ovncylmz

LAST ROUND INFO POSTED BELOW -- Results after round 6 https://www.dropbox.com/s/k4oxsb6umve3t9z/Results_after_Round_6.pdf?dl=0 Round 7 https://www.dropbox.com/s/c6k8jfeoo9xhpw6/Round_7.pdf?dl=0

and last m1cha-ovncylmz:9.5-6.5 first set was ovncylmz-m1cha: 10.5-5.5

By the way -- I am not going to run or help any of BBO Challenge Events after finishing this event. After each tournament, somebody comes and says something public mainly about me - without understanding what we are doing here and without considering the amateur efforts. 3-4 people here are putting a lot of effort voluntarily. We keep a MP system, get registrations, decide on tournament system based on the feedback, make the draws, prepare schedules, follow the thread and enter scores manually, prepare threads/update threads, answer questions, solve a lot of mechanical issues. Spyrosm literally takes care of whole Swiss by itself - using a computer system to keep things smoother. It is not enough, some people who don't care about events just don't play their games on time, don't inform us about what is going on. We reach people individually (especially think about the fully open event - with full of random players), try to figure out the issue, sometimes never get a response or explanation other than a game result link (Yes, some people are so lazy - they cannot even post but just send their game links to me pm in BBO!). We try to keep this experience nice for everyone - and one of the biggest issues are slow play. We know that challenges are difficult to deal with and we know that people have other lives, but if you commit a free event in this quality (yes, you play against a lot of good players all around the world) - you need to help the organizers, at least by informing them clearly if something is wrong. For Cherdano's case, if the First Round announcements are made in May 5th and you played only 3 or 4 sets by May 17th, you are very slow. You got warned in May 15th - you got warned in May 17th and got 2 full days to complete 2 sets - if you cannot finish, we cannot wait for you because we are flexible but not that flexible. If both people don't write me (public or private) about the reason - then both will be disqualified. If you think that olegru is the reason, then just reach us out. If you are not done by May 19th, we will evaluate the situation and make a decision. If we think that it is olegru's fault - we can make you go to next round. If we feel that the situation is delicate, we can give you another day. We don't threaten you - we just try to keep the tournament alive. Every day you steal from a round, you basically steal from the next round and make it unfair for the other player waiting there forever (You had the same issue, Cherdano and if you don't want this, you need to speak up in time). Thanks for everyone, we had a lot of issues but mostly ran a lot of successful tournaments. I will talk to my friends about this, and hopefully BBO Challenge Events will continue.

Okay you don't understand the mechanics, also keeping this public - so I will go public too: 0) You didn't get criticized. You had a very slow pace, you did not explain it to us and you were given a warning. But then you came and accused me of threatening you - which made me very upset. I spend a significant amount of time on this, and you were lazy to explain things to me and then I threaten you? And then you criticize my approach in public. Then I answer public of course. I hate it but I am going to do it - sorry. 1) When somebody messages you in BBO, how difficult is it to respond? We are dealing with multiple issues (we don't only deal with olegru-cherdano game), and I cannot spend every day 10 minutes for finding these people and getting a sentence from their mouth. 2) Yes, I clearly missed the result of the first set, because somebody forgot to enter that result (but entered results after that, it may be even me - I don't know). If you post a result here and if you cannot see it in Dropbox file within 24 hours, probably you need to warn us anyway, especially when you see that your game is much slower. 3) I told you guys that you are very slow in 15th - if you think that you are not the source of slow play, you must state it immediately. Otherwise, you are slow too, we cannot keep track of how many days you played etc. Even I didn't miss the first set result, you were still too slow by 17th (you played only 4 sets in 12 days, if you are not the reason - come here and explain or respond my BBO message instead of putting a result and leave the thread for another 2 days). 4) Then I gave you 2 more days, which is a super fair deal, because even in gold KO, one semi final was over and the other semi final was ready to start (although one QF went to overtime 3 or 4 times). We clearly won't disqualify you if you play everything on time, we are not retarded or something. However, if you don't let us know about what is going on, how can you expect us to understand? 5) When olegru took the responsibility (#87) - it was already after I gave you a deadline. He responded and took the blame. I got the explanation after I finally "threatened" (your word) you guys. To be honest, I don't feel sorry or something - because without putting that pressure, these tournaments will not work - most people don't care. You can write more here, I will respond here.

