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At the very least, the "Partnership Desk" should mark players who are currently playing in another tourney as such, just like those that are offline are marked as such. -Ramona

I like the new feature of being able to sign up for a tourney while still in another tourney, but an important modification is needed: Today I wanted to sign up for a tourney using the partnership desk, and with only a few minutes to spare before the tourney began, I found my "perfect match" :) (or so I thought). Unfortunately, my new partner was in a tourney that had 2 1/2 boards to go, and I missed my tourney :) My suggestion is simple: allow people who are playing in a tourney to put their name on the partnership desk list only for tourneys that will start _after_ their current tourney is over. No player can be in 2 places at once ;) -Ramona

So I've tried out your suggestion again, uday. I messaged a player and then clicked the button to ask her/him to be my partner. The message showed up clearly (this is good), but the player said "no", and I felt like a fool for it. But if I ask a player to be my partner 1st and she/he accepts, then the name is gone and the quick messaging opportunity is gone. Your suggestion works only if 1) I'm willing to make a fool of myself by saying 'hi' to a complete stranger before I know if she/he will be my partner, and 2) if I do the inviting (as opposed to putting my name on the 'looking for a partner' list and waiting for someone to invite me). Thanks, Ramona

Messaging the potential partner is a good idea. I'll try it when I ask a person who is already on the "looking for a partner" list. However, when I add my name to the "looking for a partner" list, and someone asks me to be their partner, I'm then back to following steps 1-4 above :) . Thanks for the suggestion, and it well help about 1/2 the time :) . -Ramona

When I sign up for a tourney using the partnership desk, I usually want to discuss carding and conventions with my new partner. :D Unfortunately, it's quite a hassle to message my partner. 1st, I have to go back to the BBO directory, 2nd I have to click over to the initial of my new partner's handle, 3ed I have to find it among the table of names, and only then can I send a message :angry: My suggestion is simple: When 2 players meet in the partnership desk, BBO could send a simple text message to each like the ones when a "friend" logs in. That way, I could click on my partner's name instead of going through steps 1-4 above ;) Thanks, Ramona

That's a good idea!

I sometimes look at the "My Hands" Summary page on the BBO website at http://online.bridgebase.com/myhands/index.php to see how I'm doing and to troubleshoot my worst hands. I look at my average, but have discovered that my average is meaningless: -I play in "open" tourneys -I play in the main room -I play in the BIL (Beginners/Intermediate Lounge) Needless to say, I've discovered that if I played more hands in the BIL, my average # of IMPs gets better ;) I'd like to see the results searchable by location played, not just by date (so I can separate out my BIL hands from the "open" tourneys. Thanks

Great Idea. That would also give people who have only a little bit of time a chance to sub for a tourney that has only a round or 2 left. Otherwise, when I have only about 45 min before I need to do something, I might accidentally sub into a 16 board tourney while it's still in the 1st round....

Sometimes I want to sub in a tourney but only for the last 3-4 hands.... so I click on "tournaments in progress", but then how can I see how many hands are remaining? Instead of joining a table, I click "movie" to see how many hands have been played, but that shows only an empty card. I can go "kib" at a table to see which round the tourney is on, but then I've seen the cards and disqualified myself for that hand. Some tourneys don't allow kibs at all, and then I have no idea how to tell how many hands are left. I guess I could message the TD, but I don't want to bother her/him just to say I don't have time for the, say, 6 remaining hands..... Thanks, Ramona