Solinger

My comment - after long time experience - on the above mentioned tournaments: The great advantage of this Individuals is, that no missuse of informations can happen!! Therefore, I myself - and others - like to play this tournaments, although you do not know the partners, you are combined with for playing the 6 boards. But there is one fact, which is a must to be improved in the software: As for those many times I was excluded from the tournaments by the software - replaced by a robot - I did not get to know the correct reason for that. It is extremely irritating and annoying! I assume, only, that I had taken too long time for the next playing action - bidding or playing. But I felt, not being informed correctly and in time. This is extremely unsatisfying!! So I propose, to place the info for being eliminted, in a certain time - - directly below the playing table. Up to now, this very important info is given in the farest distant place possible, in the right low corner of the screen - where new friend-players entering the program are indicated. But - this entering info is not comparatively important! The info for being soon replaced, there given, will be overlooked very easily, as you are highly concentrated on the game! Of course, sometimes a decission will take a bit longer than usually. Therefore the info - directly below the playing table - will help, not to be too easily eliminated from the play! This is only fair! My question: Willn't it be possible, to place this important information in a long yellow colloured line, rigth below the play-desc????? Could it be combined with a timer bar, showing the seconds, reducing the rest time one has, before being eliminated???? I myself - and certainly many other players - would be glad, if you could perform and achieve a corresponding software solution. Can you give a short info on this matter to me? Otto Albrecht, player name "Solinger".

Within the above mentioned BBO tournaments the time for decisions (in bidding and card play) of 30 sec is essential to be kept, not to be replaced by a robot. Normally - with average bidding and card play experience - this is of no great difficulty. For beginning a new hand however - sometimes you have to wait more than 2 or even 3 minutes till a new hand occurs. This waiting time is in normal bridge playing very unimportant and usually of no consequences. Occationally one may require some minutes to analyse an interesting hand, in bidding or in cardplay. In these automated tournaments however the observation of the time till a new hand occurs on the screen is of greatest importance. One has to be very alert and pay attention to that moment of beginning to play and react in the new hand. The attention to be given to the start of the new hand is stressing m o r e than the time of 30 sec allowed for any proceding decission to be made. And - the only indication of this important time one has to wait till a new hand occurs, is a full minute indication! Very little information on this important factor in these automated tournaments !! My suggestion - and my question is: Isn't it possible to show also the seconds of the time one has to waite? The time indication (of minutes) must only be completed by two additional digits (and the colon ":")for the seconds. This would remarkably facilitate the concentration one has to give to the waiting time. Awaiting a competent response to my question, I am remaining a welldisposed BBO-fan. Otto Albrecht Solingen/Germany