deb_wastle

If you have the same ACBL number associated with 2 or more BBO handles, could BBO not discover this behaviour? I suppose you could play a daylong a couple of times with a handle with NO ACBL number, then play it with your regular username that does have your ACBL number associated. That would certainly give you a leg up on some board, but not all. Surely this could also be tracked, though, just by virtue of the fact that you are getting too many excellent boards for your skill level. It would be weird for players with no ACBL number to play these games since they are much more expensive than the ones that just offer BBO points. Bridge players have to think like a detective, so I still think they would get caught eventually.

I like the idea of being able to find a partner with similar level and System. I would also like the idea of some Limited Games for newer players, yes I know the VACB games DO have limited games ... but in the other-than-VACB world I have not seen any. I prefer to play in OPEN games amongst a variety of people / systems / skill levels. I know I'm not alone. Some prefer to play in limited fields, but I've never heard of people wanting to play in a field so restricted as you suggest. Have you had many people who actually like the idea? I think if lots of people would like it, then there is no reason not to do it, but I could be wrong. It might be detrimental to the OPEN games in that that field would narrow with others abandoning it. Still, if that's what people want, I would support it. Good Luck with your suggestions.

As a virtual club director of newer players, I have been called to a table by the dummy and told: 'a robot has taken over my hand'. So it really isn't clear to newbies when they are the dummy. This has happened more than once. Perhaps changing the background to red and changing the person's name to DUMMY would help our new players. They have been very intimidated with all this new technology.