kiat

Thanks, I've seen that already, but it didn't seem that different from 3 years ago (maybe my perception is wrong and the content has mproved considerably?) and wondered if there was some way it was automated from the tech perspective as discussed above.

Hi, these ideas look really interesting, did anything become of them?

Thanks Csaba, that helps. Not sure if we can make that weekend though, but I think we'll be giving the cafe games a miss as we're looking for more competitive games. Incidentally, I realise now yhe quantity of regionals and (semi-)nationals is actually very good in the UK by comparison then, given there's about 10x per capita more bridge players in the Dutch bridge federation.

Hi, A friend and I are looking to play in Holland, ideally a tournament or two and playing in a city, likely Amsterdam but open to other towns/cities. We've never played there before and excited to play against Dutch pairs and maybe with some in a team. We'd plan on a (long) weekend or maybe a week. This post was helpful for Amsterdam clubs http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/59558-bridge-in-amsterdam/ But this list of tournaments is proving tricky to decipher as neither of us speak Dutch or know the scene http://www.bridge.nl/agenda/1334-opdr-nieuw Are there any strong/competitive regional tournaments coming up anyone knows about? Cheers, Kiat

Thanks for the replies folks. When I accepted the popup to play as sub I didn't read everything, it looked normal and any language requirements weren't there or weren't obvious. I knew it was a Spanish game from the tourney messages once I'd joined, but I'd been subbed into Spanish, French and Turkish before without being hassled when speaking minimal English - I was aware they were speaking Spanish at the table and so kept my table conversation absolutely minimal - just trying to agree system with partner. I agree about calling the TD next time if it happens again - I didn't get round to it because it ended pretty soon after that or I got booted off because the player made it happen, I can't recall which. Was just trying to be reasonable with the guy and even resorted to Google Translate to try and make myself understood! Anyway its not put me off too much being a sub. Everyone (apart from a very small minority) are not unfriendly and the majority are friendly. Am really enjoying my time on BBO. Its a brilliant site, incredibly useful and enjoyable. Thanks again.

Hi, I'm new to the forums and been back playing on BBO for a few months now (100+ logins). Today I had a pretty unpleasant experience when I subbed into a tourney and was told to speak Spanish (which I don't speak) to even get the basics, e.g. agreement with partner on bidding system, carding etc. I searched for the posts here about this, but couldn't find any, hence this post. I wonder if this language etiquette issue has bitten other people too. An opp pm'd me and from what I could tell was asking me to shut up unless I spoke Spanish and if I didn't agree with it, then go, immediately. It was pretty unpleasant when I was merely helping out by subbing in. Below is the transcript of the chat, ids changed to positions, I was S. After this quick exchange, which I was not expecting and a little rattled as I was trying to work out how to deal with this and in the end I said nothing more for the remainder of the tourney and just muddled through, even though I felt like leaving right away. Perhaps the invite popup explained only Spanish or else, but I missed it. Previously I've been subbed into Turkish and Spanish language tourneys without issue. So some questions I have are: - did I do anything wrong that was avoidable based on the info presented to me at the time? - how frequently is language restriction enforced in tourneys that can get random subs? - what is the accepted etiquette involved for players in language XYZ tourneys - both for non-XYZ subs and XYZ players? - can subs be forewarned about language restrictions and choose to enter or not? - has BBO looked into adding languages (not country) to user's profiles, showing which languages they are happy to speak in for games? Advice from BBOers appreciated! E →Table: hola ops grc p |86 →Table: hi W →Table: hola a todos →Table: p, sayc W →Table: grs p N →Table: ok →Table: carding, std or udca? E (Private): español pls E (Private): no ingles aqui es de habla hispana → E: i don't speak spanish, i'm a sub E (Private): ok? E (Private): español solo o se subtituye E →Table: suerte p W →Table: mbp W →Table: grs p → E: if you explain the spanish phrases then i will speak them E (Private): silence o español E (Private): ok → E: not ok E (Private): sustituto E (Private): inmediato E (Private): no le permito el ingles en un torneo español

I've got a problem with this too. Since getting back to BBOL after a couple of years away I've played in 12 tournaments in the past few days... ...and AFAIK completed every single one of them. So my TCR should be very high, potentially 100%, right? So something is broken, here, I suspect. Now I can't know for sure because my TCR and MCR are not showing on my profile.... ) ...or am I looking in the wrong place - if so what's the right one? Hopefully someone can kindly answer here, otherwise it's a support ticket :-/