Yea, I know that, olegru-icycookie game finished way late (I posted here and warned them multiple times). It does not matter though, if you experience a problem, it does not mean that you don't need to share any information here and can just wait. I wrote both olegru and cherdano multiple times here and in BBO and didn't get any answer. If something is wrong, if we ask here multiple times and get no explanation - what should we do? Just wait forever? Same issue happened in the Swiss event, nekthen-thelad did not play their match from last week and also never told what happened. We can continue the Swiss event by assigning them an adjusted result, but 6 sets in 13 days is just too slow for our event. I also don't understand threatening etc., when did we disqualify somebody without having a serious problem? I just try to make things faster - again 6 sets in 13 days whatever the reason is so slow. Short story - if Cherdano is not the reason of wait - he should come here and let us know. We are just doing this thing voluntary, and I don't want to spend 10-15 minutes every day to pick words from people's mouth. And if he is not the reason of the wait, he should be aware that we are not gonna kick him.

LOL bro - you relax a bit. Your math is so bad, I assume - we posted the games at May 5 (let's say you saw in May 6th), and you finished your 2nd match in May 18th. So in 13 days, you played 6 sets of bridge. 2.5+5 is 7.5, what did you do in the other 5.5 days? It just doesn't add up sorry. I messaged you multiple times in BBO and did not get any explanation or anything - so I decided to write here. We do not babysit people here, if you cannot finish on time and if you also don't let us know about what is going on, you will be disqualified because we cannot wait randomly for people who don't care about us knowing what is going on. And if there is a problem with your opponent, you also need to explain this here so we can figure out, do not explain after the game is over and you lose. After now, please don't write your personal comments here, pm me if needed - these threads are for score posting and organizer announcements, not for people telling each other to relax. Cheers.

PLEASE START SEMI-FINALS >> LET'S SET MONDAY NIGHT AS THE DEADLINE..

m1cha-linxu01 last set.. pio_magic-wackojack last set.. Please post here soon..

Yes you guys are just too slow - we started playing the KOs 2 weeks ago and you could only play 6 and 7 sets.. gold KO --> one semi final is over.. the other one is set, but note that sieong-crazyhoop played 3 extra plaoyffs! silver KO --> way too slow.. we shud wrap up by next wed or thursday..

Yes we plan to start the finals Sunday or Monday. The other semi will start today or tomorrow!

where is the first set?

olegru-cherdano.. you guys only played 3 or 4 sets in last 13 days.. you have to finish by this Friday evening EST.. Otherwise you will be disqualified.. Let us know if somebody is making it slow..

Yes another 8.

cherdano olegru linxu01 m1cha - Let's get faster guys, you are too slow.

Let's get faster! Some people go very very slow. Icycookie-olegru and m1cha-sieong, please finish by Noon EST on Friday!

http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:50bf3e3b.3382.11e7.b134.0cc47a39aeb4-1494202045&u=ovncylmz finally won a set against nige1:P congrats nige1 - well played, good luck in the next round!

ovncylmz-nige1: 4.5-11.5 http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:a3a3002d.3285.11e7.b134.0cc47a39aeb4-1494093521&u=ovncylmz Nige1 simply dominated first two sets with a lot of good plays and also lots of luck. It is 10.5-21.5 right now:) I will hopefully fight better when I get back home.

http://webutil.bridgebase.com/v2/tview.php?t=ARDCHALLENGE:c843d428.31ee.11e7.b134.0cc47a39aeb4-1494028728&u=ovncylmz ovncylmz-nige1: 37.5% Board 1: Robot decided to continue a spade after cashing two diamonds in Nige's table. (-1) Board 6: Robot's negative double and then raise 3S to 4S is so stupid, am I supposed to bid 2S with this hand - LOL. (-1) Board 7: 4C NF is maybe okay as an idea, but cannot believe it shows only 4+C and robot passes with that hand. (-1) Board 8: Robot let me make 4S. (+1) Board 10: This must be a joke - robot does not win the spade in Nige's table. (-1) Board 11: Robot jumps diamond in my table. (-1) I didn't have a great set but I don't understand many of these plays.

Games are over - KOs are announced.

please check your results. we will announce the KO as soon as gerardo-impfdich game is over.

please check your results. we will announce the KO as soon as gerardo-impfdich game is over.

phoenix214 - finish your matches asap.

gerardo - please complete your three matches asap. chuck11, impfdich - please complete your two matches.

Play your match against m1cha and please report your results.

Play your match against m1cha and please report your results.