personal feeling). More effort on the web client, there are enuff "things to do" one can find in this topic.
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UHm, yes. we did, my p sees nothing....
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when i directed i implemented a rule where a psych bid needed to be reported to td: why? i simply wanted to be aware of such bids in order to prevent having a partnership establishing an understanding of a patrone and having an advantage vs their opss. i remember a pair that "psyched" a 2♦after a 2♣opening all the time to mess opps up.Besides that i didnt have much problems with the psychbidders. But and here comes my point: even this rule, clearly allowing psych bids caused almost every time(midiocre and lower level players are opps) when a sych occured and opps realised it they start demanding a adjust. Why? because they saw something about psyche while reading tournament rules(option A) or/and because (my conclusion) they are used that psyche bids are often subject for adjust and more in favour of the "victims" I once won the lottery on bbo and had a chance to play with Fred in an ACBL TR. at one point FRed opened 1nt with a singleton. Opps called TD after they realised , FRed response was " excuse me , i sinned and opened 1nt with a singleton" . Now Tds let it slip. But clearly, the mere fact that opps called td to start their quest for a better deal then the fair result goes totally against the rules of this game. There are many reasons to think of why psych bids are disallowed in TR and frankly a few good ones were named prior but none of them are coming close to a fair game. Its same as when south korea asks soccer to be played with players with a maximum height because they mainly have smaller players. What rule is next? We see already in for example ACBL multi beeing disallowed because the majority doesnt like to defend against multi(too difficult) , we`ll come down to a game where stayman and gerber are allowed when enuff people will pay for it? not the best path to take imo
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is it possible to have a full disclosure cc avaible for both partners where one is on web and the other on windows version?
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is it possible to implement more options such as " do not sit on a table with enemies" or sit on a table with intermidiate as minimum level or sit only when a new hand is dealt? Also is it possible to disallow users to participate/sit on a new table while an old game is still beeing played? then you might see a deduction of players running at first chance of a bad score and more people ending what they started since the "advantage" of beeing able to skip bad boards as i`m sure they will call it instead of annoying the hell out of people that have to wait endlessly for a new player that will play those last two cards of a game that will score good for you? Numerous times i been in situation where we came to a gamecontract beeing doubled and when opps realised they will lose they went, after ten new people sat, see whats going on and leave again partner and me give up and close table and go sit somewhere else(often finding us in similar situation when we sit down) a limit in tablehopping? a " relax, you have changed tables 102 times during past 12 minutes, try to finish a board sometimes. You have another chance in 15 seconds" screen?
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several of my partners play flash. they have problems seeing loaded cc`s or dont see em at all. When chatting i find myself sending mess. to the wrong ppl a lot in flash, the last person you send something too stays as next receiver while in windows version you send to the table you`re playing at. that makes more sense to me as your table is your main chat, when someone logs in you say hi and that's it. more chat needed i use control+r. Yes, its what im use too but i like it and do not find this minor chance a good one. Loading profiles in flash, arggggg :( slow, before i read /see it the player i try to look at has a new partner already. having to click it away=bad change imo. Hover over a name-profile show, move mouse=profile gone, now thats perfect for us lazy folks. i can live with partners using flash, altho not seeing same cc is regrettable . But if ever we only have flash as option to play i wont be a happy camper and might not log in anymore. i tried flash numerous times , just for the mere fact that Staff advocates the flash version very strong. Days in a row but its not for me, sorry. i wish i was on the flash side just for the fact i understand that staff wont be doing anything on the windows version just to push ppl towards the new thing. Maybe in time when enuuf of the points i and others mentioned are addressed i just might but they will have to be changed while the windows version stays active . I see that many ppl use windows version(pole) but i wonder why thew correct answer isnt there" i only use windows period" instead of mainly
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Biggest proof that proffesional sports are rigged
spwdo replied to Fluffy's topic in The Water Cooler
So often games are rigged in favour of big country/teams. my favourite standard played eufa final in and against barcelona, they got ahead 0-1 and referee made sure barca won by given every fair and unfair advantage to them. Belgium-germany final europe championship in 1980. Rigged belgium-germany in WC in USA .rigged Belgium-Brazil in Korea-Japan. Rigged its an endless list of small countrys beeing ripped off fair results in favour of bif countrys. the elderly amoungst us will remember the stolen final Holland_Argetine in the 70`s. Why wont they use technical aid (video replays) to decide whter or not ball crossed line or not? its simply because once they do that theres less possibiltys to fix results This was not fixed, only a blind referee that is disallowed to look at the screen and see his error. in futsal it wont come to penaltys once a referee decides to let one team win, he does it in the playtime. sending one or two off, freekicks given/not given etc. mucho time and ways to ripp a team off during playtime -
they do that now in holland when you want to go to the USA . airport security are to be found fighting over shifts when university studentees have their flights planned
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people do that on bbo in massnumbers several times a day and are not punished for it(unless it becomes an excess) so why get all excited over it when its life one can advocate. I say, hars punishment is in place, online and offline
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maybe i`m wrong but people "needing" a new name everyday makes no sense unless the old name been used for bad things such as run during play, rude, use this site as a datingsite and received a "bad name" amoungst certain of their subjects . i can think of a 100 reasons to change my name but none of these reasons have an ethical background.
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i try on occasion this new version but it is a disappointment each time. i cant find to set my language to English, somehow it comes up in Dutch. dunno if i done it myself but i cant alter it or cant find where anyway. What i wonder is: the web client means we all are playing on a server where in the windows version much of the calculations are done on people own pc? does it therefore not make the web-client more expensive for bbo? i `m completely wrong in my thinking probably but i would hate to see the old bbo disappear. If someone was to explain to me why it is impossible to maintain the windows version side by side to this new thing i would welcome that. If only for numbers its impossible to run the windows version cant you disable new users the windows version? i would appreciate me being the last of the mohicans and enjoying the windows version till last day of my BBO-appearance
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Reminds me of the student wanting sexual exhaustion to be a good enough reason not to participate on an exam to which the professor replied: " No,then please write with your other hand"
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prolly just was playing bridge till one of them claimed: "give it all to me" in a NT contract. the listeners immediate making it No Trousers and so the story began to run away. Anyway its a shame to put someone out of office who puts in everything for his voters. Its what they say: you wake up with politics and go to bed with politics. I`m waiting and wondering as to what slothy has to say on this.
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Useful abbreviations wdp etc
spwdo replied to mary k2's topic in General Bridge Discussion (not BBO-specific)
spwdo=sorry partner well done opps , its trademark
