sceptic Posted October 25, 2006 Report Share Posted October 25, 2006 Hm, I wonder why no one thought of that great idea :wacko: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1eyedjack Posted October 25, 2006 Report Share Posted October 25, 2006 Hm, I wonder why no one thought of that great idea :wacko: Do I detect a hint of sarcasm? If you want to leave mid hand there is nothing to stop you just closing application, then reboot application if you want to continue elsewhere. Personally I do not find bailers to be much of a problem, so mostly I just watch these discussions from the sidelines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted October 25, 2006 Report Share Posted October 25, 2006 My 9-year-old nephew, a true novice, finds it very difficult to find games in the MBC. The 'Help find me a game' button just appears to drop him into a game with advanced and private rated players, which is no good for anyone. On the upside, he does like playing Minibridge (which is more suitable at this point) and enjoys telling all the advanced players that they do not have to bid, just tell him how many points they have :wacko:. And he is building a list of friendly players who do not abandon the table as soon as they realise what Minibridge is. P Has he tried filtering the table view to show only tables with Novice, Beginner players? If you use this feature along with unchecking 'show full tables' it should make it a lot easier to find a suitable game. jb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumpace Posted October 26, 2006 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 I am not sure if someone suggested this before, but colour coding the skill level of people in the table list would be a great help. For instance we can go with the karate belt colouring. Black would be reserved for World Class. Also, off topic question: What is the difference between a Novice and a Beginner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bid_em_up Posted October 26, 2006 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 A novice might know that there are 4 suits, a beginner might know there are 13 cards in each suit!! :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keylime Posted October 26, 2006 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 I'd treat the difference of novice and beginner this way: the novice is brand new to bridge, and the beginner has a limited familiarity with bridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted October 26, 2006 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 Also, off topic question: What is the difference between a Novice and a Beginner? Uhhh...a novice belongs to a religious order and a beginner has never played before? :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elianna Posted October 26, 2006 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 I'd treat the difference of novice and beginner this way: the novice is brand new to bridge, and the beginner has a limited familiarity with bridge. Hmm, I thought that I remembered reading that it was the other way: A beginner is someone is brand new to bridge, and a novice is someone who is familiar with how the game is played, but not knowledgeable about most of the intricacies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted October 26, 2006 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 Straight from the horses mouth (rules of the site) Novice:Someone who recently learned to play bridgeBeginner: Someone who has played bridge less than one yearIntermediate: Someone who is comparable in skill to most other members of BBO jb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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