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I was looking for information regarding the Convention Card, it seems to be a legacy thing? I found the string, but not very helpful with regard to filling it out,  :).

 

Introduce a difference between alert & announce?

 

I alert a 12-14NT but all NT ranges should be announced.

 

Just general comments.

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It is my opinion that it is technically correct to "alert" your NT range (whatever it is) everytime you open 1NT against new opponents. Of playing against people you usually play with or against, or the tenth time you do it against the same new pair, it probably gets very old.

 

The BBO convention card is very easy to fill out. Go to a table (you can kibitiz or open an invisible one if you like) and click on CONV on the bottom icon bar. When the card open, just start filling it out. When you see the boxes with little dots in them, just click on those boxes and it opens a new menu, where you can put in additional information.  For instance, if you play Bergen, you can click the box to the right of 1H and enter next to 3H = semipremptive raise, and next to 3C and 3D whatever range you play for these limit raise jumps, and next to 1NT forcing, and next to 2NT Jacoby (if that is what you play)... There are many, many places where you can pop these open.

 

After you enter what you want, you can then choose the "save" button and save it to your hard drive. So you can fill  out dozens of convention cards if you like. You can also share your convention card with people by posting it to the table, they can then save that convention card if they want (or you can grab convention cards used by others).

 

I hope this helps. I would like to see more convention card use in the BBO, but doubt it will ever become real popular.

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I notice that the clock is wrong... 21:23 here; 9:42pm at BB?

You can adjust the hour part of the time. To do this, click on profile in the green bar a tthe top of the screen. Go down and add or subtract hours until it is right where you are....

 

The minutes just seems to be off.

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Another couple of points...

 

1. The clocks in the UK changed from GMT to BST; I changed the offset manually,  :D.

 

2. I play Astro but it applies to other conventions... I alert & when questioned, reply something like "H & minor"; at least I type "H & minor" in the alert enquiry box. What appears is "H _ minor"! What do I have to type to get an ampersand?

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I am pretty sure you can post a CC - via one of the big buttons inside the tourney - once you register.

 

 

 

I wasn't talking about tourneys, ;D.

 

I log in to BB, click on Conv, select a CC &... then I cannot "use" until I sit at a table!

 

It would be nice to "pin it on my lapel", if Dragons had such things, lol.

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