I am fairly new as TD, on BBO, but i have some experience from directing real bridge, and i promise you, this is quite different, more stress. I am of the oppinion that, to run social tournaments, the only skills you need is to be friendly and open to people, if you want to run expert tournaments you have to have had some experience, but still i think it is hard to be fair everytime you judge at a table, everything has to go fast, as so many players are disconected, or you are busy adjusting scores. It seem to me like many players, even experts try to drag time when they get into bad contracts, to get ave, if we could get rid of that problem it would make everything easier for everyone. I have to agree, with blackbikin, if you dont like how the turney is run, find another on, and if there is none good enogh, ask to be TD and start your own turney. i also give full support to gweny