How to define an expert

[dwar0123]

The real question is: Why do you feel the need to define an expert?

To some extent, for the same reason you feel the need to ask that question.

 

Passing curiosity.

 

But to answer the real question: Because it is human nature to measure ourselves against each other by some arbitrary yardstick. And I am a human.

[lalldonn]

The real question is: Why do you feel the need to define an expert?

To properly set your BBO profile obv

[32519]

I will reiterate a suggestion I made many months ago in the "Suggestions for the Software" forum: display peoples' average MP result in robodupes on their profile.

 

This is an interesting thought.

1. What would be the “minimum number” of robodupes to play in, in order to start calculating a meaningful average?

2. Would everyone also be expected to play in a “minimum number” of robodupes every month in order to keep the average up to date?

[CSGibson]

ok, I guess I was unclear. What I meant was more along the lines of What do you hope to accomplish by defining expert? It probably isn't to set your BBO profile, since they have already have adequately defined what various skill levels should be. Perhaps it is so that you can feel ok about setting a profile to expert without meeting the BBO criteria, or so that you can define others as non-experts even though they do meet the BBO criteria?

 

If you want a yardstick, go look at your number of masterpoints, or ribbon qualifications, or MP/Imp averages, or Platinum points, or perhaps look yourself up on http://www.coloradospringsbridge.com/PR_FILES/PR.HTM (my favorite personally because they wildly overrate my skill on that site, making me appear to be better than Eric Rodwell, even though that very ranking anomaly also completely invalidates whatever criteria by which they judge skill), or play bridge for money, whatever you want. Yardsticks are easy to find, just pick the one that makes you feel tallest & go get 'em, tiger.