spwdo Posted March 7, 2004 Report Share Posted March 7, 2004 hi, preventing mutiple calls from same table shoud do the trick also, maybe mentioned before, if so sorry :)p.s. still way ahead of jan in the posterexperience :)will probaly never catch up ben(inquiry) :( :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gweny Posted March 28, 2004 Report Share Posted March 28, 2004 here it is aisha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aisha759 Posted March 28, 2004 Report Share Posted March 28, 2004 Thanks Gweny♥ Problem is..... i forgot what my wishes were, and now that i read all the other wishes, many of them were what i was hoping for ..... another one has been solved.... hear!! hear!!! to all the wishes! :) Ahh! remembered one!! Anyway to show that one is directing, so one doesnt get so many private messages from friends who think you are kibbing, or sitting idle in lobby... it gets quite distracting... especially when you're busy doing something and suddenly you get a pop up from someone inviting you to play in a turney... there could be something when you hover mouse over name maybe where it says where the player is it could say (aisha759 directing for example) dont think thats possible, but definitely there must be something that can be done....we thought of having a different colour, (maybe only when directing) who has some bright ideas? change nick maybe like TD_Gweny, again only while directing, which means that new nick should have access to table... there could be a simple solution out there, unless of course its really not that much of a problem for other TDs...ThanksAisha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1eyedjack Posted March 28, 2004 Report Share Posted March 28, 2004 Would be good, but a (n already planned) way to modify the Conditions of Contest can do it Use RemoteKeys, does everything you want, and more. Maybe you can then share the macros you create with fellow TDs. Also a good tool to create alert macros of your own bids. See 2. Agree YES!!! Please! :) Would be handy, but it is still duty of players to call dir on time issues Shouldn't be necessary for players to remember in what table they played. Maybe put table in the movie, or allow dirs to get the movie of a player. Something along these lines would be done eventually. DISCLAIMER: I'm not a programmer (here), so can't be 100% sure. Use [LIST=1] [*] Item 1 [*] Item 2 etc [/LIST] for a numbered list. Also a,A,i and I work instead of 1 I am a great fan of OKScript. (Has Mike Mardesitch finished transporting this to Ophidio does anyone know?) Unlike RemoteKeys OkScript is not freeware, but for all that it is dirt cheap to buy and comes with a lot of free support from bridgeplayers. There is a free version that has limited functionality that may yet be easily sufficient for the task envisaged at the commencement of this thread (items 2 and 3 I refer to). I have not used Remotekeys (being happy with OKScript). Has anyone tried both and able to contrast the two? I would be interested in a comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aisha759 Posted March 28, 2004 Report Share Posted March 28, 2004 Hi Jack;Downloaded remotekeys today, still reading to see how it works, will let you know.. also you may want to ask slothy, he is more adept with things like that, than i am... i think he has used it, you may want to compare notes.. Aisha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spwdo Posted March 28, 2004 Report Share Posted March 28, 2004 hi, i too once downloaded remotekeys but after a couple of hours when i from pure distress started to look at little like oneyedjack`s avatar changed to clipboard buddy v 1.0.4 is , i personnaly find it much easier, write you marcos in word/wordpad and paste them in there and save it marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 too once downloaded remotekeys but after a couple of hours when i from pure distress started to look at little like oneyedjack`s avatar changed to clipboard buddy v 1.0.4 Sorry to hear Marc that you found RemoteKeys too intellectually demanding ;) and that you remotely resembled 1eyedjacks avatar...if this does cause you some distress i can suggest a web-address.... also you may want to ask slothy, he is more adept with things like that than i am... yes dear i am :lol:.. With regards to RemoteKeys jack i have just downloaded it and am getting to grips with it....nice little program very funtional and more than sufficient for what you appear to want it for. The advantage is, well for me anyway, is that it doesnt add to the registry like i am sure OKScript does so if you want to get rid of it just delete the folder its in ...also, doesnt eat up memory which is good if you havent got zillions of RAM... So thumbs up from me...(used OKscript in its early days and very similar i think of course may have changed)... Out of curiosity Jack...have you ever been at an airport and an old friend shouted "Hi Jack" across the foyet and everyone in the airport lounge suddenly dived onto the floor???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1eyedjack Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 The advantage is, well for me anyway, is that it doesnt add to the registry like i am sure OKScript does so if you want to get rid of it just delete the folder its in ...also, doesnt eat up memory which is good if you havent got zillions of RAM... So thumbs up from me...