adriennek

I received the same message today when trying to register for the Free Daylong IMP Tournament.

Can anyone with director privileges on BBO start up their own free daylong tournament? Suppose you want to set it up for a group of beginners/intermediates that you are teaching? Thanks for any advice on this! Adrienne

Anders, you bring up a good point about overall scores against others-- But in the daylongs, keep in mind that there are thousands of players, each getting a somewhat different array of hands to make it hard for anyone to cheat. There's also some randomness in how the robots at your table choose to declare or defend, so again some randomness. So, you're not getting a head-to-head comparison against those other players on exactly the same boards. My advice: set a goal for yourself, since you are mainly competing against yourself each day. Try to get above 50%, and celebrate the days you achieve that goal! The daylongs are excellent for practice playing card combinations, counting out the hands, etc. Adrienne

This is a suggestion to make Prime membership more valuable: (I would subscribe if this were included) Rather than practicing by myself with the Prime robots, I'd prefer to bring a partner to the Prime area for practice. It seems that presently Prime members can only play in the Prime area with other Prime members. Why not let Prime members set up a table and invite their real partners from BBO to practice with them? It would be like sponsoring a guest at a country club. Currently, Prime members who wish to practice with a non-Prime member must rent robots in the regular area.

We have no trouble at all logging in and getting thru all the menus, but we get stalled once in the game. It's just a blank green screen. Been doing that all morning (eastern time). Thanks!