EdmundB

:lol: Star = Free fred might throw us out for this. ;-) Now, seriously, a detailed introduction to the web version might be good, as I couldn't quite find how to set up a tourney there. Or, again, instruction to this aspect of the windows client would be good. details of the web version are on this site, I'm sure, and I'll search for them half-heartedly.

thanks. I will use the web. The client has nothing like checkboxes.

I'm not really that hung up on the self assessments. Note, I'm not including "stars." :-) Just toying with the software. And there is an external ranking site.

The short version: Setting up 1-round, 4-pair tournaments, which are really team matches. Using the client software. This simplifies the process of running a team game in some ways, I think. Maybe it's just foolish. Having difficulty with the function that restricts the kind of player. Right now, would like to exclude novice / beginner / private (by including wc, exp, adv, int, but they're getting through. beginners are fine people, but in a tournament they can drive people nuts. 1. am I just screwing up by using abbreviations for world class / expert / advanced / intermediate? or am I just missing something. 2. Should I use web for tourney creation to do this? I do like the windows client, but the important thing is to get the job done.

How do the two GIB's (basic & advanced) differ?

K-S Update 1972 holds up surprisingly well, and I'm always happy to play it, with exceptionally minor adjustments (i.e. no Flint, expanded use of negative doubles, and kickback.) EdmundB

I'm curious about this secretive Masters Bridge Club. That is all. I noted that one of my kibitz-worthy friends was there, and it's as if the club doesn't exist. Except that it does.

Topic description says it all. If you know and are willing to share, thanks.

In general, I think psyche-exclusion events are not bridge, any more than 1♦ exclusion events would be. What are the best arguments, pro and con?

I'd try playing a card and then claiming.

Until we have committees, the director acts in a dual function. SirSatai is perfectly within his rights to adjust the score. But as long as he adjusts scores in this fashion, I will play in other tournaments.

What's going on? Have I been "warned" somehow? If so, for what?!

Amazing how so many people think if they make a misleading description of an illegal bid, they can call it a psyche and get away with it. If you have a method for fielding a psyche, such as checkback, it is no longer a psyche. It is part of the system. An illegal part of the system in this case. I'm a little tired of watching people psyche a weak NT and having their partner field it. Calling it a psyche isn't fooling anybody except maybe the opponents. Is that what happened here, or was this a case of the baby being thrown out with the bathwater? Damned if I know, I haven't seen the bidding after all. But I'm reasonably certain that's what the Lille case came down to. based on this line of thinking, if someone passes after psyching, then that's "fielding" the psyche.

I run survivor-style events. In this context, I am fine with players (and pairs) withdrawing at the end of a round.

This suggestion would likely be easy to implement: At the start of a tournament, list the players on the TD's chat. Whenever a player is subbed for any reason or by anyone, list this message on TD's chat. At the end of each round, on TD chat, list all players with assigned Ave- (by table), and all players with assigned Ave. Given this, all of us will be able to adjudicate boards more easily. And some of us could determine who to exclude from future events, based on the data generated. Personally, I'd generate custom software, but that's not necessary.