(used OKscript in its early days and very similar i think of course may have changed)... No, OKscript installation does not create any Windows Registry entries - just delete the directory (and shortcuts) to uninstall. I don't expect that OKscript has changed noticeably since the "early days". As to the RAM useage you may have a point. The executable program uses just 612Kb. If I launch the program and open the task manager in Windows XP it shows 5016Kb RAM useage. I am not a programmer but that seems rather a lot to me. It is possible that if you have a powerful computer it automatically allocates a significant minimum amount of RAM. For example, if I load a blank instance of Notepad.exe it records 3348Kb RAM useage. I can only say that I have never had a memory conflict or resourse problem when using OKScript, although if you are having resource problems generally anyway then it may be more critical. I wouldn't know about that. As I say I am not a programmer and have not used remotekeys. for comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aisha759 Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 I need help pls :P Can you all rewrite the above posts in layman terms (now i know slothy will find a way to use his "esprit d'escalier").... I didn't understand a word of what you all said.. i thought remotekeys was to be able to add certain "foreign" letters which are not available on ones keyboard i.e french/ turkish... i found some of the letters, but not all are available; dilly dallied a bit to figure it out, but lost patience; my computer litteracy is close to nil, especially when it comes to all that vocabulary...Would love some feed back (in english)Thank youAisha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zibuyu Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 :rolleyes: As a rookie BBO TD, I'm a little sheepish to be here suggesting enhancements but here goes ......... My TD Wish List: 1 - A Director controlled delay between players being seated at their tables and the players being able to see the first hand. This would be used for the Director to give instructions. 2 - A set of editable text (chat) macros (10-12) that are owned by the TD name, each one tied to a hot-key or PF key. The Director could pre-enter standard repetitive text to be used when running the tourney and insert the lines of text into the chat line via the hot-key/PF key on the fly. 3 - A good set of greetings and basic tournament instructions in several languages for those of us who are mono-lingual. I think Gweny has been working on this. 4 - A change to prevent Director calls from causing whatever task the Director is working on from vanishing 5 - A time clock at the table level Frosty/Jan♥ Suggest that there be an automsg function during tournament. ie, At the first, some welcome msg can be autosended to tournament. And at the beginning of the last board, also thx msg sended.... especially at the begingning of a tournament, many calls run to screen, you have few time to type msg to tournament. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gweny Posted April 2, 2004 Report Share Posted April 2, 2004 :rolleyes: Well I use, and i think frosty use, what we call macros file. Type out what you want to say then send this to you in either email or save it in .txt file. then when it is time to send announcements you copy in paste into chat line. We all lust for macro keys we may program with 7-8 messages we use all time. in other site in past many tds find this very helpful in addition to copy last 4 lines of chat. this is very helpful when you accidentally type in things you wish to send to lobby only to find you send it to tournaent and need start all over again :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maaa Posted April 2, 2004 Report Share Posted April 2, 2004 There are a lot 'wishes' every single BBO-TD has - I am sure! I also have some wishes, but I think since the very first day when BBO came up with tournaments the softwere improved 3000%. With todays softwere TDrs have 90% less work during a tourney then just a few months ago. Additionally we got much more choices, f.e. the possibility to compete in swiss movement tourneys. I still love my idea of 'uclocked but clocked' tourneys like some others I already spoken out, but as i said I am VERY happy with what we have today! Thanks so much BBO!Almost all things mentioned in this forum can be easyly replaced through just a small little bit more TDrs work. Things like macros f.e. Open a file and copy from there ... Partner sees when I query a bid - a possible source for illegal informations ... ask your players not to query unalerted bids - to ask in private... Record of tablechat ... well this is hard ... often the blamed player leaves the tourney not the rude one .. but still .. explain player how to take a screen & where it is to be sent...And so on... But there is one thing, I really miss from the early early days of directing at BBO ... When the director call message pops up, there was a jingle... I really do miss it - especially in small tourneys with just a few calls, when I surf away... http://trolek.k5.pl/~lgbc/img/discobunny.gifclick meOh ! Ok Ok ... a simple 'beep' would be enuff for me ... Dont YOU miss it ? Greets! Marta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gweny Posted April 2, 2004 Report Share Posted April 2, 2004 :D tee hee no... I force to turn off all sound on computer when I notice my young parrot is now making same sounds we here in bbo... tee hee he also do police car, tele, (including hang up noise) and boot up sound. sigh - kids! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2004 Fortunately my Labrador only trys to type ( each paw weighing 25 lbs LOL)!!! On the serious side I find it truly amazing that my original wish list is so out of date in only a short time. What a testimony to the fabulous tech/programming support at this site. I still do have a few wishes - some new, some old, some borrowed, nothing blue :P 1. One and only ONE director call per table at a time allowed 2. Removal of dead registrants (one or more player not online) two minutes before start of tournament. 3. Ability to move non-responding subs to the bottom of the sub registration list 4. A time clock in the Tournament Lobby so that the TD can tell how far along the Round is without going to the table 5. A chat option that allows me to copy/repeat previous chat 6. The ability to broadcast a message to TD's only when seeking a co-Director 7. A stand-by registration list to even out tables and fill in for those not seated 8. TD calls that don't interrupt what you are doing. 