After Shanghai

[zman102]

- 1. How was the internet connectivity from Shanghai?

 

Good

 

- 2. How was the quality of the operators?

 

Excellent

 

- 3. How was the presentation from the venue regarding internet broadcast?

 

(I don't know what this means).

 

- 4. How was the co-ordination away from the venue?

 

(maybe I am not meant to understand questions 3 and 4).

 

- 5. 6 tables per session we had. Was that satisfactory?

 

OK

 

- 6. How did you like the commentary?

 

Some excellent and some so-so. I would have liked the commentators to have been more familiar with the systems being played and I would have liked to have seen the player's convention cards. The convention cards may have been available, but I did not find them.

 

- 7. Should we continue with multiple languages?

 

I sometimes watched a match, with commentary in a language I didn't understand, simply because I wanted to watch the players at that table. I really don't have a strong opinion about this.

 

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I once drove approximately 120 miles to watch the Aces play on vu-graph in Los Angeles (they were on some kind of tour). I even paid an admission charge to get into the event (if I recall correctly). So for me it was sheer enjoyment to sit in my pajamas and watch the Bermuda Bowl. FOR FREE! I watched at 8PM, 11PM and 2AM (Pacific time) almost all days of the tournament. I want to thank everyone involved for adding this pleasure to my life.

[A2003]

Full disclosure type convention card may be prepared for each team in advance.

This may be a slow process till each team prepares one.

By whom: I have no answer.

This can be loaded by the operators.

This will explain the meaning of each bids.

This will also help commentators the meaning of the bids instead of speculating.

Also, this will give much better presentation and save commentators time.

[skjaeran]

Full disclosure type convention card may be prepared for each team in advance.

By whom?

[JanM]

I read all of the Bermuda Bowl convention cards and prepared summaries of them. I didn't keep track of the time I spent, but I would guess it took me something like 30 hours. The convention cards are available online at Ecats.com. Some are complete, some aren't. Some include anywhere from 20-60 pages of system notes that I suppose would provide the information needed to complete a FD convention card, but I would guess that would take something in the neighborhood of an hour per pair. With 60+ pairs in each of three events, that's a staggering amount of time. And for many of the pairs there wouldn't be adequate information anyway.

 

Of course it would be nice if at least one commentator would familiarize himself or herself with the systems, but several times when questions were asked about methods during the broadcasts, I checked the convention cards and the answers were not available, so without an expert on the pair's system, you just aren't going to get full information.

[jikl]

To complete a FD card for a pair that have 20+ pages would take well over an hour and would still be incomplete. Asking for an FD card is impractical. A complete FD card is a 10+ hour work, per pair.

 

Sean

[Mbodell]

To complete a FD card for a pair that have 20+ pages would take well over an hour and would still be incomplete. Asking for an FD card is impractical. A complete FD card is a 10+ hour work, per pair.

 

Sean

Well, impractical unless it was part of the conditions of contest that the pair themselves needed to provide the complete FD card. Which I would say would be reasonable if the competition were trying to raise the profile of the bridge match as a spectator sport/shop for TV coverage. I agree it is impractical given the type of setup this year.