inquiry Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 In another post, Fred said... will have an easy and obvious place to go. I am not thrilled with "Friendly bridge club" either, but it does get the message across. I think we should all help and try to come up with other names... I will throw a few out to get started... (not social is out) "Relaxed-Duplicate room""Fun Duplicate" or fun-loving"Friendly Duplicate"congenial duplicate club"easy-going" (note, didn't say easy)"welcoming"Graciousgood-hearted... and my favorite so far, which surprizingly is in the popup description of the "friendly bridge club".... "relaxed bridge club" - where friendly players can play a sociable game of duplicate But surely we can do better.... :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 Kitchen Bridge Club Kaffee-Klatch Klub e-Gabfest Bridge Beginners Benign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 Seems I recall from my days on the zone that the Social club had reasonable attendance, the Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced were always empty and the Expert rooms were full to the brim..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 Cheater's always prosper Club Foul mouth follies Club Disagreable Disposition Club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted October 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 I don't think the implication is the club is just for beginners... or then, of course it would be easy to name. I think it is for a style of play, and a hospitable table atmosphere. Most of try to arrange that at our main room games, but it seems a room where you are explicitly reminded to be friendly and play in a "low-stress" manner (no sending ?????? to partnter, no repeat faster commands, nothing in all caps), seems the goal Perhaps I am wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 How about the "Mouse only" Bridge Club where there are 2 icons for GLP and WDP and you can click on them. Would definitely reduce the rudeness potential.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 The problem is that what people understand under "friendly bridge" can be completely different. I'm always out for friendly bridge but you always try to play as well as possible. When I was still playing on the Internet Gaming Zone (last century) only once I checked out the "social" club. Here is what happened: Auction went 1♥ p 4♥ (no doubt in my mind this showed an opening hand with support) and at this point I decided that I had a good save and bid 4♠. Now what happened was interesting: I was told off that in the social room we don't do things like this - I should leave them alone in their happily bid game and not try to take away the joy of declaring from them. For me, this is not friendly bridge AT ALL! This was my one board experience of the social club, which I never dared to enter again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 I don't think the implication is the club is just for beginners... or then, of course it would be easy to name. I think it is for a style of play, and a hospitable table atmosphere. Most of try to arrange that at our main room games, but it seems a room where you are explicitly reminded to be friendly and play in a "low-stress" manner (no sending ?????? to partnter, no repeat faster commands, nothing in all caps), seems the goal Perhaps I am wrong. You are right. And also don't be surprised if our abuse department shows little leniency toward people who are rude in the Friendly Bridge Club. Fred GitelmanBridge Base Inc.www.bridgebase.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 And also don't be surprised if our abuse department shows little leniency toward people who are rude in the Friendly Bridge Club. Is the converse true for the "masters" bridge room? I think 'advanced, expert' should be removed from the masters bridge club and replaced with something along the lines of serious, competitive play. jb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keylime Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 Beaner's onto something here. Here's what I was thinking: Level 1 - The "BBO Social" ClubLevel 2 - The "BBO Launching Pad" Club Level 3 - The "BBO Serious Competition" Club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rain Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 I think my suggestions will result in potentially lots of beautiful graphics and animation, the warcraft kind. :> I think we should use animals. Doggy bridge club for "friendly"fox/dingo/coyote for in betweenWolverine bridge club for "advanced" chihuahuadalmationlabradorgerman shepherd Lots of other animals out there, but i like dogs best. Or use the whole spectrum of animals: Rabbits<-friendly and cute and beginnerDogs <-friendly and cute and intDolphins <-friendly and cute and adv Or with themes: grass (lowest on food chain!)sheep (not holy to any religion I know of)Wolves (preying on sheep of cos)and then something else that eats wolves. I don't know what. ==== or enter the fantasy realm. HumansOrcsElvesTrolls ===== Or don't use any words, use symbols. like stars. * ** *** **** ***** ===== I can think of a lot more, but... What about: having themes, so everyone can choose whatever 3 kinds of names they want to name their rooms? =D I see dog names, you see cat names, fred sees orcs/elves names. Each room is still represented by a standard, like the stars mentioned earlier. So I can tell you "lets play in 3 star room" but I'd be seeing wolves and you'd be seeing lions. And graphics inside are themed the way we want. You'd look like a dog to me and I'll look like a cat to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keylime Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 I see cars... The entry level would be the Corolla; venerable, reliable, stable.The mid-level would be something like the Camry or Lucerne; roomy, expansive, polished.The top end would be like the M5 or the S500 series; sleek, fast, explosive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matmat Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 clubs named after bridge plays that you know how to make finesse clubsqueeze clubendplay clubstrip club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulg Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 clubs named after bridge plays that you know how to make finesse clubsqueeze clubendplay clubstrip clubOf course some of these would need a NSFW warning label B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianshark Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 I like the term "Serious and Competitive club' as it suggests that people are there to play seriously... that they are going to take their time, declare/defend properly, tank if necessary, etc. Maybe be descriptive and explain that you're expected to play properly, take your time, etc. That people go there for good practice. Not meant to exclude people who aren't experts, but people who won't take things seriously. (Skill classifications can be done within the section... set table for "Beginner or Intermediate only", or "Adv+", or whatnot). And I really don't think there should be further classifications. I think the "Main Bridge Club" should stay for everything else. It can be renamed "General Bridge" or "Relaxed/friendly" or whatever. (My favourite is "Relaxed bridge club") Further distinguishments such as "Fast Bridge", "Precision only", etc, should probably be made with the table description field instead of a different club. The problem is if you try and fragment the bridge populace into categories, such as Beginner's club - Intermediate club - advanced club - expert's club - friendly club - fast club - serious club, etc, then you get a mess. No one knows where the line is drawn and people will move to the extremes. There should be a main club for everything, and different clubs to cater for 'outliers', rather than to try and 'categorise' the bridge playing populace. Or we can leave it the way it is, because it's fine! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 "Serious and Competitive" is the best description that I've heard for one extreme... Maybe we could lbel the opposite extreme "Relaxed" or "Low Stress" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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