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12 straight draws sucks in any kind of competition. The rules need to be changed to greatly lessen the chances of a draw. Players are now allowed 2.5 minutes per move for the first 60 moves. Make it 2.0 minutes per move and see what happens.

Thank you for ther information, I have been using Chrome, but will try Bing. I should say, though, that toggling tabs while using Chrome has never been a problem, even with the ancient system I had before, and I do a lot of toggling.

This problem is getting worse, and I request a reply. FYI I have a new PC with all the upgrades available, according to my geek. Also, I have not expeienced any lockup at any olf the dozens os site I visit daily.

In OP I suggested that server load should not be an issue. I was speaking out of my depth, and it was not my business, and I should not have said anything about it. But if you are not affiliated with BBO either then I am not sure you are in a better position to broach the issue. I have NOT said anything about getting rid of anything. And as for the numbers registering I would like to know a lot more. If this Just Declare item is more popular than what it replaced, then naturally it deserves priority. But if it is just "as popular" then I don't see why it should be preferred.

It would be real bridge if the three GIBs and the one human all got randomly dealt cards, with no "best hand" favoritism for the human.

But only declarer skills. Not with 2/3 of the skill categories (bidding and defense) completely left out, it isn't! I can't speak for anyone else, but for me they are for the joy of experiencing one of the greatest mental challenges ever invented. So much the better that I don't have to be a very good player! I can't speak for anyone else, but I would play as much as ever if BBO MPs were abolished.

Thanks for providing the details. I have been so wrapped up with pay-to-play that I lost touch, and now that I want to play a few more freebies (but little if any less pfp) it is disappointing to see the opportunities reduced.

Listen, Smiley, I pay to play 300+ days a year. You?

This is a reasonable point to make, and I would prefer a non-preferential system where all players have equal chances concerning hand qulaity However, the bidding and play exactly resemble "real bridge". I think the correct way to express it is that the human player is compared to dozens of other humans' results, but that hundreds of other humans play different cards. I wonder if there are technical reasons for not having an entire field of hundreds thousands play the same cards. I can't imagine any other reason not to do so. Skip the speechifying. I thought my opportunities had been reduced.

GIB bugs should be the subject of another thread, but as I said, fine, let those who enjoy Just Bid have the opportunity to do so. Again, though, my question is why should my own opportunity to play GIB real bridge with a real auction be taken way?

I play my share of for-pay tournaments, but I enjoy a few freebies too, but not this ersatz "Just Declare" nonsense. If other people want to play silly fake bridge, OK, but how about restoring the free tournaments of real bridge that got butted off the list? Surely there is room for them.

This has become a daily problem: BBO freezes and no way to unfreeze except close and log in again, after which session in progress is completely lost. I have a new system and I have had zero problems elsewhere since upgrade. Please fix! TY

There is a pretty big difference difference between them if they cannot mate and produce fertile offspring. You would have done better to have posted pictures of six different breeds of dog.

Although immigrants have certainly contributed much to the US Steve Jobs was not one; it was his father who was an immigrant, from Syria.

Listen, I don't like it any more than you, and I do not own a gun, but there are more guns than there are people, so gun control is impossible. It will never happen.