TimG

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So, you'd like to have lots of little sections scored independently? That is perhaps a better solution, though I imagine it will transfer much of teh randomness to which section you are placed in. Really, though, talk of randomness is pretty random when you're talking about a 12 board tournament. Tim

One or both of the ACBL tournaments I have entered were big enough that there were two sections. The boards were MPed across teh field, but the final results (masterpoitn awards) were done within a section. So, there were four pairs who got a section 1st, four who got a section 2nd and so on. I think we agree: there is no need for sections. MP across the field and rank the pairs across the field. (Maybe rank across a direction so that there are two winners, but the movements should be able to be designed with direction switching so that even this is not necessary.) Tim

Two topics, one post. 1) I've played in two 12 board ACBL tournaments on BBO. Both times, I found them very slow -- I think the always had at least 3 minutes left at the end of the round, and usually 5-8. Is this common and if so, wouldn't it be good to shorten the rounds to 12 or 13 minutes? 2) Why isn't there barometer scoring? At least in a few of the games. Or, have I just missed those games? OK, another one: 3) It appears that scoring is done across all sections. Why aren't section awards (there never seem to be overall awards) also scored across sections? Tim

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Is it possible to view two tables on vugraph simultaneously? I often think the action/commentating is very slow and would like to be able to bounce from table to table, but don't want to miss comments while I'm at another table. Tim

Just wanted to add support for the view that BBO-wide announcements are annoying.