9. Better bridge skills 10. A roll of 100 dollar bills Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gweny Posted May 2, 2004 Report Share Posted May 2, 2004 :) Oh Greaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat ProgrammerHear my plea.... May we please see how much time is left in round without entering tables? We do not need much... a simple clock is fine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBruce Posted May 2, 2004 Report Share Posted May 2, 2004 Gweny, I use a freeware program called nthclock for keeping track of where we are. It is a simple Windows alarm clock program which includes the ability to set an alarn which rings repeatedly after x minutes. So for 8 minutes a round, you set it to go off at start time and every 8 minutes after that. Only problem is that the BBO clock seems only to allow tourneys to start at the top of the second hand, once every minute. If there are 100 seconds to start time (1:40) and you reset the clock to five minutes left, the tourney will start in five minutes and forty seconds. But you can get a beep to remind you when the round is almost done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fouad Posted May 2, 2004 Report Share Posted May 2, 2004 I hope that the software can include a clock for the TD so when we need to know how many min left ..we do not have to join a table to know that the call director message not to be a pop up window ..and a red light or any colour cld flash with sound on the player name who wants a director.. sure will be better than these jumping pops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zibuyu Posted May 2, 2004 Report Share Posted May 2, 2004 I wish td can romove stuck subs in sub list. a player have to waste several mins to get a partner because of stuck subs. sometimes only one or two stuck subs (maybe subbed out if tourney) in list,.... So hope I can remove them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gweny Posted May 3, 2004 Report Share Posted May 3, 2004 to mcbruce... well this is maybe option if i do not own young parrot who do tele, emergency cars, sparrows, cricket and other sounds he hear frequently. i force to turn off sound in bbo when i realize he is making all of sounds we here in bbo. tee hee this is why i ask for simple clock. to zibuyu... yes it is annoying and very frustrating so here is my short term solution. when i see "lurking subs" - ones who do not answer or refuse to accept sub duty then i manually sub this people in and sub they right back out again. often it is interesting to note they sign right back up. <throws hands up> i no idea what this people is waiting for but i wish they maybe im td privately and say "if Fred needs sub call me" tee hee instead of sitting doing nothing for round after round. I wish we auto thing who automatically remove name from list after x number refusals or invites to sub who go unanswer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xx1943 Posted May 12, 2004 Report Share Posted May 12, 2004 1 - A Director controlled delay between players being seated at their tables and the players being able to see the first hand. This would be used for the Director to give instructions. 5 - A time clock at the table level 6 - A way to tell which tables are behind without table hopping - say a blinking table # 7 - An adjustment request button at the table which requires the player to fill in the pertinent information to be communicated with the adjustment request, i.e. Table #, Board #, etc.... A big Thank You to Fred, Sherry and especially Uday for all the conveniences you have already provided to the TD's! :o :o I'm a super-rookie as TD, but during the first tournaments I directed, I had some of your wishes too: ad 1) This delay would be very nice; perhaps also a delay after the last hand is played to allow adjustments of the last boards before scoring. ad 5) would be very fine :o ad 6) I urgently call for An additional wish: To manage a adjustment seems me uncomfortable. I would like to do the adj directly in the movie. Or is this unrealistic because of the difficulty programming it?:o Big thanks all, who support us rookie-TD (Uday, Gweny .......):o Albrecht Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBruce Posted May 12, 2004 Report Share Posted May 12, 2004 Gweny to mcbruce...well this is maybe option if i do not own young parrot who do tele, emergency cars, sparrows, cricket and other sounds he hear frequently. i force to turn off sound in bbo when i realize he is making all of sounds we here in bbo. tee hee this is why i ask for simple clock. You can configure nthclock to silently open a dialog box when an alarm goes off. No need to add a sound to it. (Not only that, you have unlimited alarms, which has saved me from my continuing overdue-fine donations to the construction costs for the public library's new wing...) :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 From member of "SQUEEKY WHEEL CHORUS" to "GREAT PROGRAMMER": Oh please sir, a round clock for the TD so the TD doesn't have to visit table to check remaining time. TD calls that are not a Pop-Up (save the player's explanation to display - or even Pop-up - at the table when TD arrives there). Blinking table is nice idea since table can either blink or not blink thus eliminating the possibility of multiple calls - HURRAY! Elimination of non-responsive or declining Subs. Death by boiling oil to those who are waiting for that one particular partner to need a sub. BIG SMOOCHES to "GREAT PROGRAMMER" for all other gifts to TD's! Frosty ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gweny Posted May 16, 2004 Report Share Posted May 16, 2004 McBruces GREAT IDEA McBruce [director] blah blah blah or maybe McBruce [td] Any one is great and wonderful idea mcbruce! Is it doable uday? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirjam_3 Posted May 16, 2004 Report Share Posted May 16, 2004 the word td wont do it, i guess... the other day i was invited by a player to play with him in Glamour... i didnt accept the invitatation and i sent him the following private message: 'Sorry, i cannot play, i am td here.'Player: 'What is td?' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xx1943 Posted May 16, 2004 Report Share Posted May 16, 2004 More TD wishes: Think the experienced TD should sit together and make a wish list and set priorities. :) UDAY can't do all this at once of any. Perhaps a poll will do it also. ;) Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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