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If you are playing at a table it is the same as playing at any table. You certainly would not expedt to be declarer if you are playing with a human partner! There are many robot tournaments where the human is the declarer. Often the free weekend Survivor is "Just Declare" where the bidding is done first so you are always declaring whether you like the contract or not LOL. The only robot tourneys where the GIB declares are the "classic" IMP and MP.

This is indeed annoying, but players go to get coffee or do not hear the invite beep as they are on another screen or have another program open. HOWEVER, when the create window stays open it is a simple matter of checking with and individual if necessary and then simply clicking on CREATE again. The new bug that has the window closing every time is wayyyyyyyyyyyy more annoying

I am curious at what point everyone lost the main point of the original poll. You are playing in a BOT Tourney! All of the lovely discussions about what your "human" partner will do are clever but superfluous. Bots bid on their own systems and do not have calculators.

I find it very interesting that I seem to have lower compatibility ratings with my best partners and the highest with friends that I often do not play with as a partner. Does this make sense?

As an acbl member who lives in a fairly remote region, I am delighted with the opportunity to play in sanctioned events as often as I choose. I agree with many of the above posts, and suggest that non North American players who do not have acbl membership and are not familiar with alerting and announcing procedures refrain from playing in these events if they are not comfortable with the format. There are always plenty of tournaments available -- both specialized (clubs and countries) and general -- to meet the needs of everyone. Thanks, Frosty, for your comments to BB regarding the TD's identities. I am sure that they will implement your suggestions as they have many others to make all tournaments easier and more fun for everyone. :rolleyes: Leslie

Hi, all BB players and friends. I have just discovered the forums and this topic. I, like many of you, started playing bridge as a teenager. What systems did I play -- that many eons ago I am not sure what I played had a name B) , just bridge. Played through college and then whenever we lived some place where I could scrounge up enough players. Was introduced to duplicate, and was forever hooked. Almost 6 years ago I moved to Alaska and was horrified to find that there were no sanctioned games closer than Anchorage (a 3 hour drive or expensive 20 minute plane ride) so I took up quilting. When my mother announced to her friends that I had given up cards, into the startled silence that followed, one of the players at the Hilton Head Bridge Club immediately asked for my email address and began bugging me to play online. Finally, I worked up enough bravado to face all of those strangers and logged on to MSN and found the zone. My friend, JJoker, introduced me to several of her friends and now I was in real trouble -- two horribly time consuming hobbies. quilting and 24 hour access online bridge, a relatively new marriage :blink:, and a whopping big time differential with the East Coast. About a year ago I found my true love -- Bridge on BB and brought my favorite partner with me (or maybe she brought me) and have been here ever since. THANKS FRED!!!! Now there is local duplicate here and I am truly in heaven. By the way, my earth name is Leslie. but I answer to gamin, grams, and gg as well.